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Balmoral Green
Original Poster
29,611 posts
117 months
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Just thought I would ask, seeing as folks are mooting their own meets.
A plain yes or no would be nice. No need to go round the houses with speculation of where & when and at what event.
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dirty boy
12,764 posts
78 months
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I've pressed the management, will have to wait and see.
I am willing to sort something, although it would be nice to have the support of PH, and plenty of notice.
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Claerbus
3 posts
70 months
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I'm one of the organisers of the Low 'n' Loud modified car show held at The Haynes Motor Museum, nr Yeovil - I'd be happy to reserve an area for a pistonheads display etc if everyone's up for it. We've also booked the small test track for public use. Its a really relaxed affair, Theres usually a good mix of cars from classic to chav but we keep tight rein on the latter. The date for 2009 is Sunday 5th July - the website will be updated with all 2009 info soon www.lownloud.net.Let me know if i need to save some space ?.
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Mattt
14,774 posts
87 months
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Claerbus said: I'm one of the organisers of the Low 'n' Loud modified car show held at The Haynes Motor Museum, nr Yeovil - I'd be happy to reserve an area for a pistonheads display etc if everyone's up for it. We've also booked the small test track for public use. Its a really relaxed affair, Theres usually a good mix of cars from classic to chav but we keep tight rein on the latter. The date for 2009 is Sunday 5th July - the website will be updated with all 2009 info soon www.lownloud.net.Let me know if i need to save some space ?. I looked at your site, but couldn't see any classics - just chav. PF couldn't be further from that.
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dirty boy
12,764 posts
78 months
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Mattt said: Claerbus said: I'm one of the organisers of the Low 'n' Loud modified car show held at The Haynes Motor Museum, nr Yeovil - I'd be happy to reserve an area for a pistonheads display etc if everyone's up for it. We've also booked the small test track for public use. Its a really relaxed affair, Theres usually a good mix of cars from classic to chav but we keep tight rein on the latter. The date for 2009 is Sunday 5th July - the website will be updated with all 2009 info soon www.lownloud.net.Let me know if i need to save some space ?. I looked at your site, but couldn't see any classics - just chav. PF couldn't be further from that. No offence Claerbus, but Matt's right, each to their own, but the drama that occured after one poor lad had a set of 6x9s in his 106 was quite remarkable. A whole field of them and CVM would have called in an aerial strike  Thanks for the offer though, but this is more of a get drunk and move Vixpys' tent sort of event, not a show.
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sadako
7,080 posts
107 months
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dirty boy said: move Vixpys' tent I'd just returned from worshipping the porcelain goddess when I heard "WHO STOLE MY F***ING TENT!" Funniest thing ever 
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Marky Mrk
24 posts
89 months
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Dupont666
14,243 posts
61 months
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sadako said: dirty boy said: move Vixpys' tent I'd just returned from worshipping the porcelain goddess when I heard "WHO STOLE MY F***ING TENT!" Funniest thing ever Hehe.... that was me and placed it next to the main entrance to the bar.... he walked past it about half a dozen times when coming into the bar and going back outside looking for the tent in question. Had the scariest ride home with him.... hungover, in the pissing rain, him with his Chimp was not the way I wanted to go home.... Ah... they were the old dayz  That chav incident with his sports exhaust and revving it every 5 mins was funny as f  k when vixpy used the chimp to show him what a real car sounded like....
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Mattt
14,774 posts
87 months
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ali_kat
22,443 posts
90 months
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Mattt said: A couple of us tried to organise something last year, after Ted confirmed there wouldn't be another one. After a lot of initial interest, it fell a bit flat But those of us that went, had a great time 
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Garlick
38,220 posts
109 months
PH Manager Bloke
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We had hoped to secure a venue for a summer event, but sadly in the end the final costs were just too high.
We'll be chatting with Petrolhead Nirvana over the next few weeks to see if we can come up with a plan, but as of right now it looks unlikely that PF will happen.
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Kermit power
14,859 posts
82 months
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Garlick said: We had hoped to secure a venue for a summer event, but sadly in the end the final costs were just too high. Has there been any member consultation on that? After all, BTaP is way more expensive than PF was, yet there are still enough PHers willing to pay out to, I assume, make that at the very least break even? I'm not suggesting people would be willing to pay the same for a camping weekend as they would for BTaP, but I can't imagine the costs are as high either? Surely it's difficult to know if the costs are too high without getting a feel for what we're prepared to pay?
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dirty boy
12,764 posts
78 months
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Kermit power said: Garlick said: We had hoped to secure a venue for a summer event, but sadly in the end the final costs were just too high. Has there been any member consultation on that? After all, BTaP is way more expensive than PF was, yet there are still enough PHers willing to pay out to, I assume, make that at the very least break even? I'm not suggesting people would be willing to pay the same for a camping weekend as they would for BTaP, but I can't imagine the costs are as high either? Surely it's difficult to know if the costs are too high without getting a feel for what we're prepared to pay? An example Silverstone Classic £79 for a 3 day pass Campsite with facilities £35 Total £114 for an International Event. Assume camping at a club circuit (Brands/Don/Snett etc) remains at £35. A weekend race, say the British F3 and GT Championship would cost £20 for two days racing. That's 55 notes. Throw in some haggling, £50 easily achievable. Throw £20 on top for a £70 ticket price - not bad for a weekend camping and racing IMO. Say 150 turn up (easily achievable) 150 x 20 = £3k to play with. £2k on a marquee £band? for one night? You don't need to lay on a lot of entertainment, most will be happy to yarn in front of a BBQ, and as we're car nuts, wandering around the pits and talking cars is enough. Just a thought
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Balmoral Green
Original Poster
29,611 posts
117 months
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So, are we going to organise our own? last years DIY was a bit of a flop, but we could try again.
May I suggest that it is nothing more than a get together in a rally field at a half decent camp site.
Beer, BBQ and car talk, nothing more.
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Vixpy1
40,829 posts
133 months
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sadako said: dirty boy said: move Vixpys' tent I'd just returned from worshipping the porcelain goddess when I heard "WHO STOLE MY F***ING TENT!" Funniest thing ever Bastids
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dirty boy
12,764 posts
78 months
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Balmoral Green said: So, are we going to organise our own? last years DIY was a bit of a flop, but we could try again.
May I suggest that it is nothing more than a get together in a rally field at a half decent camp site.
Beer, BBQ and car talk, nothing more. Just a thought... 2/3/4 October Britcar 6 hour at Silverstone 3 day pass £30 Onsite camping I've enquired about the camping cost, and to cofirm it's inside the circuit or directly adjacent to. Could be cold though 
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Matt172
11,040 posts
113 months
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dirty boy said: Balmoral Green said: So, are we going to organise our own? last years DIY was a bit of a flop, but we could try again.
May I suggest that it is nothing more than a get together in a rally field at a half decent camp site.
Beer, BBQ and car talk, nothing more. Just a thought... 2/3/4 October Britcar 6 hour at Silverstone 3 day pass £30 Onsite camping I've enquired about the camping cost, and to cofirm it's inside the circuit or directly adjacent to. Could be cold though October will be much warmer than Snett in the wind and rain
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JonRB
39,389 posts
141 months
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Matt172 said: October will be much warmer than Snett in the wind and rain So true.
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JonRB
39,389 posts
141 months
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Mattt said: Claerbus said: I'm one of the organisers of the Low 'n' Loud modified car show held at The Haynes Motor Museum, nr Yeovil - I'd be happy to reserve an area for a pistonheads display etc if everyone's up for it. We've also booked the small test track for public use. Its a really relaxed affair, Theres usually a good mix of cars from classic to chav but we keep tight rein on the latter. The date for 2009 is Sunday 5th July - the website will be updated with all 2009 info soon www.lownloud.net.Let me know if i need to save some space ?. I looked at your site, but couldn't see any classics - just chav. PF couldn't be further from that. Could be amusing to turn up in a Sagaris and park next to a custom hot hatch that ended up costing the owner £50k and saying "and look what you *could* have had" in your best game show voice-over guy voice. Mind you, the response would be "yeah, but where iz the ICE man? Mine's wikkid innit?"  (All in jest BTW)
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dirty boy
12,764 posts
78 months
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JonRB said: Could be amusing to turn up in a Sagaris and park next to a custom hot hatch that ended up costing the owner £50k and saying "and look what you *could* have had" in your best game show voice-over guy voice. Mind you, the response would be "yeah, but where iz the ICE man? Mine's wikkid innit?" (All in jest BTW) To be fair, I could take the Cerb and probably compete  the previous owner put in a £2k+ installation, it's ridiculously loud, although I suspect they'd look at me oddly when I crank up ZZ Top above their drum and bass sessions
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