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  1. Hi Mike - I have emailed you - I have an 'S' estate auto that might suit
  2. Hi there, full list of all the stops and times in the current issue of Club Torque
  3. Well as you can see in the above thread there are still quite a few folk who have no inclination to use social media who would still like to get the information via the Club's Official site, and the very fact that you read the post in the first place would indicate that you are using the site as well! 
  4. I am in agreement with much of what has been written here, the postponement of the RBRR should have been posted on the CT website for ALL club members to be informed about regardless of wether they are actually taking part. The RBRR and 10CR are part of the DNA of Club Triumph and any news should come via the official voice of the Club which surely is the Club's own website regardless of what people think about the 'usability' of the current site.  It seems there are plenty of people in the club (of which I am one) who have no intention of ever using Facebook so please don't stop using the Club Website to communicate important information. Thanks    
  5. S.Tate entered  Looking forward to it.
  6. A word of warning to entrants travelling through France:  I recently come back from two weeks in French Alps, and yesterday got a speeding ticket sent to my home address for exceeding the limit by 5 km/h - 75 km/h in a 70 km/h zone. This was on a quiet rural A/B road which I think used to be 80 km/h. I cannot remember seeing a speed camera but do vaguely remember seeing an unmarked blue van parked in an entrance to a field at the side of the road. I do not make a habit of exceeding the speed limit (especially in France) as I was in a fully loaded 15 year old Discovery, but either I did not realise it was a 70 limit or my eyes were enjoying the scenery & road and I was not paying enough attention to the speedometer.  It appears there is little or no discretion applied to exceeding the limits by even the smallest amount in France so be careful and get your navigator to keep an eye on the speedometer on the SAT NAV rather than rely on your Triumph's dial which are often 10% out which is certainly the case on the Triumph I will be using on the 10CR next month!  
  7. Aside from all the every obvious safety reasons for having an valid MoT which are outlined above, I have been stopped in Switzerland on a previous 10CR and aside from the usual passport checks they spent some time inspecting the car's paperwork (V5, Insurance docs and the MoT) and we were glad to have the full gamut of paperwork for the car, as I would have imagined we might well have been there for quite some time trying to explain that we don't need an MoT. The other thing that is of concern to me is that if you are unfortunate enough to be involved in an incident (in the UK or Europe) and you don't have (or need) an MoT and YOU have missed something and your car is technically unsafe how will your insurer react to this? Would you be be personally be liable? Who knows but I don't intend to find out!
  8. I have not had an email from Nigel either - so will fill in form on the day.
  9. Hi David thanks for your reply, I found the page of all the entrants on a previous attempt! But no 'enter button' see below - Maybe the autosolo is only open to non-mac users! Or alternatively I am being decidedly thick...
  10. I am guessing I am being particularly thick.... How exactly do you enter? spent the last 10 minutes looking for an 'enter now' button on the various autosolo threads?  
  11. I am guessing I am being particularly thick.... How exactly do you enter? spent the last 10 minutes looking for an 'enter now' button on the various autosolo threads?  
  12. I am guessing I am being particularly thick.... How exactly do you enter? spent the last 10 minutes looking for an 'enter now' button on the various autosolo threads?  
  13. I am running Falken 195/70/15 on my 2500S estate auto. Being an auto the extra rolling diameter (+14mm) does reduce the revs for motorway cruising compared to the 185s (which I had previously) the additional 7mm side wall height has not affected the handling (and grip is probably better on the 195s) and if any thing the ride is slightly improved.  When the time comes to replace I will be keeping with the 195 and probably the Falkens to as they are wearing well and are particularly good in the wet.
  14. Having read the above comments it seems there are plenty of options out there.... BUT It would be worth bearing in mind unless you are willing to offer your time (like Chris above) in the MASSIVE amount of work done by the 3 man 10 CR organising team (many less than the RBRR) surely it is down to the 10CR organisers to design the event as they see fit? Judging by the ever increasing entry they seem to keep getting the formula right as the 10 CR is always a popular event. With regards to daily check points this is a logistical nightmare - getting everyone together for a restart - even on day 1 this year despite instruction that you must arrive by 8am there were crews turning up after the cut off time and some crews did not turn up at all. This then means the organising team is also late in getting away on the event - which lets remember is also their event to enjoy also. The ethos of the event has always been that you make it what you want - leaving it up to you to cut the route if you wish, the same can be said if you want to convoy with others you can always put a post out there on the forum to see if others want to join you. The same applies to meeting up with other crews in the evening - put a post on the forum and arrange to meet other in the area you are staying with.  In my experience Club Triumph folk are a friendly lot and unlikely to turn you away!  And if you want to drive through the night - DO IT!! find some like minded folk and arrange it between yourselves. This was my 4th 10CR and I enjoyed it every bit as much as my first and I am already looking forward to the 2019 event.
  15. Please can "Havea Potatoman"  email me a few -on say 4 or 5 of the best pics from the ones  you uploaded to the shared site so I can use them in the next issue of CT - i need the original high res pictures that will be big enough to use in the magazine. Please email to : charlie.deards@yahoo.co.uk Many thanks
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