UK Z1 Tour 2009 - The Dutch and German Invasion.

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Fri 22 May, 2009 19:38

RacingTeatray wrote:So, where are we meeting? I've been a little busy with work and am really not terribly up on what is going on!

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Fri 22 May, 2009 19:39

Jet wrote:
spokey wrote:Final routes and driving notes have gone out.

Check your email!
You will probably find its a little late for all that for many of the group.

Sure.

That's why I'm bringing my laptop and a USB cable.

Giles · Post by **Giles** » Sat 23 May, 2009 19:04

Saw the chaps off this morning (Birchanger Services is 10 mins from my house).

Looks like they are gonna have one hellava time. Great weather and a tremendous mix of cars and personalities

anbei · Post by **anbei** » Sun 24 May, 2009 01:56

Giles wrote:Saw the chaps off this morning (Birchanger Services is 10 mins from my house).

This post is worthless without pics.

Budget M3 · Post by **Budget M3** » Sun 24 May, 2009 04:58

anbei wrote:
This post is worthless without pics.

Agree! C'mon, gents....we are on pins and needles here. Who is prevailing in the invasion--the Dutch/Germans or the Brits?

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Sun 24 May, 2009 05:46

In terms of numbers, I think Britain is well-placed to repel the invaders. But in terms of the awesomeness of their cars, a couple of the foreigners have it sewed up.

Holland Harry and Franz Schaffer, take a bow!

Unfortunately, I can't get broadband in my room, so putting photos up will have to wait until I get home.

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Sun 24 May, 2009 16:08

Right, some piccy pics ...

My memory is awful, so if I've got any of this wrong, please let me know!

At the start:

On the road:

Meeting up at first stop:

Welcoming the invaders:

Brave Euro invaders:

Parked up at Force India:

So many Z1's:

Common as muck:

Spongemaster Jet:

Holland Harry's beautiful blue beauty -- sounds even better than it looks:

Franz Schaffer's unique car -- which sounds even better:

Pierre's 2.7l AC Schnitzer:

Not a bad little hotel:

Dinner will be in the library:

Stained glass windows in the library:

They look a bit worried about the wine order, don't they?

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Sun 24 May, 2009 19:19

Jet and all the guys so sorry I missed the cruze, devestated, fuel pump went ten minutes from my front door, gutted. Then I was hit by a blind cyclist whilst waiting for the RAC mad crazy day so depressed. Jet has the pictures very sureal to say the least, car damaged and after only two weeks out of the paint shop, all sympathy is welcomed.
Regards
Bomber

PS Is the fuel pump in the Z1 identical to the E30 325I ????

sfh3l · Post by **sfh3l** » Sun 24 May, 2009 19:37

Hey Guys:
Nice to meet you all and to see your lovely little cars. It is great to put faces to aliases and to be reminded that the Z1 'infection' runs wider than just my own garage!
Thanks to all our European visitors for making the effort to come across. I hope you weren't disappointed.
Special thanks to Spokey for planning the routes, fixing the weather (!) and introducing me to Fish Hill.
Jet - you deserve a medal for the initial idea and the perseverence to see it through to reality.
Great company
Great weather
Great food
Great scenery
Great drives
Good hotel
Great fun
Weekends don't get much better really!

Stoertie · Post by **Stoertie** » Sun 24 May, 2009 19:42

bomber wrote:PS Is the fuel pump in the Z1 identical to the E30 325I ????

...I'm afaid it isn't. Parts catalog shows that the parts no. 16 14 2 294 345 is only used in Z1 and in no other BMW car...

Best regards
Michael
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sfh3l · Post by **sfh3l** » Sun 24 May, 2009 19:44

Michael,
You beat me to it. I was just struggling to find it on realoem.
Bomber - sorry to hear the news. To miss the trip is bad enough, to have the car damaged is cruel. I hope the idiot on the bike has a headache!

BBZ149 · Post by **BBZ149** » Sun 24 May, 2009 20:12

Firstly a big thanks to the Jet, Spokey for organising this event so well. Thanks to Andy for the F1 tour you all made it a fantastic day.
It was absolutely fantastic to meet everybody, and a great pleasure to meet our Dutch and German friends who made a big effort joining us in the UK.

Thanks All, and I hope we don’t have to wait so long for another meeting.

If anybody would like any of these images in Hi res, just drop me a PM and ill Email them.

Let the cruise commence!

The next 2 photos are my favourite

a1z1 · Post by **a1z1** » Sun 24 May, 2009 20:48

Hi All
We recieved such a warm welcome on our 1st outting in our little red Zed the whole weekend was fantastic.

So many Thank you's to give so lets start,
Thank You Jet for puttiing in a lot of planning and booking,
Thank You Spokey for planning the route,
Thank You Andy for the Force India tour,
Thank you to the invaders for all the effort in coming across.

It was great to put faces and cars to forum members, and giving me even more inspiration for tweeks i can do on my z1.

Regards

A1Z1

TrickyZ1 · Post by **TrickyZ1** » Sun 24 May, 2009 20:48

sfh3l wrote:Hey Guys:
Nice to meet you all and to see your lovely little cars. It is great to put faces to aliases and to be reminded that the Z1 'infection' runs wider than just my own garage!
Thanks to all our European visitors for making the effort to come across. I hope you weren't disappointed.
Special thanks to Spokey for planning the routes, fixing the weather (!) and introducing me to Fish Hill.
Jet - you deserve a medal for the initial idea and the perseverence to see it through to reality.
Great company
Great weather
Great food
Great scenery
Great drives
Good hotel
Great fun
Weekends don't get much better really!

Couldn't agree more. What a truly amazing experience

The invaders brought some serious equipment, and their weapons were definitely louder than ours

Spokey led the resistance with pride and spirit whilst Jet cleaned his car

I'd call it a draw, when's the re-match?

Pat Slade · Post by **Pat Slade** » Mon 25 May, 2009 09:21

Would like to add our thanks to Jet, Spokey, and Andy for the organisation and raising an overseas contingent. Very well done and a super weekend meeting all you virtual folk at last!

Pat

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Mon 25 May, 2009 09:58

Terry, absolutely AWESOME photos!

You have PM(s)

SCORPION · Post by **SCORPION** » Mon 25 May, 2009 10:44

Most of my photos are the same (worse than ?) as the ones already posted. Just the one snap shot slightly different.

A big thank you to Jet, Spokey and Andy. Great company, great routes and stops (Force India, Silverstone etc) and great company.
It's only when you explore on your own that you realise the quality of the routes used. There were no single track lanes that you need to crawl down just high speed roads with good visibility. Well done Spokey.
For those that missed the meeting, it's worth noting that the females in the group appeared to very much enjoy the weekend so don't be put off bringing wives, girlfriends etc (?) to future events. It's a great social event.

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Mon 25 May, 2009 13:37

Yes - really well done guys - I was impressed!

Didn't take many but here a couple more photos:

FinerZ1 · Post by **FinerZ1** » Mon 25 May, 2009 16:25

It's probably getting a little repetitive now but I would like to say a big thanks to Jet and Spokey for organising what was a fantastic weekend and whoever arranged the weather deserves a medal too even though I have second degree burns to my head!

It was great meeting such a friendly bunch of people and our friends from overseas provided a taste of just what can be achieved with these great little cars.

Most of the photos I took are fairly similar to the ones already posted so I have tried to pick out a few that are vaguely different.

Looking forward to the next meet even if I have to drive back from the South of France!

Cheers

Paul

Franz's awesome Z1

Heading out for the first cruise

Roundabouts.....no thanks!

Are the women of Oxfordshire that bad?!

Inside Pierre's amazing AC Snitzer Z1

At the hotel

The drive home

Jet · Post by **Jet** » Mon 25 May, 2009 17:13

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in the event and made it the success it was, im relieved you all enjoyed it and are keen to participate in another event, made it all worthwhile.

The unsung heroes, Ben, Spokey, Sam, Harold.
Katie at the Ettington.
Andy Hallas and Bruce at Force India.
The Dutch and German Invaders and wives for the epic journey to get here.
Total BMW for covering the event (I will let you all know when the mag is published.)
Silverstone Golf Club for the water and fairy liquid to wash my fly infested Z

To mother nature for providing the perfect weather conditions.
And Bruce Almighty, our resident photographer, just as enthusiastic as ever.

And most importantly, to all Z1 owners who made the effort and sacrificed much to be there, a heartfelt thank you, we matched the record of 23 cars at silverstone 10 years ago, which is an achievement in itself.

Thank you all again.

Jet

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Mon 25 May, 2009 17:14

Fantastic pics, FinerZ1!

Does anyone have photos of the ford crossing? Just for Big Mr P ...

pierrez1 · Post by **pierrez1** » Mon 25 May, 2009 18:23

Ben, Jamal, Harold, Spokey, Andy, all the weather Gods and everyone I forgot, Thxs, a million times for this beautifull event!!

Brighton with his sea and hills and off course the pink hotelrooms, the traffic jams which caused us missing our meet and greet with the queen mother, visiting London at rush hour just to have a Pizza and a short sleep, the formula 1 team and the awesome drive to it, the beautifull hotel at the end but most off all meeting such very nice people which did there best to understand everything we tried to say

The four days went even faster then Spokey could drive. Good to see all this nice Pics so that we can relive it al in slow motion

Holland Harry · Post by **Holland Harry** » Mon 25 May, 2009 19:14

Well said Pierre! Benslick and Jet a very big thanks to you because it was your effort that presude us to come to the UK. Also a big thanks to Spokey and Andy for the perfect Saturday. When is the next UK Z1 meet than?

Furthermore it was very nice to meet Racing Teatray, FinerZ1, TrickyZ1, slf3(Sam), Pat Slade, Bluebaur, Andyhallas, Spokey, ZedOne and all the others in person. Posting will be different from now on.

So and last but not least some more pics!

Thanks guys for letting us invade your country.

Althulas · Post by **Althulas** » Mon 25 May, 2009 19:47

Really nice seeing all those classics in force, looks like you had a great. Cheers for sharing the pics.

andyhallas · Post by **andyhallas** » Mon 25 May, 2009 20:03

Jamal - you're a legend.

All the usual thanks. Brucie and I appreciated all the good feedback after the factory tour. If any of you are around Silverstone and want to see a bit more feel free to drop me a line.

Anyway, pics:

Post by **Green Genie** » Mon 25 May, 2009 21:52

Hi Guys

Although it has been said many times before a huge thank you to Jet for the original idea, Spokey for the route planning and great company at dinner Andy for the Force India tour.

It was great to finally put a face to all the handles on the forum and the weather was the icing on the cake. The hotel and location was spot on.

One thing which is worrying the wife having seen some of the pics is - Jet how many of the Haribo jelly babies made it to the finishing post without melting down the back of your seat?

I hope that our German and Dutch friends enjoyed themselves. Some of them certainly are packing a big punch for example Pierre's, Franz' car and Holland Harry's with his big engine and loud zorst to name but a few!!

Fortunately we had numbers over substance...

Any way here are some pics altho perhaps not such good quality as some of the others we have seen

Great day, great company
GG

Come on Jet Mr Shakeyhands is offering you a hand of friendship here....

Why is Tea Tray not looking so happy has someone been feeding his tortoise without his permission?

kruisn · Post by **kruisn** » Tue 26 May, 2009 21:22

THANKS FOR ALL THE PHOTO'S
Not having yet seen a Z1 on the flesh, they are different and very good looking. It seems you all (invaders and defenders) had a great time. Hope you do it again. All the very best.

TJS · Post by **TJS** » Tue 26 May, 2009 21:53

Once again, thanks to Spokey, Jamal and Andy for a great day.

How many people had a hangover on Sunday morning ???

TJS

Jet · Post by **Jet** » Tue 26 May, 2009 22:15

Green Genie wrote:Hi Guys

One thing which is worrying the wife having seen some of the pics is - Jet how many of the Haribo jelly babies made it to the finishing post without melting down the back of your seat?

They barely made it past the shop checkout.

Budget M3 · Post by **Budget M3** » Wed 27 May, 2009 01:55

Congrats to you gents on what looks like it was a nice, warm and sunny weekend....never had one of those when I lived in the UK

Awesome pics, but not a one with a UK, Dutch or German flag in it (not as easy as it looks, huh Ben

). Other than the license plates, how is one to know who are the invaders and who the invadees?

felix · Post by **felix** » Wed 27 May, 2009 09:51

bomber wrote:Jet and all the guys so sorry I missed the cruze, devestated, fuel pump went ten minutes from my front door, gutted. Then I was hit by a blind cyclist whilst waiting for the RAC mad crazy day so depressed. Jet has the pictures very sureal to say the least, car damaged and after only two weeks out of the paint shop, all sympathy is welcomed.
Regards
Bomber
PS Is the fuel pump in the Z1 identical to the E30 325I ????

Sorry to hear of your troubles - does seem a bit much all at once!

There's a separate thread that's been opened on alternate fuel pump sources.

benslick · Post by **benslick** » Wed 27 May, 2009 11:53

I would like to thank absolutely everyone that made the effort to come on the tour as you all added value & made it a fantastic weekend! I enjoyed meeting you all so much indeed, even the guys who are not so verbal on the forum turned out to be brilliant. I hope we meet up again sooner rather than later. I also had, had some banter from Spokey on the forum in the past and in person I found him to be very funny & amusing.

As far as our European friends are concerned, thank you for coming down to Brighton and also putting up with my slightly over ambitious plans on the Friday. I wanted to show you as much as possible. We had many good meals and the sun was shinning so I hope we have fought off a few stereotypes of our little island. Good food, good weather & great roads if we forget the pot holes! Just for the record, the day after you left the UK the rain started pooring again

To my suprise I have not done my boy racer image credit as I now know that I am a very average slowish driver or perhaps just a bit of a whimp! Thanks to Spokey!

In the afternoon I was the number two car behind Spokey with Rene behind me and Sam behind him. I had a stonking headache from the night before (Erwin & his dad Scheff's drinking night out on the town) I managed to stay on Sokey's tail for most of the time but at one point I had to get up to 60mph just to catch up to him up. He was taking the corners so perfectly, I was worrying more about what was behind the corners not wanting to hit anyone or anything. Around the next corner was a lady on a horse and I had to slam on my brakes as hard as I could (thanks Franz) so I could pass her slowly enough. So I just thought to myself I'll just chill and hang back. Now I will take a advanced driving course to become a better driver! Anyway I let the pack fly past and got some more great shots of you all for my Z1 book...

The weekend flew by & I had a fantastic time so thanks again.

Ben..

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 27 May, 2009 12:17

benslick wrote:at one point I had to get up to 60mph just to catch up to him up.

I'm sure you are exaggerating.

benslick wrote:He was taking the corners so perfectly, I was worrying more about what was behind the corners not wanting to hit anyone or anything.

"Lift your vision."

You'll notice I didn't lock up slowing down for the horse, even though I just have the standard brakes.

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 27 May, 2009 12:26

I just got a lovely reminder of the cruise from the Essex Police.

Apparently, when I topped up at the start and sent Lynne in for breakfast and (I thought) to pay for the petrol. She missed the bit about paying for the petrol though.

So I phoned up the petrol station and paid, but now there is no-one at the police station answering the phone so that I can tell them about it.

Racing Tortoise · Post by **Racing Tortoise** » Wed 27 May, 2009 12:41

Ouch!!

spokey · Post by **spokey** » Wed 27 May, 2009 14:44

All sorted, eventually. Bloody hard work, though.

(And that was just the copper who helped me!

)

stu · Post by **stu** » Wed 27 May, 2009 15:04

Wow, what a great set of pics and some amazing cars too.

Glad to see most had a wonderful time & thanks to all for sharing the pictures & stories.

benslick · Post by **benslick** » Wed 27 May, 2009 16:09

Ok everyone, moderator Spokey changed the speed that I was driving to catch him up!

SCORPION · Post by **SCORPION** » Wed 27 May, 2009 16:39

benslick wrote:Ok everyone, moderator Spokey changed the speed that I was driving to catch him up!

Presumably to protect the not so innocent !
Possibly after his cosy chat with Essex police.
I just thought you meant kph not mph

benslick · Post by **benslick** » Wed 27 May, 2009 18:19

Hey,

Nope MPH my friend I too was a little shocked! lol

TJS · Post by **TJS** » Wed 27 May, 2009 19:51

A photo for any lurking truckers !!

a1z1 · Post by **a1z1** » Wed 27 May, 2009 20:01

benslick wrote: So I just thought to myself I'll just chill and hang back. Now I will take a advanced driving course to become a better driver!
Ben..

Advanced driving hands free!!

A1Z1

Ian_C · Post by **Ian_C** » Thu 28 May, 2009 16:23

Thanks to everyone for sharing the pics. Reinforces the fact that the Z1 is a cool car!

Bavaria Franz · Post by **Bavaria Franz** » Thu 28 May, 2009 21:45

I made a little fotostory, have fun.......

http://www.kfz-schaffer.de/Eigene%20Dat ... y1.wmv

BBZ149 · Post by **BBZ149** » Fri 29 May, 2009 01:03

Bavaria Franz wrote:I made a little fotostory, have fun.......

http://www.kfz-schaffer.de/Eigene%20Dat ... y1.wmv

Bavaria Franz, Great movie and idea. I am going to use this as my screen saver on all my PC's to remind me of the fantastic weekend we had.

Link should be: http://www.kfz-schaffer.de/Eigene%20Dat ... story1.wmv

Bluebaur · Post by **Bluebaur** » Fri 29 May, 2009 06:54

Really enjoyed it !

Captures the weekend memories so well.

Roger

Holland Harry · Post by **Holland Harry** » Fri 29 May, 2009 13:59

Welcome to the forum Bavarian Franzl!!!!!

Jet · Post by **Jet** » Fri 29 May, 2009 18:39

Bavaria Franz wrote:I made a little fotostory, have fun.......

http://www.kfz-schaffer.de/Eigene%20Dat ... ory1.wmv

Excellent Bavarian Franz

Post by **Green Genie** » Sun 31 May, 2009 19:53

Super video confirms the day was as good as i thought

GG

Jet · Post by **Jet** » Tue 30 Jun, 2009 10:56

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