Club126UK
Welcome to the CLUB126UK Forum => Meetings & Events => Topic started by: hudsonhenry on May 02, 2007, 09:12:18 AM
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This Sat is the Brooklands Auto Italia event, anybody here coming?
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What time is best to get down to Brooklands and how much is entry?
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Im going with the Fiat Forum, get there early to avoid big qeues and I think its around £8.
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can't do sat, got to work :sad:
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ciao stanford hall is near to you , i also forgot i sorted your speedo cable out and packed it up then forgot to send it so i will do tommorow , sorry but it will get there eventually!
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Entry for those wishing to display their cars is via the old entrance before 11am and via the new mercedes entrance after that. I think its £9 or £10 to get in.
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hope you all have a great time today, sorry i cannot get down as well but sons first football match takes priority (under sevens rock!) . :cool:
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Sad not to see you mick... or anyone else, what a bloomin shambles :roll:
one of the premier Italian car events of the year and just me and two BIS on the 500 club stand... was a brilliant event too, top class all round, Ill post some pics in a minute :wink:
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well i had a great time watching 6 yr olds kicking bits out of eachother, bought a tear to my eye.. hope you had a great time .
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LOL, glad you enjoyed it :lol: Its just a shame, how are we supposed to get the 126 noticed and the club taken seriously if the owners of 126s wont take them out :oops: its been like it for years, the 500 owners travel hundreds of miles to events :???: people were saying to me, I havent seen one for years, they are so rare, I say no, theres loads in the club... so they ask where are they :lol:
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it amazes me that you guys cant be botherd to meet up.....................................im 126ing alone here,1 or two others but no shows etc.....jeez,rohayah and i would love to meet up and chat with other loonies.......and if it was'nt for the 300 quid ferry we'd be there..and you lot moan about a slurp of petrol to go to the shows??
also,with a 2 or 3 126 turn out at brooklands,it doesnt makes us feel like shelling out to come over either......shame really.GET A GRIP GUYS
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members of the club don't expect to get wrapped over the knuckles for not turning up to a car show, everybodies situation is different. its not that we can't be bothered! but there are other factors that the above comments have not taken into account.
most members have family, work, morgages and other commitments. which are there priorities. car shows in my circumstances come down the bottom of the list, there's nothing i'd like better than to pack the car up on a friday and go off for the weekend to meet like minded enthusiasts, but in essence i can't afford to do that, and probably 95% of the guys on here can't either.
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ok pete i get that,i'll keep my comments to myself in future and keep my involvment with the club purely ciber........
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now now lets not get heated i understand its hard for some to get out due to costs time etc . but if its on your doorstep its like going down the shops .its putting a face to a car that is nice i enjoy meeting the owners. i want to arrange a barbie in the late summer i fully understand if members up north find it impossible to come thats fine . its why i posted a thread about setting up little regional cells a while ago that way members get to know a few localish owners and if a bigger meet is arranged then can travel "ensemble" in a little convoy . i hope that this retro rides show is central enough for a good amount to turn up . i will have an 8 man tent the size of a house and all are welcome to kip in it if need be. i feel bad that i did not go to brooklands had it not been my sons first footie match i would have let my wife go own her own but i had to go as a good father. anyhow we must all meet up soon to go and give richard a kicking. :lol: richard its only a joke dont fret your action men are safe .
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yeah but mick, its not just the once is it... 126 owners just cant seem to be bothered to get out and about. Its OK having little meets but if members never make an effort to get to the AutoItalia events and the like, how are we supposed to get noticed and attract new mebers and fans to our cars? I mean, 2 of the 3 cars present were on the 500 club stand, hardly inspiring is it?
Sometimes I wonder if its worth bothering, I drove a round trip of 175 miles that day and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing, but its very lonesome being the only aircooled 126 amongst hundreds of cars!
Whats the point in siting at a computer typing about how you love the 126 and saying what you have done to them, only not to bring em out, its weird :sad:
I feel sorry for Chris and the club, he is let down all the time he plans something by apathy of members.
Sorry if its got anyones back up, but if you want to have a go, turn up at something and tell me (remember mick saying this once and it didnt work for him either!)
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well i understand how you feel its very hard to get members to commit time to meeting and can be frustrating , i have found it hard to rally people to meet. there is no point in a club if it is only going to be used solely on the internet. the only thing i suppose that can be done is to give members good notice before an event. i jumped on the organiser of the kit car show a couple of weeks before the actual event so was not suprised that it was only me and chris who attended. i have also suggested a meet in london (there are loads of members who are situated in this area) but got little response . i accept that its hard for people to attend these sometimes but it appears to be all the time.
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i would understand if we were running chevy/ford V8 powered hotrods at 10mpg.............but surely to whizz up to a meet at 56mpg+ for a few hours is not asking the earth is it??........id love to meet people face to face who have helped me either verbaly or with parts,buy them a beer/coke and shake hands,is this me just being old fashioned?....... :smt006
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well, lets not worry too much, the most ever cars we've had at one meet was 9!! that was up north at a microcar rally. It was fantastic having that many 126's together.
I have to agree with Peter, it is hard for some people, especially when i dont arrange enough meets to suit everyone around the country, admittedly i find it hard work arranging meets up north because of th distance i have to travel. As soon as i finish my exams at end of may i will start to organise everything alot better for the summer meets. I want to do Auto italia at stamford hall, Leicestershire, we had 4 126's that day.
Mick bbq down south will be great, we'll plan it well and give everyone lots of notice then there is no excuse not to turn up.
regards
Chris
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i am going to stanford hall on sunday for this east european thing i can my car is a polski fiat!! if you want to go as well we can meet up on route and drive up together. let me know what your doing.
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i would love to bring my 126 to most meets and like most people say have a drink and a laugh,i have met up with chris and david a few times at the micro car meet even though i havent had my 126,i will come to alot off events when my 126 is complete and on the road but find it a pretty stupid to turn up to a micro car meet or auto itallia in a bmw,it totally defeats the object to me,i really cant wait to meet alot off you but would find it arkward travelling 300miles in something thats 8 times the power and saying hi but i havent got my 126 with me...........
i will only come when my 126 is with me,
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mate you can come down to our barbie in your beemer no problem just as long as you leave da bling an ya piece at home buoy... :cool:
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It was a great day out I did find a 126 there and the good thing was I got to meet up with Hudson and get a good view of his little car on the Day...
We have a lot of photos in the Gallery if you would like to view them at CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW (http://www.cento-rebels.com/cpg/)