RE: Prodrive Sunday Service 19/02

[KarlMac]

Really enjoyed the day, not sure what people expected re queuing when you had 250 + cars all arriving at the same time.

Got to see some legendary cars inside and a really good mix of cars outside.

A really minor nit pick but it would be nice to see a great presence from PH at these events. There was a decent guy stuck on the merch tent and someone handing out flyers on the way in and that was it really. Compared to times gone by where there used to be a few staffers around it's a bit of a shame.

[max b]

Super effort by the Prodrive guys (and PH staff) for opening up the factory and providing a presentation showing how much work they do behind the scenes. Free tea and coffee aswell, we got it too good

Hopefully they have us back again, even though the exit had been turned into a bit of a drag strip

[Podie]

ecsrobin said:

It did look good!

Lovely looking example.

Was quite taken by the grey E30 325i

[Dalto123]

Great Sunday Service this morning. Thanks to Prodrive and PH

Really nice collection of cars inside and out which were great to have a look around. I noticed a couple of photographers on my way out - did anyone by any chance snap a pic of my silver Elise S1?

[R129 300SL]

Thanks for a good morning.

Excellent experience inside the factory and a good selection of cars in the car park.

[RenesisEvo]

Really impressed with the access Prodrive put on, the staff were very friendly and knowledgable. I hope the drag strip wannabes don't prevent a return visit (perhaps they couldn't wait for Santa Pod?). Thanks for PH and Prodrive for putting on a great event.

A few photos from me:
Lotus Exige by M Banham, on Flickr
Behind the Door by M Banham, on Flickr
PH Skoda Superb by M Banham, on Flickr
Porsche 991 GT3RS by M Banham, on Flickr
Dacia Duster by M Banham, on Flickr
Wartburg 353 Tourist by M Banham, on Flickr
Ferrari F12 tdf by M Banham, on Flickr
Ariel Nomad by M Banham, on Flickr
Porsches by M Banham, on Flickr
Mazda MX-5 by M Banham, on Flickr
BMW M2 by M Banham, on Flickr
Fix It Again.. Today by M Banham, on Flickr

[highway]

It's a good morning out and it's free so it's churlish to moan. I will offer some constructive feedback. There are many posts on the pages prior to this one, where people are commenting on their position in the queue, with a view to their being allowed access on the day.

I don't quite understand why you would elect to add your name and bag 'a space' then not show up. Similarly, what is the point of running any form of registration if no one is going to be checking names from any register or keeping note of who has attended, who hasn't and who has arrived without being on the list.

If this keeps happenIng PH runs a very real risk of having people 'book' a SS slot, potentially traveling some distance to attend only to find the event full on arrival. MBW is always busy. Why run a register and reserve
List if you aren't going to use it.

The invitations clearly asked people to drive sensibly on arrIval and departure. I watched a fair few owners, perhaps encouraged by a small crowd, depart with a combination of launch control and poor clutch control. Does it impress anyone? Respect to those who managed to drive some powerful cars away quietly and without fuss.

[C70GT]

My first SS and what a great morning out. A big thank you to the PH team for organising and in particular to Prodrive for hosting us. No small undertaking on their part.

Some lovely cars in the car park, my favourite was the Connaught - never seen one of those before. The Wartburg estate is surely worth a mention - all credit to the PHer for keeping it on the road, cannot be an easy task. Haven't seen one of those for 30 years.

[va1o]

I enjoyed it, not really sure why people are moaning. It was a fun morning out with some nice cars on display and lots to see inside at Prodrive! Definitely a good start to the 2017 season, thanks to the organisers

[DanielSan]

Another top notch Sunday Service, and a very good location aswell. Can't wait for Silverstone in a couple of weeks, I've posted/am posting some pics onto my instagram so here's the link - https://www.instagram.com/dans_stuff/

[robdsn]

A thoroughly enjoyable morning, and really enjoyed having a look around the facility. Thanks to the Prodrive guys who gave up their morning to show us around, and thanks PH for organising.

[Jack Mansfield]

Podie said:

The Prodrive guys were great, but I've done a lot of SS. There was sufficient parking, so why direct me (and several others!) to an area where there was no parking? 3 parking zones.... not difficult to alternate where you send traffic!

Hmm. Not sure I agree. Trying to fill up one car park at a time (while giving out leaflets/schedules for the day) is far more logical and organised than sending everyone on a free for all for every car park they see! Prodrive staff very kindly volunteered to give up their Sunday for us and weren't marshalling (nor would we expect them to), and with only 3 PH staff there we could not re-route traffic.

First and only complaint I've seen though, so not all bad for a FREE event

[Jack Mansfield]

PS - thanks to all that attended today, really was a great day and hopefully the first of many at Prodrive!

Edited by Jack Mansfield on Sunday 19th February 18:18

[SmudgerByName]

Another great Sunday Service and a fantastic venue. Qs are always expected at events like this but there isn't much that could be done about it in all fairness. Grabbed a few photos of today so feel free to browse etc

http://s1145.photobucket.com/user/Smudgerbyname/Pi...

[chungster]

focusedtom said:

Great morning, thanks to you guys and Prodrive for putting the event on.

Shame to see the comments about numbers - I dumped my daily in Euro around the corner and walked, wouldn't have dreamed of applying for a space that someone with something much more exciting could have shown off (had a PH account for years but lost access to the email address linked to it).

Anyway, put together a little clip of some of the cars leaving. I don't profess to be a photographer/cameraman, just thought it would be cool for others to see.

Looking forward to the Silverstone one, see you all soon.

Sorry to disappoint in the last 5 seconds of your vid btw - most days I would have obliged with some pop pop bang bang but really didn't think it was wise to do what some were doing on the exit considering what's happened with MBW not inviting PH back. Was a brilliant morning seeing what Prodrive do and with it being the first SS of 2017.

Edited by Big Al. on Sunday 19th February 20:59

[focusedtom]

Don't worry, I thought it was hilarious.

[highway]

MBW not having PH back? I haven't heard about this??!!!

[TTR46]

focusedtom said:

Don't worry, I thought it was hilarious.

I think everyone did

[focusedtom]

I think it was the looks at the cameras that did it

[dts_v50]

Cracking day out at Prodrive this morning.

The staff at Prodrive were very friendly and passionate about what they do, the food was top notch to

Great variety of cars as well which made of some interesting sights through the car parks the F12 TDF was stunning.

Few pictures of the day here
https://flic.kr/s/aHskPrfBVF link now working

Great start to the SS calendar hope the rest are just as good.

Thanks once again to Prodrive for having us and the PH staff for making it happen.

Edited by dts_v50 on Sunday 19th February 19:43