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"Megan" · May 19th, 2006, 10:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Mini2v

Here is a photo of the Trophies for tomorrow's MINIKhana, looking forward to seeing everyone at Eastern Creek

Vic

Aha - I see you have picked up your car Vic?? And you happen to have my favourite wheels too!! Look forward to checking her out tomorrow.

All ready for tomorrow and looking forward to a fun day. Not expecting to bring home any of the trophies being my first time - but it's all about the fun anyway

See you all tomorrow!!

meinamini · May 19th, 2006, 11:57 AM

Good luck for tomorrow everyone! Have a great day, look forward to seeing some pics

TeeBee7 · May 19th, 2006, 12:26 PM

2bob · May 19th, 2006, 12:43 PM

Wow-i will try really hard knowing a set of rims is the major prize

"Megan" · May 19th, 2006, 01:42 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by TeeBee7

And we all know you have been practicing your little heart out Tommy

so if you don't get one of those trophies, I will be very surprised!

Good luck to everyone - it's gonna be fun!! And I have even remembered to pack a camera this time

"Megan" · May 19th, 2006, 01:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2bob

Wow-i will try really hard knowing a set of rims is the major prize

I may have to re-think my strategy if that is the case

Mini2v · May 20th, 2006, 08:11 AM

A few early shots from the MINIkhana, the competition was tuff, it will be interesting to see the results when the boys and girls get home, which should be real soon now

vic

TeeBee7 · May 20th, 2006, 08:26 AM

Andrew 1st
Bob 2nd
Bryan 3rd

Plus Bryan and Avril won the team event and scored gift certificates worth $250 ea

It was SOOOO MUCH FUN. I was not in contention at all as I got way to sideways, way too often

Tommy

Mini2v · May 20th, 2006, 09:54 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by TeeBee7

Andrew 1st
Bob 2nd
Bryan 3rd

Plus Bryan and Avril won the team event and scored gift certificates worth $250 ea

It was SOOOO MUCH FUN. I was not in contention at all as I got way to sideways, way too often

Tommy

And the Winners are:-

First Andrew Hyles Pics 1 & 2 Happy Birthday
Second Bob Colvin Pic 3
Third Bryan Shedden Pic 4

And what a great prize from the boys at Eastern Creek Driver Training for the team prize. Well done to Bryan and Avril W

hooo Hoooo!

Vic

eb/w mini · May 20th, 2006, 10:18 AM

egads! ye ol raiding party from down south has made off with the gold. avast ye mateys. well done andrew. seems you have bonded well with the new car. top stuff.

2bob · May 20th, 2006, 10:22 AM

THANKS VIC,
Once again thanks for a great day. Congratulations to Andrew for winning the day---also happy birthday----Bryan well done---looking foward to another CLUB MINI event.

FL00DY · May 20th, 2006, 02:12 PM

Yes thank you all for a great day. What an awesome event, really a well put together show. I can't believe I almost didn't do it.

Now what did someone say about me not mentioning how the VW went

Over to vortex I go

If it was about consistency well then I was consistently better at one aspect of my times

I'll stop now

AWW_MCS · May 20th, 2006, 11:47 PM

I'll post pics of EC this evening theres aprox 430 of them Mei Ling was a excellent photographer for the day

Video is being processed 2hrs - need to compact to approx 10-20 presentation (lots of work)

If anyone wants raw uncut version please let (Big Brother) know .....hehehe

Cheers
JohnG

Guran · May 21st, 2006, 12:04 AM

Thanks for organising such a great day Vic. The Eastern Creek instructors were fantastic as usual. James is such a laugh ... in a good sort of way! Well done Andrew and Bob for taking out the top two places. I was really surprised to take out the best team competition and have to thank my partner Avril for her excellent driving skills. I did have two bites at the cherry though, since we had odd numbers and I was the lucky one who got placed in two teams (my other partner was Roz - thank you too!).

Definitely a great day and I hope the event can continue in the future. What it takes is people willing to join in the fun, so I can only urge everyone here to have a go. You won't regret it!

I managed to video all of my driving on the skidpan using my handicam rigged up on a tripod on the back seat. It's only analogue video and the colour isn't great, but it is still quite watchable. I'll have a go at converting to mpg for those who're interested in seeing it.

meinamini · May 21st, 2006, 12:22 AM

Sounds like yet another top day! Congratulations everyone

W00t!

"Megan" · May 21st, 2006, 05:18 AM

What a brilliant day - and thank you to everyone who helped make it so much fun!! The instructors were great, and showed both patience and humour in spades

James, John, Matt and Elena - thank you all so much. Vic, thanks again for organising this event, and stopping by - love your new ride - she is a beauty!!

I am still in shock at winning the team event, and believe a lot of that was being lucky enough to be partnered with Bryan

Thanks partner - no doubt will see you at the track again sometime

Well done Andrew, a well deserved 1st place - (and talk about cool, calm and collected!!) and we all thought rather fitting that our "Oracle" took out the honours

And what a way to spend your birthday!

Way to go Bob and Bryan too, for taking their places on the podium. Never imagined I would have gotten as close as I did either

If there was an award for "having the most fun, and to hell with the results" it would have been Tommy in 1st place, closely followed by Steve, John G and Maaaarrrrrrrk, all tying for 2nd place! Roz and Raoul both did well, and looked like they were having fun, as well as sharing a car

And, ahem, ah, hate to admit it, but there was this little white car, that....ahem, well, let's just say, performed extremely well, and even (shock, horror) beat the MINIs in one aspect!!

Now, as we didn't actually get this particular driver into a MINI for a comparison (kick myself for not thinking of this before and offering him a drive in Megan) we will have to wait for the next time to find out the REAL truth

- was it the car, or the driver??

And, as a good carpenter never blames his tools, I think I worked out why I was doing such sucky handbrake turns - and next time I will try turning to the right and see what happens. Hopefully then, my right foot won't feel compelled to plant itself on both the brake and the accelerator at the same time!!! And on a positive note - whereas before I wondered how on earth I could manage to attempt the 'heel and toe' thing - at least I discovered that my feet are big enough to make it a possibility

For anyone who hasn't done a day in the Skid Pan before, you just have to try it - you will learn so much, while having fun!! We have to do this again - soon!!

Cheers
Avril...

"Megan" · May 21st, 2006, 05:24 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by FL00DY

Yes thank you all for a great day. What an awesome event, really a well put together show. I can't believe I almost didn't do it.

Now what did someone say about me not mentioning how the VW went

Over to vortex I go

If it was about consistency well then I was consistently better at one aspect of my times

I'll stop now

So, we can count you in for the next one?? Funny about that!

AndrewH · May 21st, 2006, 08:10 AM

What can I say but thanks to everyone for making it such a great day!

As I mentioned on the day, I think the secret to success is practicing on all those roundabouts in Canberra

That, plus following Lima around Brindy road umpty-nine times

(Oh and lets not forget good old fluke and the power of the fluffy dice

). I really enjoyed myself and learnt a lot about the limits of the car.

One interesting take-home for me was that, while the car is actually easier to balance on the limit without DSC on, DSC is one incredible safety feature and I will never buy a car without it again. This was most clearly demonstrated to me in the handbrake into the garage event when, due to brain fade, I forgot to turn DSC off

(don't worry, this was before the competition started

). I was able to perform almost perfect sideways slides into the garage - no unwanted spinning no uncontrolled sliding out, the car just did exactly what I wanted it to

Mini's are such a beautifully balanced car. They're so predictable at the limit - a little adjustment to the throttle and/or the steering wheel/brakes is all you need to get yourself back into line

Oh and I tried the rear vision mirror positioning thing on the way home and, what do you know, they're right, it works and means you can see a car beside you without looking over your shoulder

All in all a great day and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about doing it

PS, B2 is still in one piece

Photos to follow shortly

2bob · May 21st, 2006, 08:11 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by AWW_MCS

I'll post pics of EC this evening theres aprox 430 of them Mei Ling was a excellent photographer for the day

Video is being processed 2hrs - need to compact to approx 10-20 presentation (lots of work)

If anyone wants raw uncut version please let (Big Brother) know .....hehehe

Cheers
JohnG

John &Mei Ling thank you for all the time you both put into recording our events----you do it so well. Looking foward to seeing the photos and especially the video---see you soon
Bob.

"Megan" · May 21st, 2006, 08:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by 2bob

John &Mei Ling thank you for all the time you both put into recording our events----you do it so well. Looking foward to seeing the photos and especially the video---see you soon
Bob.

Had a preview last night and then, I believe, John went home and spent a couple of hours editing the footage - can't wait to see it. Thanks again John and Mei Ling for going to all the trouble of doing this - we really appreciate it.

May 20th, 2006, 08:11 AM	#87 (permalink)
Mini2v MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern Beaches Syd Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 1,099 Offline	A few early shots from the MINIkhana, the competition was tuff, it will be interesting to see the results when the boys and girls get home, which should be real soon now vic Attached Thumbnails

May 20th, 2006, 09:54 AM	#89 (permalink)
Mini2v MINI2 Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern Beaches Syd Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 1,099 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TeeBee7 Andrew 1st Bob 2nd Bryan 3rd Plus Bryan and Avril won the team event and scored gift certificates worth $250 ea It was SOOOO MUCH FUN. I was not in contention at all as I got way to sideways, way too often Tommy And the Winners are:- First Andrew Hyles Pics 1 & 2 Happy Birthday Second Bob Colvin Pic 3 Third Bryan Shedden Pic 4 And what a great prize from the boys at Eastern Creek Driver Training for the team prize. Well done to Bryan and Avril W hooo Hoooo! Vic Attached Thumbnails

May 21st, 2006, 08:10 AM	#98 (permalink)
AndrewH Were there Oompa loompas? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canberra Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 4,181 Offline	What can I say but thanks to everyone for making it such a great day! As I mentioned on the day, I think the secret to success is practicing on all those roundabouts in Canberra That, plus following Lima around Brindy road umpty-nine times (Oh and lets not forget good old fluke and the power of the fluffy dice ). I really enjoyed myself and learnt a lot about the limits of the car. One interesting take-home for me was that, while the car is actually easier to balance on the limit without DSC on, DSC is one incredible safety feature and I will never buy a car without it again. This was most clearly demonstrated to me in the handbrake into the garage event when, due to brain fade, I forgot to turn DSC off (don't worry, this was before the competition started ). I was able to perform almost perfect sideways slides into the garage - no unwanted spinning no uncontrolled sliding out, the car just did exactly what I wanted it to Mini's are such a beautifully balanced car. They're so predictable at the limit - a little adjustment to the throttle and/or the steering wheel/brakes is all you need to get yourself back into line Oh and I tried the rear vision mirror positioning thing on the way home and, what do you know, they're right, it works and means you can see a car beside you without looking over your shoulder All in all a great day and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about doing it PS, B2 is still in one piece Photos to follow shortly Jan 06 MCS Checkmate

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May 19th, 2006, 10:53 AM	#81
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Mini2v Here is a photo of the Trophies for tomorrow's MINIKhana, looking forward to seeing everyone at Eastern Creek Vic Aha - I see you have picked up your car Vic?? And you happen to have my favourite wheels too!! Look forward to checking her out tomorrow. All ready for tomorrow and looking forward to a fun day. Not expecting to bring home any of the trophies being my first time - but it's all about the fun anyway See you all tomorrow!!

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May 19th, 2006, 11:57 AM	#82 (permalink)
meinamini Livin' the country life Join Date: May 2004 Location: Livin' in the OC! Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 4,008 Offline	Good luck for tomorrow everyone! Have a great day, look forward to seeing some pics

May 19th, 2006, 12:26 PM	#83 (permalink)
TeeBee7 ♥peace&love♥ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Annandale, Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,990 Offline

May 19th, 2006, 12:43 PM	#84 (permalink)
2bob MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: bilgola plateau nsw Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 1,013 Offline	Wow-i will try really hard knowing a set of rims is the major prize

May 19th, 2006, 01:42 PM	#85 (permalink)
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TeeBee7 And we all know you have been practicing your little heart out Tommy so if you don't get one of those trophies, I will be very surprised! Good luck to everyone - it's gonna be fun!! And I have even remembered to pack a camera this time

May 19th, 2006, 01:43 PM	#86 (permalink)
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by 2bob Wow-i will try really hard knowing a set of rims is the major prize I may have to re-think my strategy if that is the case

May 20th, 2006, 08:26 AM	#88 (permalink)
TeeBee7 ♥peace&love♥ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Annandale, Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,990 Offline	Andrew 1st Bob 2nd Bryan 3rd Plus Bryan and Avril won the team event and scored gift certificates worth $250 ea It was SOOOO MUCH FUN. I was not in contention at all as I got way to sideways, way too often Tommy

May 20th, 2006, 10:18 AM	#90 (permalink)
eb/w mini vod kaknockers Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Anytown, Aus Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 682 Offline	egads! ye ol raiding party from down south has made off with the gold. avast ye mateys. well done andrew. seems you have bonded well with the new car. top stuff.

May 20th, 2006, 10:22 AM	#91 (permalink)
2bob MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: bilgola plateau nsw Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 1,013 Offline	THANKS VIC, Once again thanks for a great day. Congratulations to Andrew for winning the day---also happy birthday----Bryan well done---looking foward to another CLUB MINI event.

May 20th, 2006, 02:12 PM	#92 (permalink)
FL00DY Aus liebe zum automobil Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Narellan, Sydney Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 544 Offline	Yes thank you all for a great day. What an awesome event, really a well put together show. I can't believe I almost didn't do it. Now what did someone say about me not mentioning how the VW went Over to vortex I go If it was about consistency well then I was consistently better at one aspect of my times I'll stop now

May 20th, 2006, 11:47 PM	#93 (permalink)
AWW_MCS MINI2 Regular Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sydney Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 199 Offline	I'll post pics of EC this evening theres aprox 430 of them Mei Ling was a excellent photographer for the day Video is being processed 2hrs - need to compact to approx 10-20 presentation (lots of work) If anyone wants raw uncut version please let (Big Brother) know .....hehehe Cheers JohnG

May 21st, 2006, 12:04 AM	#94 (permalink)
Guran MINI2 Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wollongong Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 205 Offline	Thanks for organising such a great day Vic. The Eastern Creek instructors were fantastic as usual. James is such a laugh ... in a good sort of way! Well done Andrew and Bob for taking out the top two places. I was really surprised to take out the best team competition and have to thank my partner Avril for her excellent driving skills. I did have two bites at the cherry though, since we had odd numbers and I was the lucky one who got placed in two teams (my other partner was Roz - thank you too!). Definitely a great day and I hope the event can continue in the future. What it takes is people willing to join in the fun, so I can only urge everyone here to have a go. You won't regret it! I managed to video all of my driving on the skidpan using my handicam rigged up on a tripod on the back seat. It's only analogue video and the colour isn't great, but it is still quite watchable. I'll have a go at converting to mpg for those who're interested in seeing it.

May 21st, 2006, 12:22 AM	#95 (permalink)
meinamini Livin' the country life Join Date: May 2004 Location: Livin' in the OC! Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 4,008 Offline	Sounds like yet another top day! Congratulations everyone W00t!

May 21st, 2006, 05:18 AM	#96 (permalink)
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	What a brilliant day - and thank you to everyone who helped make it so much fun!! The instructors were great, and showed both patience and humour in spades James, John, Matt and Elena - thank you all so much. Vic, thanks again for organising this event, and stopping by - love your new ride - she is a beauty!! I am still in shock at winning the team event, and believe a lot of that was being lucky enough to be partnered with Bryan Thanks partner - no doubt will see you at the track again sometime Well done Andrew, a well deserved 1st place - (and talk about cool, calm and collected!!) and we all thought rather fitting that our "Oracle" took out the honours And what a way to spend your birthday! Way to go Bob and Bryan too, for taking their places on the podium. Never imagined I would have gotten as close as I did either If there was an award for "having the most fun, and to hell with the results" it would have been Tommy in 1st place, closely followed by Steve, John G and Maaaarrrrrrrk, all tying for 2nd place! Roz and Raoul both did well, and looked like they were having fun, as well as sharing a car And, ahem, ah, hate to admit it, but there was this little white car, that....ahem, well, let's just say, performed extremely well, and even (shock, horror) beat the MINIs in one aspect!! Now, as we didn't actually get this particular driver into a MINI for a comparison (kick myself for not thinking of this before and offering him a drive in Megan) we will have to wait for the next time to find out the REAL truth - was it the car, or the driver?? And, as a good carpenter never blames his tools, I think I worked out why I was doing such sucky handbrake turns - and next time I will try turning to the right and see what happens. Hopefully then, my right foot won't feel compelled to plant itself on both the brake and the accelerator at the same time!!! And on a positive note - whereas before I wondered how on earth I could manage to attempt the 'heel and toe' thing - at least I discovered that my feet are big enough to make it a possibility For anyone who hasn't done a day in the Skid Pan before, you just have to try it - you will learn so much, while having fun!! We have to do this again - soon!! Cheers Avril...

May 21st, 2006, 05:24 AM	#97 (permalink)
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by FL00DY Yes thank you all for a great day. What an awesome event, really a well put together show. I can't believe I almost didn't do it. Now what did someone say about me not mentioning how the VW went Over to vortex I go If it was about consistency well then I was consistently better at one aspect of my times I'll stop now So, we can count you in for the next one?? Funny about that!

May 21st, 2006, 08:11 AM	#99 (permalink)
2bob MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: bilgola plateau nsw Local Time: 07:01 AM Posts: 1,013 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by AWW_MCS I'll post pics of EC this evening theres aprox 430 of them Mei Ling was a excellent photographer for the day Video is being processed 2hrs - need to compact to approx 10-20 presentation (lots of work) If anyone wants raw uncut version please let (Big Brother) know .....hehehe Cheers JohnG John &Mei Ling thank you for all the time you both put into recording our events----you do it so well. Looking foward to seeing the photos and especially the video---see you soon Bob.

May 21st, 2006, 08:47 AM	#100 (permalink)
"Megan" MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney Local Time: 06:01 AM Posts: 1,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by 2bob John &Mei Ling thank you for all the time you both put into recording our events----you do it so well. Looking foward to seeing the photos and especially the video---see you soon Bob. Had a preview last night and then, I believe, John went home and spent a couple of hours editing the footage - can't wait to see it. Thanks again John and Mei Ling for going to all the trouble of doing this - we really appreciate it.