Virginia Waters All Marques meet, Sun 22/6/08

[zed sump]

Mentioned it to some of you @ Goodwood last Sunday: 90 cars so far meeting at the 'regular' mass VW meet location. There's a 180 cap on car numbers allowed on the day, so if you'd like to jump in a convoy originating locally to you and come down, please put your name on the list now! Weather permitting the array of kit should be like a small version of Goodwood last weekend, but jumping into a convoy to get there should be just as 'interesting'. Would be good to have a little snake pit in the corner

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[zed sump]

[RT/10Dave]

Does Mark ever NOT go out in Fancy Dress??

[Viper]

was it foggy ?





;)

[V10 BAT]

Maybe go as a policeman next time,that way he could have a word with me
and himself about number plates

[zed sump]

V10 BAT said:

Maybe go as a policeman next time,that way he could have a word with me
and himself about number plates

y'u should've just given him a supercharged ear-full Dave - enjoyed eyeing your alternative drive with all the subtle styling . . except the additional propulsion system - no charger is subtle!

[fatboy18]

WOT....NO Plates........,

Sorry I didnt talk more Dave, the Rozzers realy put the dampers on it for me

Edited by fatboy18 on Tuesday 24th June 23:51

[Ginja]

fatboy18 said:

WOT....NO Plates........,

Sorry I didnt talk more Dave, the Rozzers realy put the dampers on it for me

Edited by fatboy18 on Tuesday 24th June 23:51

I take it the lack of front plates is now a confirmed problem? Did Zed come away smelling of roses with his stylish new front number type adornment?

[fatboy18]

I dont know? I do know they were waiting to talk to him! So dose anybody have any ideas how to keep the vipers fantastic looks but at the same time have a legal front No plate without drilling any holes in the bodywork?

[viper kev]

I brought a plate holder from Partsrack. It is a couple of pieces of rubber type substance that pushes over the front slats, like a large rubber clothes peg. Works fine, upto 150 mph, plus there are no holes.
$54 plus shipping.

Link below

http://partsrack.blastmart.com/customer/product.ph...

[Ginja]

I seem to recall that the MX5 number plate holder fits as well, I'm sure RT/10 Dave will chime in on this. I have a stick on plate that looks sort of OK but would prefer to have the car without anything tbh.

Mark

[RT/10Dave]

Ginja said:

I seem to recall that the MX5 number plate holder fits as well, I'm sure RT/10 Dave will chime in on this. I have a stick on plate that looks sort of OK but would prefer to have the car without anything tbh.

Mark

Yup, mine has the MX-5 Plate plynth on it (I think it's the MKII, the first one without the pop-up headlights), it fits directly to the nose with no messing about with the shape, I know it's not to everyone's taste, but having BiB in the Family and friends I'm more than aware of the issues of having no front plate, plus I just wanted to be able to enjoy the car without having to worry about being pulled for something so trivial, and be hit with potential points and fines. The down side is that it does mean two holes in the fascia, but they can always be filled in the future.

The clip that Kev has is easily removed and replaced in a matter of seconds, and is a very good solution to the problem as it can be removed as soon as you get where you're going, my only concern with it was that where they sit over the 'mouth' of the fascia I could imagine it affecting the airflow to the radiator and the oil cooler which in turn could affect the cooling/temperature, (and we are all aware of how hot they can run).

[V1PER]

Now it makes sence........

[RT/10Dave]

V1PER said:

Now it makes sence........

Edited by RT/10Dave on Wednesday 25th June 15:07

[zed sump]

Ginja said:

fatboy18 said:

WOT....NO Plates........,

Sorry I didnt talk more Dave, the Rozzers realy put the dampers on it for me

Edited by fatboy18 on Tuesday 24th June 23:51

I take it the lack of front plates is now a confirmed problem? Did Zed come away smelling of roses with his stylish new front number type adornment?

not quite, but i did chose my exit timing carefully! i think i'm gonna have to order some more sticker plates from Neil soon . . . those ones fell off sometime soon after leaving! believe the cops were still interested in mine after i put them on after arriving - the spacing, style and size of the font maybe questionable. they had nothing else to do at that meet, so talks about letter spacing seemed to be the order of the day... think having no front plate has helped me far more than hindered...there's been a few moments when i've spotted temp (hidden) speed cameras pointing my way when i've not been concentrating on the speedo (for a nano second of course!). i'll no doubt get pulled on my next outing for no front plate!

[V1PER]

Whats a front plate......