Contracts to you both, All the best mate Dan On 29/5/06 13:52, "Chris Hawes" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Arrived home a few hours ago and just got up after a bit of a sleep. Came > back with 3 other cars, but the sat nav took me off route from them minutes > after leaving the ferry. > > Eurofest was outstanding, it was great to catch up with familiar faces and > also meet new ones. > > The time trials were my favourite part of the whole event and being part of > a convoy where the car blended in for once. Judging the interiors was also > hugely rewarding. I also operated the 'perfect' gullwing door on one of the > concourse cars. This was the gentle, smooth and small amount of action > required to lift the handle, the quick smooth rise and the little resistance > to close with a virtually missable 'click' rather than a louder clunk as it > is closed with your little finger. > > On the way home I took a detour to find a suitable 'surface' to push the > barrier on my cars top speed. I reached a never before 128mph (170mph > speedo) before running out of space. The GPS at lower speeds confirmed the > speedo to be accurate to within +/- 2mph. I don't think there could have > been much capacity to go quicker, but I was impressed. I didn't know that > it could go that quick. It has a similar setup up to a 'Stage 1' with a not > so free-flow non standard partially stainless exhaust system running with > the original manifolds. > > Lets hope there is another event in 2011 and from my point of view I would > like more performance driving brought into the schedule as the time trials > was immense fun. > > Giants Causeway will always be memorable as it is where I proposed to my > girlfriend and she said yes! > > Looking forward to Lotus > > Regards > > Chris Hawes > Vin 5255 aka UIJ 197 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Everything you need is one?click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page?now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AHchtC/4FxNAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/