3MA11 ?

[parrish]

Come on guys tell tell tell

[simon131]

What do you want us to tell Steve?

We are now almost certain that 3MA11 will be in South West England. There are several reasons for this but starting with the most obvious -

1) It's closer to where Theo and I live and therefore easier (and cheaper) for us to carry out any potential recce.

2) Kev lived in St Austell, Cornwall for a few years (and I believe Jacquie his lovely wife is from that part of the World too) so hopefully they know some good drives.

3) The English Riviera (i.e Paignton, Brixham, Dartmouth, etc in Devon) is right on the door step, and is well known to me in particular.

4) Hopefully the high density of local hotels and guest houses will increase our chances of finding a suitable place for the 3MA 'gang' to stay.

5) The weather in the south west of England is well known for being better than most other parts of the country, so hopefully we'll see the sun again! 

Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear Steve.

Dates are still to be decided and infact we are actively discussing at the moment.

Cheers for now

Simon

[parrish]

Simon
If its confirmed, as SWE thats OK by me.
Its the dates that pose the biggest potential problem for me.
3MA11 is comming home.
I spent some months at Poole Dorset many years ago working at Witch Farm oil recovery station at Brown Island
Ill await 3MA confirmation.
Steve

[jasonh131]

A friend has a caravan round the corner from Poole in Swanage  that we sometimes  use...
  cut the cost of a 3ma  down even more  
 Or a caravan park closer to Cornwall  

[curt]

My Granny works for the Gas Board -Do you wanna Meet er 

[parrish]

On the forums home page:

Plans for 3ma11 as well as 3ma12 are already progressing steadily. The dates and location for 3ma11 will be published here soon.

So please define 'soon'?

Im waiting

Steve

[theredx19]

Sure maybe it could be held in Eire again as it is the biggest 131 country in the world  as lets face it we have possibly the highest 131, 131sport and 131 abarth ownership per capita in the world 

[kev131]

Sure maybe it could be held in Eire again as it is the biggest 131 country in the world  as lets face it we have possibly the highest 131, 131sport and 131 abarth ownership per capita in the world 

I think it would be difficult to challenge that statement Dave - I've lost count of all the roadworthy 131s here but it is upwards of 30 that I know of.

I wouldn't be surprised if a future 3MA was held here but I think we have a few other new places to try first.

Finland and Poland have been mentioned although for attendees from the UK & Ireland they would be some journeys!

Brittany is one of my favourites after Cornwall and sure don't we have GKMR10 to enjoy a line up of 131s again..?

[theredx19]

Is Eire becoming the petrol head capital of Europe as even have the highest WRC car ownership in Europe now

[sid131]

well i reckon the most ae86 corollas are here also Dave, there are 36 booked in for the mosney show next sunday so far!

[theredx19]

well i reckon the most ae86 corollas are here also Dave, there are 36 booked in for the mosney show next sunday so far!

36 ae86's in a field I guess you wont need a tractor and plough after that 

[sid131]

well there should be a few supras & celicas of every gen there also, it was a few years since there was a 131 at mosney martys old orange super, but the star of the show a few years back was a blue abarth stradale absolute immaculate car some crowds around it people were commenting that it was like new!! i havnt seen it since

[parrish]

You guys still have proper road rallys over their as well, UK events have been watered down over the years, most are no more tahn regularity event's these days.
3MA Eire Any time
Steve

[simon131]

Steve,

We did 3MA 'Eire' back in 2007, it has the honour of being the first ever location for the 3MA, and the Gerry Kennedy Memorial Run is put on in Eire every year, so I'm affraid that 3MA won't be returning there for sometime, not least because there are so many other places in Europe (and the whole World come to that ) that we can visit in our 131s we don't need to visit the same place twice in succession.

However, that's not to say that 3MA attendees and their cars won't be going back to the Emerald Isle.

Simon

[theredx19]

You guys still have proper road rallys over their as well, UK events have been watered down over the years, most are no more tahn regularity event's these days.
3MA Eire Any time
Steve

Well Parrish I have fond memories of the dad overtaking a mk2 escort that was competing in the rally with his 127 sport on full song.... the days of open stages were the best days of rallying in Eire.