Come on it must be time for an Anglia meet, weather getting better, roads dryer, who is up for it? Post some good dates and we can choose the best.

Good idea, w/end 10/11th March is the first date I can do

Id be really intrested in this, I work every other Saturday so would need a date to confirm or not...although I do not have any other plans coming up!

Keep me posted!!

Cheers,

Dan

I think it needs to be a Sunday, probably after the 20th of March as im in Jamaica for two weeks

Ed - You might be interested to know I've been lasered twice in your area over the last couple of weeks. Both times from the same bridge but in different directions.

The location was on the first bridge over the A12 after you turn off the A14 back on to the A12 heading north towards Martlesham.

Both times the laser detector went off with plenty of warning and luckly I was only doing just under 80mph.

I've also seen the Police on the bridge between the the last Ipswich roundabout by the police station and the first roundabout into Woodbridge

New turbo waiting to be fitted at the moment, just waiting on gaskets, etc - So towards the end of March would be good for us

how about this boys

last saturday in march(31st)

starting at Halesworth at 10am heading out on the A12 to Ipswich.
stopping at Tescos(martlesham)11am ,leave 11.15 across the A14 back onto A12 towards Colchester for any Essex peeps to join then on to tne M25 anti clockwise on to the M11 then the A14 back towards ipswich
finishing at the A14/A140 juntion at the little Thief
norwich boys up A140
Ipswich boys along A14
essex boys back down the A12

my farther inlaws idea(and a sure thing for us).......anyone is welcome to join in and also surgest some stop off points

Hey you, you keep saying Essex boys, Ipswich boys, when i want to play but Im a girl? Never done it, but sounds like fun and my coop will be completley re-painted by then and looking just fine..tell me more?

Im from Chelmsford Essex and please note the 'Essex' part so I need good basic concise intructions to get involved?

Thanks

I am working a night shift on the 31st but would be interested in going for a jolly before going to work

If you were to keep to your schedule you should be in the Cambridge area sort of late morning lunchtime and this is where and when I would be able to join you all.

If you like I could offer some suggestions for lunch (Pubs with a nice big car park, good grub etc).

Bob

Coupe Girl - There's several of us from the Chelmsford/Braintree area, so in the past we usually meet up first and head off together to join the others. So we'll sort something out nearer the time, BTW my Mrs usually attends, as do some peoples other halve's.

I would need a Sunday guys as i have to work Saturdays

I can echo that Jaime3...I work every other Sat and as luck would have it...im working that Sat!! Although I no its not possible to please everyone...just wanted to say as id like to take part in this!

Cheers,

Dan

ok then
its sunday 1st april(april fools day) less traffic than saturday

starting Halesworth 10am at the shell garage(v power)

then down A12 to martlesham Tescos for 10.45..depart 11.15

cross the A14 down onto A12 outskirts of colcheter about 11.45

then head south for M25
Can someone surgest a stop off point for lunch

up then M25 to the M11,1 hour up M11 to A14,then maybe stop off at a BP wild been cafe garage for some caffien

then head off back towards ipswich on the A 14

i recon on hitting the A140 juction just outside Ips about 4 ish

How does that sound

oh by the way Jamie.do youthink you 313bhp can make it that far

Sunday 01st would not be easy for me

Working a night on the 31st and again on the 01st so I will probably not be up before 1pm....

I will see nearer the time, put me as a probable.

Bob

Sunday before or the Sunday after please Frary as i am working the first, yes i can make it that far i go to Halesworth all the time as mother in law lives their, by the way should have alittle more than 313bhp now as had a few add on's which = more flames

ok then peeps

lets go for sunday the 25th

same route applies

can someone tell me how long it takes to get from ipswich to the M25 on the A12...then we can sort a out an itinary(spelling)

30mins ?

May also need to plan a stop, to re-group???

30mins flipping heck...what sort of speed is that..it takes me a good 20mins to get to colchester from ipswich

Maybe 40mins then?

Ipswich Toy's R Us roundabout to Marks Tey normally takes just 15/20 mins, another 15/20 to M25

nice one faz

any idea of a stop off point or are you essex boys..and girls going to come up to martlesham?

I'll head up your way, Martleshams fine - See note above about laser traps

my n/a dosnt go fast enough to worry about them

So what's the confirmed date? I'm in colchester and am up for it (as is my wife who may have a n/a by then although she's being a wimp and asking to come with me in mine). How many people are definitely doing this??

Sunday 25th March - holy crap, this weekend. I can still make it. Can other peeps or do we need to reschedule?

oh bugger .......i cant

i cant do it either but i can do 8th April how does this sound.

Can't do the 8th, thats Easter Day so will be doing family stuff. Can do 22nd and 29th April.

how about the bank holiday monday

I can do any of them - but then I'm easy as anyone will tell you (So's my wife )

perhaps you two are going to the wrong type of meets

Would be very confusing if everyone threw their car keys in

Lets make it the 22nd of April, come on we have got to make some sort of decision if not it will be next year

22nd april - I'm in and I'll get my wife to bring her own car. That's 3.

thats good for me

right we are on for that date need afew more people and Frary can you organise the route.

will do

I should be around on the 22nd.

That's a weekend, I take it? Could well be up for a scoot around

Right - Must get it fixed by 22nd

oh no ive got confused with my dates i cant do 22nd Sh?T sorry guys, never mind if every one is set on the 22nd then iwill have to catch the next one. Iam free the next Sunday

D'oh, sorry, can't do 22nd either, can still do the 29th or go ahead without me

29th then

yer lets do the next weekend for def, is this ok with rest, can you do it frary, nice one as i dont want to miss it, as it takes long enough to organise and we probably only get this one this year

it will be 2008 soon

cant see why i cant be there ,i can meet up with you first jamie then trek on out

Hey, I was quite happy with the original date you arranged and then forgot about

so we all settled on the 29th then, i promise no more changes.

Lets just stick with the 29th April.

If there's only a few of us then we'll just go for a quick blast and stop for a chat somewhere in the Ipswich area. If there's enough, we'll stick to the original plan.

Hopefully the weather will be better by then and that my encourage some others to join us

I'm hoping to make the 29th - or at least some part of it. I live outside Manningtree so most of the meeting points will be convenient. Newbie to Coop ownership so looking forward to meeting you all and chatting.

Do you want to write a list then jamie? List my wife as Maggie.

If i start it off.

1.jamie3
2.Frary
3.Morgan
4.nei
5.Maggie
6.Pilgrim
7.Faz
8.Ed
9.Rusper
10.Greg

Please edit if you cant come , or add name if you can.

Deleted!

Sorry, thought we were copying and adding our own names.

Now there are 2 lists!! Boy we are making this complicated.

Definites then:

1.jamie3
2.Frary
3.Morgan
4.Faz
5.neil20vt
6.maggie (mrs neil20vt)
7.

sorry i started mine and Faz was doing his, just use one.

Deleted!

Sorry, thought we were copying and adding our own names.

Blimey - How about this list!

1.jamie3
2.Frary
3.morgan46
4.neil20vt
5.Maggie (Mrs neil20vt)
6.Pilgrim
7.Faz
8.Ed
9.Rusper
10.Greg20vTurbo

Please edit if you cant come , or add name if you can

Just keeping this alive in case people forget again

Im still up for it, has a route been finalised?

I think Frary is sorting the route out, im still in, its still the 29th. We need some mor people where is every one else?? Has every body who came on last years one signed up, i cant remember every ones name. I know Sminting is local to me perhaps ill put a note on his window screen at work

hi jamie

how about the origonal route
halesworth/ipswich/colchester/m25/m11/a14..back to ipswich

met a mate of yours the other day at SCA

Hi

I am available on the 29th April and would be keen to attend my first coupe meet!!

Can you put me down please?!

Thanks,
Dan

1.jamie3
2.Frary
3.morgan46
4.neil20vt
5.Maggie (Mrs neil20vt)
6.Pilgrim
7.Faz
8.Ed
9.Rusper
10.Greg20vTurbo
11. Dan


That's 11 cars. Anyone else?

Keep em comin
Yes Frary you must have met Scott
original route sounds good, is it ok for every one else, does it cover every bodies areas

everybodies areas........blimey

you know what i mean so the people who are joining us further a drift.

are all you norwich boys still up for meeting at halesworth at 10am

then how about a big meet at tescos(ipswich) around 11am at the a14/a12 juction,commonly known as toys are us junction

i thought that the cambridge group can come across

the essex boys(and girls) can come up

we can come down

and Ed has just got to go across town(alright for some)

then head off about 12.
down the a12 onto m25 across then up the m11 onto a11/a14 and back.....must be a good 2 to 3hr run

sounds good dont forget lunch and a pint

nice of u to offer

Any other coupes going from Braintree/Colchester/Chelmsford area?????

* Me!
* My wife if I can persuade her to bring her car (she's getting all girly and saying she's embarrassed and scared, etc. etc.)

Hey Faz, how long have you had that car? I'm wondering if we've met before just after you bought it on another meet about 2 1/2 years ago??

May have been me, we met at Colchester Balken gate pub and then went to a pub in the middle of know where!

That's the one! And there was a fender-bender which didn't involve us as we were right at the back. Will be nice to see you again. Hey - is it just me or does this meet look like a lot of driving and not so much looking at each other's cars and chatting? Just an observation.

Good to see you couldn't give up coupes! See you there

I guess it'll be more of a cruise, as it's quite a long trip for "spirited" driving. But I'm sure they'll be something to chat about afterwards!

we can modify the route and stops abit if it gets to much. We dont want to look like a bunch of gary boys do we? Lol

if someone got any good ideas on where to stop for some grub
i will be up for that

i could change the plaster on my bumper at the same time

I could be up for this, its been AGES since I went on a meet!

Will

Will - Why don't you see if Justin wants to come along, I don't think he's been to a meet yet?

Good idea, I'll give him a shout. I'm sure he'll have all manner of new bits and pieces to show us (I know he's got a new steering wheel!)

let us know nearer the time - if you want to meet up in Braintree first

Lets get even more, lets make it the largest Anglia meet yet.

jamie
are you still up for meeting at halesworth or did you want to meet on the a140
is anyone else comming from the norwich area

ill meet you where ever you want baby

Is there anybody coming from the Cambridge area? I am and my mate is tagging along with me in my car as he doesnt fancy bringing his Cougar!!

However...he is really into his photography so is hoping to bring his camera stuff and get some good piccies of the coupes...if others are happy of him to do that?

Naturally...I will be able to get some pictures up and also share them with others if requested?

Cheers,

Dan

I Should be able to attend

Not sure what the exact plan for this run is, where I will be able to meet up with everyone and at what time But I am interested HONEST

You need to spell it out for us old fellas as we are easilly confused

Yes, us younger ones are confused too. We need meeting points for different regions and a main meeting point and time for a meal and some tyre-kicking. (And then a route for a blast )

ok everybody
this thread has been running since the second week in febuary..so lets get organised

start point......11.00am ipswich a14/a12 junction.its also known as the.. toys are us/tescos junction, do to the fact there is a tescos and toys are us there.(are we all keeping up)
next to the tescos car park there is a burger king
if we all meet there we can get a drink or a nibble

hope this suits everyone...i thought its a good central starting point

set off down the a12 at about 12pm(past colchester)heading for the m25(approx 1hour)(could someone from essex surgest a good spot for lunch near the bottom of the a12...(calling faz))
around the m25 anti clock wise to the m11 up the m11to the a14..break on the a14 at a BP wild bean cafe(lubly latte)

back to ipswich about 4pm ish

any feed back would be great

Sounds good Frary, what time and where do you want me and any other Norwich boys to meet you in Halesworth? sorry to confuse matters this is just a meet up which will take place before the ipswich meet.

jamie
howabout
10am at the shell garage(rainbow supermkt)

Fary/Will/Neil - I'll be heading up to the start at Toy's R Us, only about 25mins from Braintree. That avoids trying to join others as they fly past on the A12 + I'm sure my clutch will appreciate it!

Re: Stopping at the end of the A12 for lunch - I don't know of anywhere and TBH I wouldn't bother. It won't take long to get there. AutoRoute only reckons the whole thing will take about 2hrs, prob not much over 1hr 30mins if there's no hold up's.

Note - Getting food on a Sunday lunchtime can be hard work, most places fill up or you need to book

Maybe a brief stop on the Layby at the end of the A12 if we've got split up? and again towards the end of the M11

10 am it is then Frary

11am at Toys Anus roundabout it is. Looking forward. So lunch at that place mentioned on the A14 then? 4pm is too late to wait for food - I'll pass out at the wheel.

Ok so I will take the hike over to Ipswich for an 11am Start. Not exactly sure where this Toys R Us is but I will take a look on the net and find it.

From what I understand the Route is taking in the M11 followed by the A11 then joining the A14. How about stopping HERE for a bite to eat? The place has a BIG car park for the Coupés and there is plenty of space inside, or outside if the weather is good

barmybob
its on the a12 junction for colchester.if you look left you cant miss it

heres a taster of our last get together
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/sunday11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/sunday13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/sunday8.jpg

Also there's several photo's of East Anglian Meets on my website.

http://www.geocities.com/fiatcoupesite

And a few more HERE

Failed MOT on Saturday! Nothing too serious, just don't stop too quick in front of me + hazards switch didn't work.

Anyway, it doesn't run out to the 11th May - So looking forward to next weekend

ok guys one week to go
ive checked the pictures from the last meet and it seems there were 9 coupes

lets make it more this time

everybody ok with a head count for 11am, a14/a12junction ipswich(known as Toys are us/Tescos)

i will start with ......Me , father inlaw and camara
that makes two

Me and wife. She will bring her n/a but leave it there and travel with me whilst we go on the long drive (the big wuss).

Would love to come to my first meet (20VT owner since Saturday) but have to go to a christening in Brampton.

Now live near Huntingdon, used to live in Colchester (just off Mersea Road).

Maybe next time.....

me

Ill be there + Mrs

Yes I will be there plus my photographer mate, but just the one car...mine!!

ShinymcShine....where about "near Huntingdon" are you?? Im Godmanchester....my mate keeps telling me hes seen a different coupe round the area but I thought it was one of them "phantom" coupes!! haha!!

Shame you cant make it as I havnt a clue where I am going!!

Dan

count up

me and father in law
faz and fimily
barmybob
jamie
dan and a man with a camara
niel and wife

so thats 6 cars........come on everyone else
....where are you hiding Ed

7 if you count my wife's at the start.

Loitering near this thread but currently sans MoT, which is a bit of a sticking point, although all I need to do is sort my seatbelt problem out... watch this space!

im in

whrer we meeting jamie then sunday morning ?time and place etc

Frary, I would suggest we don't want to meet by the Burger King, it shares its car park with Mothercare World and on a Sunday morning is completely packed with families in people carriers parking badly
The best spot is further round by Currys. Map thingy! The bit you want is to the immediately to the left of those two buildings with the white roofs (the left one is Currys)
No coffee facilities that side though, although you can walk across to Tesco and get one.

Morgan we will meet Frary at Halesworth at about 10am, do you want to meet me at Macdonald next to Whiffler pub about 9-9.15am, that goes for any other people from norwich if they want to tag along. Does that sound ok

May I suggest that we PM any Anglian folks we know about.

There are those that don't visit the forum daily and they miss the events, you just know that a few days after this event someone will pop on saying that they wish they had known.

Many people have FCCUK set to send them e-mail when they get PM, you never know we might bag a few more.

Just got MoT done so will see everyone Sunday

yes sounds good mate see you then

Anyone know if any of those carparks around there will allow my wife's car to sit there all day?

sould be ok at the far end of tescos....they get a bit twitchy at christmas time thats all

I'm planning on coming. Probably not the whole drive - I'll probably turn round at the bottom of the A12.

So can someone not as lazy as me do an updated list now?

OK, I'll do it

To meet at "round by currys" (?) at 11am this Sunday:

Car: Occupants:
1 frary + father-in-law
2 neil20vt
3 mrs neil20vt (not on convoy)
4 jamie3
5 faz + mrs faz
6 dan + mate
7 barmybob
8 morgan46
9 Ed
10 pilgrim

That's it so far. Couple more would be nice. Did we ascertain exactly which carpark we want?

A Slight Edit of Neils post

Meet starts at 11am on Sunday 29th April

Meeting place is The Currys car park / Roundabout next to the A12 / A14 Junction at Ipswich.

We will then take a drive down the A12 to the M25. We leave the M25 to take the M11 and head North Towards Cambridge. We leave the M11 before Cambridge and take the A11 and head towards Newmarket / A14.

A lunch stop will be made on route, but I am not sure where.....

Who is going?

So far we have:

Car: Occupants:
1 frary + father-in-law
2 neil20vt
3 mrs neil20vt (not on convoy)
4 jamie3
5 faz + mrs faz
6 dan + mate
7 Barmybob + 1
8 morgan46
9 Ed
10 pilgrim

Come and join in the Fun

Bob

OK, this is the last time I can check the site before tomorrow so I'll see you all there. Hope we get a couple more too

jamie/any other norwich boys
meet you at the shell garage/rainbow in halesworth at 10am
if we leave by 10.15 should make ipswich by 11

the sun is going to be shining

my mobile in case 07979702727

see every one tomorrow, shine em up, and wind the boost up.

Cars washed, Oil topped up, Radar detector working, looking forward to cruising around in the sunshine.

well Frary will defently shine his up, but i dont know about him winding up the boost

i dont need to wind up the boost.....just look at that bumper

Well mines just fixed after 3 months with 0.1 boost! Many thanks to CarlT, for his help

Hi Guys,

Im really sorry but I have to pull out of this due to illness in the family.

Im really sorry guys, have a good day and please take loads of pictures to show me what I have missed.

Regards,

Dan

Well Ya devils We stopped at the Shell to fill up and you all left us We did try and catch you all but when we got to the A14 Newmarket turn I decided it was a lost cause.

Good to see faces old and new, let's not leave it tull 2008 before we do it again.

Pictures to follow (SOON)

Bob

Sorry mate, didn't realise you were stopping. If its any consolation after the sliproad onto the A11 everyone hooned off and I didn't see anyone apart from Faz till back at Tesco in Ipswich!!!
Was a good run out, blasted off a few cobwebs!!! (and developed a worrying whistling noise - oops!)
Good to see everyone again, will have to sort out another date ASAP

Enjoyed today, was a pleasure to chat to you fine gentlemen (and ladies). Sorry about the confusion at the end. Yes, lets set something up for the summer - perhaps a cross-country twisty road bash this time?

real good crack
a serously high speed run for about 150miles...talk about blow out the cobwebs

just had a thought....if morgans coupe had burst into flames we would all be looking at burnt out wrecks....scary

mind you not as scary as a perticular spioler that came along:P

heres some piccies
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive001.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/frary1755.freeserve.co.uk/latsestcuopedrive012.jpg

Great day, good run for all the cars and met some great people, i think even my wife enjoyed it. Sorry to leave some of you behind at the end i think we thought every one was together but i guess not. Cant wait to see the film footage, and here are some of my photo's mainly thanks to my wife, who was trying to keep the camera steady.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2842.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2812.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2819.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2809-1.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2806-1.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2810.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2801.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2797.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2796.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2795.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2843.jpg
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2846.jpg
and last but not least i had to take one of Frary's shiney pride and joy
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w46/mariecatch/IMG_2848.jpg
Enjoy, and we must do again soon

Great day out, as above - lets not leave it too long until we meet again.

Does anyone mind if I take a couple of the above photo's for the freebie website that I use for stuff related to my coupe??? See link in signature

help yourself mate.

Nice photos. Jamie I love the first one of yours - very artistic (apart from the ugly geezer in the foreground ) Must have been taken at the exact same instant as frary's 4th pic.