good turn out!... some wicked cars around the show.. prolly the best jap cars i have eveer seen for modifications.

Rhaines went on the track.. had fun

Scot in his old celica blew a hole in the site if his engine and we all suggested plugging the 1 inch hole with Gum Gum, elastiplast and smoothed of with claires camera

I managed to drain my battery flat with the stereo and was stranded... thanks to paul for saving me and the few others for their advice.

photos will follow by the other members.

believe there were a feww expensive offs?

seen an Evo ploughed into the tyres on some other forums?

Japfest ROCKED!!!!!!!

All that exotic machinery nearly made me wet myself, and it wasn't just the cold and lots of early morning coffee!!!!!

I missed the big Evo crash, any chance of a link to the pictures? I did see a Scooby nearly come to grief, but was mightily impressed by his off road recovery - the benefits of AWD I guess.

Nice to put more faces to names.

Can't wait for JAE ( though maybe a little less coffee for me!)
Shahid

An excellant day had by all even though it rained a fair bit, was great to see some old and new faces.

A few of the GT 4's went home on the back of a truck from the sounds of some the engines and messy oil patches,

Congrads to Zee for putting up with Rhines Driving on his second lap on the track, shame Rhines only pulled one 720 spin on his first lap, it would have been nice to see Zee's face after that - never mind,

the track racing looked well cool.. some of those guys really now how to race.. some did not...

as soon as i upgrade my suspension, strut brace and new wheels I shall be taking my motor on the track!

Looked very safe to me

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 17 2003, 08:56 PM']Looked very safe to me[/quote]
Steve, you were on the bank watching, wait till you're in the car in a spin, the last thing you'll be thinking - "gee this is safe"

BUT FUN !!!!!!!!!

Pixies anywhere for those of us who couldn't make it.......

but would that really happen in a FWD? not as easy

but i am doing it for the club!... show all you woosies that it is not that bad.

i dont intend trying to attempt to keep up with the Evo's! haha what a joke that would be.... (where's he gone )

i wondered where matt wild was!

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 17 2003, 10:15 PM']i wondered where matt wild was![/quote]
?????

We would have liked to have been there

See you at JAE though

[i]A good day then, seems I missed all the action just a flying visit for me[/i]

[i]Come on get some picies up of what I missed[/i]

[quote name='norkep' date='May 17 2003, 09:55 PM']An excellant day had by all even though it rained a fair bit, was great to see some old and new faces.

A few of the GT 4's went home on the back of a truck from the sounds of some the engines and messy oil patches,

Congrads to Zee for putting up with Rhines Driving on his second lap on the track, shame Rhines only pulled one 720 spin on his first lap, it would have been nice to see Zee's face after that - never mind, [/quote]
[i]Good to see you Paul mind you you were just a blur when you passed me on the M5 going home[/i]

Sorry Mate, had a call on the way home that required some of the power under the bonnet to get me home quick, hope here were no on the M5

good to see you though mate, lovelyyyyyyy motor

Ace day....... great seeing everyone....!

too much happened, and far too many funny moments to mention, so i'll just stick the piccies in the gallery....!

Jap Fest Piccies uploaded....

[url="http://www.lexusownersclub.com/gallery/album08?&page=46"]THEY START HERE![/url]

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 17 2003, 10:14 PM']but would that really happen in a FWD? not as easy

but i am doing it for the club!... show all you woosies that it is not that bad.

i dont intend trying to attempt to keep up with the Evo's! haha what a joke that would be.... (where's he gone  )[/quote]
If you try hard enough ....... oh yes!!!

Doh - I tried to attach a piccie of our CRX's offroad excursion .... but "Sorry, dynamic pages in the [IMG] tags are not allowed" - spoilsports!

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Nice pics Zee

It was a great day too...

Superb day...

Great to see everyone and have to say a big thank you for noone getting a photo of my 720 out of the esses....

Would be nice to see some Lexi out on track as it isn't about how fast you go but how much fun you can have and it is safe as houses as long as your safe around Quarry....

Some amazing cars onsite and great chance to meet everyone again....

Track time was great with only 12 cars on track, I've got a nice shot of the evo when he was pulled in so will post it on monday.....

whens the next one

nice day
good to meet all the usual and some new faces (must start wearing name tags !)

you still hungry loz ? sorry had allready left

brilliant day !!

He must be gutted..........i feel for him!!!!!!

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Great Day out. Can't wait for the next one

i cant believe Loz blagged his way in for free... must be the gangsta jacket he was wearing

good to meet ya Loz!

[quote name='pee.j' date='May 18 2003, 03:04 PM']He must be gutted..........i feel for him!!!!!!

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Serves him right for goinbg out on track with a new braking setup that hadn't been bedded in....

That's what I was told happened anyway

[quote name='pee.j' date='May 18 2003, 03:04 PM']He must be gutted..........i feel for him!!!!!!

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"Darling, you were right... there really is no point spending all that money on a car... I've bought us a Fiesta instead"

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meguires or auto glym ???

Cripes - you lot are harsh!!!!

You sure that wasn't the one that was being harrassed by another Evo - so he moved off the line to let the other pass, then didn't get back online quick enough - straight into the tyres as a result.....

As long as he wasn't driving like a muppet and being a hazard to others - I feel sorry for him whatever the cause - none of us would want it to be one of ours.

I do feel [really] bad for him... but if we can't have a chuckle at someone else's expense.. then we wouldn't be british!

[quote]Serves him right for goinbg out on track with a new braking setup that hadn't been bedded in....[/quote]

This is what I was refering to - not the jokes.......

I recall the Scooby at Trax that suffered even worse damage - someone put a dentmaster/chipsaway card under the windscreen wiper and you had to chuckle at that...... but saying it serves him right - I reserve that sort of comment for someone driving dangerously and putting other people's cars at risk.

Either way..........no matter how he did it whether his reactions
were not quick enough/slippery track/wrong line/red mist.........
whatever im sure he didnt go out to wreck his car,i just hope he
had trackday insurance and will be repaired soon coz they are
wicked cars..............how many Lexus' on the track<cough>
as someone who has done many track days before i know how difficult
it can be to out perform your abilities-trying to catch the person in front
(2 big offs at brands hatch)on a YAM R1.When i've sorted handling on the Lex
i will deffo be doing them

its repairable , thats the good thing, it will be his confidence that will take time to repair itself

[quote name='Supracharged-IS340' date='May 18 2003, 10:01 PM']its repairable , thats the good thing, it will be his confidence that will take time to repair itself[/quote]
[i]Just a few panels and a lick of paint and will be good as new[/i]

glad 2 see everyone had a wicked day

thanks for comin round to the shop after japfest chris. nice car buddy and i need one of them exhausts!

hullo sorry i couldnt make it not driving the car much till wheels and ball joints sorted

missed you guys

[quote name='UltraViolet' date='May 18 2003, 04:20 PM'][quote]Serves him right for goinbg out on track with a new braking setup that hadn't been bedded in....[/quote]

This is what I was refering to - not the jokes.......

I recall the Scooby at Trax that suffered even worse damage - someone put a dentmaster/chipsaway card under the windscreen wiper and you had to chuckle at that...... but saying it serves him right - I reserve that sort of comment for someone driving dangerously and putting other people's cars at risk. [/quote]
If I've offended anyone I apologise....

I just can't understand if the tale of the new brakes is true how you could out on track so quickly without testing the brakes properly and letting them bed in.

As for muppets on track, I didn't see any in either of my sessions, both of the Scoobies on my firstsession were much, much quicker than me, but they both still held back on corners and waiting til the indicator to come on to zip past.

I think the level of driving at Japfest was a lot better that the recent CCC Day and a lot more enjoyable for us less experienced drivers...

We had a great time, nice to see you all !

For those who saw Scot's fatality at Japfest we now have a little obituaryu post withthe photo's of what we found while stripping the engine last night at....

[url="http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=29&t=3225&hl="]here[/url] and [url="http://toyotaownersclub.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=29&t=3225&hl="]here[/url].

What we found in the sump alone was quite scary.....

cheers for the spin Ryan........ thorpughly enjoyed it mate.....

[quote name='rhaines' date='May 19 2003, 08:20 AM']I just can't understand if the tale of the new brakes is true how you could out on track so quickly without testing the brakes properly and letting them bed in.[/quote]
Even if that were true ..... I still feel sorry for her.

The version of events I was told was somewhat different though .... apparently the girl driving was being 'pushed' and pressured by Norris' Evo behind...... she was driving quicker and being badgered. Now obviously - she should have slowed down, moved over, and let him get out of her life - but we have all made errors of judgement and apparently the result was, she was driving beyond her ability, moved offline to let him through, didn't get back on line and ended up ploughing into the tyrewall as a result.

We don't know which version is correct - but we do know that both her and her passenger were taken off to hospital with injuries..... and she has a seriously damaged car. I sympathise.

I don't like seeing nice cars all busted up.

Great to meet all of you!

Great to blag my way in AND on the stand for Free

Great to eat lots of food ( cheers Bazza, don't think you saw me without my mouth full!)

NOT GREAT to have my Lex smacked up the AR$E by a TW@T in a BMW while out trying to help a blown up toyota....

Overall a great day.

Ps. anyone got a tuna mayo sarnie? *Starving!*

Loz

PPS. Zee, I got nuthin' but love for you, baby!

PPPS. Norkep - 600BHP PMSL (Still)

[quote name='Loz' date='May 20 2003, 12:16 PM']Great to meet all of you!

Great to blag my way in AND on the stand for Free

Great to eat lots of food ( cheers Bazza, don't think you saw me without my mouth full!)

NOT GREAT to have my Lex smacked up the AR$E by a TW@T in a BMW while out trying to help a blown up toyota....

Overall a great day.

Ps. anyone got a tuna mayo sarnie? *Starving!*

Loz

PPS. Zee, I got nuthin' but love for you, baby!

PPPS. Norkep - 600BHP PMSL (Still)[/quote]
Ouch, hope everyone is OK, is there much damage to the car ?

you never mentioned it Loz when you came back mate

[quote name='Administrator' date='May 20 2003, 12:34 PM']you never mentioned it Loz when you came back mate[/quote]
Well, I know Loz, Ifraz, me and others spent 10 mins talking about it????

[quote name='Fidgits' date='May 20 2003, 01:48 PM'][quote name='Administrator' date='May 20 2003, 12:34 PM'] you never mentioned it Loz when you came back mate[/quote]
Well, I know Loz, Ifraz, me and others spent 10 mins talking about it????[/quote]
Loz...if you want, we can all go and sort this punk out who hit your car. Could arrange a mini meet. You can stand there in your pimp leather coat and we'll stand either side of you and give him good hiding for touching your pimp-mobile

Hope you get it sorted soon mate