The British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire - 26 May 2019

[st13phil]

...with 34 MPG at one point!!

Wondered how you'd managed that in the E63, then saw the photo of the cars

The R172 SLK55 can be astonishingly economical on a high-speed run. Best we've had from Angie's was a brim-to-brim 33.75mpg on a 390-mile run from north Oxfordshire via the tunnel & Bruges to Koln.

 

[nn7man]

You came from Northants too? NN9 here

Yes, near to Towcester so a nice easy A43/A422/M40

 

[nn7man]

Hi Pete

Glad you enjoyed the meeting. The Brabus looks great and created a lot of interest. There is a Sports Cars in The Park Meeting at Lotherton Hall Leeds in July which quite a few of us are planning on attending , numbers increasing daily, link below

Andy

Sports Cars In The Park - Lotherton Hall, Leeds - 21 July 2019

Signed up!

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

Yes, near to Towcester so a nice easy A43/A422/M40

Other end of the spectrum then, I’m at the end of the A45/A14. Have to suffer the a45 railway bridge works traffic

 

[nn7man]

Other end of the spectrum then, I’m at the end of the A45/A14. Have to suffer the a45 railway bridge works traffic

My youngest is at school in Wellingborough and on a bad day it can back up well to the West!

 

[kid-jensen]

Thanks for organising the meet, it was great to see all those shiny cars (and the ones in the Museum!)

Excellent venue, though maybe a bit windswept, but there was plenty to keep a petrolhead happy.....even a Jensen!

Had a dodgy KFC on the way home so haven't strayed far from the loo since, so apologies for the late post.

Got 35MPG averaged over the whole trip, not bad for an old shed....

It's Derby Week here, so when I got home, I was surprised to see the house hadn't been stolen. The Co-op corershop wasn't so lucky...

 

[MissyD]

Thanks Andy for arranging this, hadnt been to Gaydon for a few years, they've changed a few bits around and the Jaguar exhibition was worth a visit too. Good to meet up with some new faces. I went to Coventry after to meet up with some 190 friends, they didn't get as many as expected due to the miserable weather first thing but of course it brightened up later in the afternoon! Stayed over Sunday and drove back Monday, was a nice break away.

Looking forward to the next weekend away

 

[AndyRC]

Thanks for organising the meet, it was great to see all those shiny cars (and the ones in the Museum!)

Excellent venue, though maybe a bit windswept, but there was plenty to keep a petrolhead happy.....even a Jensen!

Had a dodgy KFC on the way home so haven't strayed far from the loo since, so apologies for the late post.

Got 35MPG averaged over the whole trip, not bad for an old shed....

It's Derby Week here, so when I got home, I was surprised to see the house hadn't been stolen. The Co-op corershop wasn't so lucky...

Glad you had a good time , maybe Burger King next time. Next meeting will be further North so maybe a night away if you fancy it

 

[AndyRC]

Thanks Andy for arranging this, hadnt been to Gaydon for a few years, they've changed a few bits around and the Jaguar exhibition was worth a visit too. Good to meet up with some new faces. I went to Coventry after to meet up with some 190 friends, they didn't get as many as expected due to the miserable weather first thing but of course it brightened up later in the afternoon! Stayed over Sunday and drove back Monday, was a nice break away.

Looking forward to the next weekend away

Is that going to be at Leeds

 

[MissyD]

Is that going to be at Leeds

Yes, Leeds

 

[AndyRC]

Yes, Leeds

Great , looks like there may be a few staying over

 

[AndyRC]

Not something you see everyday, a 1 of 35 507 saloon parked alongside a 1 of 2 Brabus 800 Wagon Pete please correct me if I got that wrong.