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Old 31-05-2009, 07:56 PM
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Default best part of three hours to get out of Classic Ford!!!

First time Ive been and tbh because of how long it tuck to leave dont think ill be in a rush to go again

Was a fantastic day but the end wrote me off

Freinds wife in a car near 9 months pregnant and my son in my car whos 4 and other freinds had kids same age

was a killer on them all.

is it always like that?
Old 31-05-2009, 08:01 PM
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i went on my bike .
the que was no problems . he he
glad my escos wasnt finished if it took you that long to get out
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first time i had it like that

was proper poor and did take the shine of a real good day
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If you leave (or get there) at the wrong time on a busy day it's always a mare!
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Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord
If you leave (or get there) at the wrong time on a busy day it's always a mare!

na never that bad any where Ive ever been at any time
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Originally Posted by gus
first time i had it like that

was proper poor and did take the shine of a real good day

had a look at your car today, looks a credit to ya mate
Old 31-05-2009, 08:26 PM
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as said gus , saw your car there bud , but didnt see you there to come say hello fella,


looking well , you ever gonna finish it ???


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Old 31-05-2009, 08:34 PM
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It was a joke ,they let all spectators car leave site, and made all show cars cue,Got in cue at 3.50pm move 1 car space BY 4.50pm got out to road 5.45pm,was sad end to good show
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so glad we left when we did, we left about 3,30ish and drove straight out no traffic anywhere, was a wicked day though,


beffy, think it was you i met when i picked the harness's up off wenny, they are strapped up now as swings lol
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got in the que 340 broke down 3.50 bought tools and digonosed falt by 4 30 went in search of a fuel pump founed one partyy droped the tank pipes off new one in fitted drove home excellent day but what a nightmare lol
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Originally Posted by Minirotty
na never that bad any where Ive ever been at any time
You obviously haven't been on a busy day then

I've literally spent days of my life queuing to get in and out!! And at Silverstone (pre dual carriageway), and at Elvington, and at Donny...
Old 31-05-2009, 08:57 PM
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Had a really good day all round but getting out of the place was an absolute joke
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I just drove straight in and out no probs

About 9am and 5:30pm I think...
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haha had to quet in and out was a ball ache including the weather aswell on the way home was a killer
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took a while to get out

as said if you time it right you dont sit in a que

ade can you send me some of the pics you got of the mk3 launching please
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Never had problems getting off the site in previous years of been but today was a piss take. I had heard that the public were let out 1st then traders & then finally the clubs. Also got told that some cars had overheated down the country lane & were creating traffic problems. Over 2 hours to get off site but we followed a tidy S1 down the lane.
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Originally Posted by blacky.


took a while to get out

as said if you time it right you dont sit in a que

ade can you send me some of the pics you got of the mk3 launching please
Will do when they're all edited down mate

Sorting through silly amounts of pix right now..... shouldn't be so snap happy!
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Never been like that before!
it was bloody mental! I live in northampton and it took me two and half hours to get there! and that was even taking the side roads avoiding the sign posted areas!

Speaking to one of the event staff there and it took them by surprise a bit. Doubled last years figures just on the saturday!
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Originally Posted by RONNIE AMIS
so glad we left when we did, we left about 3,30ish and drove straight out no traffic anywhere, was a wicked day though,


beffy, think it was you i met when i picked the harness's up off wenny, they are strapped up now as swings lol


lol yeah ronnie ,

although wasnt the best time to catch em i had only got up 5 min before ,

lol i even said to wenny but ten min after " was that ronnie amis "

lol will say hello properly nxt time fella

enjoy the swing lol

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i was parked on the classic ford readers cars stand ..my 1st time i looked at the que thinking fuck that decided to get in it at 4.30 ish took about 30 mins to get 2 the gate
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I got stuck...i wanted to leave around 3pm as i had 470+miles to drive before i could sleep. It meant i ended up getting in bed at 430am this morning....nice :-(
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I knew the traffic would be bad getting out,is was bad trying to get from the camping area to the club stands in the morning due to the shear volume of cars coming in,i left at 2pm got straight out and was home in yorkshire for 5
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We were at the back of the the club stands and it took us over 2 hours to get out of the site. Was well p!ssed off that other queues wouldn't let anyone in Thanks guys, good of you to set off over an hour later and not let out those who'd been waiting for ages.

One guy in front of us decided to get out of the queue, park up and spend an hour walking around again. When he got back to his car he was able to rejoin the queue exactly where he left it!!

Where were the marshalls at the club stand end of the site? Saw several walking around collecting cones.... we were starting to believe they'd all be home before we were!
Old 01-06-2009, 01:58 PM
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Sounds the same as it was for Performance Vauxhall Show last year! Queue to leave on the Sunday @ 5pm was as far as the toilet block on the FAR side (paddock).

We stopped in the paddock under the gazebo until 7pm before we left - fuck what security moan about, just stay where you are
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