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[DEXISWOLF]

Glad its or8 now :) Dizzy cap might have got abit Of rain in it

[MiniGrin]

Hi guys, was a great day, I will do another sometime soon ish :) Sorry to hear of the troubles :S minis love to throw up these little tests  
 
If any of you want any of the pictures taken by the photographer mate, pm me your reg no and email address :)
James.
 

[MiniGrin]

Here are some of the reduced quality pictures :) many many more, all super high res :) as I said, pm me with your reg and email, and ill get the ones of your cars to you in high res :)

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Edited by MiniGrin, 23 February 2014 - 10:29 PM.

[Ryan n Angela]

Mornin guys n gals

Gutted we got split up but hayho, next time eh? A couple of extra pics for you:

[Midas Mk1]

Gutted we got split up but hayho, next time eh? A couple of extra pics for you:

Think next time we could all do with some of those helium advertising balloons attached to our cars lol

[Nick Warwick]

Well done guys looks like a good run

[Gilles27]

Thanks for organising the run. We've only had a mini in the family for a couple of weeks so this was the longest trip it has ever made. We were chuffed that it ran perfectly all day. Some of the roads were fantastic. It was also good to see what others have done to their cars. I think Joe is going to start saving so that one day he can go on a run and not have the scruffiest looking car there! Although he didn't feel confident enough to do any driving on the run itself, as soon as we left you lot he asked to stop so we could stick the L plates on and swap places. His confidence in the car and his driving has certainly improved. There have been a few niggly issues with the car since we got it that have been sorted and I think he was chuffed to realise that it wasn't an expensive mistake to get such an old car!

 

Think next time we could all do with some of those helium advertising balloons attached to our cars lol

 

I don't know if I should admit this but years ago my wife and I had a BMW Mini Cooper S. We went on a run and there were about 30 cars. The organisers recommended that everyone get a walkie talkie and we all tuned to the same channel. You can get kids sets for not much money these days that have great range. It was useful and stopped anyone getting lost. It's also a good idea for the lead driver to have a passenger and then they can warn others of potential hazards ahead.

[Ryan n Angela]

Yeh I think a couple of walkie talkies would be a good idea plus designated lead and last cars. We used to have CB back in the day. Would love to make it a regular thing, any excuse to drive Hatty! Lol

[Kieranlee999]

I suggested to james that we have set meeting point that we can just navigate to on a sat nav if we lose everyone cause everyone can get their hanfs on a sat mav even if it is only google on their phone :) but walkie talkies are  a good idea too.

[AC&SONS]

Really enjoyed the run out yesterday, hope I didn't offend any of you with the for sale signs

 

It was a shame that we got split up because the best bit was from Matlock to Bakewell, only us on the roads! Was great to see people smiling and waving as we went through Matlock.

 

If you organise another one next month and I haven't sold the car yet, count me in

 

Big thanks to James and Kieron for organising

[Midas Mk1]

Walkie Talkie idea is good, used a pair when we took my Minis to l2b last year, kept on getting interference though, and truckers telling us to floor it... lol

Regular runs would be great, hopefully should have my Mini back running in a few weeks time

[Gilles27]

Another rule that seems to work well when I go on runs in my car is that you are responsible for the car behind. So basically, if you look in your mirror and don't see a mini you should slow down or stop until they catch up. In practice this is hard to do as when you stop you see the car you were following go off into the distance as they may not be checking their mirrors!

[rik_t]

My car should finally be completed next month so hope to come to next one

[Midas Mk1]

Some of my pics - most taken by my mate , so some are out of focus abit..

Edited by Midas Mk1, 24 February 2014 - 06:21 PM.

[DEXISWOLF]

When was last pic took cant remember it :/