Race Retro 2020

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droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Anyone planning to go? I'm hoping we have a storm-free weekend for it.

Anyone have a discount code? I've tried a few older ones with the year digits changed, but nothing doing.

Yertis

18,015 posts

265 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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race retro - bit of Yertis typography for anyone that’s interested.




coppice

8,561 posts

143 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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I had a discount code from Motor Sport. Except it is nothing of the sort - it gets you a discount on the day but makes no difference to the advance tickets most of us buy . Anyway , I am going , to warm myself up for the forthcoming race/ speed event season - cars to see , people to catch up with .

Is the parking all grass? If so it'll be slippy mud by now I bet ? I will take the 4wd I think

Riley Blue

20,908 posts

225 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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VIP parking is available, at laughable prices: https://www.raceretro.com/vip-parking

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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coppice said:
I had a discount code from Motor Sport. Except it is nothing of the sort - it gets you a discount on the day but makes no difference to the advance tickets most of us buy .
I've seen similar for the NEC Classic show, it's a marketing analysis code rather than a discount code.

threespires

4,289 posts

210 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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Booked for Friday

ds666

2,605 posts

178 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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EXHIB20

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Thank you very much, booked now.

ceesvdelst

289 posts

54 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Bit over priced this year to be honest, used to be able to get tickets for 20 quid, now its 23 and 28 on the day which is ridiculously over priced really.

I guess I will give it a miss, these shows seem to get more and more expensive over the years. with less and less content, this show had its peak for the first few years but has steadily dribbled away after that. every few years a new promoter comes in, tried things and it still manages to keep going, the bric a brac hall used to be enormous, hardly anything now.

And it isn't the venue, as the off road bike show there is very cheap. Or was before it moved.

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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ceesvdelst said:
Bit over priced this year to be honest, used to be able to get tickets for 20 quid, now its 23 and 28 on the day which is ridiculously over priced really.
Not if you use the code that ds666 kindly provided above, and buy an advance ticket.

findmecarshows

5 posts

49 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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ds666 said:
EXHIB20
Awesome, thanks for this! smile

ceesvdelst

289 posts

54 months

Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Just a quick note, if you use this code, can you only use it on Friday, concerned I might be prevented entry at weekend?

droopsnoot

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241 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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I bought tickets for Saturday with it, no mention of it only being usable on Friday and it offered tickets for all three days. Normally if the code only applies on certain days, it only shows the special price for those days. For example NEC classic show codes don't usually apply to the Friday, so if you put one in, it shows the standard prices for that day, and the special ones for the days they apply.

I'm guessing it's the code that people who have display stands give to customers and friends for a bit of discount. Only weird thing was that I was expecting to have to print my own tickets, but it appears that they're coming in the post - I don't recall ignoring a "print at home" option.

Longnose

248 posts

112 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Just booked a ticket for Friday. The ticket is a pdf attached to the confirmation email which you have to print. My ticket doesn't say Friday only, just Friday 21 to Sunday 23. Thanks to ds666 for the discount code.

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Wednesday 19th February 2020
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I must have missed a tick-box then, my email says they'll be sent by standard delivery. If they're not in the post tomorrow I'll call them to see what happens.

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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As they didn't appear in the post, I've had my confirmation email re-sent and it now says to collect from the organisers office, so that's a relief.

t.boydy

168 posts

61 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Just got back from setting my stand up.

Pop and say hello, hall 2 stand 2-110

Tom

lemmy

6 posts

149 months

Thursday 20th February 2020
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Hi, all
Is anybody likely to check a ticket bought with the code suggested here?

droopsnoot

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11,809 posts

241 months

Friday 21st February 2020
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I wondered about that, but often these codes are given to exhibitors / stall holders to provide to their customers and friends/family to get a discounted ticket. We used to get a code for friends/family discount at the Pageant of Power, for example. I'm hoping that's the case here - ask me again on Sunday.

RobFerrari

793 posts

203 months

Friday 21st February 2020
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I am attending the show tomorrow. I have gone for the last couple of years and really enjoyed it. Sounded like they listened to feedback from last year and improved the rally stage viewing..

Hoping the weather holds!