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I just got home from a road trip to drive the Gentle Annie.

Huge thanks to @TermiPeteNZ for organizing this.

Met everyone in bulls for a coffee and chat then we headed of to Taihape for breakfast then it was off across the Gentle Annie towards Napier for lunch.

Was real nice to meet those of you I hadn't already and nice to see those of you I met previously.

Standouts for me were the 2 M5's and the red 535i M Sport. Oh, cant forget Eli in the drivers seat of a very nice 330i.

What a fantastic road to drive and I'm thinking more than a few of you had some real fun in your cars. Unfortunately my passenger suffered from a queasy stomach so it was just a nice cruise for me..lol 

Heres the few pics I took. Feel free to add your own. :-)

 

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47 minutes ago, kulgan said:

I just got home from a road trip to drive the Gentle Annie.

Huge thanks to @TermiPeteNZ for organizing this.

Met everyone in bulls for a coffee and chat then we headed of to Taihape for breakfast then it was off across the Gentle Annie towards Napier for lunch.

Was real nice to meet those of you I hadn't already and nice to see those of you I met previously.

Standouts for me were the 2 M5's and the red 535i M Sport. Oh, cant forget Eli in the drivers seat of a very nice 330i.

What a fantastic road to drive and I'm thinking more than a few of you had some real fun in your cars. Unfortunately my passenger suffered from a queasy stomach so it was just a nice cruise for me..lol 

Heres the few pics I took. Feel free to add your own. :-

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looks like a bloody brilliant day out!  awesome.  love the pics too, Dave!  I paricularly like the elevated shot above.  Really sorry I missed this one.

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1 minute ago, Olaf said:

I'm thinking more than a few of you had some real fun in your cars

Lets just say I may at times of been boardering on far too much fun, had great time and awesome to meet everyone.

thanks Pete, you can rest assured that your efforts on making this happen were greatly appreciated

Cheers

Paul

 

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27 minutes ago, Olaf said:

looks like a bloody brilliant day out!  awesome.  love the pics too, Dave!  I paricularly like the elevated shot above.  Really sorry I missed this one.

A great day out. And the rain stayed away till we were on our way home. :-)

Wish I could take the credit but I'm pretty sure @TermiPeteNZ was up there before me. Looking forward to seeing his pics.

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What a great roadie, that's a fantastic bit of tarmac for our ultimate machines.  I had as much fun as a slightly dodgy clutch would allow... Had a comfy trip home up north, rain/low cloud/fog from half way to Taupo onwards...  M5 all washed and tucked away.  It was great to meet you all.  Cheers.

 

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I know you're all tired and shagged-out after a long day's driving.... can we have more photos and trip reports, please? :)

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11 hours ago, kulgan said:

A great day out. And the rain stayed away till we were on our way home. :-)

Wish I could take the credit but I'm pretty sure @TermiPeteNZ was up there before me. Looking forward to seeing his pics.

Yep lucky with the weather (well except in the Wairarapa and over the hill! :mellow:)

I certainly wasn't the first for the elevated shot ... but I did get there .....

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5 hours ago, Olaf said:

I know you're all tired and shagged-out after a long day's driving.... can we have more photos and trip reports, please? :)

My photos will be awhile since I was shooting film! I took a bit of GoPro footage but honestly it's very underwhelming, felt like we were going a lot quicker than the videos suggest! Here's a short clip of an exciting hairpin. Good thing I didn't lift off the gas/brake or it I may have been the victim of lift-off snap-oversteer :rolleyes: 

 

 

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e30's are better behaved than to provide snap-oversteer #8 )    more video please!  

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Looks like a great time sorry I missed it, good to the 330 in action :)

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I took a couple of panoramas from the suspension bridge, but they won't upload here.  What a great trip!  Checked out the British Car Museum on Sunday morning which was an interesting trip down memory lane.

 

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23 hours ago, kulgan said:

Standouts for me were the 2 M5's and the red 535i M Sport. 

Dan's 535 is a real looker.  Loved the exhaust note on Toby's E30 too!  

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1 hour ago, Herbmiester said:

Looks like a great time sorry I missed it, good to the 330 in action :)

It was quite good at said action ;)

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This was only my second trip with the Bimmer Crew, and my first time driving the E34 long distance. And it was f*cking awesome on both accounts!

It was great to meet more of you and spend some time travelling on those not so common country roads. I think it was a great time of the year for this roadie as there was plenty of lush green countryside and autumn views to check out in between those winding corners :D

I must admit - This trip did nothing to quell my M3 desires! So many great cars in the convoy. Respect to you all.

Pics to come - I'm having some issues uploading as well.

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Excuse the quick and dirty potato cam pics.

I also couldn't upload so resorted to a hidden imgur album.

 

I didn't take too many as there were other's with actual cameras doing a better job than me lol

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deleted - duplicate post.  nothing to see here, move along.

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yeah there's a support thread open at the moment about images uploading.

I was successful uploading to flickr and then linking, by using the "insert other media" option.  

flickr is free, good quality, and unlimited storage.  

Hope that helps.

From the images I've seen, a great assemblage of steel and allow, biology, camaraderie.  Well done all.

 

PS - Shiny shiny!  (this is one of Eliongater's images from above...

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1 hour ago, VHB said:

This was only my second trip with the Bimmer Crew, and my first time driving the E34 long distance. And it was f*cking awesome on both accounts!

It was great to meet more of you and spend some time travelling on those not so common country roads. I think it was a great time of the year for this roadie as there was plenty of lush green countryside and autumn views to check out in between those winding corners :D

I must admit - This trip did nothing to quell my M3 desires! So many great cars in the convoy. Respect to you all.

Pics to come - I'm having some issues uploading as well.

if you have ANY desire to sell the 535 give me a yell.Apart from an e39 M5 i dont think anything else will do the trick!How many ks has she done.

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55 minutes ago, Olaf said:

yeah there's a support thread open at the moment about images uploading.

I was successful uploading to flickr and then linking, by using the "insert other media" option.  

flickr is free, good quality, and unlimited storage.  

Hope that helps.

From the images I've seen, a great assemblage of steel and allow, biology, camaraderie.  Well done all.

 

PS - Shiny shiny!  (this is one of Eliongater's images from above...

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I'd hope it was shiny I'd only washed it less than 12 hours before I took this photo. Admittedly I did wash it mostly in the dark lol

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59 minutes ago, kiwi535 said:

if you have ANY desire to sell the 535 give me a yell.Apart from an e39 M5 i dont think anything else will do the trick!How many ks has she done.

This ones in the For Sale section.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1330385287

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Will upload pics when the file upload issue is sorted ... 

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Here's the first batch - early morning at Mana and then the big meet at famous Rangitikei Junction :)

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And on the Gentle Annie itself ... what an amazing road!! This was stop #1 ... not that easy to find places for 13 cars to pull over!!!

 

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Next stop - the historic Springvale bridge!

 

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And another stop on Gentle Annie - what a view!

 

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