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Posted by admin on May 24, 2022

Two Castles in one day

The weather was settled and club members rendezvoused at one of our favourite spots – Carrick Castle. For those who fancied some breakfast before the drive Papa Browns was a popular choice. Clearly the concept of a “quick breakfast” was lost on our members – we were due to leave at 10.45am to embark on our route but lo and behold those who had indulged in a hearty breakfast...

Posted by admin on Apr 23, 2022

Twin Alfas take to the Ards Peninsula

The weather has been glorious over the Easter period so my brother and I needed little excuse but to take our cars for a spin round the Ards peninsula recently. In my case it was a chance to get my GT Coupe out for a decent run to listen to the glorious 3.2 Busso soundtrack and for Jeremy it was one of his first excursions in his recently acquired Alfa Romeo 155 2.0 Twinspark wide body. His particular car...

Posted by admin on Apr 23, 2022

Join our club run for some driving fun

As Club members are well aware our monthly meetings have been on hold for some time in light of COVID and the associated restrictions. However, we are glad to report that things are getting back to normal and we held our first club meeting for over 2 years at the start of April. We have decided to trial a new venue for our monthly meetings and met in the Corrs Corner Hotel at our usual Tuesday evening time...

Posted by admin on Oct 23, 2021

Carrick and Cloverleafs!!

It had been over 3 months since our early summer club run so it was high time that we took the opportunity to get some Club Members together for an autumn run and despite the damp conditions with some light precipitation in the air the turnout on Sunday 17 October was decent with 8 motors arriving at the meeting point at Carrickfergus Castle. Evidently other car clubs had the same idea – the MX5 club...

Posted by admin on Aug 18, 2021

Supercar Funday

As we drove down to Bishopcourt Racing Circuit on Sunday 15 August 2021 I was hopeful of an impressive selection of supercars to feast my eyes on – and I was not to be disappointed. Judging by the huge crowd that descended on Bishopscourt they too anticipated that this was an event not to be missed for true petrol heads – and we have more than our fair share of them in Northern Ireland. The...

Posted by admin on Jul 9, 2021

NIIMC members go for a leisurely Sunday drive!!

The weather looked promising and Alastair had also promised a leisurely Sunday drive to the North Antrim coast. Ok, that’s not exactly true – the word leisurely didn’t feature in the conversation at all. The fact that Alastair turned up as co-pilot for Brian in his stunning new motor – none other than a Misano Blue Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio – signalled that our Sunday...

Posted by admin on Oct 4, 2020

It’s an outstanding pass for the Stelvio

Our Stelvio Milano 2.2d turned a year old recently and was dutifully left into Donnelly’s for its first service. I struck it lucky with the courtesy car as Drew McVeigh kindly lent me his daily driver – a 2020 model Stelvio Veloce – a 280bhp petrol version. I was interested as to how it would compare to our diesel and to see for myself the changes and improvements that Alfa had made to...

Posted by admin on Sep 26, 2020

Shakedown after lockdown!!

The weather forecast was promising as was the number of NIIMC members who were keen to get their cars out on the open road again to blow away some of the cobwebs that had gathered over the last 6 months since lockdown. Johnny had planned a route that would spare us the monotony of motorway driving and take us on a far more scenic route on A and B roads throughout the day. We met at McDonalds and...