Z4-FORUM NATIONAL MEET,LAKES/DALES,JULY 2012

jimbo1958 · Jul 9, 2012

Just to echo what others have said............A big big "Thank You" to Craig and John for another outstanding meet. Superb work guys and from the comments here you can see that everyone had a fantastic time and your efforts were well appreciated. Fantastic work with the raffle Craig, you done a great job with aquiring the prizes. Was nice to see people digging deep for the Charity.

The weather........none of us could of predicted such glorious weather after the drive down in torrential rain. It was funny on the Sunday. John, Phil and myself pulled on to the M6 at Penrith to make our way home and it was if the big man above was saying..."Ok Lads. You've had your weekend of fun, now cop a load of this". The heavens opened up for the first time during the weekend.

I finally reached home at 21.00 last night having got caught in the M1 jam caused by Silverstone. Too tired to post any pics but had a quick look at some of the others on here. Great memories.

I'm going to post about 10 pics on here later. If anyone wants photos of themselves/cars removed just PM me and I'll remove immediately.
I've got about 200 pics in total with the bulk coming from my Nikon D3200 and the rest from my compact. The Nikon produces 6016 x 4000 pixel 10mb jpg's so they are pretty big. They'll be straight out of the camera with no "Post processing".I'm going to upload them all to my "Dropbox" account where they can be downloaded at your will. If anyone else has pictures stored anywhere the links would be appreciated.

Just like to finish by saying Hi to everyone I met over the weekend and sorry to those I never had a chance to say goodbye to. Look forward to seeing you all next year.

cj10jeeper · Jul 9, 2012

jimbo1958 said:
Just to echo what others have said............A big big "Thank You" to Craig and John for another outstanding meet. Superb work guys and from the comments here you can see that everyone had a fantastic time and your efforts were well appreciated. Fantastic work with the raffle Craig, you done a great job with aquiring the prizes. Was nice to see people digging deep for the Charity.

The weather........none of us could of predicted such glorious weather after the drive down in torrential rain. It was funny on the Sunday. John, Phil and myself pulled on to the M6 at Penrith to make our way home and it was if the big man above was saying..."Ok Lads. You've had your weekend of fun, now cop a load of this". The heavens opened up for the first time during the weekend.

I finally reached home at 21.00 last night having got caught in the M1 jam caused by Silverstone. Too tired to post any pics but had a quick look at some of the others on here. Great memories.

I'm going to post about 10 pics on here later. If anyone wants photos of themselves/cars removed just PM me and I'll remove immediately.
I've got about 200 pics in total with the bulk coming from my Nikon D3200 and the rest from my compact. The Nikon produces 6016 x 4000 pixel 10mb jpg's so they are pretty big. They'll be straight out of the camera with no "Post processing".I'm going to upload them all to my "Dropbox" account where they can be downloaded at your will. If anyone else has pictures stored anywhere the links would be appreciated.

Just like to finish by saying Hi to everyone I met over the weekend and sorry to those I never had a chance to say goodbye to. Look forward to seeing you all next year.

Funny drive home. Left you guys on the M1 then dived into first services for a comfort break. Dropped the roof and straight into a heavy rain storm. Sat in the outside lane in a train at speeds of around 90 (kph) and never got a drop on me

Can't believe how quick managed to get home with no traffic, but I was sooo tired after a day's driving them that long run home.

craig3.2 · Jul 9, 2012

I would just like to say a BIG THANKS to all those that attended,and made the weekend what it was....
once again,we had great company,good banter and some great routes,etc (thanks to John/Sammyz

),and the man upstairs even listened to us,and gave us a whole weekend of roof down motoring**

As others have said,it was nice to meet friends new and old,and i just about think i managed to get round to speak to everyone,though some not as long as i would have liked,it was nice to meet u all and i am glad every1 enjoyed themselves.

I just wish i had more time to get a closer look at all the lovely z4's we had in our midst.

**for those without the need for a tin-opener,lol :poke:

craig3.2 · Jul 9, 2012

As i was rather busy doing the Raffle/handing out prizes,i never got a note of who WON what,so can all those who won a Raffle prize please pm me or post on this thread of what u won.

I know Adamski got the Sunglasses and Grumpybri the £120 to spend at Sopers,but not much else,haha

So if u can all get this info to me ASAP,Cheers

On that note,FINAL AMOUNT RAISED FOR CHARITY WAS £265,which we all decided will go Cancer Research UK this time. Well done everybody

ALSO.....i will be looking for as many photos as possible,for the 2 magazine articles i need to write,so i can get them done and into future editions of the club mag and total bmw**,so please keep lots more pics coming folks

**DEADLINE FOR THIS IS JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY

jimbo1958 · Jul 9, 2012

craig3.0 said:
ALSO.....i will be looking for as many photos as possible,for the 2 magazine articles i need to write,so i can get them done and into future editions of the club mag and total bmw**,so please keep lots more pics coming folks
**DEADLINE FOR THIS IS JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY

Will have a link for about 200+ pics for you tonight. Still have 10hrs of uploading to Dropbox.
I'm sure Tom will have some better quality ones as well.

craig3.2 · Jul 9, 2012

craig3.0 said:
ANYWAY...ON ANOTHER NOTE....As per last year,we are having a Charity raffle draw,where i/we will be selling tickets.Tickets are slightly more than last year...but,given we had 5 prizes in 2011,with a TOTAL VALUE OF APROX.£270,and 12 prizes/or more?/this year,and
THIS YEARS PRIZES HAVE A TOTAL VALUE OF APROX.£500;

PRICES FOR THE RAFFLE TICKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS........
£1.50 FOR 1 TICKET
£5 FOR 4 TICKETS
£10 FOR 10 TICKETS.

You can buy as many tickets as u want,but please bear in mind,and in the intersets of FAIRNESS,etc(and to avoid the hassle of posting things out to people).....that the tickets will keep on being drawn until ALL PRIZES are won BY Those still present at the draw.
ALSO,ONLY ONE PRIZE PER PERSON...SO THAT WE HAVE 12-ish DIFFIRENT WINNERS,AND NOT THE SCENARIO WHERE 1 LUCKY SO AND SO WINS £200 OF PRIZES.

DO REMEMBER THOUGH FOLKS,THIS IS FOR CHARITY,SO SHOULDNT BE AN ISSUE,AND IT GIVES EVERYONE A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING SOMETHING

LAST YEAR WE RAISED £150 (Which went to Christies Cancer Charity)with 22cars in attendance...THIS YEAR WE RAISED £265,WHICH IS GOING TO CANCER RESEARCH UK (AS PER VOTE).

RAFFLE WINNERS AS FOLLOWS.....

1. £120 TO SPEND ON BMW PARTS/ACCESSORIES (At Sopers BMW)....VERY KINDLY DONATED BY NEIL AND CO. AT SOPERS BMW,LINCOLN...........WON BY BRIAN(grumpybri)
(YOU CAN ORDER PARTS,ETC. AT VERY GOOD PRICES FROM SOPERS,INC,FREE DELIVERY)WINNER WILL GET A LETTER,WITH ALL NECESSARY INFO.
2.BMW MOTORSPORT SUNGLASSES (worth @£80).....VERY KINDLY DONATED BY IAN & CO. AT HARRY FAIRBAIRNS BMW,IRVINE(SCOTLAND)...WON BY ADAM (adamski)
3.BMW Z4 SILVER KEYRING(£18)....VERY KINDLY DONATED BY H.FAIRBAIRNS BMW,IRVINE........WON BY JIM (jimbo1958)
4.BMW Z4 SILVER KEYRING(AS 3)....WON BY SUE (sjm3735)
5 BMW LIFESTYLE POLO SHIRT AND BASEBALL CAP ...WON BY PETE(Taz x)
6.BMW UMBRELLA.....(items 5 and 6) VERY KINDLY DONATED BY BATEMANS BMW....WON BY RUBY (rubyblue)
7.BMW CARCLUB 1 YEARS FREE MEMBERSHIP (circa £45),INC.FREE MONTHLY CARCLUB MAGAZINE(STRAIGHT SIX)...VERY KINDLY DONATED BY STEVE MILLER @ BMW CARCLUB,GB......WON BY JOHN M (jdm)
8.BMW LIFESTYLE LEATHER WALLET(CIRCA £45)......VERY KINDLY DONATED BY Z4-FORUM MEMBER CHRIS/REDZEDFOUR......WON BY MARK (Redlaw)
9."TOTAL BMW" MAGAZINE 1YRS FREE SUBS.,inc free goodybag (circa £45)........VERY KINDLY DONATED BY ALL AT "TOTAL BMW" MAG. ....WON BY IAN (Taz1990)
10.(NON-BMW) SHORT/SPORT ARIEL FOR Z4s (i.e a STUBBY/CIRCA £10)......KINDLY DONATED BY me....WON BY MATT (Aebous)
11.A BOTTLE OF MARQUES de MONISTROL VINTAGE CAVA.....Kindly Donated By ME....WON BY CAMERON (Herminator)
12.AUTOGLYM INTERIOR SHAMPOO;AUTOGLYM LEATHER CLEANER AND A KENT MICROFIBRE CLOTH.....WON BY CHRIS/Redzedfour
13.ZYMOL AUTOWASH;AUTOGLYM INTENSIVE TAR REMOVER;& A KENT M/FIBRE CLOTH..WON BY ALAN (Metalicker)
14.WASH-BUCKET,WHEEL WASH-MITT,ALLOY Wheel Clean Brush AND SIMONIZ BUG SHIFTER & A KENT M/FBR.CLOTH....WON BY JAMES (James-h)
......ITEMS 11/12/13 ALL KINDLY DONATED BY ME (aprox.value £12-14 per prize)
15.AUTOGLYM HD WAX...KINDLY DONATED BY FORUM MEMBER JIMBO1958.....WON BY JOHN (John-z4)

??A 2ND,Non-BMW STUBBY...KINDLY DONATED BY FORUM MEMBER SUUNTOBOB..UNFORTUNATELTY THIS AND 2 FORUM STICKERS THAT SOMEONE ELSE DONATED WENT AWOL??,and therefore unclaimed :?

As u can see,there are a few ?? as to who won everything,so winners,please let me know,thanks.
I know Chris/redz4; tazx , taz1990,etc won things but cant honestly remember who won what

OOPS,.....I also forgot to give out the "fun" prizes this year,as i was too busy cooking burgers...so these wil be rolled over for next time

craig3.2 · Jul 9, 2012

ON ANOTHER NOTE,and as some of you will now know/have seen,after 5years of enjoyable ownership and driving fun with my 3.0,i have had a wee upgrade,to a 2008 Z4M in Interlagos Blue(currently on the previous owners private plate/j6 cpw,in the pics).

I will start another thread on this soon,but will be too busy to get some good photos up/plus its been raining all day here,so havnt been able to wash n polish it (as i have today off) :headbang: