Birchington shoppers

Subject: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:30 am

I stood outside Ed's Printing Matters shop in Birchington on Saturday all day!!
The shoppers of Birchington are lovely!!!
They donated £252.93!
A lady known only as 'V' gave me an extra £50!!!!!!!
Cars just stopped in the Street and ran over to give money!!!
It was a great day.............. Grand total to date.......£749.36 Dance

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:38 am

wow thats so good!!!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:53 am

thumbs up matey! bet you were a little suprised!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:56 am

More than a little suprised!!!!
Restores your faith in human nature!!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:00 am

jjakajmr wrote:: More than a little suprised!!!!
Restores your faith in human nature!!

i was just wondering! have you managed to take 'THE G' offroad yet? kind of interested to see how it gets on!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:20 am

This one no not yet. Waiting till I fit the bullbars and rock sliders!! My co-driver Nick has a G that he has off roaded many times in France and they are FORMIDABLE!!!!
This will give some idea!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmwGNoXcvuo

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:31 am

lol! i like the drivers 'dramatic' driving style! this vid dont count anyway, most 4x4 with that sort of mod can do well offroad! surely! chunky big tyres, big lift and away ya go!lol im takin a couple of sundays off work to go to my 4x4 clubs trials to get some practice! i'll need it!lol

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:58 am

Stu Thought you would like it!!!! I can't wait to get mine off road and see what she will do!! Just need to finish all the bits first!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:08 am

i got a bullbar coming from a breaker! said i can have it for free, so i hate to see what condition its in!lol

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:08 am

sycopaff wrote:: i got a bullbar coming from a breaker! said i can have it for free, so i hate to see what condition its in!lol

Broken....? Rolling Eyes

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:51 pm

does the G have lockers as standard then?!? i heard lockers are for bad drivers. . . or light right feet drivers!!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:58 pm

Skibum346 wrote:

sycopaff wrote:: i got a bullbar coming from a breaker! said i can have it for free, so i hate to see what condition its in!lol

Broken....? Rolling Eyes

lol probably! but who cares! i'll just scrap it!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:01 pm

snow wrote:: does the G have lockers as standard then?!? i heard lockers are for bad drivers. . . or light right feet drivers!!

i thought light right foot was the point! low box and all that!

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:49 pm

sycopaff wrote:

snow wrote:: does the G have lockers as standard then?!? i heard lockers are for bad drivers. . . or light right feet drivers!!

i thought light right foot was the point! low box and all that!

nooooo, give it some!! commitment and heavy right foot!!!

well it all depends what you doing!! steep decent, 1st gear diff locked (center diff for us poor people) and let the car crawl down buy itself

steep incline/mud, i go with the 2 gear and slow entry and foot to the floor!!! sometimes go with 1st gear and crawl up hills with the center diff locked just to show lesser cars how it can be done with ease in a landrover!!!

water runs/ deep puddles, the kid in me loves to make a splash but slowly is safer

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:21 am

'arry me boy! Me thinks you like to play!!! Laughing

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:23 am

oh yes as much as i can :-)

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Thu Oct 01, 2009 7:11 am

it does sound that way snow! my truck is below standard though and has no diff lock! has no center diff at all!lol they do come with locking rears and LSDs, but i just go for luck!lol if i had the cash i'd update it! but you know! im sure there will be some one to pull me out if i get stuck! and i'll then blame it on the tyres that were sugested! Icon Toyota

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:31 pm

haha good idea!! yea but the problem with my addiction to mud and water means most times i come back from offroading ive pushed so hard something else that is old breaks haha

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Fri Oct 02, 2009 4:27 am

snow wrote:: does the G have lockers as standard then?!? i heard lockers are for bad drivers. . . or light right feet drivers!!

Only on the doors

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:02 pm

haha mine doesnt even have that Laughing

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Sat Oct 03, 2009 4:51 am

John,
Not sure if you know about this one -

G Wagen Owner Association AGM

4th October 09

Ashover Parish Hall
Milken lane
Ashover
Chesterfield S45 0BA

11ish Should be a Large turn out of the German 'Uber' Machine!

Might be a bit of a trek for you, and short notice, if you don't already know about it, but might be interesting and another opportunity for fund raising.

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:15 am

Nick
Thanks I didn't know and I can't attend but it does give me an idea................

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:52 am

jjakajmr wrote:: Nick
Thanks I didn't know and I can't attend but it does give me an idea................

Was worth posting then bounce

Subject: Re: Birchington shoppers Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:55 am

Yes def I just joined the GWOA!!!! I just gave them a link as they gave me some free stuff!! http://teamcobra.co.uk/#/sponsors/4535166031
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