AKL - Waikato - BOP run Sunday 4th February

[Mr-Paulio]

Maybe you could set it to idle at 3000 rpm and leave it there for an hour in the driveway Paul? Might want to try it on a cooler kind of day though...

That sounds like a terrible idea, and waste of fuel! Think I'd rather take it in a few more pie runs!
I've put a few hours on it already. 99% sure the alternator is sorted

[mknz]

I have an SW too so I don't have to worry about rust but I'd rather not use it until I get some new rubber (protection is always good ). Even so I'd rather not do any spirited driving in heavy rain. The good news is that the rain will clean up the road surface for us.

The roads are most certainly fun and we should do them at some point (along with the road between kopu and Whitianga).

I could tail in a jazz or leave it behind and catch a ride in someone's passenger seat. Maybe SW and ZZW owners can open their hearts and unlock their passenger doors?

Hey Charlie are we still racing to get our SWs run ready?

I do think this time of year is particularly dangerous; people driving on unknown roads, more people, traffic frustrations, people on the wrong side of the road, more motorcycles, etc. As for anecdotal evidence one of my previous co-workers didn't turn up one day, apparently she was taking it easy through the back roads then someone flew into her on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner and almost killed her. I know it could happen at any time but she was in a modern car with far more safety features and this time of the year is particularly bad for this type of poor driving display.

Then if you're Ivor there's also the higher chance of getting a small speeding ticket

[psyguy]

Maybe SW and ZZW owners can open their hearts and unlock their passenger doors?
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Then if you're Ivor there's also the higher chance of getting a small speeding ticket

Yo, Michael, happy to have you as a passenger anytime - and share the cost of any speeding tickets I may get!

[mknz]

Maybe SW and ZZW owners can open their hearts and unlock their passenger doors?
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Then if you're Ivor there's also the higher chance of getting a small speeding ticket

Yo, Michael, happy to have you as a passenger anytime - and share the cost of any speeding tickets I may get!

Keen, and of course. We'll see if the gas and food is more expensive than any tickets but your car only sips at gas

[psyguy]

Keen, and of course. We'll see if the gas and food is more expensive than any tickets but your car only sips at gas

Ha ha yes it doesn't use much petrol, does it?

Seriously though, I haven't had a ticket in years and it would be good to keep it that way

[mickeyduck]

Just finished wading through the Police, Council etc reports of what this storm's been up to.

There will be trees down, branches and mud and rocks on the road thanks to slips (big or small) and no matter which way you look at it, the drive will be a lot less fun than it ought to be.

Remember the last Kaiaua run that we decided would go ahead regardless of the weather? Tip-toeing through mud wasn't exactly much of a blast, was it?

Some may remember the green and brown SW in this picture...



Hats off to them that came on the day, but I'm sure we all could have had a lot more fun if we'd put it off a couple of weeks.
And this must be said also: we had less than half the cars on that run as we usually do, thanks to the conditions. That's a LOT of folk missed out on what is usually a true highlight of the year for the club. We'd have been better off rescheduling it, for everyone's sakes.

I'm going to call this one now because even if the weather turns out bright and sunny tomorrow morning, the roads will be rubbish and therefore the drive will be too. Let's give it a fortnight or so for the roads to be cleaned up: trees, branches, mud, rocks etc removed. Let's do this run when we can all commit to it due to fine weather and when we can all enjoy it to its full extent.

I'm going to reschedule this run for Sunday 4th February. Dependent on whether that suits Ross or not.

In between now and then we Aucklanders may do a small trip up north for some Pizza (20th January perhaps?)
http://mr2.org.nz/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14588
Might be a good way to test some AW's. Paul knows where he can park up if he needs to.

Sound like a plan guys?

[psyguy]

I would have been there nonetheless as I'm itching for a ride but yes that's a sensible call Charlie!

[Cai]

Thanks for deciding to postpone, mickeyduck. Personally I would be gutted if I missed this drive due to a bit of rain. Let's hope we have fantastic weather in February for it! Too bad about not being able to see the Thundercats, but I reckon the drive and BBQ would be the major highlights regardless.

[chief1eye]

Yeah, good idea see photo below of the Omokoroa Domain under water !!!!

[mickeyduck]

Wow. Yep that's looking pretty soggy Ross.
I hope your place is ok?

PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE: I messed up with the date (now corrected).
Aiming for Sunday the 4th February, NOT the 3rd.

See you all then! With large doses of sunscreen!

[UberNZ]

Ahh, that'll clash with Leadfoot Festival (3rd and 4th of Feb), but I'll be there for the next one.

[mickeyduck]

Ahh, that'll clash with Leadfoot Festival (3rd and 4th of Feb), but I'll be there for the next one.

Sorry Jamie, I didn't know anyone was going. Have a great time. We enjoyed it last year. And next year maybe we can make it a bit of a club event?

[CJ]

with the date change....i'll see if i can get my butt into gear and fix the MR2.

[Mr-Paulio]

In between now and then we Aucklanders may do a small trip up north for some Pizza (20th January perhaps?)
http://mr2.org.nz/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14588
Might be a good way to test some AW's. Paul knows where he can park up if he needs to.

The pizza run is probably about the same distance away, for me anyway!

[mickeyduck]

Hey it occurred to me I've set this up for the Sunday of what's kinda Waitangi weekend. Though Waitangi Day falls on the Tuesday this year not the Monday. So I dunno if the holiday madness will be happening this year or not? Even if it is, most people going away will likely be taking the Monday off to have a 4 day weekend. So we'll go ahead anyway, yeah? Or does the weekend I've picked mean half our crew won't make it either? Sing out now before it's too late...!