Would have been so much better if....
Discussion
Noble bought a couple of ez-ups and some tea/coffee facilities for these big meets (Britcar..etc..) maybe a bit more PR too ?
Wouldn't cost much and would go a long way - we heard this said by plenty of people on the day.
Simon any chance we get something sorted for future events?
On the plus side it was great to be able to wander through the pits and get up close and personal to the race car :)
Graham
Wouldn't cost much and would go a long way - we heard this said by plenty of people on the day.
Simon any chance we get something sorted for future events?
On the plus side it was great to be able to wander through the pits and get up close and personal to the race car :)
Graham
broad said:
Noble bought a couple of ez-ups and some tea/coffee facilities for these big meets (Britcar..etc..) maybe a bit more PR too ?
Wouldn't cost much and would go a long way - we heard this said by plenty of people on the day.
Simon any chance we get something sorted for future events?
On the plus side it was great to be able to wander through the pits and get up close and personal to the race car
Graham
Couldn't agree more,I was astonished not even a cuppa available,let alone merchandise, very surprised at that.
I'd blame the circuit! There is normally a catering van around that area, and with over 140 people, clearly outnumbering the rest of the people there, why on earth they didn't work that out and stick one of their vans between us and the Porsche club was beyond me....
Mind you, I was too busy seriously wondering how I can find an M10 for sale to worry too much about a cup of coffee
J
Mind you, I was too busy seriously wondering how I can find an M10 for sale to worry too much about a cup of coffee
J
Shame that catering van wasn't there - however an ez-up or two and a few large capacity urns are a doodle to do, is it really a circuit issue?
70 / 80 cars were anticipated and most turned up - its not like they didn't know we were coming !!!
Having run loads of corporate days at rally schools I like to think I know what keeps people happy on days like this. It doesn't have to be expensive - just a little thought.
G
70 / 80 cars were anticipated and most turned up - its not like they didn't know we were coming !!!
Having run loads of corporate days at rally schools I like to think I know what keeps people happy on days like this. It doesn't have to be expensive - just a little thought.
G
V6GTO said:
Hey at least you had some attendees, whilst we got 15 cars max
It'd help if the Porker was a Brit car!
Martin.
You may be taking the series name a tad too literaly
There were loads of porkers competing and 4 of the top 5 were made Pork. The winner was an American campaigned by Rollcentre!
My favourite was still the pimped out Merc 500 SEL. Lots of people complained about it, but they finished decently for such an incredibly slow car!
Graham[/quote]
Couldn't agree more,I was astonished not even a cuppa available,let alone merchandise, very surprised at that.[/quote]
Mrs Noble said that when they realised they had forgotton to ask Simon to organise the merchandise it was too late, but to be fair, Simon had plenty else to worry about.
It was nice to meet Simon (a truly nice man)and to meet up with some other owners.
...But I have to echo the comments above and add some about lost opportunity.
I feel really special about being a Noble owner - That could have been enhanced, brought to life and maybe even harnessed for the (good of Noble's) future on Saturday.
Tea & a Bacon roll anyone?
Portaloo?
No merchandise was surprising what astonished me:
70 people who've left behind, say, three and a half million quid with the factory might just have wanted to see the M14 - I'd guess you'd have taken at least three deposits (mine included). I know Noble have a long waiting list now but does anyone remember the late 80's?
Communication - I'm not sure you'd have got as many people (some driving 400+ miles round trip) turning up if they'd known how little was actually going to happen. So if Noble plan to do this again I think they're going to HAVE TO do much better with making it an event rather than a bunch of people in a car park. (By the way I'd have been happy to pay a few quid to help support that).
Still the lady in the Porsche caravan gave me a smile, a nice cup of tea, some crisps and a brochure and made a fuss of my 8 year old boy - I wonder what car he wants now? (actually it's still a Lamborghini - but it COULD have been a Noble).
Come on guys - next year make it work - we love the cars - all you have to do to turn us from customers into fans is to make us feel good/special!
...But I have to echo the comments above and add some about lost opportunity.
I feel really special about being a Noble owner - That could have been enhanced, brought to life and maybe even harnessed for the (good of Noble's) future on Saturday.
Tea & a Bacon roll anyone?
Portaloo?
No merchandise was surprising what astonished me:
70 people who've left behind, say, three and a half million quid with the factory might just have wanted to see the M14 - I'd guess you'd have taken at least three deposits (mine included). I know Noble have a long waiting list now but does anyone remember the late 80's?
Communication - I'm not sure you'd have got as many people (some driving 400+ miles round trip) turning up if they'd known how little was actually going to happen. So if Noble plan to do this again I think they're going to HAVE TO do much better with making it an event rather than a bunch of people in a car park. (By the way I'd have been happy to pay a few quid to help support that).
Still the lady in the Porsche caravan gave me a smile, a nice cup of tea, some crisps and a brochure and made a fuss of my 8 year old boy - I wonder what car he wants now? (actually it's still a Lamborghini - but it COULD have been a Noble).
Come on guys - next year make it work - we love the cars - all you have to do to turn us from customers into fans is to make us feel good/special!
All points taken, and for the most part, agreed with.
First off, Silverstone were reluctant to provide facilities for what they probably thought was going to be a sideshow (whereas in fact the Porsche and Noble paraders accounted for most of the pre-paid tickets sold for the event).
And in terms of PR, all the staff who were employed by the factory over the weekend were focused on the race effort, which left Noble owners in my hands. This is NOT negligence on Noble's part, but more a bi-product of having such a compact team here in Barwell. At the end of the day there were 140 of you and one of me. I'm a press man, not a PR, and I did my best.
Simon
First off, Silverstone were reluctant to provide facilities for what they probably thought was going to be a sideshow (whereas in fact the Porsche and Noble paraders accounted for most of the pre-paid tickets sold for the event).
And in terms of PR, all the staff who were employed by the factory over the weekend were focused on the race effort, which left Noble owners in my hands. This is NOT negligence on Noble's part, but more a bi-product of having such a compact team here in Barwell. At the end of the day there were 140 of you and one of me. I'm a press man, not a PR, and I did my best.
Simon
Having spoken to the secretary of the BRDC ( who own the track ) he said that the lack of publicity and organisation was all down to Britcar as they had only rented the circuit to them and were not the promotors for the event.
Having said that after all of the criticism over the years you'd have thought they would have wanted to see the event better attanded and possibly better organised.
Having said that after all of the criticism over the years you'd have thought they would have wanted to see the event better attanded and possibly better organised.
worty said:
Having spoken to the secretary of the BRDC ( who own the track ) he said that the lack of publicity and organisation was all down to Britcar as they had only rented the circuit to them and were not the promotors for the event.
Having said that after all of the criticism over the years you'd have thought they would have wanted to see the event better attanded and possibly better organised.
Theres more to the story than what was suggested by the secretary if you believe a post on the Britcar forum here. Basically silverstone refused to give the series any money from ticket receipts. Thus the race organiser/promoter had no real incentive to spend a load on publicity as it would all line silverstones pockets. Likewise Silverstone weren't too keen to risk their 150k from EERC by spending any money either despite being the only direct beneficiaries.
Its crap like this that makes me suspect that Bernie may have a point about BRDC & Silverstone!
Gassing Station | Noble | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff