BMW Show Santa Pod, 16 September 2012

[Ian_C]

Thanks to Tony for organising this one at short notice :ymapplause:

Another top day out at Santa Pod, great to catch up with you all. Today we had a few zeds on the strip, one in the drift school and a healthy turnout in the zorg area. Here's a few pics:

Strip:

Drift #:-s

zorg area:

 

[M@r]{]

Sorry I didn't get a chance to come over to the stand and say hi :ymsigh: I was going through tyres like they were going out of fashion so spent most of the day jacking my car up, taking wheels off, taking them to the tyre man, bringing them back, putting them on the car, then going back out again. x12 tyres are in the big tyre heap in the sky b-( Anyway I got out of the pitlane once to go and grab a burger ~o)

I think I spoke to a few of you, Tony for sure. I took at least one guy out from one of these forums in the car - made sure he got a few extra laps for his money

Great pics btw the way :-bd

 

[badman gee]

Mark,

Myself liam and bazza came over to see you.

you were underneath the back of the zed attaching your nuts again

 

[M@r]{]

Mark,

Myself liam and bazza came over to see you.

you were underneath the back of the zed attaching your nuts again

Oh I remember :-h I've often thought at these shows everyone should walk around with their Forum name around their neck 8-}

 

[MAURICE THE MARTIAN]

Another grand day out,if a little chilly,first thing (must be getting old left the top up all day,someone should have given me a slap)
Great watching Brian and Liam tearing down the strip didnt fancy it myself this year want to keep Zeddy looking good

And of course many thanks to Tony for organising the day :-bd
Moz

 

[z3cade]

yes thanks to Tony for arranging the trip

great day with great people!!

i just couldnt get the power down off the line times were 102mph over the line around 14.1sec for me.. Brian had the same figures from his Alpina beast
was great fun!!!

 

[g8jka]

Yes thanks as well for organising was a good day again. Left quite early as it was so cold and was quite tired after leaving at 5.30 to get there :-(

Look forward to the next one

 

[zedwheels]

Huge thanks to Tony for getting us all there this year i had a brill time. Went down the track 8 times
and loved it. Got so frustrated though ~x( as i was just short of that 100 mph at the finish line
Well done to Liam though he did it. :-bd
Great pics Ian. Hope that Duncan can post his video now!!

 

[zedwheels]

Just loaded up a few of the photo's from the day at the Pod.

I did have a couple of photo's of both Liam and me side on taken by Linda but there's no car in the frames
We had passed before she took the photo's so all i got is the grass bank opposite. ) )
She tried love her!!!

 

[GazHyde]

Great pictures :-bd

Bit sad I missed out on this day. Brian, did you beat the M3 Cab in the last picture?

 

[HornelZ3M]

I was going through tyres like they were going out of fashion so spent most of the day jacking my car up, taking wheels off, taking them to the tyre man, bringing them back, putting them on the car, then going back out again.

Looks like you were having fun mate, i was going to drift mine but changed my mind @-)

By the wat good job you dont have boards M you would have had big trouble doing the wheel changing

 

[EnthuZiaZT]

Looks like you were having fun mate, i was going to drift mine but changed my mind @-)

The only drifting yours will ever experience, Paul, is the snow up against the garage door!! )

 

[board]

By the wat good job you dont have boards M you would have had big trouble doing the wheel changing

I bet he had the proper gear not some dodgy tyre jack to rest it on

 

[M@r]{]

Ok what's the story with Boards M then?

One thing I found a right pain in the arse with regards to changing wheels (compared to the RX7 drift car) is wheel bolts rather than studs. Holding a wheel, trying to line up the holes via a spacer into the hub ~x(

 

[GazHyde]

One thing I found a right pain in the arse with regards to changing wheels (compared to the RX7 drift car) is wheel bolts rather than studs. Holding a wheel, trying to line up the holes via a spacer into the hub ~x(

Have you not got item #2 in your toolkit? If not, you can buy similar items off eBay to line the wheels on to the hubs...

 

[M@r]{]

I do have that, wondered what it's for L-) So you just stick that in the hole to help line the wheel up?

 

[swamper]

I do have that, wondered what it's for L-) So you just stick that in the hole to help line the wheel up?

yep..... )

 

[Ian_C]

I do have that, wondered what it's for L-) So you just stick that in the hole to help line the wheel up?

yep..... )

Really?! I thought it was to turn item #1when releasing the rh bolt securing the spare wheel cage on a non-m :-B

 

[GazHyde]

It's worked fine for me refitting wheels. Wasn't convinced what it was for, but it works ok.

But if you want a threaded version, then this is what I referred to...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALLOY-WHE...Wheels_tyres_Trim_Nuts_ET&hash=item3378494bba

 

[swamper]

I do have that, wondered what it's for L-) So you just stick that in the hole to help line the wheel up?

yep..... )

Really?! I thought it was to turn item #1when releasing the rh bolt securing the spare wheel cage on a non-m :-B

thats the screw driver....ya big show off ) but it could be :-\