Gathering 2 September 2007

Damn! That was one of our best events yet! We had a good turnout of 13 SX's (one S14). We all trickled into Shell Ultra City, and delayed our departure while we waited for the last SX to roll in from Witbank. As we all started driving off, we realised that qewrty's car wouldn't start, so we stopped again and had a look. Tried "un-flooding" the engine, boosting the battery, swapping the battery, etc. but no luck. We realised that there was no spark 🙁 Realising that there might not be a quick fix for this, we decided that most of us would head out and a few guys stay behind to see if they can't fix the problem. Luckily, by the time we had reached Hartes, the car was fixed and on it's way! See more at this thread:

http://200sx.za.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1206&highlight=

The Xanadu shopping centre is a nice new mall near the entrance to Hartes. There was plenty of parking space. There was a bike club there when we got there. Our club was treated to a fantastic complimentary meal, as well as free drinks. Afterwards, one of the bike club members put on a bit of a show by doing donuts with his bike - everyone cheered and enjoyed the show. Not to be outdone, we all encouraged Bruno to get out there and show them what our club is made of. After getting permission for this, Bruno went out there and put on an AMAZING drift show in the confined space of the parking lot, finally finishing off with a reverse-180-into-the-parking-bay-type manouver! The bike guys were blown away! As were the SX guys, many of us have not seen Bruno drift before. Then the bike guys came out and did another show with a bike + side-cart going on two wheels (side cart in the air with passenger). All-in-all, a great show from both clubs! These guys were friendly and I hope we can pitch in with them at future events.

Afterwards, the bike club left, but most of us stuck around playing pool on the brand new pool tables. This was really appreciated by the organisers and owners of Stones, as we provided them with business long after we'd consumed the complimentary food and drinks. Thanks guys!

This was, once again, a fantastic event. Bruno's drifting was the icing and cherry on top. I know some of the other drifters in our club could've jumped in too had they had the right tires, etc. Maybe our next event should be a drift show somewhere? Preferably somewhere where other clubs can appreciate it too.

Anyway, thanks to Jaco and his fiance for organising the venue and the comps - it is really appreciated!

Thanks Toby. What more can I said? Nothing. Would like to see all the pics been taken the whole day. I enjoyed the event. WooHaa thanks for your visit. Great to see again. So the first event for Vlade and his s13!!! And dont forget ero sennin. And yes VC was there too. he actually pitched way to early at Ultra Shell. And Jaco from Witbank. What a long drive for you and lots of effort from your side. 😉 😂 8)

Yup I did finally make it to the event 😀 , after having joined more than a year ago, and it was great meeting every one, hope to be there the next time!

yeah many thanks to jaco and stones in harties. it was a great day and i'm sure it was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

i did get to the meeting point far too early, but traffic was light, and no-one got in my way - so it was plain sailing there - or should i say low flying!!!

but it was very good to see everyone arriving. watching all the sx's pull into the parking lot was wicked cool.

what no-one else saw was the morris minor club was parked in the bays opposite the ones we used at shell. it would've been even cooler if everyone had arrived before they left. i think they had about 10 cars there!!!

sorry to qwerty whose car wouldn't start - but the problem was solved quickly and they made it. i thought it was a little ironic that the only s14 was the one that gave problems for a change. even vlades seemingly doomed s13 gave no problems at all!!!

bruno's SLIDESHOW (and i dont mean powerpoint) was FANTASTIC. i am now convinced of his supreme driving skills. there arent many people out there with that kind of control and placement. putting the car in the perfect position to reverse into his parking was brilliant.

everyone's sx's are really looking good. i was glad to see some other grey ones. we were 3 in total. the red ones were gleaming which is not usually the case with older red models. draco's and toby's cars were looking like they had just been resprayed!!! the number of white sx's was overwhelming, but that was cool cos i think white is one of the better colours!!!

so to everyone - thanks for making it a wikked cool day!!!

i'm looking forward to the next big one!

I can not say much but great, it was the shit....what a day....when we do it again....?

Thanks to everyone, Jaco and gurly... thanks, you rock!

SO WHERE THE PICS AT?????

veecee wrote:

SO WHERE THE PICS AT?????

yea? I need some backgrounds for my PC 😀

man i wish i could have gone. i was looking foward for a long time to meet every 1 but im sure i will be atthe next event! looking foward to all the pics!!!! 😀

Thanks guys for a lovely day we couldn't have done it without you guys. Was great seeing you again just to bad i couldn't spend more time with you guys and that i don't have my SX anymore.

Jaco wrote:

Thanks guys for a lovely day we couldn't have done it without you guys. Was great seeing you again just to bad i couldn't spend more time with you guys and that i don't have my SX anymore.

thanks again to you guys for organising. and get yourself another sx dude. you know you wanna!!!!!

Really enjoyed this. Was nice seeing you guys and meeting some of the other members for the 1st time too.

Thank you to everybody that made this possible and to those that where there.

WOW!!! What a meeting... Free food+drinks and quite a bit of Punza 😂 too that was very nice special thanks go to Toby/Jaco/Organisers that made everthing happened.

I must say that is very good to know that somewhere out there are guys that go through hell with their cars but holdon to them if they lifes depends on it just like me 😛 i'm proud to be affiliated to a bunch of tru petrol heads and Nissan fanatics, this Nissan cult thing is so cool man.

It was good to see everyone that i met in the last meeting i attended and new faces aswell, even the oke that drove all the way from Witbank Props man that is commitment, i'm sure that if your girl/wife asked you to come all the way down to JHB to come vist her "dieing mother" you wouldn't even bother 😂 😂 just kidding man thanks for coming.

I still noticed that lots of the club members are bit uptight i sugest that next time we have a meeting we must have free shots of Tequila to loosen up a bit 😈 .

Thanks for all your compliments on little show i put in, compliments like yours is what keep me buying R100 tires without giving much thought 🙂

A clip of Bruno's impromptu drift:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kam62q8sLVQ

Pics are up:

http://200sx.za.net/200sx/index.php?option=com_easygallery&act=categories&cid=58&Itemid=38

hmmm...

that cant be all the pics.

who do i send my pics too???

toby or vlade?

No me, but why don't u just upload your pics yourself? Took me like 3 friggin' hours to get those pics resized, number plates wiped, uploaded (to the wrong category), internet connection went down, got it back up, tried moving to correct category one-by-one, was taking too long so I deleted the pics, re-uploaded to the right category, resorted the categories to put the new pics on top, and finally post the link to the forum.

So please, don't send those pics to me 🙂

Toby wrote:

No me, but why don't u just upload your pics yourself? Took me like 3 friggin' hours to get those pics resized, number plates wiped, uploaded (to the wrong category), internet connection went down, got it back up, tried moving to correct category one-by-one, was taking too long so I deleted the pics, re-uploaded to the right category, resorted the categories to put the new pics on top, and finally post the link to the forum.

So please, don't send those pics to me 🙂

LOL.

you need the right programs then. get one that can do batch processing on any number of pics. that way you can basically right a script for resizing and apply it to all your pics. clicky clicky and its done while you make your coffee!!!!

the uploading is another story.

i reckon just send the resized pics to vlade then. 😂 😂 😂

@ Toby. Thank you very much for the nice piccies. Great stuff.
@ Vlade. It does me good to see you so happy man in your sx. Enjoy it Barend. You deserve it!
@ VC. I really smaak that engin of your sx.! The metalic effect is just great.
Will make a nice background on pc.!!
It was a great event. Thanks again.

Sorry that we could not have Phinx, GregT and Widowmaker and Iceman with us. 🙄 Should then have been 16 x s13's 🙄
And Gary and the others over the country of course.

Hey Guys, the events just seem to be getting better.
It was brillant.

I was a bit sad. Looking at those SX's & bruno doing the drift thing......Made me realize how much I miss mine.

JINX YOU STILL LOOKING AFTER IT????
ATTEND SOME EVENTS!!!!!