Weekend In Wales With Our Ms! - Pics and Vids

[h-manuk]

Originally Posted by mlhj83

Video should be ready in 2-3 days.

Marcus, can I get the original vids on Saturday morning and the the time the camera was in my car?

[mlhj83]

Originally Posted by h-manuk

Marcus, can I get the original vids on Saturday morning and the the time the camera was in my car?

Sure. How do you want to pick it up?

[Jaw_F430]

Great pics Shane and Felicity

Shame I was the only AWOL 1M for the first day lunch

I think we need enough walkie talkies for one in each car as phone networks are crap in Wales


When is the IOM trip then

[mlhj83]

Originally Posted by Jaw_F430

Great pics Shane and Felicity

Shame I was the only AWOL 1M for the first day lunch

I think we need enough walkie talkies for one in each car as phone networks are crap in Wales


When is the IOM trip then

Yeah there were 4 of us with walkie talkies of different makes, but we easily managed to match the frequencies. The only reason we didn't use them for long was that Shane's set was undercharged and my set's rechargeable batteries were too old to hold their charge. But yes, if some of you buy another couple of sets which cost less than £50 a pair, would be great for the next trip.

I reckon IOM before end of the year. Roads don't get treacherous as the temperatures don't go to extremes given that it's surrounded by sea. I was there during the midst of winter and I could comfortably push it.

Video of my IOM trip - excuse the music

[h-manuk]

Originally Posted by mlhj83

Sure. How do you want to pick it up?

Just keep hold of the vids. I'm sure I will hook up with you at a meet sometime and I can bring my laptop to transfer!

[h-manuk]

Just found someone's walkie talkie in my car. Marcus/Shane I believe this must be either of yours?

[mlhj83]

Originally Posted by h-manuk

Just found someone's walkie talkie in my car. Marcus/Shane I believe this must be either of yours?

It's mine, hang on to it. I'll pick it up together with my camera mount the next time we meet. Cheers.

[Aussie_in_London]

The 2-way radios do come in handy when everyone has one...

[mlhj83]

Originally Posted by Aussie_in_London

The 2-way radios do come in handy when everyone has one...

Efficient way of insulting everyone at one go .

[Jaw_F430]

Originally Posted by mlhj83

Efficient way of insulting everyone at one go .

[Tamara]

Really beautiful photos Shane/Felicity, colours are great and I love the action shots. Really brought the experience back to me in sad contrast to the disgusting experience of the train commute to London to work today. Ugh

Pity we were all too busy trying to scrape past that sheep transporter Mark met head on at speed on that single track to capture that particular moment

Anyway, still seething from the ding to my wheel arch from that idiot who parked next to me at the hotel in Betws-y-coed but otherwise think I got off lightly. It was just a great first experience of 'proper' driving.

...And I think the correct answer to the 'strange lady who asked why we all had the same car' is just that the 1M is so brilliant you'd be a fool not to! (although obviously the M3 is brilliant too Marcus)...

[jan9]

My wife was filming on her phone just as we went around the bend, so you can see Mark's rear lights flashing like crazy and a big blue thing coming towards us. Then Mark reversing in a hurry!

[Tamara]

We definitely need to see that!

[Aussie_in_London]

Originally Posted by Tamara

Anyway, still seething from the ding to my wheel arch from that idiot who parked next to me at the hotel in Betws-y-coed but otherwise think I got off lightly. It was just a great first experience of 'proper' driving.

And we was just talking about inconsiderate fools hitting your car in carparks, maybe a visit to Lee is in order

[mlhj83]

Originally Posted by sladeywadey

really liking the photos guys

BTW I'm a new UK owner here with a 61 plate VO.

Marcus, you're not the same guy I once met up with back in 2007 for a midnight blast around hampshire/sussex are you? Did you own a R32? I had a CSL back then.

Simon! Yes, it's me lol! I do remember the passenger ride in your CSL. Welcome to bimmerpost!

Originally Posted by Tamara

Really beautiful photos Shane/Felicity, colours are great and I love the action shots. Really brought the experience back to me in sad contrast to the disgusting experience of the train commute to London to work today. Ugh

Pity we were all too busy trying to scrape past that sheep transporter Mark met head on at speed on that single track to capture that particular moment

Anyway, still seething from the ding to my wheel arch from that idiot who parked next to me at the hotel in Betws-y-coed but otherwise think I got off lightly. It was just a great first experience of 'proper' driving.

...And I think the correct answer to the 'strange lady who asked why we all had the same car' is just that the 1M is so brilliant you'd be a fool not to! (although obviously the M3 is brilliant too Marcus)...

Sorry to hear about that ding, but at least it's easily repairable. I believe my video cam caught all of us trying to squeeze past. Will try and include that in my video.

A real stark contrast isn't it, coming back to London. At least the West country or Wales is close enough to escape for the weekend.

[Aussie_in_London]

Originally Posted by mlhj83

Simon! Yes, it's me lol! I do remember the passenger ride in your CSL. Welcome to bimmerpost!




Sorry to hear about that ding, but at least it's easily repairable. I believe my video cam caught all of us trying to squeeze past. Will try and include that in my video.

A real stark contrast isn't it, coming back to London. At least the West country or Wales is close enough to escape for the weekend.

It was bad enough driving smack bang into the middle of London Sunday evening on the way back, wasn't expecting the traffic I hit after 9pm made worse by all the heavy rain......I really wanted to turn around and head back to Wales lol

[Tamara]

Originally Posted by Aussie_in_London

And we was just talking about inconsiderate fools hitting your car in carparks, maybe a visit to Lee is in order

Yes ironic, but as car was dirty did not notice until our second stop (and the perpetrator left before breakfast - now I know why).
The VO (as scraped down to metal) seems to be very difficult to colour blend, gave Lee a headache last time, but nevermind it's just another blemish to add to the collection.

[Aussie_in_London]

Some people hey, no respect!

Lee is always up for a challenge, I throw many his way lol

I started filling in the massive chip to one of the spokes on my wheel, a huge big chunk down to the metal, gonna be interesting how I will match the hyper black, first dollop to fill in the crater was titanium silver, tonight I will mix the titanium with gloss black and see what it comes up like over a few coats......

Ever thought of a change and a nice wrap? now that will protect the paint work some

[mlhj83]

Thanks for being patient chaps. Getting the videos processed as quick as I can. 2 days and 27GB of HD video is a PITA .

[Aussie_in_London]

Originally Posted by mlhj83

Thanks for being patient chaps. Getting the videos processed as quick as I can. 2 days and 27GB of HD video is a PITA .

Come on man, we have been waiting ages for these driving vids

[Tamara]

Originally Posted by Aussie_in_London

Some people hey, no respect!


Ever thought of a change and a nice wrap? now that will protect the paint work some

Well I did really fancy that lime green 1M. Lush.....
Good luck with your wheel fix tho'

[Aussie_in_London]

Originally Posted by Tamara

Well I did really fancy that lime green 1M. Lush.....
Good luck with your wheel fix tho'

It can be done and should be done

And Felicity has the repair duties (and all the stone chips lol), she is very handy with the fine artist brush