Ford fair 2018
08-08-2018, 12:10 PM
#41
Ah the annual Ford Fair moan off 
I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.
A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts
I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one
Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts 
the problem with some folk is they take car clubs far too seriously, ffs it’s supposed to be for fun and like you said we should all share a common interest,personally I couldn’t give a toss who drives what, what club they are a member of, which stand they are on, if they have a million cars on their stand etc etc etc,
shows and meets should be about the social aspect of it, getting together, firing up the bbq and cracking the beers open (whilst camping)
all the politics and people that hark on about things, yeah yeah yeah boring
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blacknlow (23-08-2018)
08-08-2018, 12:45 PM
#42
Ah the annual Ford Fair moan off I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.
A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts
I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one
Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts Thats about it in a nut shell lol then they moan about the price well hire Silverstone and try and make it work for a fiver There was loads of older stuff there is they actually stopped moaning and looked
08-08-2018, 06:18 PM
#43
Ah the annual Ford Fair moan off I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.
A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts
I couldn't go this year unfortunately, but it sounds like it was as big as always.A certain irony in people moaning about the lack of older cars when some of the moaners are the ones that own them. If you want them there, take one
Also, I don't really understand the "I'm not interested in new stuff, it should be grouped so I only see the stuff I like." Aren't we all petrolheads? Can't people appreciate cars of all shapes and types? It's still the biggest and best Ford show by a country mile. Maybe the best thing Kelsey could do is ban owners of older RS models, as so many of them are snobby, clique-obsessed old farts Why can we all not get over the fact the Ford scene has changed? And it's for the better in some ways.
Yes, there are a lot of the same cars, but some Fiesta ST and Focus ST/RS are mega power and spec; why's that now a problem?
Back in the day a 300bhp RS Turbo was mental and so was a 500+bhp Cosworth. Rarely did they do more than park up at Ford Fair.
Yet now you get 330+bhp Fiesta STs and 700+bhp Focus RS' parking up/not on track and the Ford world is crap?
Last edited by XRT_si; 09-08-2018 at 09:21 AM.
10-08-2018, 08:57 AM
#44
People just don't like change. When RS Turbos and Cosworths started to get popular, I'm sure all the MK1/2 Escort and Cortina boys got upset. You can imagine it, "Look at those tossers in their modern wank-mobiles, they're not proper RS models cos they don't have carbs and bubble arches." Now it's, "Look at those tossers in their modern wank-mobiles, they're not proper RS models cos they don't have loads of turbo lag and rusty arches."
We should be grateful that we have such a massive range of cars to choose from, such a huge number of clubs to help us enjoy our hobby and such a massive number of well-attended shows to let us show off our cars with (supposedly) like-minded enthusiasts. Yes some of the older stuff is getting expensive, but we've probably never had it so good in reality.
We should be grateful that we have such a massive range of cars to choose from, such a huge number of clubs to help us enjoy our hobby and such a massive number of well-attended shows to let us show off our cars with (supposedly) like-minded enthusiasts. Yes some of the older stuff is getting expensive, but we've probably never had it so good in reality.
11-08-2018, 01:51 PM
#46
PassionFord Post Whore!!
I refuse to pay Ł27 per person if Im displaying my car 
I dont enjoy doing a 4 hour round trip and still have to add 3-4 hours onto that for getting in and out...
Most of the guys and girls with the older stuff still like to use their cars, they just just refuse to have their pants pulled down by Kelsey Media & Silverstone
If I was to go
me & wife plus 3 year old daughter Ł54 for 2 tickets
Ł50 - Ł60 fuel
Fetch our own packing up so were not bummed by Silverstones fast food prices
Ł10 ish
Maybe allow Ł10 - Ł20 spend for drinks/ ice creams so I havent gotta walk miles back to the car for a bottle of warm water.
Up @ 4am out on the road for 5am
near Silverstone for 7-7:30am
on stand for 11am thanks to queuing , quickly cleaned midday
rush round the show for 3-4 hours then thinking about going home lol
Thats Ł144 for a hectic day out. Probably out of the house for 14hrs
Fordfair is spread over a fair sized area!!!
If they was to listen to peoples opinions rather than take every opinion as a moan you may start getting some of the guys that have been for 10-15 years in a row back
Fordfair for me and family is too big to do in a day
I like the pre 2000 stuff
Spending hours walking through modern stuff to find older stuff wastes what time I spend there less
Im not the only one
For me to come back
It needs to be split up rather than mix and match everywhere
Reduce prices or dont charge me for passengers ( if showing )
I dont enjoy doing a 4 hour round trip and still have to add 3-4 hours onto that for getting in and out...
Most of the guys and girls with the older stuff still like to use their cars, they just just refuse to have their pants pulled down by Kelsey Media & Silverstone
If I was to go
me & wife plus 3 year old daughter Ł54 for 2 tickets
Ł50 - Ł60 fuel
Fetch our own packing up so were not bummed by Silverstones fast food prices
Ł10 ish
Maybe allow Ł10 - Ł20 spend for drinks/ ice creams so I havent gotta walk miles back to the car for a bottle of warm water.
Up @ 4am out on the road for 5am
near Silverstone for 7-7:30am
on stand for 11am thanks to queuing , quickly cleaned midday
rush round the show for 3-4 hours then thinking about going home lol
Thats Ł144 for a hectic day out. Probably out of the house for 14hrs
Fordfair is spread over a fair sized area!!!
If they was to listen to peoples opinions rather than take every opinion as a moan you may start getting some of the guys that have been for 10-15 years in a row back
Fordfair for me and family is too big to do in a day
I like the pre 2000 stuff
Spending hours walking through modern stuff to find older stuff wastes what time I spend there less
Im not the only one
For me to come back
It needs to be split up rather than mix and match everywhere
Reduce prices or dont charge me for passengers ( if showing )
11-08-2018, 02:42 PM
#47
I've found that life I needed.. It's HERE!!
To be honest if you paid for one ticket and printed it out 10 times you'd have got 10 people in with no questions asked, due to the intense scrutiny (not) the tickets were subjected to on the gate 😁
11-08-2018, 09:13 PM
#48
ą§~Quadzackular~§ą
I refuse to pay Ł27 per person if Im displaying my car
I dont enjoy doing a 4 hour round trip and still have to add 3-4 hours onto that for getting in and out...
Most of the guys and girls with the older stuff still like to use their cars, they just just refuse to have their pants pulled down by Kelsey Media & Silverstone
If I was to go
me & wife plus 3 year old daughter Ł54 for 2 tickets
Ł50 - Ł60 fuel
Fetch our own packing up so were not bummed by Silverstones fast food prices
Ł10 ish
Maybe allow Ł10 - Ł20 spend for drinks/ ice creams so I havent gotta walk miles back to the car for a bottle of warm water.
Up @ 4am out on the road for 5am
near Silverstone for 7-7:30am
on stand for 11am thanks to queuing , quickly cleaned midday
rush round the show for 3-4 hours then thinking about going home lol
Thats Ł144 for a hectic day out. Probably out of the house for 14hrs
Fordfair is spread over a fair sized area!!!
If they was to listen to peoples opinions rather than take every opinion as a moan you may start getting some of the guys that have been for 10-15 years in a row back
Fordfair for me and family is too big to do in a day
I like the pre 2000 stuff
Spending hours walking through modern stuff to find older stuff wastes what time I spend there less
Im not the only one
For me to come back
It needs to be split up rather than mix and match everywhere
Reduce prices or dont charge me for passengers ( if showing )
I dont enjoy doing a 4 hour round trip and still have to add 3-4 hours onto that for getting in and out...
Most of the guys and girls with the older stuff still like to use their cars, they just just refuse to have their pants pulled down by Kelsey Media & Silverstone
If I was to go
me & wife plus 3 year old daughter Ł54 for 2 tickets
Ł50 - Ł60 fuel
Fetch our own packing up so were not bummed by Silverstones fast food prices
Ł10 ish
Maybe allow Ł10 - Ł20 spend for drinks/ ice creams so I havent gotta walk miles back to the car for a bottle of warm water.
Up @ 4am out on the road for 5am
near Silverstone for 7-7:30am
on stand for 11am thanks to queuing , quickly cleaned midday
rush round the show for 3-4 hours then thinking about going home lol
Thats Ł144 for a hectic day out. Probably out of the house for 14hrs
Fordfair is spread over a fair sized area!!!
If they was to listen to peoples opinions rather than take every opinion as a moan you may start getting some of the guys that have been for 10-15 years in a row back
Fordfair for me and family is too big to do in a day
I like the pre 2000 stuff
Spending hours walking through modern stuff to find older stuff wastes what time I spend there less
Im not the only one
For me to come back
It needs to be split up rather than mix and match everywhere
Reduce prices or dont charge me for passengers ( if showing )
I went this year and paid the Ł27 for 2 of us! Its mental! Over priced everything inside but you expect that i guess so give in on the gate fee.
Dont think ill go next year as the sea of orange ST's is very old now and the show is filling with new focus and fiestas that once you have seen one its all the same and dont get me wrong it good that they show up and make the numbers but dont park next to each other! Make it better for the older guys to come back into the shows, maybe ill just classic Ford over at the pod from now on.
The passion ford stand i was on about 4-5 years ago was great as it had everything on.
Can i add Ł4 for a 99...
Hope i sleep better tonight now i got this on my chest
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13-08-2018, 09:51 AM
#55
Been going for over 2 decades now lol and Ł27 isn't that bad and the ques are getting better and this year was great people were getting in with very little fuss and it was busy all day with visitors so a guess the odd few moaning on tinternet are not making a difference lol
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massivewangers (13-08-2018)
13-08-2018, 10:18 PM
#57
PassionFord Post Whore!!
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STeve (14-08-2018)
14-08-2018, 01:32 PM
#60
at the last ford fair we attended many people were unhappy with the way the show was changing plus all the messing about with the organisers, there was a meet on stand and the vast majority agreed to not attend so I simply went along with the feeling and did not book the following year, so I asked at that time for someone to takeover pf events but nobody wanted to so that basically killed pf stands at shows, result was even with 1 years notice nobody else stepped up sadly, times have moved on with the organisers and attendees so I have no interest in getting re involved in any event kelsey run, and I hope someone does take over the events again as would love to see pf getting good press but with the decline of forums I doubt it will ever happen.
Last edited by STeve; 14-08-2018 at 01:38 PM.
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Eigdoog (15-08-2018)
23-08-2018, 09:29 AM
#61
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
I went
some cozzys there but so much new stuff
focus/fiesta
so probably the last time for me and my mates
going to start going to more different ones from now
lol I am old but most of the cars there were not
and the track time was unfortunately boring to watch
with only one or two trying to push it
some cozzys there but so much new stuff
focus/fiesta
so probably the last time for me and my mates
going to start going to more different ones from now
lol I am old but most of the cars there were not
and the track time was unfortunately boring to watch
with only one or two trying to push it
I agree a lot of new stuff, although i like going to watch track and take part and only focus on the older cars and track action, rarely do i do the full walk round as im not into pop and bang sticker covered focus and fiestas.
i enjoyed the day, its only as good as you make it
i just walked past anything i wasnt interested in
Last edited by davidfox280585; 23-08-2018 at 09:36 AM.
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Jay, (23-08-2018)
23-08-2018, 12:06 PM
#62
I'm Finding My Feet Here Now
haven`t been to ford fair for a couple of years (as i am from switzerland and can not make the trip every year).
when i started going 2009ish it was all orange ST`s and everybody was complaining, 1-2 years later it was all fiesta ST`s and everyboy was moaning.,but that is how the car world is moving and changing. people switch to newer cars...
still i enjoyed every single trip to the max! you guys are just happy to have such a big ford scene. if you want to attend a really sad show come over to switzerland where we have a car show like every two years with a max 100 cars
when i started going 2009ish it was all orange ST`s and everybody was complaining, 1-2 years later it was all fiesta ST`s and everyboy was moaning.,but that is how the car world is moving and changing. people switch to newer cars...
still i enjoyed every single trip to the max! you guys are just happy to have such a big ford scene. if you want to attend a really sad show come over to switzerland where we have a car show like every two years with a max 100 cars
24-08-2018, 12:15 PM
#63
Wahay!! I've lost my Virginity!!
The last tme i went to Ford Fair was about two years ago, i went up in my Sapphy and parked in the general car parking.
Came back to find some a*sehole had relieved me of all my jacking covers off the car.
I thought it was very nice of some fellow "car enthusiasts" to treat someone else car like that.
Kind of put me off going to it again in it.
Came back to find some a*sehole had relieved me of all my jacking covers off the car.
I thought it was very nice of some fellow "car enthusiasts" to treat someone else car like that.
Kind of put me off going to it again in it.
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STeve (24-08-2018)
25-08-2018, 09:32 AM
#65
PassionFord Post Whore!!
The last tme i went to Ford Fair was about two years ago, i went up in my Sapphy and parked in the general car parking.
Came back to find some a*sehole had relieved me of all my jacking covers off the car.
I thought it was very nice of some fellow "car enthusiasts" to treat someone else car like that.
Kind of put me off going to it again in it.
Came back to find some a*sehole had relieved me of all my jacking covers off the car.
I thought it was very nice of some fellow "car enthusiasts" to treat someone else car like that.
Kind of put me off going to it again in it.
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