Honda Culture MK Meet 19/07/2009

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Tonight was a night I have been looking forward to for a while now, as it was the latest Honda Culture meet over in Milton Keynes. I always enjoy these meets as they are so chilled out. Its as much about standing round and catching up with mates as it is about the cars. Thats not to say the standard of cars in attendance isnt high, but the cars are only part of the reason that you go – which is a unique thing for me these days!

The superb “summer” weather we have been having lately put paid to the planned BBQ a few of us were looking forward to, and perhaps even kept away some of the less hardcore HC members as the number of people today was not a match for last time. For the Record, when it rains we have a back up location that is covered (and also a great place to take photos) so even if the weather outside is frightful – the HC meets are ALWAYS delightful!

After the rain got a bit heavier, we moved to “Location B” which meant the camera could come out again!

Even with less people at the meet, tonight was great fun and as always – I can’t wait for the next Honda Culture meet! Keep an eye out for Honda Culture this year – things are ramping up nicely!

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Japshow @ Santa Pod 2009

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Yesterday was an early start for me, but it turned out to be well worth getting up early for. I was planning to meet up with the guys from Honda Culture but actually arrived at the meeting point about 30 mins before they were due to arrive. Normally this half hour period would be a great chance to grab some much needed sleep, but on this occaision I actually ended up meeting up with a few of the guys from CivicJordan.co.uk who had also arranged the same meeting point. Within an hour about 30 Jordans had arrived along with about 35 cars that were due to be on the HC stand. Not a bad start to the day! Seeing such a gathering of Jordans was a true joy to behold as it is rare to see so many together.

On arrival at Santa Pod, I was expecting there to be a huge queue to sit in but I was pleasantly surprised at being able to stream through and straight to the Honda  Culture stand. As soon as I took my 1st stroll around the show with Lex from AceImageUK it was clear to us that this was going to be a good day.

I was truely impressed with a number of cars at the Japshow this year, and even being as unbiased as possible 2 of the best cars at the show for me were on the Honda Culture stand – namely Tegboys EK9 and Sundip’s VIP Accord. If you havent checked out Tegboy’s EK9 build up then you seriously need to do that right now, because for me (and many others) it is the best EK9 (and possibly best Civic in general) in the UK right now. More pics of Sundip’s slammed Accord will be posted on here shortly.

I was pleased to see the drift action pulling such a huge crowd, but would like them to put on a better track for the skidders next time. One of the best and most unique things about Japshow is the quarter mile action, and yesterday I was loving the mix of competitive runners, RWYB and Jet car runs. I will post my drag action shots in a different post later this week.

Thats it for part 1, but in part two I will be taking a closer look at the Quarter mile action as well as the other (non Honda) cars at Japshow.

If you would like to see the rest of the 1st batch of photos from Japshow then you can do just that by clicking this link – Japshow @ Santa Pod photos.

South Mimms in the Sun!

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Very few people get as excited as I do about the South Mimms services on the M25, but when you have been to a host of Honda meets at this particular location – you know how good the day will be! Yesterday was no exception, in fact it was one of the best meets I have ever attended!

The weather was incredible yesterday, and with everyone in such a good mood there was a very high chance of win with this meet!

I didnt take as many photos as usual, mainly due to being too busy showing off some new wheel designs. The photos I did take can be found here – South Mimms Honda Meet Photos