piazzanoob Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Convoy to 2017 Oldschool Nats!! Departure : Papakura/drury BP service station off the southern motorway AT 7AM SHARP Also note for people coming into Auckland for this the traffic gets very heavy from drury onwards so leave early to be at BP before we leave at 7am. Cruise will probably involve a few stop offs for refreshments/oogling things and be at a fairly relaxed pace. If your further down the country and have an interest in jumping on please let us know and we can figure out a route to go through/near your town. The current attendees are: Shakotom oldrx7 Tumeke Torton Threeonthetree Azzurro Vivaspeed Piazzaznoob Cletus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 What sort of time are you looking at leaving Auckland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piazzanoob Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 i was thinking in the morning sometime. not super early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Keen as beans - looking at the thursday 'schedule' looks like we wanna arrive at 6-7pm right? Meet up at the Papakura / Drury BP station at around 9am then we got plenty of time for a few sweet stop offs? Pick up Hamilton folk along the way? *will have spare seats also for anyone in auckland / hamilton who isn't taking a car* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumeke Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 It's a long day on the road, Id suggest 9am at the latest in case of breakdowns/beers/sharns/purchases. In my car shall be me and bigfoot. I'm not apposed to starting earlier myself meaning more time for activities on the way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 45 minutes ago, oldrx7 said: Keen as beans - looking at the thursday 'schedule' looks like we wanna arrive at 6-7pm right? Meet up at the Papakura / Drury BP station at around 9am then we got plenty of time for a few sweet stop offs? Pick up Hamilton folk along the way? *will have spare seats also for anyone in auckland / hamilton who isn't taking a car* I might pop down to see you lot off/give someone a package to take down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Wagon will have plenty of space so can do that for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Cool, will be there 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 sooo potentially Passing through Woodenville in the evening on thurs night? Might hook in on this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Hmm 9s a bit after my intended time of departure was planning on leaving a lil bit earlier to wagon time in (in a non wag) and be able to stop and stuff on the way 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeonthetree Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I too would rather leave very early on Thursday to allow for max cruise spec and stops along the way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Perfect - I'm easy with leaving time, I was just tossing out 9am as it still means an earlish start for those further north. Surely leaving at 8am would allow heaps of time for the 7-8 hour journey, got about 3 1 hour stops up the sleeve then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Keen on early start to convoy and many stops along the way. What is the preferred route? (Id like to swing via palmy and pop over pahiatua track but thats for my own selfish reasons and that way other than the track is a bit boring) Safety in numbers. Between all of us there will be sufficient tools, knowledge and parts to strip and rebuild a diff to correct lash, or diagnose and refresh all electrical parts on at least 3 points ignition systems, but no 5mm allen keys. Cant wait. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Either of these two? Many options and I'm sure some of us have been there done that - Around the western side of Taupo could be quite cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I had planned on being on the road by 7am yeah it's early, but that should leave time cruise along at 80kmh /to stop and pine over junk on the way down, stop and buy food/refreshments for nats/ pitch tent in day light ect/ I just wanna get to nats also for route would it pay to see if any other people further down country wanna jump on the convoy and route route around that?? my 2c 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeonthetree Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On the road at 7am sounds good to me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumeke Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 On 3/16/2017 at 08:30, oldrx7 said: Either of these two? Many options and I'm sure some of us have been there done that - Around the western side of Taupo could be quite cool. That grey 'road' on the second pic looks good. VMAX to Wellington. Keen on the early start too - no thrush hour traffic then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldrx7 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Sweet sounds grand to me. 7:00am Drury BP? Or Bombay meet up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threeonthetree Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 The Drury BP Is always good as it has a direct onramp onto the motorway, so no chance of the group being split up so early on. Shall we lock it in? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivaspeed Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Not sure my plans but would meet you at Bombay if I joined in. 7am is quite early though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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