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East Midlands rabbit chase...

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#1 ·
Intrigued by the title..?

Just a thought at the moment, but I'd be interested to see what the general feeling / up take might be on the following...

There are a few members headed over my way for coding changes in the not too distant future, and this has got me thinking about a beer/soft drink or two afterwards....

I then got round to thinking about where .... we have a pretty good Indian next to the airfield which we use for the odd meal, but mainly post flight de-briefing with the odd Cobra (or two...) - after all flying is finished I have to add!

Anyways, there is ample car parking and, It's right next to the airfield so I'm thinking 'Why not have a word with the airfield manager and get the runways (3500 ft and 2700ft) opened up for a few 'legal' speed runs etc etc...

Just gauging interest at the moment - there won't be any costs involved and it could be a giggle.

Any one interested, please add to this thread and I'll see what I can sort out.

Location would be Tollerton Airport, Nottingham, and date to be decided, but sometime after I return so towards the back end of the month, and time wise, thinking 7pm ish, with time for a drink afterwards...

Yet to confirm with the airfield manager (but don't see any problems)


...And the thread title ...?

The airfield is overrun with rabbits (we chase them in the helicopters when we want to 'show off' to students).......

Lets see who's interested

Cheers
Sean

Mods so far...
Airscarf Retro-fit
Alpine double-din touchscreen head unit with Bluetooth, Nav, DVD, reverse camera and iPod
Display integration for the head unit.
Digital Climate control panel, Sun sensor and pollution sensor fully working
Hat-shelf mounted solar charging panel
Rain Sensor for Auto-wipe retrofit
Various coding changes to the Instrument cluster – see below
AMG Aluminium gear change paddles instead of the buttons


Mods in progress
Folding mirrors – buttons needed…
Parktronic retrofit
Focal speaker upgrade- may change this to a Harman Kardon speaker set…


Mods on the wish list
Johns 3rd brake light gizmo
Maybe a Smarttop....
Auto Dimming rearview mirror
Full blown TMPS
Facelift SLK Antenna

Coding Mods…

[x] - Enable those pesky phone buttons on the steering wheel - FINALLY DONE - WOOHOO
[x] - Enable Auto-wipe - done

[x] - Add temperature display to the lower MFD - done
[x] - Enable tyre pressure Loss Warning - done

[x] - Enabled Folding mirrors – done
[x] - Enable Gallons Remaining in the MFD - done
[x] - Enable Cornering Fogs - done

[x] - Enable both rear fogs - done

[x] - Enable Alarm 'chirping' - done
 
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#9 ·
Hi all...

Good level of interest so far, and only posted a few hours ago...!
I'll see who's up for it before I start on dates - looking like the endo of the month / start of Oct is looking favorite...

Possibly mid week, but given the distance some 'may' travel, a weekend may be better... will see

And JonB - you we down on the list before I posted!!!

Will check back tomorrow to see who else may be interested.

Cheers
Sean

Mods so far...Airscarf Retro-fit http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/27470-project-airscarf-starts-here.html
Alpine double-din touchscreen head unit with Bluetooth, Nav, DVD, reverse camera and iPod
After Market Plexiglass Windscreen
Display integration for the head unit.
Digital Climate control panel, Sun sensor and pollution sensor fully working http://www.slkworld.com/general-mod...eral-modifications-r171/30240-climatronic-retrofit-digital-climate-control.html
Hat-shelf mounted solar charging panel
Rain Sensor for Auto-wipe retrofit
Various coding changes to the Instrument cluster – see below
AMG Aluminium gear change paddles instead of the buttons http://www.slkworld.com/general-mod...general-modifications-r171/31587-amg-aluminuum-gear-change-paddle-retrofit.html


Mods in progress
Folding mirrors – buttons needed…
Parktronic retrofit
Focal speaker upgrade- may change this to a Harman Kardon speaker set… http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/31530-hk-speaker-upgrade.html


Mods on the wish list
Johns 3rd brake light gizmo
Maybe a Smarttop....
Auto Dimming rearview mirror
Full blown TMPS
Facelift SLK Antenna

Coding Mods…
http://www.slkworld.com/slk-r171-general-discussion/31073-my-adventrures-star-diag.html
[x] - Enable those pesky phone buttons on the steering wheel - FINALLY DONE - WOOHOO
[x] - Enable Auto-wipe - done

[x] - Add temperature display to the lower MFD - done
[x] - Enable tyre pressure Loss Warning - done

[x] - Enabled Folding mirrors – done
[x] - Enable Gallons Remaining in the MFD - done
[x] - Enable Cornering Fogs - done

[x] - Enable both rear fogs - done

[x] - Enable Alarm 'chirping' - done
 
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#13 ·
Looking good...

Still in the greek islands - I'll catch up on this thread (and others) in a few days and update accordingly....

Cheers
Sean
 
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Evening all....

Back now from a sailing trip in the Ionian - great time had by all, even during the force 8 storm (we were in port at the time, but still had to run the boats pretty hard to keep them from hitting the quay - a few anchors slipped!!)

Anyways, back to the thread.

Interest from the following so far, some dependent on dates more than others

Frogfoot
JonB
Phil.UK
Zerozero
John (UK-C200)
Mark55amg
750nig
GeeJay
Swagman
Mark1simon
Nakulan7
John V6

Feel free to add to the list....

Dates wise, things will depend on the availability of the airfield, but that shouldn't be an issue, so given the general view that a weekend will be better I'm going to try for either the 13th/14th or 20th/21st of October - so far, those that have mentioned date contraints are ok for those weekends. (It'l be one or the other of the Saturday or Sunday)

Loose plan so far, and as always, subject to change... (I'll confirm airfield availability tomorrow when I pop down)

* Arrive at Notts (say 18:30 ..?? - could be earlier for a chat / admire / moan /swap mods and ideas etc etc)

* Earlier may be better for the couple of guys who want a few coding changes made......

* Have a blast or two on the runways along with some general 'fun' - you may want to 'warn' your tires about whats to come...!

* Retire to the Indian for more chat, drinks (soft or otherwise depending on who's driving) and a bite to eat if anyone's up for it (will need an idea of numbers so I can warn the owners, who we get on pretty well with)

* Carry on eating / drinking / talking til people decide to head off...

Like I said, its a loose plan at the moment, but something to flesh out.

It looks like the majority of people are local ish so traveling shouldn't be a problem ..

So, lets see how this goes from here...

Please add any ideas / names to the list......

Will update tomorrow - if this goes to plan it should be a giggle!!!!

Cheers
Sean



PS – check out http://www.slkworld.com/united-kingdom-region/31725-east-midlands-rabbit-chase.html for info on the possible East Midlands ‘Rabbit Chase”

Mods so far...
Airscarf Retro-fit http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/27470-project-airscarf-starts-here.html
Alpine double-din touchscreen head unit with Bluetooth, Nav, DVD, reverse camera and iPod
After Market Plexiglass Windscreen
Display integration for the head unit.
Digital Climate control panel, Sun sensor and pollution sensor fully working
http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/30240-climatronic-retrofit-digital-climate-control.html
Hat-shelf mounted solar charging panel
Rain Sensor for Auto-wipe retrofit
Various coding changes to the Instrument cluster – see below
AMG Aluminium gear change paddles instead of the buttons
http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/31587-amg-aluminuum-gear-change-paddle-retrofit.html

Mods in progress
Folding mirrors – buttons needed…
Parktronic retrofit
Focal speaker upgrade- may change this to a Harman Kardon speaker set…
http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/31530-hk-speaker-upgrade.html

Mods on the wish list
Johns 3rd brake light gizmo
http://www.slkworld.com/general-modifications-r171/15456-johns-3rd-brake-light-adapter.html
Maybe a Smarttop....
Auto Dimming rearview mirror
Full blown TMPS
Facelift SLK Antenna

Coding Mods… http://www.slkworld.com/slk-r171-general-discussion/31073-my-adventrures-star-diag.html
[x] - Enable those pesky phone buttons on the steering wheel - FINALLY DONE - WOOHOO
[x] - Enable Auto-wipe - done

[x] - Add temperature display to the lower MFD - done
[x] - Enable tyre pressure Loss Warning - done

[x] - Enabled Folding mirrors – done
[x] - Enable Gallons Remaining in the MFD - done
[x] - Enable Cornering Fogs - done

[x] - Enable both rear fogs - done
[x] - Enable Alarm 'chirping' - done
 
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