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Who went to Dubfreeze?
« on: 21 February 2005, 00:04 »
Well, I decided that I would make the 110 mile trek to check it out, the missus stared the day well by ploughing into a kerb 400m from my house so we took my car!

The venue wasn't too bad, well suited to small car shows, but the whole thing seemed a little "air-cooled" oriented.

Still, enjoyed myself, and for those who voted for the steering wheel, there was no need, I didn't spend a penny!

Saw Goldie Looking Cab at their display, very nice motor, but I am not sure I'd of driven it up there. The stairs must have been awful on the suspension :grin: Looked around the car park for more sticker but couldn't see any :sad:

What did you all think?

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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #1 on: 21 February 2005, 00:30 »
cudnt be botherd to drive that far. few peeps said it was sh!t last time so that kinda put me off  :tongue:
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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #2 on: 21 February 2005, 08:24 »
it was fun getting chris's car up there, we was gutted that we couldnt display all our cars so chris left his up there.

not alot there for us water cooled peeps, i spent more time talking to people and in the pub than buying things lol
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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #3 on: 21 February 2005, 08:26 »
Cheers mate ?:grin: I really enjoyed it.

Although Velly had booked a stand for Club GTI Newport and we had 8 cars to go on it. When we got to Dubfreeze there was barley room for 1 car ?:shocked: I was the only brave (or stupid) enough to risk getting it up the ramp ?:evil: Got it over the top bit with some help off Velly (cheers mate ?:wink:) used wood blocks on the back wheels to get enough clearance, so no damage done ?:smiley:

It was mainly air cooled, but there were still bargins to be found. I bought a rear and lower strut brace for ?20 ?:wink: ?:cool:


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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #4 on: 21 February 2005, 08:28 »
it was fun getting chris's car up there, we was gutted that we couldnt display all our cars so chris left his up there.

not alot there for us water cooled peeps, i spent more time talking to people and in the pub than buying things lol
Ace Velly, I watched the video footage that you took of my car on the way home. Well chuffed with it, loads of good angles  :wink:  :grin:

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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #5 on: 21 February 2005, 08:31 »
cool...il upload my digi cam clips tonight fella
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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #6 on: 21 February 2005, 08:35 »
I arrived with jv in convoy at about 11am, met up with mrwotto at the goldie lookin cab, caught a glimpse of a couple of forum members but for the life of me couldnt remember their real names.. had a good nosey round at some rusty beetle panels and empi wheels, then decided to have a look round the carpark for some proper cars. But then we froze our bollox off so we went to the pub / Mc D's  :grin:

Had to feel quite smug as me & jv effortlessly rolled out of the mudpark carpark with trusty 4wd as everyone else was putting packing under their tyres to get out of the marsh  :laugh:

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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #7 on: 21 February 2005, 08:39 »
I arrived with jv in convoy at about 11am, met up with mrwotto at the goldie lookin cab, caught a glimpse of a couple of forum members but for the life of me couldnt remember their real names.. had a good nosey round at some rusty beetle panels and empi wheels, then decided to have a look round the carpark for some proper cars. But then we froze our bollox off so we went to the pub / Mc D's? :grin:

Had to feel quite smug as me & jv effortlessly rolled out of the mudpark carpark with trusty 4wd as everyone else was putting packing under their tyres to get out of the marsh? :laugh:
I didn't see you all  :cry: Mr Wotto should have text me and we could have all gone for a pint  :wink: There were better cars outside, but like you said it was freezing out there. I took my MK5 radio control Golf for a spin out there. Got a few dogs and kids chasing after it  :laugh:  :laugh:

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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #8 on: 21 February 2005, 09:08 »
I asked a few people on the next stand if they knew whos car it was, they said they didnt, and never had your mobile number so could not text ya.

It was nice to meet jv and toph.

I have no problems getting out of the car park must be something to do with the weight of my mk3.

I did enjoy the show as I am very into the air cooled scene anyway so I enjoyed drooling at the beetle's / campers as well as the golfs.

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Re: Who went to Dubfreeze?
« Reply #9 on: 21 February 2005, 09:25 »
The Mudpark Carpark was fairly amusing!

I am amazed that some people don't know how to drive on mud! The was one guy in an Audi Quattro, he had got stuck at some point, but by the time I had passed him, he has floored it so much that all 4 wheels had dug in nicely, he wasn't driving anywhere!

Should have taken the Landy, could have charged ?5 a tow! :grin: