Brettus

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/\ play it by ear - we can always meet outside if we can't get into the carpark .

nzmkey

Hi guys, I hope it is not too late to join you all for the day tour?

parle

Its fine there. I failed today and thought it was the 20th and went down Was pretty empty in the carpark.

Then I drove back. Fail.

ianaguila

Come and join us bro.

pottsy

Hey guys, yeah confirmed too. Was up late giving her a clean and a last check over.

Cell is 021 923 522

scotttnz

No more sleeps!

The more the merrier! Come along.

Fail!
Hope you are still coming today?

Our babysitters fell through at the last minute, but organised some more. Have to detour past Waiuku to drop the sprogs off now. At least it's kinda on the way.

Brettus

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no problem at all . see you there

Brettus

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The List:

1/Rotaman (confirmed) - 021 409 919
2/Brettus (confirmed) - 021 2463 552
3/Scottnz (confirmed) - 021 751 040
4/xcon (confirmed) - 0273 555 607
5/pottsy (confirmed0 - 021 923 522
6/Inaguila (confirmed) - 021 0560 305
7/Miss8 (confirmed) - 021 1277 795
8/Parle (confirmed 2x cars)
9/sweetfa.(confirmed) - 021 0710 466
10/ nzmkey ........

scotttnz

A big thanks to Rotaman and Brettus for organising a great day! I hope we can do it again sometime.

Now, who can name everyone in the picture?

sweetfa

Just wanted to say a big thanks to you all for making today happen - Hamish and I had a great day out and I'm now working through my second Bourbon showing the rest of the family what they missed

Special thanks to Rotaman

Look forward to the the next day out

Total km's for the day - 473

Cheers GREG 1

ianaguila

Thanks guys! How about up north next time?

xcon

Thanks Brett and Roger for organising a perfect outting !!!! Best roads for the 8 (apart from the odd gravel ones)

thanks guys

ianaguila

Red HOT 8

scotttnz

I posted some more pics over here:

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...17#post3918417

Feel free to add your own.

ianaguila

ey guys. anybody wants the unedited copy of mystery tour video? let me know.

thanks guys!

nzmkey

Thanks Brett and Roger for running the tour.

I just wonder how many people are interested to goto Hampton down for a halfday Skid Pan session. They have a slot on either Sat 16/4/11 & Sat 14/5/11 and it will cost $40-$50 per head if we have enough interest.

The skid pan session generally have two or more of below activities:
1-gymkhana in dry and then wet
2-free style - do what ever you like with the 5 cones on the pan
3-ABS/Safety demo
4-timed session

The event will be run by http://www.playdayontrack.co.nz/index.php

R

Miss8

Hey everyone thanks for a really great day I had lots of fun!!!!!!!
Got my dad to check over the car this morning and no signs of anything wrong so thats good news!! may have just been reflections from headlights

Sad news.. I sold the 8 this morning, very sad to see her go but I will buy another one one day!!!!!!!!!!

Brettus

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Was great to have you along .
Shame you sold it At least you got to give it 1 last decent drive.

Check out the link in Scotts' post above for link to pics from the day

vfds

sorry guys , just saw the thread now , awww man i really wanna do one of these , somebody tell me next time lol

scotttnz

Shame. I hope you have the chance to get another one some time. Sometimes life just has other plans.

pottsy

Cheers to Brett and Roger. Awesome day out!

Rotaman

Hi All

Finally got back home tonight, so thought I better make a few comments about our day out.
First of all I wish to thank everyone who made the effort to come along on the day.
I think for a first event, it was a good turnout. It was a little disapointing that not everyone managed to finish the event, but I understand everyone has different situations and maybe we should have started the event an hour earlier.
Something I will take into consideration for next time.
As you will all see from the photos, the prize that some of you missed out on was a Rotor Clock, it was won by our Father and son team who managed to finish the event and got the most questions wright.
Good to hear that Miss8 got home safely and managed to sell her car with no problems. Hopefully you might buy another one sometime.
Fantastic photos from everyone, I certainly hope these inspire a few more people to maybe think about coming along to the next event.
Did I just say that, yeah well, I have been thinking already about another event.
What I would like to know is what did you like about our Mystery tour and what didn't you like?
This will give me a few more clues as to what would be good to see in the next event.
Please don't be afraid to give me your true feelings about the event, good or bad.
So far I'm thinking of a 2 day event over a 3 day weekend, this would give you a day to get home.
Labour weekend is looking good for me so far, and probably down in Taupo, so that we can get some more cars come to the event from around the country.
How about the " RX8 Nationals " or maybe someone can come up with a good name for the next event.
Anyway this may give you all a few things to think about.

Rotaman

xcon

I thought the event was really well put together – Thanks again, Brett & Roger
First time for most of us on a drive like this and I thought it was really good

Having a co-driver would have helped (will definitely try to have one next time) ,
Having no co-driver was little tough, esp not knowing those back road, but Hey, we got there in the end !!!

First time took my 8 for a run long as we did on Sunday
The windy roads were perfect followed by the straights
As Brett said, the traction control makes you feel like a good driver on those tight corners and turns
The few gravel roads kept us under the speed limit I’d say other wise ….

A 2 to 3 day tour would be good for the next time (Labour Weekend would accommodate perfectly)
Taupo would be perfect, good distance as well, central for most RX8 owners in the North Island
If route could contain windy mountains roads followed by the straights (take the back Roads to Taupo, if there are any )

“RX8 Rendezvous”

scotttnz

I thought it was a great day. If our original babysitters didn't fall through we probably could have stayed untill the end.

I like the idea of a weekend meet, but the extra cost of accomodation and fuel, along with arranging it around other commitments (like children!) may limit attendance. I would suggest that if it were to be a weekend that it be arranged in such a way that there was a "main event" on 1 of the days that people who couldn't come for the whole weekend could make a day trip of.

Oooooo......how about a "Rotovegas RX8 Rendezvous"

I liked the mix of convoy and solo driving. I thought it was good to do a bit of each.

I also like that my 8 seems to be running better now than before. Idling smoother etc. Maybe I blew out some carbon buildup, or maybe it just feels more loved

sweetfa

We had a great day although I have to admit that a 13 year old was over driving by 3pm.

Loved the mix of solo and convoy and have to agree the 8 is now running really smooth.

Like the the two day event but again with three kids I'm limited to when I can attend so an entire weekend may be hard to make but on the plus side the better half after seeing the photos is really keen to come so maybe dumping the kids (Easier said than done) may be a go.

I think this was the first time I actually got to know my car and appreciate talking to you all.

The reason I brought the RX8 was simple - It's different and man when you want to play it does all that (except when being blown away by Brett ....not sure if the new kitchen will get in the way of a turbo)

Lets make the next event happen !