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AC Owners Club Forum => General Forum => Topic started by: mouss on November 22, 2009, 17:45:28
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Following the first International Cobra Happening which took place last may in Austria, we decided to set up the second one for 2010 in the south of France, near St Tropez[8D] on may 7, 8 & 9th.
All Cobras, authentics as well as replicas are welcome, as are their "cousin cars" ACEs, Bristols and GT40s...
Please log on our dedicated site: www.accobra.de:annual_cobrameeting or just mail us: claudie.mousset@wanadoo.fr for more details.
Best regards[:)]
mouss
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Hi Michel, and welcome to the ACOC forum.
Unfortunately, your link here and on your profile page don`t work, should read http://accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting (http://"http://accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting/").
(http://accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting/wp-content/themes/ocean-mist-2_0/images/mainpic.jpg) (http://"http://accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting/")
This looks like being a great event, I wish I had a car worthy of attending!
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Hello nikbj68
Whatever car you have, come and see us in France, I have a friend who will come down with his caterham, he guided us over the highest mountain of Austria to Millstatt. No matter if you drive a 2CV or a Mustang, come and see!
Thomas
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No matter if you drive a 2CV or a Mustang
Hum, well, to be honnest, we would prefer a Mustang or, even better, a Cobra...
Cheers
Michel
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Hello nikbj68
Thanks for your welcome words.[:)]
You're right about the website adress.
Apart from Cobras, a TR5, one or two Mustangs, a Catheram and a Ronart have regitered yet.[8D]
What's your car?
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Originally posted by mouss
Hello nikbj68
Thanks for your welcome words.[:)]
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What's your car?
Unmentionable! [:I]
Not even suitable as a support vehicle, but IF I win on the lottery, I WILL be there in a Cobra!
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Oh for goodness sake, will someone lend Nik a Cobra - how hard can it be? :-) (and of course I would if I could!)
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Unmentionable!
A.....Reliant [:I]like Mr Bean's ennemy????
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Originally posted by mouss
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Unmentionable!
A.....Reliant [:I]like Mr Bean's ennemy????
OK, not THAT unmentionable!!!
I could 'co-pilot' a Cobra, or go in the boot, I`m not fussy!!!
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You should be prepared for a very long weekend because of:
http://www.acm.mc/gpmh/gpmh_main.php!
Nik, you can drive my Coupé, but be prepared to fill in 250 litres of fuel to get to the South of France (for a one way trip, going back will set you back another 250 litres!). In addition you will be ready for the Sanatory of the Insane after the ride.
So the most important question is, if your car can pull a trailer [:D]!
Michael
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Originally posted by 1984MkIV
You should be prepared for a very long weekend because of:
http://www.acm.mc/gpmh/gpmh_main.php!
Nik, you can drive my Coupé, but be prepared to fill in 250 litres of fuel to get to the South of France (for a one way trip, going back will set you back another 250 litres!). In addition you will be ready for the Sanatory of the Insane after the ride.
So the most important question is, if your car can pull a trailer [:D]!Michael
TRAILERS ARE FOR WIMPS!!!!
If I start saving now, I might be able to afford the fuel, but I`d have to sleep in the Coupé & bring a LOT of sandwiches!!! [:D]
My Passat is good for towing, but that would be like taking a supermodel to bed, and ACTUALLY SLEEPING beside her!!![:0][:0]
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My Passat
An.......AC Passat[8)][?][8)][?][8)]
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Originally posted by mouss
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My Passat
An.......AC Passat[8)][?][8)][?][8)]
[:I] I said it was unmentionable, (but then mentioned it! [B)] ) NOT an AC [:(]
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TRAILERS ARE FOR WIMPS!!!!
I don´t know what a wimp is, but I´m pretty sure the snake will wear you down, Mr. McLoud-Mouth!
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Michael..... I looked it up for you! I would hate to think you went through life not knowing what a "Wimp" was!
Oxford English definition:
Wimp - Acronym - With Insufficient Mechanical performance.
Usually applied to all Non "AC" manufactured cars & those vehicles that cannot keep up or are of inferior build quality.
All vehicles manufactured after 2002 fall into this category.
Hence "Trailers are for wimps" is a sound and reasonable statement.
That said driving a cobra 1250 miles to the south of France would wear anyone down.
I think 20 hours in a wind tunnel would be a very similar experience!
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Wimp - Acronym - With Insufficient Mechanical performance.
Usually applied to all Non "AC" manufactured cars & those vehicles that cannot keep up or are of inferior build quality.
All vehicles manufactured after 2002 fall into this category.
Hence "Trailers are for wimps" is a sound and reasonable statement.
LOL !! [:D]
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Originally posted by 1984MkIV I don´t know what a wimp is, but I´m pretty sure the snake will wear you down, Mr. McLoud-Mouth!
McLoud? No Scottish in me! [;)]
As long as I have earplugs, aspirin & a hot shower at the end of the day, I`m up for the challenge!!!
Wimp: n. A timid or unadventurous person, e.g: "the impression that he is a colorless, indecisive wimp, and not a leader among men" (James J. Kilpatrick).
intr.v., wimped, wimp·ing, wimps.
To be timid or cowardly. Usually used with 'out': "He wimped out and refused to jump off the high diving board".
WIMP: (http://www.newnames.info/images/weakling.jpg)
NOT a WIMP: (http://www.newnames.info/images/muscleman.gif)
ME! : (http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/nikbj68/Extreme_Muscle_Man.jpg)
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O.k., Mr. NoMac. I´ll put my Mk IV on the trailer (it has clocked 5.800 miles since 1984, that´s why I don´t want to add so much miles to the tach) and you´ll take the Coupe (if it isn´t sold up to that date). Start saving money. Soon it will be Christmas and there may be many patrol cans under the christmas tree!
You will have to put 350 miles of german autobahn under the wheels.
Michael
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Originally posted by 1984MkIV
O.k., Mr. NoMac. I´ll put my Mk IV on the trailer (it has clocked 5.800 miles since 1984, that´s why I don´t want to add so much miles to the tach) and you´ll take the Coupe (if it isn´t sold up to that date). Start saving money. Soon it will be Christmas and there may be many patrol cans under the christmas tree!
You will have to put 350 miles of german autobahn under the wheels.
Michael
OK, it`s NOT wimping out to keep your mileage low on the MkIV!!! Do you want me towing the MkIV with the Coupé though? [:D][:D] Now I have to buy waterproof suitcases to carry the Petrol over, I hope it goes through airport security OK!!![:o)]
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Are you trying to win the decadence award? Arrive in St Tropez towing a Cobra with a Daytona Coupe? Whilst I might add neither car belong to said driver!
Give some people an inch and they'll take a mile!
[:D]
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Looking at the above images, I think Nik can win the decadence award without leaving home (yuk)
However, towing a 'Daytona' into St. Trop with a Cobra wins points for style. Doing it with someone elses car(s) is pure genius.
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[:D][8D]
I`ll need a co-driver!
I`m thinking professional racing driver here, being Mr.(Mc!)Decadent!
Maybe an Indy car winner...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/13davek/danika.jpg)
...knows their way around a Cobra...
...Hmmm,
Who could possibly fit the bill?
Oh, I know...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gYpq-4UeZes/ShE3YyajP1I/AAAAAAAAFik/kUj3JasY_vw/s320/2009+Sports+Illustrated+danica+swimsuit+) (http://"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gYpq-4UeZes/ShE3YyajP1I/AAAAAAAAFik/kUj3JasY_vw/s1600-h/2009+Sports+Illustrated+danica+swimsuit+")
I wonder if Danica Patrick is busy in 2010? [:D]
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Well, one of the questions would be: who will be in St Tropez in may?
Any kind of Cobra (289, 427, roadster, Daytona...) welcome, any kind of co driver welcome too (Danica Patrick seems to feature quite interresting arguments...)[8D]
Did you have a look at accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting?
There, you will see details of our British friend Nigel's trip to Austrian Cobra meeting this year and his feeling about the event.
Remember bookings are to be done before december 15th to make sure getting accomodation all together.
Till today, 35 Cobras entered, just be the next one!
Kind regards[:)]
Michel
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Originally posted by nikbj68
[:D][8D]
I`ll need a co-driver!
Is Danica a nurse? Then it´s the right choice! I can try to get an approval from german TÜV for a trailer tow hitch. I´m afraid my one and only argument will be, that a trailer might prevent the Coupe from spinnning [:D]!
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Originally posted by mouss
Well, one of the questions would be: who will be in St Tropez in may?
Yes, Sir. Promise to stop to fool around. Will check my time schedule (takes 2 minutes) and my wife´s opinion (may take from 2 minutes (No!!!!) to several weeks). Well, I remember riding the road on the sea from St. Trop to Cannes (on my bicycle, indeed) and I have to say it is one of the best rides you can have in / on a vehicle. Et les Alpes Maritimes, merveilleuse. I remember when I was in Juan les Pins I went to the bakery one early morning to get some croissants - it was some two years ago - the streets wet from cleaning (as they do usually in France in the early morning) when I heard a howl and a Lamborghini Espada turned up, rumbled around the place and disappeared again - phanomenal occurence. I felt set back for four decades!
Always worth a trip, la cote d´Azure! Really. Specially in spring times!
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Originally posted by 1984MkIV...Is Danica a nurse?
I don`t know if she`s a nurse, but she certainly makes me feel better! [:p]
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Originally posted by 1984MkIV...I´m afraid my one and only argument will be, that a trailer might prevent the Coupe from spinnning [:D]!
But I`m sure if I tried hard enough:
(http://www.mediatechpro.com/gif_samples/mm3/Car1W.gif) [xx(] [;)]
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Originally posted by mouss
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Unmentionable!
A.....Reliant [:I]like Mr Bean's ennemy????
Did someone say reliant....
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ZEBV5iudYyY/StnD62BplEI/AAAAAAAABrc/D1jl1kWsRPM/s640/Ferrari%20Van%20%26%20AC%20Cobra%20005.jpg)
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Originally posted by duggan...Did someone say reliant....
That`s quite a fleet you have there! Nice to see you & 'Rodney' have nice weekend cars as well as your 'company vehicle'![:D] Not sold the 212 yet then? Shame. Do you think you might be able to make this trip with it? [8D]
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Did someone say reliant....
Well, ment a blue one[:I]...
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Fresh news from 2010 Riviera Cobra Happening:
51 cars are allready inscribed amongst whitch 46 snakes and 2 GT40s[:D]; so, who will come and join us for those gatherings aroumd riviera in may next year[?]
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The 2010 Riviera Cobra Happening newsletter.
The complete program is now online in English, German & French, please just have a look at it in the “timetable section” of our site: www.accobra.de/annual_cobrameeting.
In just a bit more than three months, the Léo Lagrange resort’s quiet parking in Ramatuelle will be filled with all our Cobras…hopefully under the sunshine![8D]
More than 60 cars have registered at the moment, the first ones arriving as soon as may 4th and last one leaving on the 14th.
The hotel is not fully booked yet and 15 rooms are still availlable for the meeting week-end, so don’t miss this opportunity to treat yourself for this fabulous gathering with your friends.[;)]
Thomas will deal with an Eastern rendez-vous to collect participants coming from this way and Nigel would do the same for Western & Northern attendants: more information soon in the “Rendez-vous” section online.
Any other suggestion welcomed of course: claudie.mousset@wanadoo.fr.[:)]