New owner in Buckinghamshire

[ccconn]

Hi Tom
Im just up the road in Whitchurch, you might have seen me going through Aylesbury occasionally
Glad you are enjoying the car they are great fun in the dry!
Chris

[911tom]

Hey Chris. We are very local indeed! Strangely I've never seen an atom around Aylesbury. Let me know if you ever fancy an early morning drive 

[ccconn]

Will do and ditto

[reg]

[quote="justin swift"]
I am in high Wycombe , more than happy to meet up for a chin wag or blat

Maybe gatecrash  the penn 7meet  with reg ?
[/quote]

That'd be fun, good bunch and most times there is a pre-meet drive 

Next Penn Seven meet is on Saturday 27th August (which does clash with Wings and Wheels) feel free to tag along..the more the merrier 

[jpswift]

may well be up for that

wot sort of time do they kick off the pre meet drive?

[911tom]

Count me in!!!

1,500 miles and 4 weeks in to ownership and still  every time I look at it,  when I'm driving it and  when the accelerator touches the floor.

[reg]

Hi Justin, it varies, I'll put a thread up about it nearer the time. Usually 10ish then 12:00 or so for;

The Squirrel pub Penn Street, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0PX

[reg]

[quote="911tom"]
Count me in!!!

1,500 miles and 4 weeks in to ownership and still  every time I look at it,  when I'm driving it and  when the accelerator touches the floor.
[/quote]

[911tom]

So this happened yesterday while cruising in the sun;



So now the engine is run in I can really give it the beans 

[phil4]

Have I missed something, does that say it's done 10,000 miles?  If so, wasn't it run in... well about 9000 miles ago?

[911tom]

Yes but I won't let that slow me down 

[911tom]

Tow bar fitted to family hack, trailer hired, number plate made up and fitted to trailer. Looks like we are all set for our week down in (hopefully) sunny Weymouth. The atom will be spending a few days being pampered at the factory.

Hired the trailer a few days early as I have never towed before  :- Went for a trial drive on Wednesday the 1.6 petrol qashqai says it can tow 1200Kg! I think it is going to struggle!



Unfortunately my licence restricts me to a maximum combined weight of 3500kg. Clearly when someone came up with this limit they can't have been thinking sensibly. Surely towing with a heavier, more powerful vehicle can only be safer 

I'd probably be better off putting the qashqai on the trailer!

[Rob Evans]

Waits for someone to say that the Atom should be on the trailer the other way around.... 

Rob. 

[russty_james]

I know the feeling, the trailer license thing is a right pain and doesn't make much sense overall. It took me a while to find a trailer I could legally tow behind a Yeti. 

As I'm sure you are aware they go on the maximum weights printed on the trailer and not the actual weight loaded, if the trailer's platted more than 1500kg you could potentially be breaking the law (loaded or not).

Stupid hey?

[911tom]

It's far too confusing surely the total 'maximum authorised mass' is dictated by the towing vehicle. In my case maximum towing weight of 1200kg + the weight of the car circa 1500kg and then some allowance for myself luggage and the family.