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Waiting for the others at country cooks
This should have won a prize for best modified vehicle! It looked awesome parked outside the entrance to the Moreton bar! A really neat way of showing what the club was supporting
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Stick me down as a provisional Martin. I need to move my oncall shift for that weekend to be certain i can attend. Should know in a week or two. I'll also need to convince Lydia to spend a second weekend this year (after Wales) surrounded by Zeds and the nutters who own them (Ken)
Also (slightly off topic) how is the Heaves looking for room-availability for that weekend? Still plenty of rooms left? (If i recall it's a biiiig place)
1. martinmac +1
2. Wasso +1 (tent)
3. AgentSmith350 - The Saturday
4. Ken
5. JetSet
6. 350ZCaroline
7. Max
8. Steve Burns Fri,Sat&Sun
9. Paul Wrangle Fri,Sat&Sun
10. ChrisS
11. garetgax + 1
12. Envy Valeting (Tim)
13. Andyvvc (provisional)
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What time are folks getting to the Moreton on the Friday? I've gone mental and booked Friday and the following Monday off work (not that i'm saying it will take me the whole four days to get to the Moreton!)
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At about 25 seconds in - anyone recognise the Midnight Blue 350z + Greddy exhaust trying to overpower the M5?
Turned out the M5 was de-catted and had no silencers..... but i carried the torch for the V6 brigade lol (when the M5 stopped howling!)
Also great to have a free chat from Tony Jardine and a few of the Nissan Academy drivers, plus the fella who designed the Batmobile/DeltaWing.
As best i can tell from the PistonHeads forum, the Police were involved later in the morning due to "excessive noise" which some neighbours complained about.
Nice selection of cars. A wonderful F40, Lambos, several GTRs, a few 350 Zeds (on from 'the other forum')
and one nice looking 370 with the midnight purple/black rose paint. And some rather silly American muscle, and a plethora of TVRs all seemingly devoid of any form of exhaust silencing 
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Donated! Brilliant cause.
1-10 Chris`I
11-30 Ebized
31-40 AK350Z
41-60 Stew
61-70 Darren-B
71-80 glrnet
81-100 Chesterfield
101-120 M13KYF
121-140 ChrisS
141-155 Michelle (garetgax)
156-170 Graham (garetgax)
171-190 DoogyRev
191-200 Ruddles
201-220 sparky350z
221-240 Screamer
241-260 Soimafreak
261 - 310 Bockaaarck
311-320 mc
321-330 twobears
331-350 Gudzy - had to get ticket number 350!
351-370 Andyvvc - had to get ticket number 370!
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Front window under the rear view mirror works well for me. Ak350 also tried the rear window looking forward at drivers and chairs which alos looks pretty good. The suction cup works on the outside of the car too.... but after seeing footage of a guy with an R8 doing it like this and then the cup coming loose...i probabably won't risk it lol !
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The reserve list seems to be moving A LOT of people up into the main 500...any of you lot now on the main list to attend???
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Hmm..maybe that's where i have gone wrong. I'll have to try the quick-press method tonight and see if it turns the Hero2 on or not.
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Yep - 720p @ 60 fps all the way for me from now on. It doesn't look too much grainier than 1080p when made full-screen. And TBH videos like this i usually watch windowed on a PC anyway, rarely on my TV.
For the little over £180 i paid for it, the Hero2 seems like a great little camera.
Im a bit annoyed at the power-on process tho. Hold the front button until it beeps...but each time i power it on it seems to beep an extra beep and set the mode to 'picture' instead of the 'movie' mode, grr! Annoying when its in its cradle and you have to release it to change the ruddy setting cos you cant see the front panel when its mounted on the car window lol
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Here's the 720p footage - not certain how long it takes Youtube to offer a 720HD viewing option... but eben at 480p on Youtube it looks smoother than the 1080p stuff i uploaded.
The camera has a load of additional bits of kit that can be purchased - im sure an external mic could be one of them. Checkout their main website: http://gopro.com/products/?gclid=CLO866 ... tAodEDVn2g
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I've filmed some 720 @ 60fps footage. It's noticeably smoother than the 1080p 30fps footage, so much so that i'll be using the 720p @ 60fps setting from now on.
With a little messing about in Movie Maker (creating a custom file save setting), I've managed to save a basic video in that which maintains the 60fps setting. Once it's uploaded to my Youtube account I'll add a link here so people can see the 1080p 30 v 720p 60 differences. To my eye, there isnt much detail lost. But the 60fps mode is a damn sight easier to watch than the 30fps stuff!
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I bought the GoPro Hero2 Motorsport. It came with the large suction cup and load of different extension arms that you can connect to it, plus the plastic 'cage' that the camera sits in.
I mounted it just under the left-side of the rear view mirror, and tested with windows closed/open etc. Anything below 55mph is great with the window open. Above that speed the wind noise becomes a bit too much (the last shot where i overtake the car is a good example of this - it gets pretty noisey)
Looking at the settings, there is actually a 720p @ 60 fps mode, so i will try that later today to see if the video looks smoother or not.
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Nowt special, just some 1080p @30fps shots. I need to try the 720p @ 45 fps next - apparently that gives a smoother video and doesn't lose too much in terms of detail.
EDIT - AK350Z's GoPro test footage here: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=59791
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lol - i missed that totally Colin
I can't really justify the petrol cost from Nottingham for *two* trips to Nissan - it's a bit of a long way! I'm afraid I'll have to miss the Nissan-only day. I hope everyone else has a blast there - get some piccies up asap that night
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Anyone going? I signed up. There are a few GTRs and one 370 so far i think...anyone on here?
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I have to say the longer i leave the first rear-alloy that i have polished, the more inclined i am to not bother with a re-laquer. In the last month all i have done is wash the car as normal, and the lip doesn't seem to be corroding or fading at all. Autosol seems to offer a very quick solution to the problem if it does start to tarnish
I really need to get one of these 'Multi-tools' - im assuming not something that Halfrauds or B&Q are likely to stock? Do they come with spinning tips that can be used to polish surfaces as they rotate? That seems like a lot less hassle then elbow grease...!
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Bah, "Midnight Blue" Horrible colour....
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What did you 'suck' it to for the internal shot?
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Which GoPro and mount are you using? Videos look very stable!
EDIT - stoopid question - camera name is on the first video lol! http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-motorsports-hero-camera/
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Love the third pic from the end, with that glint of sunshine and the dark, almost misting landscape behind
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Took a few shiny pics at the weekend. Also had a nice blast back home along a deserted A6 linking up with a deserted Viagellia road towards Matlock Bath...in the afternoon...on a Sunday....and not a single biker in my way!
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The sub woofer seems lost in the 370 boot floor. I assume its not *that* awesome? And can be removed by just unclipping the connector and unscrewing it from the mount...? This means LOTS more boot space if i then get someone to professionally upholster the boot floor with carpet etc...... not that i'm considering a 370z of course. Terrible cars
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Dipstick on the HR is easier to remove and replace
It's why i upgraded from a 276! Four grand well spent if you ask me
Oh, and the bonnet bulge...
And the nicer interior...
And the cupholders....
And the nicer lights....
And the rarer paint colours...
And the revvy engine that feels as good stock as my UP Rev'd 276 did...
And the, erm, the, erm, the fact that it isnt a 370z...
If i could afford a 370z i would have bought one. Im not jealous of 370z owners at all...honestly. Im not. B'stards!
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WALES 2012 DISCUSS + *OFFICIAL LIST on P1*
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It's been a busy week since Wales for me, so apologies for not posting up sooner
Massive thanks to all involved in the organisation of Wales 2012, another great event!
Wonderful to meet up with like minded Zedders once again. Good banter and some great drives out! I've been slowly cobbling together my GoPro footage....the edit of me following Mikey on Saturday is over 6.4GB in size alone!
I've also got footage of those kids on bikes on the reservoir road almost falling into LincolnBaggie's car, footage of me trying to follow Colin and saying "Where the f**k has Colin gone"
, lots of film of Will's roadster, and a shed load of nice pics that Lydia was taking as we were driving along.
At somepoint I'll get this lot sorted and uploaded. Probabably in 2014 knowing me lol !
I'll get a DVD of the raw edits out to Colin, Mikey and Will soon. I'll upload other bits and get them posted in the Wales video/pic thread.
Once again, massive, massive thanks to all involved in making Wales 2012 one of the best car club meets in the UK