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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:57 AM (permalink)
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April Meet

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The route plan is up, it's still a draft so please give your opinions. http://g.co/maps/jn7w5
Leg 4 is probably best left for the guys returning to the northern suburbs. I suggest parking here at Victor Harbour. If anyone has a better suggestion let me know.
 
Quite a long cruise at 221km if you do the whole route (187km if you skip leg 4). It'll be a good trip to bring wives/partners on, I will be.
As usual no burnouts/antisocial behaviour.
I'll have a UHF handheld with me and might have a spare but if others could bring them too that'd be great.
 
Meeting at 9am on the 15th April at this location. Departing no later than 930am.
 
 
 


Hey guys,
 
Never too early to start planning. Perhaps we could start a consistant schedule of these. Say the first or second weekend of every month and work around that. What do you guys reckon? I get the feeling that the local MR2 scene could be on the way up and will only get better once we start actively promoting ourselves.
 
I went to a Classic Celica Car Club SA monthly meet tonight and they're all for us attending as a group to one of their monthly cruises. They do these on the first weekend of every month. So we could start planning on doing something with them in May. The CCCSA has plenty of members who drive Sprinters, late model Celicas and etc so we'd fit right in.
 
As for an April meet, what are your suggestions? We may have more people attending next month so perhaps a longer, more relaxed cruise would be a good idea? I'll be packing tools and spares, you know how it is. If we can get 6 MR2s on the road together that'd be fantastic.
 
 
post edited by MRVirgin - Monday, March 19, 2012 7:27 AM
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    Re:April Meet Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:13 PM (permalink)
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    Yeah I am trying as hard as I can to get mine up and running, I have got a few parts that I required from road and track while im up here. I think im going to be putting the engine in soon but without the hoist as i still havent gotten off my a** to organise a sparky yet, but next week i will start putting it in, so fingers crossed it wont be long after that..
     
    But sounds good, and as u said we are slowly growing, and meets every month sounds good to me, i am easy with anything, and will be driving amys (wifes) hyandai until mine is ready to go...

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    Re:April Meet Wednesday, March 14, 2012 0:57 PM (permalink)
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    I would be keen to come along if theres a spare seat going :D
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    Re:April Meet Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:50 AM (permalink)
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    Good idea MRVirgin, I think we should be aiming for the second weekend of the month at this stage for these MR2 meets. I agree that once we get some regular momentum going, then it'll be easier to build it up from there. Joining in with the CCCSA events sounds good too, good opportunity to network and meet new people etc.
     
    Re April meet, I think we should do a more 'relaxed' drive from Adelaide to Strathalbyn for lunch, then maybe coming back through Meadows along the back roads. What do you guys think?
     
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    Re:April Meet Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:16 AM (permalink)
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    Would definitely be keen to meet up for a cruise, though availability for me can be a bit hit or miss. I'll keep an eye on this though and hope work is kind to me.
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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:01 AM (permalink)
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    Have you guys heard of the Collingrove Hillclimb? There's a Come & Try on the 21st of April. Maybe we can make this our April meet?
     
    The cost of entry is $55 if you book in before the 30th of March, plus CAMS license which is $25 for the day.
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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:29 AM (permalink)
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    Awesome, I'm definitely keen. Good opportunity to really see how these RS-Rs go. muhaha
    Looks like you need a helmet too...
    http://www.collingrovehillclimb.com.au/comeandtrydaysforyou/

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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:47 AM (permalink)
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    You can get a helmet for upwards of about $60. As long as it bears the Australian Standard AS1698 mark it ought to do.
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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:05 AM (permalink)
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    Has anyone got an engine crane I can borrow?
     
    I need to replace the thrust bearing in mine and it'll be good to go. With the cost of the tune, rego and a tow truck all at once I'm pretty light at the moment and can't afford to buy one.
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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:15 AM (permalink)
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    yeah mate if you can hold off til tuesday you can borrow mine

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    Re:April Meet Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:24 AM (permalink)
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    Not much is going to happen before then so I'll take you up on that. There will be beers coming your way.
     
    So damned frustrating that this has happened. I'm thinking of seperating the box from the block on the car but a few people have sworn to me it's not worth it. But I have an S54 and actually a little more space than with a 3S in there.
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    Re:April Meet Monday, March 19, 2012 0:24 PM (permalink)
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    ok with the meet for April, if we go for the second weekend it put it 14/15th, so which day suits most people?
     
    Also was just thinking that we do a run from Adelaide to Victor Harbour and plan to get down there for lunch as they have a Snitzel house down there that is pretty amazing..
     
    I am also thinking to make it easier for Tim (Zmit) maybe head down through his direction to pick him up on the way?
     

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    Re:April Meet Monday, March 19, 2012 2:04 AM (permalink)
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    Either day is fine by me Alex, I don't really mind - Victor sounds good to me.
     
    I was still keen on checking out/entering the Come and Try day at Collingrove hill climb on the 21st, as suggested by MaXim, although if there isn't much interest i'll just go up there the following weekend as well.

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    Re:April Meet Monday, March 19, 2012 2:57 AM (permalink)
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    My advice is this - pick a set weekend for every month. If other events come up on different weekends, they can be  added in as options, but not changed to be the designated meet for the month. So some months we might have something on 3 weekeds, but every month there is 1 meet.  THis way we all know that every .... weekend of each month is MR2 weekend. If we can't make it this monthe we might the next month etc...
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    Re:April Meet Monday, March 19, 2012 3:00 AM (permalink)
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    I'd be keen to do this on the Sunday. Since we're going south I'm thinking that we meet in the Big W carpark, corner of cross and goodwood roads, cumberland park. http://g.co/maps/m9m7j
     

     
    This is my suggestion for the route, http://g.co/maps/6huwh
    Feel free to tweak it if you can see an improvement to be made.
     
    On the Collingrove hillclimb I'd love to make it to that, same goes for the Mt Alma climb on the 1st. But I think if we've decided to do the second weekend of every month we need to stick to it.
    post edited by MRVirgin - Monday, March 19, 2012 3:22 AM
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