Prodrive and Aston Martin Racing Tour
Discussion
Right based on the impromptu list on another thread I'm going to organise a tour of the Prodrive Factory at Banbury (yes the one just off the M40)
Many may know it is owned by Astons Ex Chairman David Richards
Not so many may know it has a long history as the home of the official Aston Martin Racing Team, so this is where all the race cars are developed, built and repaired.
This will give you some insight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrelkNzdLU&lis...
And there is more info here
http://www.prodrive.com/level3.html?id=811
Address -
Prodive Ltd, Acorn Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 3ER
Saturday 17th May at 10:30AM for 11AM start cost is £25/person on the day, under 16's are free, no children under 9
We are limited to 35 people so we may have to run a reserve list.
The Aston Le Mans cars will be in build that weekend.
Just to be clear this is not one of my "drives" it is "just" a factory tour.
So if you are interested cut and paste with your name added!
OK so updating I think we now have!
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - dredders +1
10 & 11 - Speech +1
12 - cableguy1984
13 - Bomberh
14 - Vergis
15 - Pete675
16 - J12MOC
17 - TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
18 & 19 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
20 & 21 - Simon T +1
22 & 23 - thetees + mrs thetees
24 & 25 - Roocarl + child
26 & 27 - The Groves + 1
28 - StephenP
29 & 30 - Dewi +1
31 & 32 - DAMIT +1
33 & 34 - GingerMunky +1
35 & 36 - ShrpshireAston +1
Many may know it is owned by Astons Ex Chairman David Richards
Not so many may know it has a long history as the home of the official Aston Martin Racing Team, so this is where all the race cars are developed, built and repaired.
This will give you some insight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIrelkNzdLU&lis...
And there is more info here
http://www.prodrive.com/level3.html?id=811
Address -
Prodive Ltd, Acorn Way, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 3ER
Saturday 17th May at 10:30AM for 11AM start cost is £25/person on the day, under 16's are free, no children under 9
We are limited to 35 people so we may have to run a reserve list.
The Aston Le Mans cars will be in build that weekend.
Just to be clear this is not one of my "drives" it is "just" a factory tour.
So if you are interested cut and paste with your name added!
OK so updating I think we now have!
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - dredders +1
10 & 11 - Speech +1
12 - cableguy1984
13 - Bomberh
14 - Vergis
15 - Pete675
16 - J12MOC
17 - TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
18 & 19 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
20 & 21 - Simon T +1
22 & 23 - thetees + mrs thetees
24 & 25 - Roocarl + child
26 & 27 - The Groves + 1
28 - StephenP
29 & 30 - Dewi +1
31 & 32 - DAMIT +1
33 & 34 - GingerMunky +1
35 & 36 - ShrpshireAston +1
Edited by mikey k on Tuesday 13th May 18:54
bomberh said:
Quick question? may be a silly question, but is the £27 for the tour, or for something else on the tour, like lunch?? If it is for the actual tour, is this the general public rate, or our rate? thought I would ask, as I haven't heard of paying to do a factory tour unless it has a museum or something attached to the tour.
£27 is the currently advertised rate for a tour at the weekend.I will haggle on this of course
They do have a small "museum" and shop and have always charged for tours.
Believe me it is A LOT more interesting than the Gaydon Factory Tour
triple5 said:
It's a great tour. Did this a few years back when they used to run the Subaru World Rally Team, they have a couple of the cars in the collection.
Last time I did it they were building the DBR9's and Impreza WRC cars. I know they are doing the WRC Minis and I guess the current Vantage race cars for various seriesMorning!
Prodrive have just called back to confirm details
11AM on 17th May
Cost is £25/person under 16s are free
Unfortunately no under 9s though
To ensure everyone can see and hear what is going on we need to limit the numbers to 35
I've updated the fit post with this info and will tidy the list later
Prodrive have just called back to confirm details
11AM on 17th May
Cost is £25/person under 16s are free
Unfortunately no under 9s though
To ensure everyone can see and hear what is going on we need to limit the numbers to 35
I've updated the fit post with this info and will tidy the list later
Updated List
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
We are actually over the 35 already but I hope we can sneak a few more in and a few may drop out?
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
We are actually over the 35 already but I hope we can sneak a few more in and a few may drop out?
Edited by mikey k on Monday 3rd February 11:12
Updated List
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Speech +1
dredders + 1
Pete675
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Speech +1
dredders + 1
Pete675
Updated List
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Speech +1
dredders + 1
Pete675
cableguy1984
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Bravo73 (either date works for me)
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Speech +1
dredders + 1
Pete675
cableguy1984
speech said:
Ooh, can I nab Bravo's recently vacated spot for my +1 please?
I guess so but we are getting too many for the Prodrive guide if we take any more1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - LARacer +1 (either date ok)
10 - Speech +1
11 & 12 - Y100 n best mate
13 - Bomberh
14 gpb1
15 Tony Hall
16 speech
17 ShrekV12VR
18 J12MOC
19 TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V + 1
30 & 31 - StephenP + 1
32 & 33 - Dewi 1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
dredders + 1
Pete675
cableguy1984
Vergis
OK so updating I think we now have!
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - dredders +1
10 & 11 - Speech +1
12 - cableguy1984
13 - Bomberh
14 - gpb1
15 - Tony Hall
16 - speech
17 -Pete675
18 - J12MOC
19 - TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V +1
30 & 31 - StephenP +1
32 & 33 - Dewi +1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Vergis
TheGroves +1
roocarl
1 & 2 - Mikey & Mrs K
3 & 4 - Baron von Alders +1
5 & 6 - MollyGTi & RobGT
7 - williamp
8 & 9 - dredders +1
10 & 11 - Speech +1
12 - cableguy1984
13 - Bomberh
14 - gpb1
15 - Tony Hall
16 - speech
17 -Pete675
18 - J12MOC
19 - TheGroves ( if it's the 17th as the 18th is 'Caring With Cars')
20 & 21 - PeddersDB9 (+his eldest)
22 & 23 - Simon T +1
24 & 25 - thetees + mrs thetees
26 & 27 - triple 5 +1
28 & 29 - CatalystV12V +1
30 & 31 - StephenP +1
32 & 33 - Dewi +1
34 & 35 - DAMIT +1
36 & 37 - GingerMunky +1
38 & 39 - ShrpshireAston +1
Reserve List
Vergis
TheGroves +1
roocarl
MollyGTi said:
mikey k said:
for this Saturday!
I'll be in the M135i
Don't suppose it helps but we feel majorly p*ssed off for you. Hope this story has a happy ending very soon I'll be in the M135i
Look forward to seeing you Saturday anyway, hope Kay is coming too.
Remind us all what time we are to turn up please ….
I'm sworn to secrecy at the moment
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