ChetanR
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Registered: 21st Jan 05
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so...ne of u people here live in/near/around/adjacent to/close to/within 100 miles of slough at all?...
...and know of any cruises that go on around the area at all as well?...
m jus waitin to go to ma first proppa cruise wit ma new car but it all seems a bit dry about here ...
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iceman
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Registered: 22nd Jul 00
Location: Berkshire
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i live in slough
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
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Paul_J
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Chetan - Reading Cruise is getting quite big again - not bothered going as its full of chavs, but sunday's is when it happens.
If you can wait one week, there's a big corsasport meet happening on the 12th of feb. We're all meeting at this grasshopper inn about 30-40 of us. Then we're going to southend cruise after (one of the best cruises in my opinion)
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iceman
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used to have 1 in windsor.. but going back a few years slough used to have a massive cruise sunday nights outside sara lee on the bath road.. in the region of 300 plus cars used to attend
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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yeh windsor + slough joint cruise used to be good. They tried it bring it back a while ago - starting at rugby club and then moving onto above the brunel bus station (car park).
I was at Red line tuning the other day and the guy I was talking to actually said about you iceman, guy called Tom Barkley. He was talking about your car.
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iceman
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Registered: 22nd Jul 00
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i know tom he built my engine
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iceman
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Registered: 22nd Jul 00
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all my tuning gets done by tom it should b back with him end of next week for some more engine work
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Cool. Was weird, I went to first and middle shcool with tom. Didn't even recognise him and he was like 'Whats your name? Paul?'
I said yeh. Paul what? Joslin?
I said - yeh...  - he said I went to school with you, then said who he was.
Yeh pretty cool - has his own business and that already 
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iceman
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Registered: 22nd Jul 00
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he is doin really well know his stuff especially around throttle bodies XE's  lol
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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Yeh he gave me a couple of tips on tuning the 106 gti - said he'd done one in Gerrards cross.
140 bhp @ the wheels
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iceman
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Registered: 22nd Jul 00
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yeah silver 1 its v.quick  i would reccommend him for work plus he has the benefit of the rolling road to
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Paul_J
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Yeh Tony Gooding the guy who owns the rolling road seemed like a nice guy too. Thing is when I was talking to tom he said he had tuned this 106 gti to 140 bhp - and I was thinking 'thats ok, but nothing special' - see em around 150 ish on PGAC without TB's... or forced induction.
But then after I had my rolling road session done and got the power at the wheels I realised he meant 140 at the wheels 
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Captain_Rosco
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
If you can wait one week, there's a big corsasport meet happening on the 12th of feb. We're all meeting at this grasshopper inn about 30-40 of us. Then we're going to southend cruise after (one of the best cruises in my
opinion)
Paulie boy !!!!
Are we still going to go to this together ????
Are are you going to piss off with you newly found Torsion buddys ???
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BARKEY
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Registered: 14th Jan 03
Location: Feltham, Drives:16v 1.6 Zetec Escort
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I work in colnbrook and live in Feltham so im not too far away from ya!!!!!
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
What, you're actually staying in Reading during term time? It's only a 20 min drive down the M4 from Slough 
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Sly_SRi
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
What, you're actually staying in Reading during term time? It's only a 20 min drive down the M4 from Slough
Depends how fast your going...if you go around 130 Mph 
Corsa C Z20Let
Black Sleeper Turbo Project
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Jambo
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I live next to slough
Maidenhead
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Mikorsa16v
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I went to a Progress4GL training course in slough 
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by Sly_SRi
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Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
What, you're actually staying in Reading during term time? It's only a 20 min drive down the M4 from Slough
Depends how fast your going...if you go around 130 Mph
It's 23 miles. On a Motorway. Ok, the M4's not the fastest of roads, but you can still muster a steady 70.
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Jambo
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Joff do you miss the fatherland?
Can you still smell the stench of the waggon and horses? Or the freshly distinguished ciggerette butts on the green, with the empty bottles of white lightning?
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Joff
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I never ventured onto Pinkneys Green.
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myke
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
What, you're actually staying in Reading during term time? It's only a 20 min drive down the M4 from Slough
surely living away from home is half the point/fun of uni.?
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
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Originally posted by Joff
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I also live in slough - but go to uni in reading - so only in slough at weekends holidays.
What, you're actually staying in Reading during term time? It's only a 20 min drive down the M4 from Slough
surely living away from home is half the point/fun of uni.?
Living 23 miles away isn't really moving away from home
He could have chosen a Uni anywhere in the country.
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broster
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if i was wanting fun etc id move over 100miles from home.........oh i did
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