The inaugural Southern Mini GP2 Meet-up & Run-out
Discussion
On the back of a few gentle nudges in my Readers Cars thread, I’ve decided to get up off the sofa and put together a meet-up and run-out for fellow GP2 owners. As well as getting the chance to meet a few of you face to face, the spectacle of a convoy and carpark of identical cars is a photo opportunity not to be missed
Here’s the thoughts so far, so please stick your details down in the thread if you’re interested…
Who?
With only 220 of these cars in the UK, we should be able to rustle-up 5% of them. To make the most of the spectacle and keep the group manageable (Max 10) I think it’s best to stick rigidly to GP2s only. Pretty sure the world doesn’t need another generic Mini meet up and I'm certainly not trying to start an owners club
Co-Pilots very much welcome - just two seats mean we don’t have to worry about a cast of thousands.
What?
Given the choice, I’d always prefer to be driving cars rather than standing around looking at them, but the best of both worlds feels like a quick meet-up somewhere suitable very early one weekend morning, followed by a twisty run-out with some good stops along the way to re-group, photographs and bacon.
Where?
I’m based in the South as are most of the folk who’ve expressed an interest so it’s likely to be Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire or some combination of them. Feels like it would be a shame not to stop by the Cowley plant in Oxford, so that gives you a rough idea. Once we know who’s interested I can try a find something relatively central.
When?
I’m a big fan of early starts, empty roads and good weather so some time between now and end September. I'd aim to get the majority of any driving done by 9am, say 100 miles or so. I’ll use something like Doodle to find the weekend that works for most as I avoid Facebook like the plague. Being car-folk, I'll be sure to avoid stuff like Le Mans weekend.
How?
For now, stick your name and rough location down in the thread and we’ll go from there - if we get less than 10 then great, if we get absolutely loads then we might have to go for first-come-first-served this time around. Final route details including a Google Maps link etc would be distributed close to the date via email.
Questions and suggestions very much welcome! Equally, if there’s already something similar happening and I’ve just missed it, please let me know
In the time-honoured PH tradition, please keep things simple by cut/pasting the whole list of names and then adding yourself to the bottom. Here goes...
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
Here’s the thoughts so far, so please stick your details down in the thread if you’re interested…
Who?
With only 220 of these cars in the UK, we should be able to rustle-up 5% of them. To make the most of the spectacle and keep the group manageable (Max 10) I think it’s best to stick rigidly to GP2s only. Pretty sure the world doesn’t need another generic Mini meet up and I'm certainly not trying to start an owners club
Co-Pilots very much welcome - just two seats mean we don’t have to worry about a cast of thousands.
What?
Given the choice, I’d always prefer to be driving cars rather than standing around looking at them, but the best of both worlds feels like a quick meet-up somewhere suitable very early one weekend morning, followed by a twisty run-out with some good stops along the way to re-group, photographs and bacon.
Where?
I’m based in the South as are most of the folk who’ve expressed an interest so it’s likely to be Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire or some combination of them. Feels like it would be a shame not to stop by the Cowley plant in Oxford, so that gives you a rough idea. Once we know who’s interested I can try a find something relatively central.
When?
I’m a big fan of early starts, empty roads and good weather so some time between now and end September. I'd aim to get the majority of any driving done by 9am, say 100 miles or so. I’ll use something like Doodle to find the weekend that works for most as I avoid Facebook like the plague. Being car-folk, I'll be sure to avoid stuff like Le Mans weekend.
How?
For now, stick your name and rough location down in the thread and we’ll go from there - if we get less than 10 then great, if we get absolutely loads then we might have to go for first-come-first-served this time around. Final route details including a Google Maps link etc would be distributed close to the date via email.
Questions and suggestions very much welcome! Equally, if there’s already something similar happening and I’ve just missed it, please let me know
In the time-honoured PH tradition, please keep things simple by cut/pasting the whole list of names and then adding yourself to the bottom. Here goes...
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
As per above date pending I'm in.... may have to combine it with something else mind you as Im near Leicester so it's a good 2 hours - 2 1/2 + down to oxford.
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
there's another bloke locally with a GP2 that went out and bought one the following week after I got mine though
Fingers crossed I can figure something out - may be a very early start for me!
M
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
there's another bloke locally with a GP2 that went out and bought one the following week after I got mine though
Fingers crossed I can figure something out - may be a very early start for me!
M
I'm up for this
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
Excellent, welcome Ian!
Getting a good list...
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
NUFC (Ian) - Rutland (still the smallest county in the uk, yet has 2 x GP2s!)
I’ll get the voting link out tomorrow to try and pin down some viable dates...
Getting a good list...
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
NUFC (Ian) - Rutland (still the smallest county in the uk, yet has 2 x GP2s!)
I’ll get the voting link out tomorrow to try and pin down some viable dates...
Boom! Another name on the list...
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
NUFC (Ian) - Rutland (still the smallest county in the uk, yet has 2 x GP2s!)
Graham D (Graham) - Berkshire
MDifficult (Tom) - Berkshire
The1Driver (Daniel) - Cardiff
mikeyb1987 (Mike) - Cumbria! (but may try to tie it in with a visit to family in Oxfordshire)
NeilAndHisMini (Neil) - West Sussex
lestiq (Chris) - Hampshire
mattf93 (Matt) - Rutland (smallest county in the uk)
Bidsy26- Hampshire
Chris D (Chris) - Berkshire
NUFC (Ian) - Rutland (still the smallest county in the uk, yet has 2 x GP2s!)
Graham D (Graham) - Berkshire
Much Success! We're there
Please can everyone pencil the following dates into their diary:
Sunday 1st July - This is the date. THE DATE.
Sunday 22nd July - In case of pre-publicised national disaster, Icelandic dust-cloud, petrol shortage or other Act of God on the 1st of July, this is the BACKUP date.
Thanks everyone. Mission #1 complete. I'll start work on a suitable route and be back in touch soon.
Please can everyone pencil the following dates into their diary:
Sunday 1st July - This is the date. THE DATE.
Sunday 22nd July - In case of pre-publicised national disaster, Icelandic dust-cloud, petrol shortage or other Act of God on the 1st of July, this is the BACKUP date.
Thanks everyone. Mission #1 complete. I'll start work on a suitable route and be back in touch soon.
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