Author Topic: 5th May Auto Italia - Brooklands (Read 9057 times)

hudsonhenry · « **on:** May 02, 2007, 09:12:18 AM »

This Sat is the Brooklands Auto Italia event, anybody here coming?

Dom · « **Reply #1 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:27:50 AM »

What time is best to get down to Brooklands and how much is entry?

fiatfsm · « **Reply #2 on:** May 02, 2007, 02:36:42 PM »

Im going with the Fiat Forum, get there early to avoid big qeues and I think its around Ã‚Â£8.

ciaoflyer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 02, 2007, 04:19:02 PM »

can't do sat, got to work :sad:

bis13 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:39:14 PM »

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!

hudsonhenry · « **Reply #5 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:04:17 PM »

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 Ã‚Â£9 or Ã‚Â£10 to get in.

bis13 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2007, 08:36:38 AM »

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:

fiatfsm · « **Reply #7 on:** May 05, 2007, 07:16:20 PM »

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:

bis13 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 05, 2007, 07:44:09 PM »

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 .

fiatfsm · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2007, 07:58:32 PM »

LOL, glad you enjoyed it

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

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

126dave · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2007, 10:52:37 PM »

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

Pete126 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2007, 12:59:34 PM »

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.

126dave · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2007, 01:26:18 PM »

ok pete i get that,i'll keep my comments to myself in future and keep my involvment with the club purely ciber........

bis13 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2007, 01:47:48 PM »

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.

richard its only a joke dont fret your action men are safe .

fiatfsm · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2007, 05:33:11 PM »

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!)