Fast Lane Show (Corbridge) - Sunday 11th May

[LowiePete]

Hello Folks,

First The Gripe
Not for the first time I found myself being the _only_ person at a show
with a Renault on display. Why? Because the TROC organisers pulled
the plug at the very last minute, over what turned out to be a bogus
weather forecast. If every other exhibitor group had been such wimps
there would have been no show at all!

The _only_, repeat _only_, group to pull out was the TROC. What an
appalling decision. If I had not gone and my mate, who was taking a
Golf GTI, had gone and come back with news of how good the show
actually was, I'd be even more livid than I am presently.

For me to get sent a PM at 10pm on the eve of the show was way too
late. I was only able to open it at 7.15am on the show morning. It's no
good blaming me because I had not divulged my moby number, I was
on a farm in the wilds of Cumbria with no signal to receive it! I made
that fact known weeks ago. My last message was that I was going come
what may, it was only going to be showery at worst.

I've been caught out by duff weather forecasts in the past - but even so,
it was nothing less than a bad decision to pull out. I can't imagine what
David the organiser will make of TROC and whether he'll accept another
application next year. I know I would not!

Now to the Good Bit
What a fantastic show! Some really good metal on display. The welcome
was warm and stewards helpful. Over 300 cars on dry ground, having
made the 80 mile journey in torrential rain. The spray on the M6 was
something to witness.

Having got parked up and hoping that I'm not going to get too up-staged
by a very tidy 02 Scooby next to me, my heart was gladdened by the vision
and sound of not one but two blasts from the past. I'll let the pictures do
the talking...











Regards,
Steve

 

[andybond]

Loverly 8 there.

Icofmt make it due to the horrific weather from 185mi south

I was poking forward to saying hello as well.

To be fair to mart + Steve I think they both had a pretty horrific day.

Might be an idea if you are doing daft distances / making special journeys to centralise our phone numbers?

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Hi Steve,
I'm very sorry to read of your disappointment in our non attendance to the event, and can understand your frustration, but after the Saturday we had working on my Raider, both of us were just thoroughly p1ssed off and were not in the right frame of mind to attend. An overview of what happened:

• I lugged the engine out of my Cup Car all the way to Sunderland so Mart & I could rebuild it together
• After all the effort of dragging a complete second engine halfway across the country we came to make a start and found that it was missing one of the crank bearing dowels which meant we could not continue with the build
• We decided to continue regardless so as to not make the effort a complete waste of time and then when the first piston was installed one of the rings did not seat correctly and scored/scrapped one of the new liners I'd installed in the engine (£££ for me to fix)
• Given that the engine rebuild was doomed to fail we made a start rebuilding the Carburettor to fix the high CO levels and the recent MOT failure on the Raider
• We were getting p1ssed on by the rain whilst we worked on the car so decided to pull the front of it into Mart's garage so we could continue without getting wet.
• As there was no way of driving/starting the car with the carb off and in bits the only option was to roll the car down his steep drive and into the garage.. at this point the bottom of the front bumper caught the entrance to Mart's garage and cracked it. (£££ for me to fix)
• We then soldiered on with the carb to try & get something right all weekend (which we eventually did) and finished at 9:15pm thoroughly soaked and p1ssed off.

Therefore the thought of another day stood in the rain (as the weather forecast predicted) with these rotten Renault's didn't appeal.

Sorry

 

[Matt Cole]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up! Completely shocking.

 

[andybond]

Matt, you are entitled to your opinion.

As stated , and personally I think its a pretty good excuse there are mitigating circumstances.

What you are doing here is trying to shit stir.

Matt , you were never blocked from creating a RTOC stand. What was pointed out was if you want to have a meeting of the clubs then this one was going under the TurboRenault club.

There were two routes forward on this , accept it or dont.

As it happens you didnt show , and no RTOCers ( not even the rule of 3 ) turned up so its a moot point.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up! Completely shocking.

I can post up some pictures of of my bathroom if that will make you feel better Matt?

 

[DaveL485]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up! Completely shocking.

Aside from being an enormous hypocrite, you are obviously only trying to stir up trouble. Which is pretty pathetic. If you want a constructive relationship then we are here. If not, go troll elsewhere.

LowiePete, apologies for the short notice let down, I totally understand your frustration, but also theirs too. Frenchie junk has ruined several events for me over the years.
PM me your address and I'll sort you out a little apology from us @TR.

 

[Matt Cole]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up!

I can post up some pictures of of my bathroom if that will make you feel better Matt?

Yes please steve.

 

[Matt Cole]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up!

Aside from being an enormous hypocrite, you are obviously only trying to stir up trouble. Which is pretty pathetic. If you want a constructive relationship then we are here. If not, go troll elsewhere.

LowiePete, apologies for the short notice let down, I totally understand your frustration, but also theirs too. Frenchie junk has ruined several events for me over the years.
PM me your address and I'll sort you out a little apology from us @TR.

Not wanting to cause trouble at all Dave. Just telling it how it is.

 

[Matt Cole]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up!

Matt, you are entitled to your opinion.

As stated , and personally I think its a pretty good excuse there are mitigating circumstances.

What you are doing here is trying to shit stir.

Matt , you were never blocked from creating a RTOC stand. What was pointed out was if you want to have a meeting of the clubs then this one was going under the TurboRenault club.

There were two routes forward on this , accept it or dont.

As it happens you didnt show , and no RTOCers ( not even the rule of 3 ) turned up so its a moot point.

Andy

The RTOC stand was cancelled due to lack of interest. Just as well I didn't go or I would have lonesome with a disgruntled TROC steve.

Not trying to shit stir at all just really pissed off with whole carry on and neither club in attendance.

 

[DaveL485]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up!

Andy

The RTOC stand was cancelled due to lack of interest. Just as well I didn't go or I would have lonesome with a disgruntled TROC steve.

Not trying to shit stir at all just really pissed off with whole carry on and neither club in attendance.

So do something about it then. Were game if you are. What else can I say.

 

[andybond]

Ok Matt. Ill echo what Dave said.

Lets work together and build something awesome.

 

[Matt Cole]

What a dreadfull excuse that is! After all the crap I got from TROC for even daring to set up an RTOC stand, you cant be bothered to show up!

Ok Matt. Ill echo what Dave said.

Lets work together and build something awesome.

Ok. Im for a truce? Might even show you pictures of my new engine build

 

[andybond]

Thats teasing.

 

[Mart]

Matt, no need to stir it.

LowiePete, as per my PM to you, I had no other way of contacting you, other than the PM at the first instance I had to get online. If you had PM'd me your number, given I had PM'd you mine a few weeks ago, I would've called/texted you on Saturday daytime to explain what was what.

Sorry we/I let you down, but as I said, Saturday's shenanigans plus more so the weather dictated the outcome.

 

[LowiePete]

Guys, there are two aspects to this...

1) As a previous organiser of outdoor events, the one thing you
absolutely dread is last minute cancellations.
2) I've been caught out in the past over duff weather forecasts. The
last time was the 2012 Bromley Pageant - forecast dreadful, day
turned out fine with record number of cars!

As I've said in both places, I'm a Renault enthusiast first and foremost.
I do hope that we can get booked in again because it was an excellent
show! My understanding was that there would be 12 or 14 cars going
to attend - so it looks like several more people dropped out. Making a
commitment like this is like any other and dropping out a such short
notice is just bad form. Please, let's not do that again...

Regards,
Steve