i must admit i didnt enjoy it half as much as previous years there seemed to be less stalls and not much that caught my eye i didnt buy anything I just stood watching the 0-60 for ages and going around taking alot of photo's. what were your opinions of FF07

 

I enjoyed it good day (left the wife at home)


Dave

 

Not to bad at all, even though I put a rod through the side of my block 6miles from silverstone and its still on the back of the AA truck somewhere( I hope).

 

oh f**k what car you got?

 

me and my lad loved it

 

Only in my doggy old 2.8 capri luckily, my cossie is turbo-less atm.

The rest is on the A43 .

 

would of been better if it happened six miles from home

 

Cant say it was my best ford fair ever...... but i do have a good reason for that lol.

First off, postal strike ment I only received my car passes to get in yesturday. Was told on the phone (sorry PROMISED!) they would be availabe for me on the gate but shock horror no passes for me there! So with my breifing session on track at 8:40 running to and from the brooklands suite was not my idea of a good start to the day. Then to be told that at 8:41 I was too late to get into the briefing and had to re-arrange my first track session.........

Anyway that was the least of my worries............

My dad had a acciendent in the paddock area around lunch time and was taken to Northampton Hospital around 5pm and was due to have an op this morning on his leg.

Prior to this we both had a good time on track depsite being put in the novice sessions where

Didn't get to see any of the show / stands but never mind!

 

It was great I thought

 

Dan - what happened to your Dad? Did he get hit by a car or something?

 

I had a good day

enjoyed it far more than central day.

 

i had a good day

 

Central day's always wank, it's just the night before that's any good

 

I can't remember if I'd been before but I had a great day The auto jumble wasn't as big and as useful as I'd hoped it would have been though

 

Was ok cheapest ever lol 3 free entrys
but the drive up as the car was not mapped pissed me off 120 max ok execpt one point
meet a girl i sort of new there she was a stunner better than i thought she would be
and missed meeting some of the ring vets from easter sorry guys !!

And not seen one pic of my concourse RS500 dirt box !

 

yup the hangover from the night before does not help, a 'not great' show

you can always spot the PF members, were the ones that look like death, or are sleeping in our cars

 

i enjoyed it, if i go round half a show and feel satisfied then i say its good!

 

How true is that

 

The show was alright i suppose...

I went mainly for the traders as i was after some bits, some of which i got...

Track action i'm sure was excellent as there were some great cars there, but unfortunately the spectating at Silvestone is crap

The general appearance of the average modified Ford seems to be getting a bit tacky though... (IMO)
Some proper chav chariots on display!

Oh, and did anyone see the Ford Galaxy Owners Club?

 

Think that is the most true statement every put on here

 

Craking day, loved every minute of it!

Saw tons of cool cars, met up with folk, watched some quality track action (RS500 doing a 360 was entertaining! ) and bought myself some top bargains.

Can't really ask for more from a car show!

 

my dad was satisfied....













He came back with an alloy wheel brush

 

too much todo in one day needs to be 2 days
to long to wait between track sessions

and as for food and drink, overpriced and overrated

 

I spent all day looking for a 2wd Saff to buy didn't find 1, came home and bought 1 less than 3 miles from my house...lol

 

FUCKING LOVED IT!!!!


HUGE THANKS TO Simon and the FAST FORD BOYS

and Tony C and everyone else who helped me that day


Sweeet day out

 

I had a wicked day always good to see everyone still got burnt even tho i had plenty of suncream on

Just a shame about Jonno's car and the mission we had to get it home

Huge thanks to Marco for towing it out of Silverstone to save me having to do it in my fez

 

I didnt go, so cant comment on if it was good or not, but why do people not bring a packed lunch with them? Save you all moaning like granny's about over priced rat burgers

 

I enjoyed it, More so on the social side I think


Was good to see a few new cars out on track too

 

cos they werent that expensive last year as far s i rememeber

 

I will second that, i was rushing around all day to try and see everything and didnt get chance to meet up with Half the people i wanted to.

As for food i allways bring my own these days.

 

Every year people moan about the food.


At all the shows.


Don't fookin eat it

We took a BBQ, marinated steaks and plenty of burgers. Lovely.

 

Was a bit of a freak accident.

We had our car up on blocks whilst changing wheels (as you probably know its a nightmare jacking up the front of a 205). Anyway, it was time to move the car so i let the handbrake off and the car rolled off the blocks.... what he didn't realise was that there was a large metal poll directly behind his leg, so when the car was released it pinned his leg against this bloody poll.

Funnily enough he drove the car round the track after the accident as it just came up as a bruse, but when he was watching me going round in the stand it swelled up big time (due to the drugs he has to take for his heart / kidney). Anyway, Silverstone staff were very helpful and he was swiftly taken away to Hospital late afternoon.

Porkie - was that you in the skyline then?

 

That IS a freaky accident. Hope he gets better soon, and slaps you for not checking everything was clear before lowering the jack

 

i didn't go planning to do anything other than have a bit of a wander about, so there were no expectations

other than not finding the pf stand there were no dissapointments at the show for me personally, the wife and kid had a great time too so thats a double bonus

the problems starting on the way home, air con packed up as soon as we left the services and that was after the mrs dropped a whole cup of tea on the back seat of the car, and then i split a bottle of juniors ilk on the same place so i can't put all the blame on her (got the vax out to try and clean it up when we got home)

 

He gave me the thumbs up to do so!! worst thing was he was due to go away on hols on Monday....... typical!

Just heard from the hospital and his op went well. Should be fully fit for Croft i hope

 

Wicked day - up at 4.30 am and home at 11pm but thats another story.

I blew the turbo to bits but still had a a wicked day.

HUGE THANKS TO SIMON, NEIL, DAN @ FAST FORD FOR THE INVITE.

i agree though this could quite easliy be a two day event although i think it will kill the staff of Fast Ford. They looked mega stressed running around all day getting things sorted and trying to please who they could.


Ford Fair 08 - 2 dayer for sure!!!

 

I thought it was wicked, my little un's enjoyed it, was supposed to be on track at 9:20 but had to cancel due to neck injury playing footie on Friday
Track action was good, the RS200 sounded wicked on the 0-60, glad i brought packed lunch for the family tho as Ł6 for a shite burger is a pisstake.

my only problem was the state of some of the cars on the stand i was on,
top day all in all

 

very good day lots of sun a good turn out of the ford fans and some very nice cars

 

i've heard the explanations for the food come round for a few years now, ff don't control the catering, so if you want to eat bring your own and then you won't have to complain about the prices

that is the only downer on what is normally a great day out (i think it's also been the hottest day of the year 3 years running now hasn't it? i was temps of 32 degrees in the ambient temp readout )

 

100% agree on that . There's too much too see in just 1 day.
A 2 day event would be great.
Doing some track time on saturday and wander round the trade stands for some parts. Then on sunday time enough to look at all the visitors an clubstand cars.
But then again, a 2 day event would cost the organisers much more.
So entry fees would be skyhigh me thinks. Still a very good idea though.


Grtz

Bryan