SteveSheldon

It's fantastic to see the degree of support we have for these bi-annual meetings! Thankyou :-)

The winter one is a trade off between potentially variable winter weather, and food, mugs of tea, good company and a break from the Christmas rush.. something we all need I think :-)

We have six weeks to go currently until the day.. so over the next couple of weeks I will be getting the price of the big breakfast plus mugs of tea sorted, making contact with the autobox specialist, and touching base with Tony at Harwoods Jaguar to confirm what car he will be bringing along on the day.

So within the next three weeks we will hopefully have the full itinery up on here, along with all the costings for the parking and the food (so those of us on a budget know exactly what we are looking at :-))..

Looking at the amount of interest so far I believe it's going to be a similar sized convoy and meet to the summer one which will be great - and will give us a fair chance at having a crack at getting Jaguar involved next summer (yes, I'm not letting go of the Jaguar sponsorship chasing yet a while :-))

Currently we have cars spanning 46 years of Jaguar production coming along - an incredible thing to manage, and a great photo opportunity for a lot of us :-) The initial convoy meet will, if similar to last time take over quite a large chunk of the services car park, and the convoy down the A23 and through the centre of Brighton will make quite an impact.

We will be parking up in a solid block not far from The Jag gallery (the owner has an E-Type!) which will be open for viewing for those of us who want some culture, we'll be having a big breakfast taking over the Seagull restaurant, a great chance to check out the showroom car that will be coming, & hopefully have a chat about any gearbox issues with the autobox specialists..

I can't control the weather but will do my best to ensure a great day for everyone :-)

Anyone wanting to come along that hasn't signed up yet - why not put your name forward? The event is free, any and all costs for parking and food will be listed in advance and kept as low as possible, and its a good chance to meet up with everyone you see online and put faces to names and cars..
       

Hi Glyn,

Absolutely no problem - as soon as this December meet has happened, I'll be working on the May meeting so watch this space :-)

OK I'm more or less recovered and back :-)  there's a few more attendees to add to the list .. so watch this space :-)

Hi guys - sorry I've been quiet last few days but have had (and still have) 'manflu' :-) and have been out of things for a short while
but not to worry I'll be back to my usual levels of activity inside the next few days:-) I still have yet to talk to the auto box repair
specialists, and see what price I can get set for the fixed price meal deal but I'll be doing that over the next week.. as soon as I know more on these I'll post it up..

Many thanks for that Chris

The date of the 7th has been confirmed with Harwoods Jaguar, and in the next few days I'll have a chat with the auto box repair specialist to see if they can be available for us.. meanwhile I need to know if there are any preferences in what showroom car Tony brings along from Harwoods.. I have had one request for an F-Type Coupe so far , but no other suggestions or thoughts.. please bear in mind when making suggestions, that it might be raining on the day (although last year we were quite lucky with the weather)

OK the date is now set as the 7th of December - I will confirm that Harwood Jaguar are fine for that date, see if I can organise the auto box specialist centre to attend for us, and make sure we get a meal deal for the day.

Meanwhile don't forget we also have a visit to the auto box repair specialist in the offing if anyone wants to sign up for that too.. Repair Centre Visit....

No problem :-) The auto box visit has got me very curious as to the workings of an auto box and it will be great to be there with a specialist.. As for the Bi-Annual meet I have put you down for that as well.. it's date is likely to be the 7th Dec.. as for the auto box shop visit I need a few more people yet before I can really discuss dates with them :-( But we'll get there 

Hi there.. Once I have a number of people interested I can approach the repair centre and organise a date - I'll add you to the list, and please watch the master thread above for updates as they come :-)

OK guys, subject to no changes in voting from you I will be fixing the date on Monday. I have definately got Tony from Harwoods Jaguar bringing along a car on the day, and I am going to ask a local auto box specialist to come along and meet everyone and answer any transmission related queries you guys with auto boxes might have..

Tony from Harwoods Jaguar has confirmed he is available to attend the meet whichever day it is - and has asked if there is anything specific we would like him to bring along? I am open to reasonable :-) suggestions on this to forward onto him...
       

Hi All,

I am organising a visit to a gearbox repair specialist in Brighton - there are only a few places available, and the date has yet to be arranged - but will most likely be a Saturday morning. If you are interested in learning more about Jaguar auto boxes and chatting with a repair specialist please follow the link and sign yourself up there.. the link is Repair Centre Visit.... - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum

All the best

Steve

No problem - thankyou for that..

Please keep an eye on the thread as I am hoping to fix the date in the next few days, as we have some people travelling a distance for the meet and needing to book accom, and I need it to be a specific date to organise all I can for us :-)

Just a little bit of an update for you - as soon as we have finalised the date I will be sorting the fixed price meal deal for us, tying in with Harwoods Jaguar to see if Tony is able to attend and meet up with us with the latest showroom Jaguar he has for us to see, and tentatively, alongside organising a visit to a great little auto box repair shop in Brighton, am hoping to get them to come along to discuss any gearbox issues or questions people may have for them.
       

In case you are wondering - this will be the third Bi-Annual Brighton meet and the details of the last one can be found here: UK South East Meet Spring/Summer 2014 in Brighton if you want to check it out..Just so you know who has indicated an interest (in no particular order) in attending on the day, so far it looks like this....

If you would like to be added please just make a post saying so (or if non member email me to be added) and I will be happy to add you to the list.

Listed below are Car details plus occupants (inc driver) where we have the info.

Current List:

Jaguar..
SteveSheldon (me:-)) 2002 X-Type 2.5 (classic) manual + 1
Ngarara (Jaguarforums.com) 2010 XKR 75 + 1
HarleyJagMan (Jaguarforums.com) 2007 XK8 4.2 convertible + 1
SCM (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 2010 XKR 5.0 + 1
HMSMotorsport (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 1997 XJ6 X300 + 1
DJ Sonic (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 2001 Silver XKR + 2
MrMichael (Jaguarforums.com) 2002 X-Type 2.0 + 1
BigTel (Jaguarforum.co.uk) XFR-100 + 1
JgBird (Jaguarforums.com) 2001 XKR + 1
DerryJag (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 2011 XF 3.0 + 1
Ric63 (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 2005 X-Type 2.2D + 1
Egg (Jaguarforums.com) 2009 XF Prem Lux + 1
Brian R (Jaguarforum.co.uk) 2007 STR + 1
CarlXK8 (JaguarForums.com) 2010 XK + 1
Andrew65 (JaguarOwnersClub.com) 2007 X-Type 2.2 Estate + 1

Other Marques...
Cats (Pistonheads.com) 2010 TVR Tuscan + 1
SmithTrevor (JaguarForums.com) 1999 Ford V6 Cougar + 1

Total - 17 cars + 18 attendees.

As for the convoy from Crawley down the A23 to the venue we have:

Jaguar...
SteveSheldon
Ngarara
HarleyJagMan
HMSMotorsport
DJ Sonic
MrMichael
DerryJag
Rick63
Egg
Brian R
CarlXK8
Andrew65

Other Marques...
Cats
SmithTrevor

Crawley - Brighton Convoy Total - 14 Cars

Dates people can make:
Sunday 7th December - SS, Ng, Cats, ST, CarlXK8, HJM, DerryJag, JGBird, Egg, SCM (10)
Sunday 28th December - SS, Brian R, Ng, ST, Egg,HJM, Rick 63, DerryJag, JGBird, Egg, SCM (11)

Could you please let me know which of the dates you can all make and we'll build a list and go for the most popular date.. just pop a post on here, or email me..

Hi Andrew,

Thankyou for your post and you are a very welcome addition :-) I will add you into the list today.

Do you any preferences out of the two dates that are currently available?

Many thanks

Steve