High Performance Tour at Nobles in Edinburgh - GT-R Register - Official Nissan Skyline and GTR Owners Club forum

supraman · 18th August 2008, 09:02 PM

Are any of you attending the Nissan High Performance Tour at Nobles in Edinburgh tomorrow night (19 August 2008)?

I'll be the guy that turns up in the tired, old, blue (okay purple) Supra (surprise, surprise) MK IV Twin Turbo. I'm about 6 foot tall, with glasses and dark, spikey hair.

I hope to meet a few of you there. Please come over and say hi!

Russ

dwreid · 18th August 2008, 10:13 PM

Hi Russ

I'll be there and will try and track you down to say hi. Can you remind me what time it starts I've deleted my email confirmation, doh !!!!

Donald

kevinsmart · 18th August 2008, 10:31 PM

7.30pm-9.30pm.

I'll be there, probably in my red Noble M12.

GTR ally · 19th August 2008, 08:50 AM

I'll be there, I leave the country again tomorrow so only just making it. My son used my VIP pass to the British Motor Show and sent me loads of pictures. Can't wait to see it in the flesh myself.

Ally

P1toR35 · 19th August 2008, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by supraman

Are any of you attending the Nissan High Performance Tour at Nobles in Edinburgh tomorrow night (19 August 2008)?

I'll be the guy that turns up in the tired, old, blue (okay purple) Supra (surprise, surprise) MK IV Twin Turbo. I'm about 6 foot tall, with glasses and dark, spikey hair.

I hope to meet a few of you there. Please come over and say hi!

Russ

Russ,

We met in the VIP bit at Excel just before you headed to the airport.

Looking forward to drooling over the car again tonight.

See you later.

Mark.

TrickyB · 19th August 2008, 02:12 PM

Hope to make it along tonight also
be good to put some names to the faces
will be there in a silver evo 8

brent

professor matt · 19th August 2008, 02:12 PM

i shall be there tonight,look forward to meeting you's guys

misters3 · 19th August 2008, 11:45 PM

As usual i was totally disorganised. So missed this thread.

Followed Russ most of the way there but I didn't see this thread until now or i would have come over.

Nice to meet Ally and some other guys who's knowledge and enthusiasm put me to shame.

As for me, i was in the very very old S3 with the knackered rear bumper (i've had the replacement in my garage for 6 months!)

Dr Forinor · 20th August 2008, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GTR ally

I'll be there, I leave the country again tomorrow so only just making it. My son used my VIP pass to the British Motor Show and sent me loads of pictures. Can't wait to see it in the flesh myself.

Ally

Hello mate, I'm the one who you bumped into at McDonalds after the event, glad to see you on here aswell.

For those of you who may have spotted me, I'm one of the very few non-cacausian people that was there, 5ft6, bald shiny head with a neat beard.

Gotta say, I'm very happy with it, except for the fact that I've been told to expect it Summer 2010

TrickyB · 20th August 2008, 06:56 AM

I chatted to a few people there last night but dont think it was anyone off here.
I was looking out for you russ but didnt see anyone that matched your description.

supraman · 20th August 2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dwreid

I'll be there and will try and track you down to say hi.

Donald

Donald, thanks for taking the time to come over and say hi. It was nice to meet you and your son.

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Originally Posted by kevinsmart

I'll be there, probably in my red Noble M12.

Kevin, I saw your car but I didn't see you. Hopefully we'll meet up at a future event.

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Originally Posted by P1toR35

We met in the VIP bit at Excel just before you headed to the airport.

Mark.

Mark, it was really nice to see you again and to meet your family this time.

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Originally Posted by misters3

Followed Russ most of the way there but I didn't see this thread until now or i would have come over.

Did you? What car were you in? How was my driving? On second thoughts, don't answer that!

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Originally Posted by Dr Forinor

For those of you who may have spotted me, I'm one of the very few non-cacausian people that was there, 5ft6, bald shiny head with a neat beard.

Yeah, I think I remember you. Hopefully we can have a chat at some future event.

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Originally Posted by TrickyB

I was looking out for you russ but didnt see anyone that matched your description.

Damn. I knew I should have worn my GTROC polo shirt!

I think it's a shame that so many of us were there last night and we didn't all get to meet each other. We should be more organised next time and arrange to meet at a specific place and time or even post photographs of ourselves.

We should definitely all meet up once we've got our GT-Rs!

supraman · 20th August 2008, 11:02 PM

Did anybody notice that the two wheels in the tyre display were wearing Pirelli P-Zeros? I'm sure I saw this display at a previous event and the tyres were the expected Bridgestone RE070Rs. In fact, the text on the board behind the tyre display still referred to the Bridgestones. I know that Nissan have been using the Pirellis at the Race Academy, but I thought that was simply because they couldn't source a sufficient number of Bridgestones. I can't understand why somebody would go to the trouble of changing the display, especially since one of the wheels was cut away to reveal its internals, unless Nissan are considering changing the standard tyre. Interesting!

paulc · 21st August 2008, 08:40 AM

I was told that Pirelli had contract to supply the tyres for the race academy and ONLY the academy. They have made 1000ish for this purpose. I think it was to do with problem getting that many of the bridgestones or dunlops. My dealer stated this was a one-off production run.

supraman · 21st August 2008, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by paulc

I was told that Pirelli had contract to supply the tyres for the race academy and ONLY the academy. They have made 1000ish for this purpose. I think it was to do with problem getting that many of the bridgestones or dunlops. My dealer stated this was a one-off production run.

Well that's what I thought, but why go to the trouble of changing the display?

dwreid · 21st August 2008, 10:39 AM

Great if the Pirelli's give us a third choice in tyres and introduce some competitive pricing. Also means I don't have to bin my Pirelli watch and we'll maybe get some of those coveted calendars

18th August 2008, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
supraman GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 504	High Performance Tour at Nobles in Edinburgh Are any of you attending the Nissan High Performance Tour at Nobles in Edinburgh tomorrow night (19 August 2008)? I'll be the guy that turns up in the tired, old, blue (okay purple) Supra (surprise, surprise) MK IV Twin Turbo. I'm about 6 foot tall, with glasses and dark, spikey hair. I hope to meet a few of you there. Please come over and say hi! Russ __________________ Approximately 390 days to go! I wish my collar had a knurled rim. It would stop my head coming off! J. Clarkson - July 2008

19th August 2008, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
TrickyB GTROC Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 84	Hope to make it along tonight also be good to put some names to the faces will be there in a silver evo 8 brent __________________ Never argue with an idiot,they just drag you down and beat you with experience.

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professor matt GTROC BOOST JUNKIE Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 681	i shall be there tonight,look forward to meeting you's guys __________________ WHITE R35 GTR & BLACK R34 GTR THE WAY FORWARD

20th August 2008, 06:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
TrickyB GTROC Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 84	I chatted to a few people there last night but dont think it was anyone off here. I was looking out for you russ but didnt see anyone that matched your description. __________________ Never argue with an idiot,they just drag you down and beat you with experience.

20th August 2008, 11:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
supraman GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 504	Did anybody notice that the two wheels in the tyre display were wearing Pirelli P-Zeros? I'm sure I saw this display at a previous event and the tyres were the expected Bridgestone RE070Rs. In fact, the text on the board behind the tyre display still referred to the Bridgestones. I know that Nissan have been using the Pirellis at the Race Academy, but I thought that was simply because they couldn't source a sufficient number of Bridgestones. I can't understand why somebody would go to the trouble of changing the display, especially since one of the wheels was cut away to reveal its internals, unless Nissan are considering changing the standard tyre. Interesting! __________________ Approximately 390 days to go! I wish my collar had a knurled rim. It would stop my head coming off! J. Clarkson - July 2008 Last edited by supraman; 20th August 2008 at 11:05 PM.

18th August 2008, 10:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
dwreid GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 53	Hi Russ I'll be there and will try and track you down to say hi. Can you remind me what time it starts I've deleted my email confirmation, doh !!!! Donald

18th August 2008, 10:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
kevinsmart GTR Register Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Falkirk Posts: 14	7.30pm-9.30pm. I'll be there, probably in my red Noble M12.

19th August 2008, 08:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
GTR ally GTR Register Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 26	I'll be there, I leave the country again tomorrow so only just making it. My son used my VIP pass to the British Motor Show and sent me loads of pictures. Can't wait to see it in the flesh myself. Ally

19th August 2008, 11:45 PM	#8 (permalink)
misters3 GTR Register Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 10	As usual i was totally disorganised. So missed this thread. Followed Russ most of the way there but I didn't see this thread until now or i would have come over. Nice to meet Ally and some other guys who's knowledge and enthusiasm put me to shame. As for me, i was in the very very old S3 with the knackered rear bumper (i've had the replacement in my garage for 6 months!)

21st August 2008, 08:40 AM	#13 (permalink)
paulc GTR Register Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Melford Posts: 220	I was told that Pirelli had contract to supply the tyres for the race academy and ONLY the academy. They have made 1000ish for this purpose. I think it was to do with problem getting that many of the bridgestones or dunlops. My dealer stated this was a one-off production run.

21st August 2008, 10:39 AM	#15 (permalink)
dwreid GTROC Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 53	Great if the Pirelli's give us a third choice in tyres and introduce some competitive pricing. Also means I don't have to bin my Pirelli watch and we'll maybe get some of those coveted calendars

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