What music are you driving to??

by **M1NHJ** on Tue 20th Jul 2010, 09:08pm

We have discussed all sorts of preparation for our cars, and camping equipment - (please not one more mention of SoG's tent :censored:

).

So what are your fave driving songs to listen to? I am loading up my ipod right now with my choices which run from Kings of Leon, Black Eyed Peas etc to the Eagles, Robbie Williams, West Life and some classic Swing tunes. Perhaps a bit naff but they keep me happy and I think I have a Top Gear top driving songs cd somewhere that may need downloading too 8.)

I may even raid the teens tunes for some loud stuff to keep me awake :lol:

by **unclebob** on Tue 20th Jul 2010, 09:43pm

None the car is to load

by **kitty55** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 08:21am

M1NHJ wrote:Robbie Williams, West Life

sounds good to me

by **Red 5** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 11:39am

unclebob wrote:None the car is to load

but you do have auntie sue to sing to you unclebob :lol:

by **A Series Screamer** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 12:30pm

Twin HS6 carburettors & a 286 cam!!!!!

Might get a bit boring on the motorway though?

by **ABOS05966** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 12:53pm

A Series Screamer wrote:Twin HS6 carburettors & a 286 cam!!!!!

Might get a bit boring on the motorway though?

Thats what im thinking

by **theguv** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 03:41pm

Always a difficult shout when there is such an age difference between the crew members. First year I relented and let Joe choose his quite mixed but very modern stuff, and countered it by putting the sleeping bags on the floor in the back in front of the 6x9s under the seat

Last year we chose 90 tracks each, cut them to an mp3 CD and put it on random, so we had late 2000s idie and a bit of hip-hop mixed with late 70s soul and disco. Which was nice.

This year I don't really care, cos we can play what we like when we get there at the Black Group disco. Guest list to follow :mrgreen:

by **Nodrog** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 04:11pm

A Series Screamer wrote:Twin HS6 carburettors & a 286 cam!!!!!

Might get a bit boring on the motorway though?

hahahahhaaaaa!!!! Queer - givin' it the induction roar, morale high ground; the man with multiple speakers, amps and a sub. Oh, I suppose you'll be taking those out to reduce weight?

Its only boring cos you ain't got a s/c! :rock:

(I am so going to regret that comment when my ears start to bleed, shortly after the car is finished; assuming my wallet or the misses haven't bled me dry first)

by **Nodrog** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 04:11pm

theguv wrote:Always a difficult shout when there is such an age difference between the crew members. First year I relented and let Joe choose his quite mixed but very modern stuff, and countered it by putting the sleeping bags on the floor in the back in front of the 6x9s under the seat

Last year we chose 90 tracks each, cut them to an mp3 CD and put it on random, so we had late 2000s idie and a bit of hip-hop mixed with late 70s soul and disco. Which was nice.

This year I don't really care, cos we can play what we like when we get there at the Black Group disco. Guest list to follow

Bring on the noise

by **M1NHJ** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 06:35pm

Seeing as I am going it alone, I have decided today (whilst bored at work) to get more music sorted - so just ordered the 30th Anniversary CD from Whitesnake - awesome. At least it will ensure I will stay unbothered by others wanting a change from sitting with their Dads :mrgreen:

by **senileoldgit** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 08:02pm

Funny you starting this thread, I was considering my tune selection too, I have yet to complete the SoG compilation but it will include the following:

ARRIVING AT FERRY

Vera Lynn - The White Cliffs of Dover
The National Anthem
Rule Brittania
Land of Hope and Glory

Driving through France and Belgium .. yet to decide

BEHIND ENEMY LINES ( Germany)

I think I will go a bit classical / radical...

633 Squadron
Offenbach - Infernal Gallop
Dambusters Theme tune
Battle of Britain - Ron Goodwin
Jerusalem

Around the Ring
Orff - O Fortuna
Rossini - William Tell The Finale

by **kitty55** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 08:22pm

hahaha senile, your tune selection is the funniest thing ive ever seen...especially the "behind enemy lines" part

by **unclebob** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 09:08pm

Red 5 wrote:
unclebob wrote:None the car is to load

but you do have auntie sue to sing to you unclebob

Think i will get a louder stereo.

by **ABOS05966** on Wed 21st Jul 2010, 10:17pm

There is some amazing laughs to be had one this forum :rock:

well done senile!

by **A Series Screamer** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 07:21am

Classic stuff Senile!!

How about the theme from The Longest Day for arrival on the other side of the pond.

Then perhaps the theme from A Bridge Too Far for the drive to the ring, you could even stick your head out of the sunroof like Edward Fox waving to the crowds of 'liberated' locals! 'Were going to drive like hell up this road!'

Theme from Where Eagles Dare upon arrival at the Schloss, sorry Schleife!

& its got to be the theme from The Great Escape for leaving the campsite when its time to go home!!

by **A Series Screamer** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 07:38am

the man with multiple speakers, amps and a sub. Oh, I suppose you'll be taking those out to reduce weight?

Correct! The subs havent been in for ages, and with 70ccs less than last time im going to need to save all the weight I can.

Now do i really need carpet?

Its only boring cos you ain't got a s/c!

You will indeed eat these words G, although I will be extremely jealous when I hear it!

by **Nodrog** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 09:52am

A Series Screamer wrote:
You will indeed eat these words G, although I will be extremely jealous when I hear it!

Buddy - you'll bleeding from the ears with me :rock:

by **A Series Screamer** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 11:37am

To be fair when youve got that much horsepower who cares if your ears are bleeding!

Loving that s**t!

Excitement levels are now verging on the ridiculous, cant actually concentrate on work! 12 days to go. CANT F**KING WAIT!!!!!!!!!!

Just tried to get Pi*s on the insurance, robbing bstards wanted an extra £175! looks like i'll be driving all the way then!

by **Nodrog** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 02:35pm

He won't be driving mine either then! Despite his carefully worded request last night!

by **senileoldgit** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 06:29pm

A Series Screamer wrote:Classic stuff Senile!!

How about the theme from The Longest Day for arrival on the other side of the pond.

Then perhaps the theme from A Bridge Too Far for the drive to the ring, you could even stick your head out of the sunroof like Edward Fox waving to the crowds of 'liberated' locals! 'Were going to drive like hell up this road!'

Theme from Where Eagles Dare upon arrival at the Schloss, sorry Schleife!

& its got to be the theme from The Great Escape for leaving the campsite when its time to go home!!

Brilliant! ... all added to my list

by **Tom2** on Thu 22nd Jul 2010, 09:37pm

Excellent thread.

Im going native... Rammstein! :twisted:

by **kitty55** on Fri 23rd Jul 2010, 06:51am

Tom2 wrote:Excellent thread.

Im going native... Rammstein!

boooo...

by **M1NHJ** on Sun 25th Jul 2010, 06:26pm

Yippee

New stereo installed - thanks to I am Mr Bridger and Chris

Went to Halfords on friday evening, to ask them to check my connection ( :!:

). They said they cant do work like that after 7pm, but proceeded to poke about the sides of the unit with some little metal sticks which bent :!:

The lad then straightened them out and put them back on the shelf instore

They suggested we came back on Saturday when they will have more time to sort it out - so back Mr B and Chris went. After much poking and jabbing with yet more metal bits, they said that it was a very complicated matter, which would need them having the car booked in for at least 2 1/2 hours :roll:

Apparently they needed to take out half of the dash, centre console, carpets and goodness knows what else #-o

Thankfully Mr B & Chris brought the car home, dismantled a couple of screws and managed within 20 mintutes to have the whole thing sorted out. They went back, bought the unit and installed it themselves - all in 20 mins

Super happy now :lol:

Just need to spend 6 hours wading through the instructions to work it all out - otherwise I will get Matt to show me (it will only take him 2 mins to work out how to do everything #-o

)

by **Tom2** on Sun 25th Jul 2010, 08:51pm

M1NHJ wrote:They suggested we came back on Saturday when they will have more time to sort it out - so back Mr B and Chris went. After much poking and jabbing with yet more metal bits, they said that it was a very complicated matter, which would need them having the car booked in for at least 2 1/2 hours Apparently they needed to take out half of the dash, centre console, carpets and goodness knows what else Thankfully Mr B & Chris brought the car home, dismantled a couple of screws and managed within 20 mintutes to have the whole thing sorted out. They went back, bought the unit and installed it themselves - all in 20 mins

This is why Hal-fraud's fitting service is free; because they couldnt justify actually charging for it!

Kitty, have you got yours sorted yet?

by **kitty55** on Sun 25th Jul 2010, 08:55pm

Tom2 wrote:
M1NHJ wrote:They suggested we came back on Saturday when they will have more time to sort it out - so back Mr B and Chris went. After much poking and jabbing with yet more metal bits, they said that it was a very complicated matter, which would need them having the car booked in for at least 2 1/2 hours Apparently they needed to take out half of the dash, centre console, carpets and goodness knows what else Thankfully Mr B & Chris brought the car home, dismantled a couple of screws and managed within 20 mintutes to have the whole thing sorted out. They went back, bought the unit and installed it themselves - all in 20 mins

This is why Hal-fraud's fitting service is free; because they couldnt justify actually charging for it!

Kitty, have you got yours sorted yet?

i have a borrowed one in my mini at the moment and it works fine thanks to your rewiring...but im tempted to get the pink one which is for sale cos i need to give the borrowed one back after the trip and i dont wanna start singing myself again :lol:

by **M1NHJ** on Mon 26th Jul 2010, 06:27am

Kitty, go for pink :rock:

So long as you love it, it doesnt matter what anyone else thinks

I suppose if you are bothered that it doesnt match Robbies glorious purple, you could always respray him to match your new stereo :lol:

Alternatively, hang up some pink dice and dye your hair pink so you look co-ordinated

I am going red to match my car :roll:

- well it beats the natural grey #-o

by **kitty55** on Mon 26th Jul 2010, 07:01am

M1NHJ wrote: I suppose if you are bothered that it doesnt match Robbies glorious purple, you could always respray him to match your new stereo

well, thats a pretty good idea actually

...i have all my purple outfits ready tho...my purple ballerinas (which will prob fall into pieces after the ring lol) and all the rest that goes well with purple..ill order the stereo today and hope it gets here before wednesday next week

by **TupmanRob** on Tue 27th Jul 2010, 12:00pm

12GB of music! New stereo system.......

My car will be playing tunes from when we hit dover to when we come back...

Throwing in a bit of Local talent... (The Iconyx) debut album!

Dubstep to soul you name it ive probably got it!
If not im sure youtube will!

Roberto!

P.S - is it me or is it like 8 days to the ring?

by **theguv** on Tue 27th Jul 2010, 07:29pm

TupmanRob wrote:12GB of music! New stereo system.......

My car will be playing tunes from when we hit dover to when we come back...

Throwing in a bit of Local talent... (The Iconyx) debut album!

Dubstep to soul you name it ive probably got it!
If not im sure youtube will!

Roberto!

As you know, I'm the Iconyx's oldest fan! Is there a way of getting your 12Gb out easily, to a twin RCA feed or something - so as we can plumb it in to the BGSS (Black Group Sound System)

by **M1NHJ** on Thu 29th Jul 2010, 06:01am

Have just got to grips with the controls of the new stereo and the sound is brilliant

Even got a grunt of respect from Boy cos it has plenty of bass :rock:

Uploading my latest cd as I type - so I should have a totally eclectic mix to listen to. However, Mr B is quite upset at the return to my youth with all the 'Greebo' Whitesnake :roll:

Think thats because my mispent youth was mainly riding pillion on superbikes - before I met him :lol:

Now I am into all this ipod downloaing etc I have to find out what was No 1 back in August 1985 and down load that, seeing as we are going to be celebrating 25yrs of wedded bliss (I am blissful!!) when we get back from the ring

by **kitty55** on Thu 29th Jul 2010, 07:14am

M1NHJ wrote:we are going to be celebrating 25yrs of wedded bliss (I am blissful!!) when we get back from the ring

we should rather celebrate that one ON the ring already!!!!! incl all engagements and weddings that happened since last year nurburgring

...

on a different matter - i am VERY concerned that i wont get my pink stereo before the run. i ordered it and paid it via paypal and now the payment is pending for some strange reason and no one is replying to my desperate emails at halfrauds and theyre not answering their customer service phone either, aaarghhh. i HATE them!!! :evil:

fingers crossed it gets delivered tomorrow as originally planned...

by **theguv** on Thu 29th Jul 2010, 05:17pm

kitty55 wrote:on a different matter - i am VERY concerned that i wont get my pink stereo before the run. i ordered it and paid it via paypal and now the payment is pending for some strange reason and no one is replying to my desperate emails at halfrauds and theyre not answering their customer service phone either, aaarghhh. i HATE them!!!

fingers crossed it gets delivered tomorrow as originally planned...

If it doesn't let me know - I have a spare decent one which I can bring to Dover to lend you.

Colin.

by **kitty55** on Thu 29th Jul 2010, 07:07pm

theguv wrote:
kitty55 wrote:on a different matter - i am VERY concerned that i wont get my pink stereo before the run. i ordered it and paid it via paypal and now the payment is pending for some strange reason and no one is replying to my desperate emails at halfrauds and theyre not answering their customer service phone either, aaarghhh. i HATE them!!!

fingers crossed it gets delivered tomorrow as originally planned...

If it doesn't let me know - I have a spare decent one which I can bring to Dover to lend you.

Colin.

oh thank you colin...thing is i actually do have a borrowed one in my car already...so its not that i dont have one at the moment. but i did really fancy that pink one ive ordered....but thanks anyway

by **senileoldgit** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 07:24pm

I now have an Ipodic device .... its small like me .. beautifully styled, also like me, new .. NOT like me!

Mmmm how do I get my tunes on it ?

by **unclebob** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 07:52pm

senileoldgit wrote:I now have an Ipodic device .... its small like me .. beautifully styled, also like me, new .. NOT like me!

Mmmm how do I get my tunes on it ?

Ask Knobber he will now how to load them, but will he help you? :tongue:

by **ABOS05966** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 08:15pm

Download frostwire free from google
Set it up and get it kick started ready to roll
sometimes depending on your internet connection you can do 2 - 3 songs at once..
and they all save in your documents..

getting them on to your Ipod, it should be done through USB connected to the computer then go to my computer or "computer" and you'll find a symbol or a name of your Ipod, and open that file up and transfer the songs from your documents to your Ipod.

It should be simple depending on your skill of computers :mrgreen:

by **ABOS05966** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 09:05pm

At this present time SoG has requested for a trade in persons..

SoG would like my dad (paul) to be his passenger so he can talk about 70's and 80's music :lol:

and for me to have his son knobber, and i wonder what we would talk about? PS3 & XBOX games? Climate change? Football?

Any suggestions? lol..

Is this a good offer .... Baring in mind i haven't a stereo player in my clubman, so it could get boring for Knobber :tongue:

by **theguv** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 09:24pm

Sounds like an excellent swap if I were you.

And once we are set up in the campsite, SoG and Paul will find as much 70s and 80s music as they could want over in the Black corner..............

by **ABOS05966** on Sat 31st Jul 2010, 09:27pm

Hmmm not sure about Knobber though, he might bite :wink:

SoG has got this easy... hes picking on the younger generation, so hes giving me the young one lol..

by **M1NHJ** on Sun 1st Aug 2010, 03:59pm

ABOS05966 wrote:Hmmm not sure about Knobber though, he might bite

SoG has got this easy... hes picking on the younger generation, so hes giving me the young one lol..

Come on Adz, Knobber is a great kid and from the amount of 'rattle' you put on here, I bet the poor kid will be begging for his Dad after the first 20 miles :lol:

As for music - what is the problem with the 70s and 80s :?:

Some of the very best tunes ever were written then, and strangley lots of the tunes today pinch bits from them

I think that there could well be swapping of kids (apart from Chris and Claire who are welded to their car!!), but most of us oldies love the 70s and 80s so watch out :lol:

Share On