taffy Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Ive just discovered that the pub Ive started drinking in for the last six months play!!!! host to a C*****M club once a month!!!! Dear auntie Westfield should I; Join in and turn up with me Westie feigning innocence. Turn up and admit I knew it was C*****Ms all along. Buy a C*****M and turn up looking cool. Go along in my Nissan Primera. Please let me know cos Im loosing sleep thinking about it, and I think the Westy has found out!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7SE Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 This is a no-brainer, take the Westfield - especially if it is a pre-lit If it is a more recent model then, as car enthusiasts, they will appreciate the superior design and engineering Actually, personal experience suggests that they will be most welcoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taffy Posted October 1, 2003 Author Share Posted October 1, 2003 Yes Spose we are all in the same boat (car ! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phssthpok Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 ….turn up dressed as a leiderhosen clad dominatrix and they’ll just assume you drive a Caterham. If anyone gets suspicious flash them your Dale Winterton fan club card and they'll be bending over backwards - and occasionally forwards - to welcome you. …..and remember, it’s not big or tough to take the pi*s out of those less fortunate than yourself; so give the Caterham lads and lasses a hug from us all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.c Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Actually, personal experience suggests that they will be most welcoming. I can second this one I actually got invited by the AO when we saw each other locally Been going for 2 years now and apart from the occasional bit of harmless ribbing they are fine. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley-warner Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 My seats are out of an R500, and my Westy badge has been removed to accomodate a bit of carbon fibre for timing, so if I am anything other than "2-up" my seats are the only visible brand......quite few people have said "love the Caterham mate..." etc etc..... I don't really see the difference. I think we are all of the same kind of mindset. It is like fighting with the kids from the next village when you were young, cos they went to a differnt school... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Albert Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Chumley, I suggest you underplay the rivalry In the 60s I went to a Grammar school (in Burnt Oak, near Edgware) located between Roman Catholic and multi denominational Secondary Modern schools. The only thing that the kids who attended those schools hated more than each other was the kids at the Grammar and I could never run very fast I'm sure that individually they were all very nice people but collectively the hunting pack instinct brought a tear to many an eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioi Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 and you deserved it for going to the local grammar school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Actually, personal experience suggests that they will be most welcoming. I found this too ... AND better still, they had just the most brilliant route to Stoneleigh last year and we were invited to join them for the drive. I was impressed to see that Caterham drivers also know how to take part in the 'Gatso Manœuvre' too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumley-warner Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Actually, personal experience suggests that they will be most welcoming. I found this too ... AND better still, they had just the most brilliant route to Stoneleigh last year and we were invited to join them for the drive. I was impressed to see that Caterham drivers also know how to take part in the 'Gatso Manœuvre' too What is the Gasto manoever? Pardon my ignorance.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 OK, educate me. What's the 'gatso manoeuvre' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Extract from the Westfield Diary 05/05/02 The Gatso Manoeuvre:- The route is an excellent one with plenty of fast and windy roads and when we stop for fuel and coffee, it is clear that they are all a friendly bunch of people. On route we all take part in the legendary ‘Gatso Manoeuvre’ which entails the lead car noticing a speed camera at the last possible moment and slowing abruptly. This results in 5 cars all 12 feet in length passing through the camera at exactly 30MPH and taking up exactly 60 feet in length! The ‘Gatso Manoeuvre’ should normally be practised in advance though to avoid contact taking place. At Stoneleigh we are diverted into a ridiculous traffic jam by the organisers who could have done better if they had failed to turn up at all. The 3 Caterhams and 2 Westfields in the small convoy split up and go their own way on reaching the entrance and I thank them for letting us join them for the journey and advise them that naturally I will cut them dead once inside the show as they are driving the ‘wrong car’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 OK, educated. You have also jogged my memory - once inside the show did you get hopelessly lost? - I think I followed you for a while before I realised you didn't know where you were going...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steppenwolf Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 once inside the show did you get hopelessly lost? - Not in 2002 but this year I got hopelessly lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Yep, that's what I meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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