Photo's from Japfest 2009

[mutley]

Well before I get on to Devils' Advocate time, I'll say that I handed out 30 car passes, so Make that 29 NSX and 1 CRV.

AS for the annual meet (Something else was sugggested which I'll cover in a bit). The first year was an experiment to see if we could all get together and meet face to face as Matt says, with the poeople we chat to on here. And in that case it was very successfull as not only did we get the largest gathering of NSX's that anyone had heard of outside the USA, but we also won best Club Stand without even knowing/trying. The second year was because we all enjoyed the first year so much.

As for the modded car scene, I'm not totally against it, some mods are good if done for a reason and tastefull IMO, but yes there is the "pot-smoking-tattoo'd-chav" types that attend these with exhausts the size of wheelie bins and sub-woofers that make your ears bleed. BUT, these are the same people that look at the NSX and say to me " yeah nice car..........one day" We are all fortunate to have these cars, and I'll put my hand up saying that when I was 18 I had a Mk 2 Escort that was probably the equivelant to todays chaved up Civic. As Low Flyer was saying, as we get older, your taste changes, form cars to music. these chavs of today could be the NSX owner of tomorrow.

Now Future "Annual Meet" idea (if you're reading this far!!) it doesn't have to be at a car show. We pick a location, hopefully somewhere central to everyone, or as much as possible, find a nice reasonably priced hotel and book a function room, bit food bit entertainment or something along those lines. a few of us that were left towards the end of the day thought that would be a laugh.

I'll end with Thank you all for your comments, was my pleasure this year, just bad timing with all I have on just now, but I'm glad it was a success and I look forward to seeing everyone again in the future.

Cheers
Jim

[markc]

Maybe I'm in the minority, though?

A minority of at least 2

As Matt said, well done Jim for organising/co-ordinating the attendance at Japfest.

Let's all get behind Chris and make the NSXCB's attendance at the Silverstone Classic a roaring success.

Cheers

Mark

PS - All silly big wings must be removed if attending the Silverstone Classic

[dan the man]

Hey we all cant be young and realise whats the proper way to mod a car.. U live and learn and get wiser as u grow up. When i was 19 i had a loud KnN on my 106 XSI and loved it... I never thought id be an NSX owner at 26 tho but i learned and came to respect whats what.

Each to their own its what makes us tick.

Paul as for your car and whether it is or not..i always notice wraps So if not into NSXs i would have sussed it..ha ha

Looked a good days guys. The guy who was in the passenger seat on the side on crash in the drift car is on northloop.com and said his neck is now sore.... ooo

[Papalazarou]

This event has served us well in the past and was the first official NSXCB event we ever did.
Japfest is a real world event whereas personally I have trouble relating to the so called 'prestige events' like Silverstone.
In the same way that some members are turned off by the 'chav' element at JF I'm pretty underwhelmed by the inaccessibility of the these other events.

However, I'll still do my best to attend Silverstone and or Gaydon this year as it's a chance to catch up with people I may only see a couple of times a year. I enjoy the early morning convoy, organising the stand, talking to other car owners and taking in the atmosphere.


We do so little as a club that we shouldn't discount any successful or potentially event, we should try our hardest to attend them all.


Cheers,

James.

[NSX 2000]

We do so little as a club that we shouldn't discount any successful or potentially event, we should try our hardest to attend them all.


Cheers,

James.

I'll second that James.

With regards to Japfest the price of the ticket is worth it just to see the boobies and what they are attached to alone.

As I and someone else who won't be named discused these bumpers (his words not mine) we pondered is this something they do on their way up to or down from Glamour moddeling?

Paul.

[mutley]

...........................................we pondered is this something they do on their way up to or down from Glamour moddeling?

Paul.

Who Cares, just as long as we start getting better weather, so they aren't covered up as much, anyone rem the 3 young lovlies we had posing last year?

PS yes I am a perv!

Jim

[dan the man]

Good last 2 shots !

[DamianW]

This event has served us well in the past and was the first official NSXCB event we ever did.

Erm, in its current web-guise yes, but it wasn't the first NSXCB event by a long way. We did exist before you lot came along you know :p

Although having said that at least a lot of you make an effort to meet up a couple of times a year. Those of us who predate these events really didn't make much effort...

[jaytip]

Erm, in its current web-guise yes, but it wasn't the first NSXCB event by a long way. We did exist before you lot came along you know :p

Wasn't Castle Combe (not a japfest meeting) the first big meet back in 2004 i think it was? 22 car turn out.

But actually now I think about it 22 is slightly less than 50 isn't it! Sorry for splitting hairs.

[britlude]

before this degenerates into a 'who was here first' debate, here's my contribution to the japfest pic thread!