RE: Ginetta Sunday Service 25/02

RE: Ginetta Sunday Service 25/02

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NicGTI

509 posts

86 months

Thursday 8th February 2018
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Gazeratti said:
Forgot to add a plus 1 when I put my name down will this be a problem?
Pretty sure you can go back on via the link to the calendar and add your +1 to the notes

Gazeratti

38 posts

174 months

Friday 9th February 2018
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Cheers matey will have a look smile

andburg

7,211 posts

168 months

Friday 9th February 2018
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Wonder if Oliver Rowland will be going along after today’s announcement

Poisson96

2,098 posts

130 months

Tuesday 20th February 2018
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I've got to work in Plymouth, Vanessa Lee you're in smile

Turbo-Dan

69 posts

93 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Weather looking dry and sunny for sunday!

Martin_Hx

3,951 posts

197 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Definitely one to wrap up warm for, had a few passengers from my car drop out and Mrs doesn't want to come now so may end up being on my tod loser

raceboy

13,081 posts

279 months

Friday 23rd February 2018
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Are there any meet up points on route? It’s going to be dull drive up the M1 sat with the cruise control on ‘70’ on my own.
Anyone that sees a red Vantage give us a wave byebye

akadk

1,477 posts

178 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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raceboy said:
Are there any meet up points on route? It’s going to be dull drive up the M1 sat with the cruise control on ‘70’ on my own.
Anyone that sees a red Vantage give us a wave byebye
where are you travelling from ?

raceboy

13,081 posts

279 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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akadk said:
where are you travelling from ?
Joining the M1 north at J28.....

FELIX_5

Original Poster:

952 posts

196 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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Weather is looking great for tomorrow! Really looking forward to it. Car is all cleaned and juiced up.

MrMickS

37 posts

215 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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Getting close to being on the list. Will have to give the car a decent clean at this rate. Or just come in the Alfa Spider.

giblet

8,824 posts

176 months

Saturday 24th February 2018
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A thousand apologies to the good folks at PH hq but after spending the day coughing my lungs up I’ve had to remove my name from the list at a very late stage.

Very annoyed as this is the closest PHSS to me by some distance and I’ve loved the previous ones there.

Good news for Dazzler2903 as he now makes the cut. Enjoy.

stub101

561 posts

215 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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Thanks to PH for arranging a SS up Norf today and for the very kind people of Ginetta giving tours of their house.

Have to say though that I was pretty disappointed by the lack of decent cars there which meant there really was very little to see.

I know PH have little control over who attends, but I also feel the organisation was very lacking. What exactly was the point of restricting numbers to 200 when there was ample parking on the roads nearby? If it was made clearer whether anyone 200+ could attend then maybe that may have produced a better turnout.?.?.?

Even as a registered attendee we turned up in my mates Techart 911 Turbo at 9am, only to be directed round the back. Surely it would have made more sense to have the more interesting cars that people want to see all at the front, rather than a number of vans and other pretty mundane cars. A big part of events like these is seeing other interesting cars, but as such we didn’t really bother as it was like hide and seek!

Sorry for the negatives and maybe I’m on my own on this, but if not, perhaps it’ll be useful for future events.

raceboy

13,081 posts

279 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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stub101 said:
Sorry for the negatives and maybe I’m on my own on this, but if not, perhaps it’ll be useful for future events.
You are not on your own.
It’s fantastic that these all inclusive events are organised, and I alplauld all involved for arranging these events but it was my first ‘Sunday Service’ and was reviewing in relation to all the threads on here about controls, etc.
There were none, anyone could drive in park up and have a wander round, I printed off the parking sign, bit of a waste of time as only a small number of cars had one and no one checked it or my user name on the way in.
I had a friend who was number 201 on the list, he stayed at home, he could have added to the ‘nice car’ count but didn’t.
Was shocked to see someone who you’d think is a PH member allowing his kids to slide down the bonnet of one of the Ginetta show cars repeatedly, hope they showed a bit more restraint outside.
Spotted the 911 round the back, looked nice.

R8FUN

266 posts

202 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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I have to agree on the lack of organisation. Whats the point in e-mailing car park passes out & people putting them in the window if there is no-one checking them & sorting the parking out. It was a complete free for all. It really didn't matter if you were in the 200 - anybody could have turned up & got the factory tour.You could also get breakfast which Pistonheads said was not available!
Ginetta were brilliant, you were welcome to wander around, sit in cars, ask questions,very very accommodating, really enjoyed the tour.

raceboy

13,081 posts

279 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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R8FUN said:
Ginetta were brilliant, you were welcome to wander around, sit in cars, ask questions,very very accommodating, really enjoyed the tour.
Will second the above. yes
Even our tour guide who’s day job was welding was quite entertaining.

gazzathehutt

70 posts

107 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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My thanks to Ginetta for an excellent factory tour today. Loved the G55!

richatnort

3,018 posts

130 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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Yeh I'd agree with the comments too if I'm honest. I also got there just before 9 and managed to get one of the spots on the front in my mates Porsche but having a ford galaxy and a passat and other none exotic cars in there and then going round the back to see some Aston's, f types r, etc was a bit poor.

Thanks for organizing it though. We didn't go on a tour because by the time we got there the earliest time was 10:30 and didn't fancy waiting.

nn7man

125 posts

77 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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stub101 said:
Thanks to PH for arranging a SS up Norf today and for the very kind people of Ginetta giving tours of their house.

Have to say though that I was pretty disappointed by the lack of decent cars there which meant there really was very little to see.

I know PH have little control over who attends, but I also feel the organisation was very lacking. What exactly was the point of restricting numbers to 200 when there was ample parking on the roads nearby? If it was made clearer whether anyone 200+ could attend then maybe that may have produced a better turnout.?.?.?

Even as a registered attendee we turned up in my mates Techart 911 Turbo at 9am, only to be directed round the back. Surely it would have made more sense to have the more interesting cars that people want to see all at the front, rather than a number of vans and other pretty mundane cars. A big part of events like these is seeing other interesting cars, but as such we didn’t really bother as it was like hide and seek!

Sorry for the negatives and maybe I’m on my own on this, but if not, perhaps it’ll be useful for future events.
Agree with your comments too. Saw black turbo round the back, very nice. Mine was the white 991 turbo S packed round the front. I left at 9.45 as there wasn't much metal to admire outside and it was too cold to hang around for my 10.45 tour!

giveitfish

4,030 posts

213 months

Sunday 25th February 2018
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I’m local so popped in on-spec as a non-registered visitor and parked my Elise on the road. I’ve been twice before so wasn’t bothered about signing up and the tour (which is excellent).

Some lovely cars on show, I loved seeing and hearing the two Evora 400s for example but yes not much which counted as “exotic” this time round.

Was thinking this morning that it was down to the time of year - it’s cold, salty and when planning further ahead than the day before you have to expect wet and windy. Would be nice to have events up north in Summer too!

That said, sunshine in Ilkley brought all all-sorts out of hibernation this afternoon - saw a Ferrari 599, Aston Vanquish, Aventator, Mustang, E-Typea as well as MG’s and Porsche’s galore...