the strut brace

well, heres my sixpenneth worth,sorry but the show was 5hit, boring as fuk, track shows ARE the way forward, there was nowt to do AT ALL!!!, you walk round the 'SHOW ' twice by 10.30 and then what??? you have to stay till 4.30 for prizegiving, what the fuk are you supposed to do for the other 6 hours???traders and stands were cack,4 traders selling tat, only decent traders was gms and lee at fusion,you have to walk round and round and round and round again and again looking at the same cars you seen the week before, there was a format for the shows which since the trackskows(santa/croft/beds/knockhill etc etc ) have appeared has imo showed the weakness's in these type of shows, they are boring. i for one wont be going to any more of these types of shows, they are not worth the petrol money, in effect i payed £60 to go to that show, i can think of a hundred things i would rather buy with sixty quid instead of walking round shows like this.rant over!!!

am i alone in thinking this???

at this point i would like to congratulate all the guys and girls who have gone into the trackshows, you lot are the future and make it worth goin to shows

Niall.b

Not worth the trip then?

the strut brace

NO!, and to make matters worse, burger was £3.20, can of pop was 80p and it pissed down, i cant help feel ripped off at all shows for food and drink

Niall.b

i was planning to make the trip over but didnt get the car ready in time. thought it might have been a good one for us as its close to the ferries on your side. wont bother next year by the sound of your report mate.

the strut brace

it depends what you want in a show, if thats your thing then it was ok, but i feel the scene has changed big time and i find these shows crap now, i go to a show to be entertained and look at stuff, not see the same cars that i saw a week ago and nothing else apart from a bunch of rusty bits and nowt else. these shows need to be better imo.

Niall.b

fair comment but at least you have choices. compared to over here where there are relatively few shows in the year & not much on the track front either

ste.w.

Just got back from Cumbria. I personally thought it was a decent day. We only had a couple of passing showers. I see your point mate regarding track shows, but in reality not every regonal day can be held at a circuit. Dont forget that all of these shows are privately funded and organised by voulenteers. The whole idea of a regional day is that it is held in that clubs region. True, it can get a bit boring at times and there was a serious lack of traders there, but lets not be too harsh on the organisors.

Alps Pacino

lightwater valley was the shits last year, tbh most regional days are shit. Same cars different shows. The full rsoc sceen is getting boring imo, i will only be doing the local regional days and the big track days.

the strut brace

not the weather that im complaining about, that just compounded the problem, i think the shows THAT DONT CATCH UP WILL DIE A DEATH TBH, THERE WASNT AS MANY CARS IN THE CAR PARK AS THERE was last year (bastad caps!!!) im not meaning to have a go at the organisers at all , its just the general feeling i have and i spoke to a lot of people who felt exactly the same, and hey if you dont know threes a prob, ya cant fix it can ya

the strut brace

amen to that mate.

Zetec Andy

I think the best show was Croft lastyear, plenty of good trade stands and a full days track action, the burgers were cheaper too!

the strut brace

funnily enough , thats our show theres no reason why more groups cant do it, the scottish lads said no to it but then yes and now theya er doin knockhill, maximum respect to that and thats a show i WILL be attending

Alps Pacino

Croft is a good show and only 15 mins away, national day is good, ford fair was good last time i went (3 years ago) but should make it this year. The rsoc needs to get its arse in gear and sort its shit out, otherwise they will either get new members then loose them after a year or loose original members all together. Plus some people take it far to seriously it supposed to be fun but gets very political

Zetec Andy

I really enjoyed croft lastyear but then again the weather helped a lot i even thought it was better than TOTB

Niall.b

how far is croft from Troon?

the strut brace

wheres troon? what ferry would you be getting? i e where is it docking?

craig todd

i was suposed to go with the cleveland group but work put a holt, and i was gutted, was it really that bad?

Niall.b

travelling from belfast or larne to troon / cairnryan / stranraer. depends on whats cheapest. distance isnt really much of an issue. whats the dates?

the strut brace

its not that show in particular, its shoes like that , they are just outdated imo

the strut brace

pmsl, where the fook are those places???

Stavros

I HATE static shows and cant belive people bother to put them on or bother to attend, boring as fuck.

Its like cruises, lame as fuck and bored in 15mins unless theres some action.

Dont understand the appeal myself

the strut brace

im with you on that one mate

Alps Pacino

With the up and coming drifting, i think that these types of events will take over, and the static shows will die a death in deffo the next 5 years.

Niall.b

Scotland

the strut brace

how high up on the west coast are the places, , carlisle to newcastle is an hour and newcastle to croft is 1 hour ish, so thats 2hrs + whatever time it takes you to get to carlisle from gettin off the ferry

Niall.b

stranraer to carlisle bout 2 1/2 hours, where is croft close to , tryin to find it on the map?

Alps Pacino

darlington, middlesbrough, stockton

the strut brace

yorkshire way on

Niall.b

lookin about 4 hour drive then. any dates for something worth making the trip for?

Alps Pacino

couldnt you get a ferry to liverpool would be quicker from liverpool i think.

the strut brace

3rd of july, croft

Niall.b

Liverpool is an overnight crossing for us on the way over but a daytime return which is piss boring. scotlands probably quicker in the long run. Is that your regional show / track day. how many cars usually attend & whats the crack like the night before?

Alps Pacino

Its a good show and Yarm is a decent night out only 10mins away.

Stoo

I stay in Troon!!!

COS 22

iTrader: (1)

stranraer is about 3 hours only to croft
m6, a66 - darlington and you are there

now do you think the proposal at the agm is still a bad idea ?????

more big shows with attractions, less smaller shows ??

static shows are exactly that, they still are a get together though, not everyones a hoon like you

get booking for croft and knockhill

the strut brace

you calling me a hoon your twice as bad, apart from when your trying to convince yourself your sensible NUTTER!!!

Daviet

niall b maybe worth taking the trip to knockhill for the scottish regional day.
theres a post in the shows section.
hopefully be a decent show and some good trackaction

Niall.b

Yarm, now theres a place i have heard about. Tall trees club there innit. gotta be worth a night out

Alps Pacino

Tall Trees is the shits, sorry to disapoint but its full of geordies who get a free coach down and try and fill everyone in, proper arseholes

the strut brace

pmsl at that, your not wrong, and peple from sedgefield