I thought someone may like to hear my experience of going to my first PCGB regional meet which was in Essex.
I set off last night in plenty of time ( 50 mins) to arrive for 8P.M , only to find Google was quite out of date in its directions (yes really). This caused me to arrive at the venue 15 minutes after the 'start time' but since I was expecting a load of folk at a bar chatting I wans't too worried. My car drove as impecably as ever and the drive itself was enjoyable. Upon my arrival I checked out the car park , one 944 , two 928's and many, many 911 varients.
As I strolled in at 8.15 there was a lady PCGB member from the Institute of Advanced Motorists giving a lecture/presentation so I crept in and stood at the back as you do. Obviously during the lecture this didnt give even sociable chatty me any chance to meet anyone but the presentation was quite relevent to us Porsche folk so worth a listen. I would say there were around 40 people in attendence.
After the lecture most folk huddled quuickly in to groups of 5 or 6 plus and clearly all knew each other , I was quite visable but noticably only one club official and one other member spoke to me or even appeared to notice that I was there. I spoke for some time with a nice chap who I had approached and said hello too and it turns out that he was a new member like myself in the last week and has a 993 Targa. The only other person I met was the organiser a young gentleman who came round promoting a Scalextric night in two weeks time. Sadly this night out was too early for me to get to after work so I declined. The club chairman was there circulating but didnt appear to have noticed me though he walked right past me two or three times.
Would I go again , yes I would but would I go alone again, no I wouldnt as if I had not met the other new member I would have been the proverbial spare part at a wedding.
On a fun note,in my efforts to make conversation I mentioned Karting to the organiser chap and that I was interested in some Krting nights that another nearby region were holding as this region was not too far away. The gentleman quickly replied " ooh you may be better supporting their region in any inter region Karting as they are a bit too good ".
From the look on his face I belive that the neighbouring region had a bit of a reputation and could strike the fear of God in to the hearts of any potential competitors.
Cheers Mas
Friday 12 February 2010
Saturday 6 February 2010
Porsche 944 Meet Rutland Water 31st Jan 2010
The meet had been arranged around a month ago by a couple of people on the Porsche Club G.B forum & was intended as an informal get together of all 944 folk who might be feeling sociable. I had certainly been looking foreward to the meet as I had neve been to a '944 meet' before.
I drove up to Rutland via the M11-A1(M) and A14 which was claimed to be 75 miles and around 90 minutes. I have never passed so many speed restrictions and speed cameras in my life and in the end I arrived some hour and 3/4 after having set off. I only saw one 944 along the way and wasn't too sure how many of the 14 folk who had said they were coming would actually turn up.
On arrival at the Rutland Water sports Centre Car Parks ( of which there are several) , after a slight hiccup all of the 944's got together in the bottom car park. Much to my suprise on what was a freezing cold Januay morning there were 15 Porsche 944 of various models Colours and variations all lined up for a great photo opportunity.
No meet would be complete of course without some people as well and there were 16 drivers ( 15 in a 944) and two sigificant others. We all did the milling round , looking over cars and general chatting bit and I am pleased to say I met some very pleasent sociable folk. Some of the folk were P.C.G.B members and many were not but all that I did manage to chat to were a pleasure to meet.
The above pic is of a few folk gathered round the engine bay of 'Peter's car' , if he wanted to have a 944 that would always attact attention and get folk interested then he certainly achieved that with his 'Lux Conversion'. peter told me he started off in a minor way but got a bit carried away
I can certainly see what he means :P , other cars at the meet included an infamous 3.2 litre 944 turbo and cars ranging frm a very nice early dash White 944 lux , various Turbos 220 and 250 , S2's and one Cab. All in all a fantastic selection of 944's to feast your eyes on.
Including mine of course !
As the cold and damp started to penetrate ( us not the cars) we moved on to a nearby village pub which was packed to the rafters with Sunday Lunch folk but they squeezed us all in on various tables around the pub. This was a bit of a pity as we were all split up but it was unavoidable. I enjoyed the company of all of the 6 other folk around the table, we had a roast and a good natter and after lunch we all set off on our own journeys home.
Myself and two ther 944's drove together back down the A14/A1(M) route and we had a spirited little convoy, making some very nice progress through the traffic together before finally going our seperate ways. All in all a very pleasent Sunday indeed.
I drove up to Rutland via the M11-A1(M) and A14 which was claimed to be 75 miles and around 90 minutes. I have never passed so many speed restrictions and speed cameras in my life and in the end I arrived some hour and 3/4 after having set off. I only saw one 944 along the way and wasn't too sure how many of the 14 folk who had said they were coming would actually turn up.
On arrival at the Rutland Water sports Centre Car Parks ( of which there are several) , after a slight hiccup all of the 944's got together in the bottom car park. Much to my suprise on what was a freezing cold Januay morning there were 15 Porsche 944 of various models Colours and variations all lined up for a great photo opportunity.
No meet would be complete of course without some people as well and there were 16 drivers ( 15 in a 944) and two sigificant others. We all did the milling round , looking over cars and general chatting bit and I am pleased to say I met some very pleasent sociable folk. Some of the folk were P.C.G.B members and many were not but all that I did manage to chat to were a pleasure to meet.
The above pic is of a few folk gathered round the engine bay of 'Peter's car' , if he wanted to have a 944 that would always attact attention and get folk interested then he certainly achieved that with his 'Lux Conversion'. peter told me he started off in a minor way but got a bit carried away
I can certainly see what he means :P , other cars at the meet included an infamous 3.2 litre 944 turbo and cars ranging frm a very nice early dash White 944 lux , various Turbos 220 and 250 , S2's and one Cab. All in all a fantastic selection of 944's to feast your eyes on.
Including mine of course !
As the cold and damp started to penetrate ( us not the cars) we moved on to a nearby village pub which was packed to the rafters with Sunday Lunch folk but they squeezed us all in on various tables around the pub. This was a bit of a pity as we were all split up but it was unavoidable. I enjoyed the company of all of the 6 other folk around the table, we had a roast and a good natter and after lunch we all set off on our own journeys home.
Myself and two ther 944's drove together back down the A14/A1(M) route and we had a spirited little convoy, making some very nice progress through the traffic together before finally going our seperate ways. All in all a very pleasent Sunday indeed.
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