When?
Sometime in November I guess so your weekends in December can be spent wasting money on rubbish presents for your family. How about Saturday the 13th?

Where?
Mullingar? Athlone? Portlaoise? Leixlip?

ok then - the Saturday after? (20th)

Brendan

Any of those suggestions are fine by me.  Its far enough out that the rest of us won't have to tackle the gridlock as well as drive there.  You're right, Athlone is too far, since its likely that the majority will probably be from the Dublin area.

OK, so Im going to set it in stone

Saturday 20th November in the Mullingar Park Hotel (just off N4) at 1pm!

Sound!

Can't make that date at the moment will know closer to the date but it looks unlikely

Topazman

K, Will probably have to park the Company truck around the corner,but will be nice to meet u all

Regards

dax

I think the 20th is ok for me, but would have preferred Portlousy (Portlaoise) as a venue, due to its proximity, but Mullingar is alright.

Ado

kbannon wrote: OK, so Im going to set it in stone Saturday 20th November in the Mullingar Park Hotel (just off N4) at 1pm!

I take it Killian that you are preparing the sandwiches, I like the crusts cut of mine on freshly baked bread

Topazman

Aaaaaah!! If i may,a honey with the toast would be grand!! i assume that your get togethers are very staid,cucumber sandwiches and tea and scone types??

if not!! plse  recommend somewhere I can  sleep other than the local Garda station??a b&B as I am highly unlikely to get lucky?? any local advice would  be greatly appreciated

regards

dax

What about a small bimmer car boot sale afterwards, to off load all those unused bits in the garage!

Geoff

The owners of Mondello might not be to happy but since you are the main man Killian you know what their limits are, the onlt thing is a truck arriving with the entire body parts of an E39 or E46 might not be very welcome

Topazman 

Sorry my mistake maybe if lads could post anything they would be looking for it would save lads bringing their entire parts list from their garages etc

Topazman

I was so caught up in the events at Mondello that i forgot to spread the word that i have E30 325 cam if anyones interested they can pm me....

And I have most of the interior and exterior of my car available also and could have more available soon

Topazman

kbannon wrote: well is this buy & sell thingymabob happening?

Maybe.......

Well if lads who are going to the meet could post any parts that they are looking for then those going could bring that part along I don't think the Hotel manager would be to happy with an Autojumble happening in his car park, all we would be missing then is a caravan BOSS  

Topazman

Sorry Guys, won't be able to make the meet -going to Waterford for the weekend with the other half!

Geoff

I wish - family function - YIPPEE

Anybody meeting up so that we can 'cruise' down to the meet on Saturday, anybody from Dublin/Kildare can we meet anywhere or along the route. Would look good and be some site to other motorists to see a load of Bimmers cruising to Mullingar. 

Topazman

Car Park of the Foxhunter @ 11:30 onwards and leave for Mullingar about 12?

I'll have to meet ye all on the Motorway as I have to work till the morning and need as much time in bed as I can get

Topazman

Richie wrote: LAZY BUGGER

Not getting any younger

Topazman

topazman wrote: Richie wrote: LAZY BUGGER Not getting any younger Topazman

.....Lazy old fart then...

Robbie Bradford wrote: topazman wrote: Richie wrote: LAZY BUGGER Not getting any younger Topazman .....Lazy old fart then...

Just did one 

Topazman

Richie wrote: Weather wise.... Saturday: The frost will clear overnight and during Saturday morning as cloudy, mild weather with outbreaks of rain gradually moves in from the Atlantic. Becoming much milder with highest temperatures 11 to 13 degrees in a freshening southwesterly wind Could be lucky!

...........heard there was snow in Mullingar today!!!!!!

I think I'll be coming too!! GF has to work so I am free!

Robbie Bradford wrote: ...........heard there was snow in Mullingar today!!!!!!

That's mean donughts for free!

A good discussion about the season gone by and the season to come

Many suggestions about trips abroad, Frankfurt show, The 'Ring, AGM in May and motorsport evnet in Wales the same weekend

One person took on the possibilty of getting more tickets for club members for the BTCC weekend in July (hope that one works out)

As well Kirkiston we should look at Pembrey and Anglelsey in Wales for weekend away track days.

A good discussion indeed.an enjoyable three hours or so.id say the evening part of that wedding would have bin good craic!an organised trip over to the nurburgring would be something else.was watching topgear tonight and clarkson was over there trying to do a ten minute lap in the new jag diesel.he did it eventually only to be beaten by a local girl who never drove the car before by 48 seconds. Only 13 euro to do the circuit and 140 odd corners. There must have been half a dozen E30 M3's out on the circuit at the time plus a zm3.

Robbie Bradford wrote: I watched it aswell after reading the discussion on them M forum, have to do that for sure some time in the not to distant future, won't be driving a diesel though . That Sabine is a bit of alright, would'nt mind her taking me for a ride......know mean!!

Lets set a date! May bank holiday?

here is how to get there:

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Robbie, get in touch with the lady to see how many of us she can accomodate!

Sounds good Ludo. What would we be talking about in terms of time. Maybe go on Friday morning, returning Monday evening. I'd be on for it for sure. I presume we'd go as a convoy, and stay in a local budget hotel to keep costs down.

Dave/Z3M - What do yee guys normally do, and have yee any contact details etc.

For cost, an hotel room for 2 or 3 can be found for 45/50 yoyos/room with 3 breakfast.

Boat (or shuttle) will be the most expensive thing here. As for time, probably 6hours accross englend and then free motorway accross france, blegium, holland, luxembourg and germany.

Leaving on friday morning, we should be around nuburg late in the evening (don't forget, foreign country means higher average speed!) or stop in belgium/luxembourg and a bit more driving in the morning.

Well i'm game if you guys are. Is it mainly a straight motorway run from the port or tunnel terminal in France to Nurburg. Anyone have any ideas of cost of seacat and eurotunnel.  

Anyway, getting back onto topic, thanks go to the following who braved the elements to come down to Mullingar:-
gjoconnor92 (aka Gerard O' Connor),
ludo,
myself,
Richie (Mooney),
Robbie Bradford,
techno violet (aka Turlough Nolan)
topazman (aka Niall Barrett)

Topics discussed were:-
* track days & how entries are processed (i.e. making money collection easier, etc.)
* Vehicle launches (3 series) & Refurbished dealer launches (having a club presence at both)
* promotion of club (leaflets [raising a litter issue], newspaper promotion [e.g. Better driving days], etc.)
* overseas trip(s) - possibly to Isle of Man, Wales & AGM, Frankfurt Motor Show, the Ring, Munich & Mobile Tradition
* attendance (with BMW Irl) at events such as the BTCC
* ongoing group buys (with a future item likely to be Irish Region t-shirts).
* an idea of having a dealer of the month (bi-month) to co-incide with the club mag. This would allow us to give a dealer a bit of advertising whilst giving the club some profile with the dealer network (and maybe even some prizes, etc.). This could be done by writing a small review of the dealer along with an advert on the irish region site/forum.

I think people were generally satisfied with the events held during the year but it must be mentioned that most at the meeting were not active members of the club until recently and did not attend all events .

I remember a car behind me with one sidelight - couldn't tell what it was.

On the M4 coming up towards Maynooth I came up behind a van with no rear lights (only saw when I passed him that his front lights were on). Flashed him and he then flashed his hazards twice! Would be interesting to see the car with one sidelight come up behind him!

Anyway, what happened you at Kinnegad? Did you take a scenic route as you disappeared from bhind me! Surely you weren't held up in that car of yours!?!

No I think Richie was enjoying the scenery around him or else he was suffering from indigestion

Topazman

Listen Rich, you are not alone. I was suppose to have it installed on Monday, spent an hour on the phone to the broadband help today(not so helpfull) then was told i had to ring Dell to check if there was a firewall on Windows XP, spent about two hours talkin to an Indian dude and then back to Eircom and hey presto i'm connected.....three days later

I don't know what to recommend you do, but i have to say it makes a huge difference. At last i have seen your footage from Mondello, excellant work indeed.....was very emotional.....memories

Mike any pics of the new rims and mirrors on your car come on we all want to see

Topazman

topazman wrote: Mike any pics of the new rims and mirrors on your car come on we all want to see Topazman

....yeah Mike, CSL rims mmmmmmmmMMM!

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Richie wrote: Dont mention Broadband to me.

One day I rang up and yet again failed. Hung up and rang straight back and said that I had passed a few weeks prior and that I now wanted to sign up. "OK Mr. Bannon, I'll just test your line..." and a few seconds later then "OK, your line passed..."

I have also been involved in getting 3 new lines set up for BB at work. All of which included about an hours worth of calls to 'customer support'!

€ircon show absolute contempt for all its customers. When they leave for another provider then then begin a campaign of harassment to win them back. One of their winback agents came to my house and deliberatley lied to me about what I would recieve if I returned (which I regretfully did). I was suspicious about the 25% off your bill claim so I got 1901 to confirm it. I eventually got them to admit in writing ( ) that I was 'misled'. However, the letter doesn't explain why 1901 confirmed the agents misleading claims!

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sorted!

You're the man Killian, you know what they say, if you want something done right then do it yourself.

Cheers