Latest News From the UK S2000 Owners Club

Today is Honda Motor Company's 66th Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONDA!

We have totted up the money raised at Megameet X and it is a pleasure to announce that the total raised SO FAR is a staggering....

£7330.29

And that isn't all; we still have a few items left over which we will shortly be putting up for online auction, more news once we have them done, these include track days, servicing package, a stay in ireland, Honda sunglasses, and lots more!

We have a Justgiving page where people are making their donations for the items they won in the acution, so you can watch the total rise, and make any additional donations you wish!  https://www.justgiving.com/s2kukmegameet10/

We will be in touch with those who bought tickets online with your raffle prizes soon!

Each year, just before the annual MegaMeet, we approach local Honda dealers to help us to raise money for our charity of the year. This year Redhill Honda exceeded all our expectations and gave up their time on a Saturday morning to allow the club free access to their trained S2000 technicians and facilities.

Simon (strobinson1) chats to Steve, one of the technicians, before things get underway

So staggered over the morning we had cars on the ramps for a free Healthcheck. For those of us going to MegaMeet it was a good opportunity to ensure the cars were prepped and ready for the weekend. We were also able to scrutinise the underside of the car to check for any issues, something that isn’t so easy unless you can get them on the ramp. I think most of us were amazed how clean they all seemed to be underneath.

Graham (CynicG) gets some expert advice from Steve

All the staff where very helpful and the mechanics carried out a very thorough check on the cars before answering our many questions and queries. They covered everything for a leaking diff washer to locating the cause of over-run rattle.
The team at Honda were also very interested in some of the mods we had made to the cars and this took as much time discussing as the checks themselves. We also appreciated the bacon sarnies and coffee on tap !

Alans’s immaculate GT100 on the ramp

A total of £320 was raised on the day towards this year’s chosen charity - Macmillan Cancer Care. So a big thank you to all those who bought their cars along for their generosity.

However a particular thank you must go to Martin, Kevin and Steve and the team at Redhill Honda for giving up their time and making this possible!!

Our friends at Honda UK and Honda Yuasa Racing are offering all S2KUK members the chance to attend one of the last 2 weekends of the season as a VIP Guest.  Including breakfast & lunch, driver Q&A, garage tours!

The cost is £75 per person and includes entry to VIP Honda area on the Saturday and entry only ticket to Sunday raceday.

If you would like to attend click below for more info... Read more +

With less than one week to go until our massive MEGAMEET X in Mid Wales we would like to offer everyone who is not attending, the chance to bid on auction prizes and buy raffle tickets.

Raffle tickets are £5 per strip or £10 for 3 strips.  Your tickets will be named, held and checked by someone at the evening gala dinner.  To buy raffle tickets please use this paypal link (you can change the qty of strips on the payment page if you want more than 3 strips): 

DO NOT BUY THIS WAY IF YOU ARE ATTENDING!

Buy in multiples of 1 Strip or 3 Strips?

3 Strips £10.00 GBP 1 Strip £5.00 GBP

S2KUK Mem No. or S2KI Name

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We are going to accept sealed bids from people not in attendance at the event. All proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Care.

SO............. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BID ON ANY ITEM BELOW.... please send your highest bid to charity@s2kuk.com (CLICK READ MORE TO SEE LIST)

DO NOT BID THIS WAY IF YOU ARE ATTENDING!

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Meet report by Andy Sharp 

DUNSFOLD WINGS AND WHEELS – 24^th AUGUST 2014

Dunsfold Park is where Top Gear is filmed.  Each year on the August Bank Holiday weekend they have their popular Wings and Wheels event.  Last year S2KUK had a stand in the Wheels Section and it was such a great day we decided to do the same this year.

We had 10 cars on the stand,  which attracted a lot of interest from the crowd.  We spent the day chatting to previous owners, many of who regretted parting company with their S2000.  We also had a lot of people asking for advice on buying one – so maybe some prospective new club members 

The club stand

The weather was kind to us and  S2000 events can be quite posh when it comes to picnics and this proved to be no exception, smoked salmon, rose wine, tarte-au-citroen (citron?) were all on the menu.  Next year we hope to bring the full dining set and candelabras!

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We will be producing another S2KUK Calendar this year, so now it is time to start getting your pictures or cameras out, and to submit your photo entries!  Please see below for rules and instructions - ESPECIALLY the first one!

RULES AND REGULATIONS

We all want to see great shots of the S2000, so we have high standards for submissions.

• Photos need to meet a minimum resolution for print purposes. That minimum is "high resolution" - at least 150 dpi, in tif, png, jpg formats. As a guide, photos should generally be 3-4 MB or more
• You CAN obscure license plates if you wish
• Photos need to be cropped "loose" this is to avoid having some great submissions that we can’t use because the image was already cropped too tight to the S2000.
• Try and leave some space around the S2000 so the image can be cropped to fit the calendar. 
• No watermarks allowed.
• NO NUDITY - images must be work and family safe.
• If there is enough demand for hot ladies (or men!) posing we may do a short run of an alternative calendar.
• ONE ENTRY ONLY per person (so choose wisely) You may if you wish supercede your entry as many times as you want

TIPS

• Photos can't just be "driveway" shots, no hose and bucket in the background. You need to be creative, artistic, and unique! At least find a scenic spot to take the pic!
• Lots of people take the ubiquitous 1/4 front or 1/4 rear view, and we can only have so many similar poses in a calendar, so taking the time to do something different and interesting will count toward the submissions
• The calendar is not for profit, and stresses the love we have for our cars. 

How to make a submission

• When you have a photo to submit, rename it with the following format:  "Real_Name.jpg" (YOUR NAME not actually Real_Name.jpg!)
• Email them to: calendar@s2kuk.com
• Photos have to be emailed for entry. This is your tacit consent that they can be used in the calendar, and on the S2KUK website.
• Submissions not following the criteria above will be rejected without notice so please follow the instructions! 

Submission deadline will be October 5th 2014 at 23:59

Submissions will then be put on the S2KUK website for voting.

Remember, submissions need to be EMAILED.  

If they are not emailed, they are not entered.

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COPYRIGHT

By entering this calendar competition you are giving licence to S2KUK (UK S2000 Owners Club) to use your image for publication in the calendar and on the S2KUK website.  

IF YOU DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHT of the image - that is if YOU did not take the photograph it will not qualify for the competition. 

DO NOT ENTER WITH A PHOTO YOU DID NOT TAKE, as it can have serious consequences if it is published. 

By entering a photo to the competition you are agreeing to indemnify UK S2000 Owners Club against any action regarding copyright should you have entered a photo of which you do not own copyright.