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General Car Related Discussion.To discuss anything that is related to cars and automotive technology that doesnt naturally fit into another forum catagory.
I didn't go but few friends did and they messaged me to say they really enjoyed it and I missed out. I said I've saved over £200 and a moaning 4 year old all day so I'm all good lol
My mate left bournemouth super early this morning and still took him 2.5 hours to get into the show but my
Mates from rs club camped and they went straight in
And right on cue is a thread moaning about Ford Fair and Kelsey!!
Getting a bit boring now.
Me and my mates that went had a really good day and had a real good crack!
Yeah ok, it took a little while queuing to get in but hey ho.
The weather was good and there were a few good motors having it out on track. Yes there was quite a lot of modern ST's and RS's but there will be as they're cars from this era but there were quite a number of lovely old school motors too
The sprint thingy wasn't all that though but hey ho, not a big deal!
Getting in was a bit of a faff, the police presence on the roads was high on the way there and coming away including anpr and speed cameras, but it did make my day when the focus rs police (feck you autocorrect) car came through the traffic sirens and lights going while i was waiting to get in.
The trade was a bit naff too (for me anyway) but I'm more about the older stuff
Thought it was a good show again .Would of been happier paying £20 pounds to get in and not had mag and T/shirt, as for getting in drove stright to gate to get in but was 5.45 am but would not let us in till 7am because of something to do with Sunday Trading laws
We camped over the night before. No hassle getting in really. Went round track and was miles better organised than the past experiences. Was a good show and improvement over recent years. Some decent older metal in the sea of mk7 fiestas. Roll on next year
Why didnt they just open all the gates and get everyone in instead of us all getting herded in one wat, was long ques to get in because of that however it was a good show imo
For as long as I can remember, you could easily get in from 6am. (I used to get there at about 6.30am to see loads already there)
This year some bright spark decided that there was no entry by anyone before 7am. The tickets did mention this although it wasn't widely publicized.
So all the people that usually arrive between 6am and 7am had to wait and had already created a 1-2 mile queue before everyone else joined the back of it.
Then the public arrives just before 9 (as usual) they find out they can't get in until 10am.
Anyhoo - we had 30+ Pumas on my stand and all had a great day (once we got in)
I went, getting in was like every year,good hour or so queuing which is pathetic especially with a paddle clutch stopping and starting. We also saw the MK3 FRS police car come through the traffic.
For the show its self i really enjoyed it. there was a good mix of everything and i didnt think it was any quieter this year, seemed packed to me.
gates have always been open from 6
but there were plenty of folks on fb yesterday saying they didn't get in till gone 10 after queuing for hours and hours
it all seems a bit subduded this year for some reason, not as much facebook threads about it either
Been the last 8 years probably one of the best for me. Yeah queued to get in but no surprise. I'd say it's the busiest I've seen it. Although I hate focus st's and mk7 fiestas even more now though haha
i really enjoyed it, had a great drive up the with 30 other focus RSs in convoy cross country, food wasnt too expensive, mrs won a comp to go out with paul swift in a 800bhp mustang and i was able to meet and chat with fords managing director and have something in the pipeline off the back of that.
plenty of bargains in the trade area too, although the queue for mountune was ridiculous all day.
gates have always been open from 6
but there were plenty of folks on fb yesterday saying they didn't get in till gone 10 after queuing for hours and hours
it all seems a bit subduded this year for some reason, not as much facebook threads about it either
try looking on the ford fair fb page or in other clubs pages as most are furious with way more than new entry times and traffic delays, did not effect me as I had a great day at car show in surrey as I knew it would not be as good as hyped
try looking on the ford fair fb page or in other clubs pages as most are furious with way more than new entry times and traffic delays, did not effect me as I had a great day at car show in surrey as I knew it would not be as good as hyped
Which car show was that?
Last edited by moondustka; 13-08-2017 at 11:54 AM.
Did anyone take any pictures, or are people too busy moaning about it still?
Can't really understand why people are surprised the police were about. Thousands of young blokes in modified cars who are likely to be showing off or have questionable modifications - why wouldn't they be there?
People moan about this forum not being as busy as it used to, but it didn't have a presence at the biggest Ford show in Europe. Seems mad to me.
06-08-2017, 05:30 PM
i try to change it and it keeps going back, i hate my phone
