Minis vs Bugs 2008 - Couple of pics added
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On 23rd Mar, 2008 cossierick said:
Well i was going to york today but with weather and everyone else's decitions i havent botherd, thing is ive done a deal wi gf that il take her shopping to chester tomorrow ?

Rick

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Sounds good to me.

It's all your fault innit for living in a country with shit weather.

Bright sunshine and not a cloud to be seen over here
Pity it's wasted as I don't have anywhere to go

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Bloody blue skies here. Hate british weather :(

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Got to York just before 3, no beetles in sight, about 3 Minis and a hanfull of other stuff. A poor turnout indeed.
The weather was fine and the track almost completely dry, got caught in a blizzard on the way home but otherwise fine most of the day.

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Suprised you went Phil!

I'm all packed (again) ready for tomorrow morning, going to get there as early as possible!

apperently they only maqnaged about 200 runs ,

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Not bad if only ten cars turned up, lol

Last time I went to Malta it was pissing it down.
2 weeks holiday and it rained for a week!

On 23rd Mar, 2008 El Potter said:
It's all your fault innit for living in a country with shit weather.

Bright sunshine and not a cloud to be seen over here
Pity it's wasted as I don't have anywhere to go

Edited by Jason G on 24th Mar, 2008.

I heard yesterday that MvB's has being rescheduled for the 24 of august has any one else heard this.

love that straight cut scream!!!
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Yes they announed this while i was there!

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Santa Pod then York the week after. Hmmm :)

Im made up then :)

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Well made it to York, apart from being F'ing cold it turned out nice. Only a couple of snow showers.

My day didnt go so well, wetted the plugs as it came off the trailer and spent ages drying them out.

First run : 16.01 @ 95mph, bogged down and missed a bit off the line, i assume due to the wet plugs

Second Run 14.7 @ 89mph, really cooked it off the start as i didnt want it to bog down like the time before!

Third Run, well never made it to the start line, the fooking fuel pump packed in on me! thats one a meeting at the minute!!!

After disecting, the magnet had broken up and jammed the amature. to be honest, i'm thinking this is my stupid fault as i never got to fasten it down after chaging it at pod in the pit lane, then the return road from York is a bit rough.

Tried pulling it apart but it didnt have it, got it spinning up but it wouldnt pump fuel.

Oh well, plenty of bits to do, to be honest make good all the jobs i bodged in the past!

Carl was there with The Don and WilH, i'll let them fill you in on how they went.

ove rto will then ,lol.
uve just had 30 mins in tha bath to warm up.fooking cold day,brrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

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Was it windy? I remeber it was last year.

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Spot on carl! had the heater on full chat all the way home!

Yup, quite a strong wind, especially considering how cold it was, wouldnt want to know what the wind chill was down to.

Your only cold carl cos uve no meat on you , get a good dinner down ya.

Doesnt sound like your having much luck then iain, at least if you find faults now it can be bigger and better for avon ?

Rick

hopefully, got more of a shopping list now

I'll get into the 13's at some point i'm sure. Wont hit the 12's though, car's far too heavy.

Well what can I say. I had an offer to drive the DON and there was no way I was going to refuse, cheers Carl.

The car ran spotlessly and is an amazing machine, and I can only give respect to Tom for the times that he has run as I got nowhere close.

My main problem was gear selection, I've never use a dog box and just couldn't get the hang of it; the other problem was no traction in the first two gears. I managed six runs I think, and got all the gears right once. My best time was a 13.5 @ 110.5 mph.

I would describe driving the car as a truly terrifying experience, never have I had to concentrate so much going in a straight line. Don't get me wrong though, the car drove well, no torque steer at all and no wanting to wander about. But the acceleration in 4th was unbelievable, and at 110mph with a 20+mph cross wind and a car that weighs bollock all, it got a bit hairy at times.

With Tom at the wheel and a bit more grip (which I know is coming) this car will beat it's last years times.

Thanks again Carl.

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wil / Carl, was the Don running gas?

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No gas Jim

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Glad you had some fun in it Wil, its interesting to hear someone elses views on it, as I'm "kind of" used to it and what it does.
As you say grip is an issue at present, I'm looking forward to some better tyres at some point and see what it can really do.

I was there on Sunday running 14's in the wet fairly happy but there wasnt a beetle on the track all day.
A bit of snow dosnt frighten us Scottish lads and I hadnt washed the car since last year so no problem there.
Plenty of runns could be had as there wernt many cars especialy minis with turbos not one to be seen and loads of you lads live nearby but I may see you next year.
Allan

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