Early March - Auckland Run and Meet [CANCELLED]

[KiwiTT]

Cancelled

Meet Date: March 6:
Meet Time: 09:30 am
Departure: 10:00 am

Pre-Meeting places: t.b.c.

Main Auckland Meeting place: Food town Carpark:
- Great South Road
- South Eastern Highway
- Pakuranga Highway
- Ti Rakau Drive
- Chapel Road
- Whitford Road
- Whitford Maraetai Road

Whitford Meeting Place: Park on the left across the bridge past the roundabout

- Maraetai Drive
- Maraetai Coast Road

Maretai Meeting Place: Magazine Bay Carpark

- Maraetai Coast Road
- North Road

Clevedon Meeting Place: Clevedon Carpark near Roundabout

- Clevedon Kawakawa Road

Kawakawa Meeting Place: Kawakawa Bay

- Kawakawa Orere Rd
- East Coast Road

SH2 Meeting place: Miranda Hot Springs

Route Map: t.b.c.

PS: Airtreks welcome - if they can keep up ;)

[bradc]

plus one vote from me!

[Subaru ETA]

march 6?

[bow dn]

Could be keen once i have a date to go by so i can skive from

[Adie]

Plus one but I have a wedding to attend on the weekend of the 6th so will need to be the following weekend.

[fuel]

yeah could be keen

[bCOiN]

keen

[Subaru ETA]

keen if airtreks are allowed and work allows it

[maori_by_nature]

could be keen just need a set date

[Joanne]

There is a triathlon at Maraetai Beach on the 14th of March - so probably best to avoid the area that day, also a half ironman on the 20th with a bike course that goes around quite a bit of that area.

[bradc]

Best to be the 6th then?

[KiwiTT]

1) Can someone suggest some meeting places for the "t.b.c." in the first posts.
2) Can you do a Route Map ?

[wintertidenz]

Keen, might even drag the missus along :P

[bCOiN]

im keen as for the 6th ay

[bCOiN]

oh and lets NOT meet up in greenlane again. that was sucky tryna find everyone after we gapped from greenlane. hectik!

well thats how i found it, dunno if anyone else had the same prob?

[KiwiTT]

I am open for other places.

[Subaru ETA]

im in - ill come show off airtrek power! im happy with greenlane...its 3 minutes up the road :p

[bradc]

We could do a car park somewhere around Botany, maybe at the front of one of the schools or parks or something?

[SquattingDog]

Keen if my car is back to me...

[OnBoost!]

Can't make it,will be in Christchurch on those dates.

[Kenneth]

my car may, or may not be in service by then.

[KiwiTT]

Route roads added.

Please update your intentions.

[Kitten]

Which food town where? I'm in.

[KiwiTT]

It's actually Countdown, Greenlane ;)

But I would prefer a less busy meeting place, so I am open to other suggestions.

[Kitten]

Ah, just down the road from me :)

[KiwiTT]

And I'll have my exhaust in :D

[SquattingDog]

Can't make it, my car will still be in a workshop in Hamilton at that time...Will be keen to tag with Sodge or whoever if anyone living out East Tamaki way is going :D

[maori_by_nature]

not 2 sure atm it'l b up n the air till the day due 2 muni so i havent voted....

[sodge]

Can't make it, my car will still be in a workshop in Hamilton at that time...Will be keen to tag with Sodge or whoever if anyone living out East Tamaki way is going :D

At this stage I'm not going to be able to make it sorry, will let you know if that changes closer to the date.

[SquattingDog]

At this stage I'm not going to be able to make it sorry, will let you know if that changes closer to the date.

All good, that counts me out too then :/

[KiwiTT]

Quite a few have dropped out, now. Is it still worth having ?!?!

If not I will get a Moderator to cancel the event.

[maori_by_nature]

or wat about change'n dates???

[SquattingDog]

change of dates suits me

[KiwiTT]

I have aksed a mod to cancel this meet.

We'll try again for April.

[Gly]

whats the point? clubvr4 NZ only really exists in forum form these days,
not many if any events,

those that do get organised usually end up like this, cancelled due to low numbers.

mostly is just the usual suspects + a couple of new people at most.
and even most of us just have other real life commitments and cant get together at the same time,

lets face it, clubvr4 nz is dying a slow death.
and there is nothing being done to promote the club or new memberships.

this NZ club really offers nothing you cant get elsewhere for free,

(not having a go at the commitee just voicing my oppinion)

[KiwiTT]

I thought I would give it a try as other regions seem to be able to organise events in their areas.

[maori_by_nature]

on a side note u's remember that 1st city meet we had? that had a good turn out...

mabey we could try some thing like that but with a bbq or some thing? as money and car's being on the road seem 2 be an issuse mabey we can still meet as a club 4 a bbq without having to go 4 a drive ,for a catch up and stuff....? i'm sure we can still b vr i duno jst a thought?

[fuel]

this NZ club really offers nothing you cant get elsewhere for free,

(not having a go at the commitee just voicing my oppinion)

100% agree.

[Subaru ETA]

whats the point? clubvr4 NZ only really exists in forum form these days,
not many if any events,

those that do get organised usually end up like this, cancelled due to low numbers.

mostly is just the usual suspects + a couple of new people at most.
and even most of us just have other real life commitments and cant get together at the same time,

lets face it, clubvr4 nz is dying a slow death.
and there is nothing being done to promote the club or new memberships.

this NZ club really offers nothing you cant get elsewhere for free,

(not having a go at the commitee just voicing my oppinion)


i agree fully

[fuel]

it happened to NZMMC, which I'm sure Gly knows all about :P

[bradc]

The main problem is that we always try and get all members to come along and then the meets sometimes get cancelled or never organised in the first place.

[KiwiTT]

Meets are a good thing. But going for drives is what makes having a VR-4 worthwhile and driving with many other like minded people is great.

[Gly]

drives dont really interest me, i can do that any time.

its actual events and getting out there and participating that this clubs missing,
problem is that club vr4 nz has always wanted to go it alone,
but we're far to small to do it alone, for things such as dyno days, drag days, track days etc.

we need to get in on other clubs events, get the club known again.
actually be out there, and be seen... otherwise i dont see the club being anything more than completely forum based within the next year or so.

what are we really paying for on here anymore?? guides? access to a relitively unused members section, big whoop.

99% of this can be found free elsewere.

[Kenneth]

Interesting time to bring it up.

We are just working on how much club funds we can allocate to meets (though we still need people to organise them!) and still have enough to pay for the hosting.

The figure at this stage is $600, but we are working on the regional allocation.

Anyway, feel free to organise an event and we can give it some (or a fair whack) of backing.

[Ryan]

I think we have a lot of very new members who've never met each other before. I would suggest something social and inexpensive where we can all meet and greet and get to know each other a little better - at least initially.

I notice the south island "chapter" seem to hold regular pool evenings. Perhaps a similar type of event could be planned for the Auckland based members?

Just a thought... Use it / don't use it :)

[fuel]

what about track days? we at oldschool.co.nz hold regular trackdays and we even have an annual (or somtimes bi-annual) nationals meeting which spans over three days - in fact we are having our nationals this weekend coming up. I've been there since the early days and the forum really has grown but we didn't really have any social events until a few years ago, and we found regular track days really brought the club in closer.

just my thoughts.

[fuel]

also I should mention membership is totally free on our forum (and just about every other forum I am on), but we do rely on donations to help with costs of running the club, but as an upside of holding regular trackdays we are able to make a little bit of money each time to go towards club costs.

we had a separate section of the forum which was kind of invite only, whoever was deemed worthy enough was able to post in that sub-forum, but it didn't take long for things to get out of hand and if anything having a separate tier to everyone else was driving people away.

As gly summed it up well, if they can't find info they are after in the non-paid areas they are just going to look elsewhere - personally myself I don't feel the need to be a paid member and I probably wont intend on doing so either, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to interact with the club and participate in events and activities.

[Ryan]

Each to their own Fuel, personally I don't mind paying for access to this Club. It's how it has been run since (I don't know when) and $30 a year is hardly a bank-breaker.

My $30 is in effect, a donation as well in the sense that it contributes towards the Club's running costs.

I have met a lot of very cool people on this forum - some in person, some I have yet to meet.

That said, I won't refuse to associate with non-paid up members as many of them contribute, or have done, a lot to this site which also serves the Common Good.

In conclusion, I guess I don't have much technical knowledge (in cars) to offer, so I contribute financially :)

[miller]

Its all very well trying to compare a model specific club to a general car club. The difference is light and day.

[Subaru ETA]

what about track days? we at oldschool.co.nz hold regular trackdays and we even have an annual (or somtimes bi-annual) nationals meeting which spans over three days - in fact we are having our nationals this weekend coming up. I've been there since the early days and the forum really has grown but we didn't really have any social events until a few years ago, and we found regular track days really brought the club in closer.

just my thoughts.

problem with tack days around here - everyone is keen as so someone goes off and gets info on it. then they post the prices up and then wow...no one is interested anymore.

dyno days are good - not THAT expensive and there is some compition to see who can get the higest figures. thing is, if you have been on one then you probably are not going to spend anymore on another unless you have done work on your car.

as carsten said - when a meet is organised it just turns out to be a usual suspects get together anyway

[Gly]

well when you compare a track day thru playday vs a dyno day,
prices arnt that different, only about $40,

the whole track day is to expensive is a cop out IMO,
it doesnt have to be exclusive cvr4,

problem is theres to much choice, everyone wants different days,
you cant cater for everyone.

and theres far to much forward planning,
meets should be organised, 1 date set, maybe 2 weeks in advance, (for non track/dyno days which do need more time and money invested)

not lets have a poll and chat about when where what etc.
and then pull out coz what evers come up in the month or more that its been originally chatted about.

[Gly]

Its all very well trying to compare a model specific club to a general car club. The difference is light and day.


well actually MMC.org was a mitsubishi club only brand specific,
and they have ended up only living in forum form now,

they did do well up until a couple of years ago.

[KiwiTT]

and theres far to much forward planning,
meets should be organised, 1 date set, maybe 2 weeks in advance, (for non track/dyno days which do need more time and money invested)

not lets have a poll and chat about when where what etc.
and then pull out coz what evers come up in the month or more that its been originally chatted about.Yeah ... but if we organise an event that hardly anyone comes to then the Club is out of pocket.

[Gly]

not really, have you not got my point of it doesnt have to be just club vr4?

the club doesnt need to front cash for a dyno day/ track day,

play day events each member who goes can pay for themselves,
maybe put on a BBQ, and prize for the fastest track lap for paying members not alot really?

maybe a BBQ at a drive event, but that can be bought on the day/before to cater for confirmed numbers.

[KiwiTT]

All I wanted was a simple get together and a drive ... and look how that turned out. I agree, we could go to track days when other clubs. But again we still need people to show some commitment, hence the poll and the chat.

I once organised a meet an only 2 cars turned up (me and one other) ... very disheartening. So you can understand my cautiousness now.

[wintertidenz]

How about a meet gets set up that people know will always be on, eg. meet at McD's Greenlane on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of each month? Then the newcomers can turn up, and hopefully some of the regulars will be able to as well.

[KiwiTT]

Now that is an idea ... I like.

However, I would much prefer a quieter/nicer place. ... thoughts !

[OnBoost!]

How about a meet gets set up that people know will always be on, eg. meet at McD's Greenlane on the 2nd or 3rd Sunday of each month? Then the newcomers can turn up, and hopefully some of the regulars will be able to as well.


Yeah I agree,good idea. Will be good for new members to meet others and have a chat etc. Imo a less busy place might be better.

[KiwiTT]

There was that place on the North Shore near North Harbour Stadium I think ?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&vps=1&jsv=208a&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.226656,82.001953&ie=UTF8&geocode=Famrz_0dGMlpCg&split=0

[Joanne]

You're thinking of the reserve off Oteha Valley Road. I think there may be markets there some weekends, but that could be an option. Somewhere more central would be good though as people will be (hopefully) coming from all over Auckland.

[wintertidenz]

How about Cornwall Park, in one of the carparks?

[KiwiTT]

Cornwall Park is too busy. Prefer a less popular park

[bCOiN]

Why'd it get cancelled?

[Subaru ETA]

not enough interest