Am I getting Jaded ?
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It was my local car show yesterday. I have been every year since it started 6or so years ago , it has grown and grown every year and is now about 5 times bigger than the original show . It covers most things motoring but is mainly
40s to 90s and a few main dealers with new cars , has proper beer and a couple of live music stages . It is just about the busiest event in the town .
I found it all rather boring!
Same cars (including one that I previously owned) nothing new or unusual to see the vast majority were just shiny weekend show cars . I didn't even turn my camera on .
I still get excited at seeing classic racing but have gone off seeing pretty shiny cars parked in a field , I also haven't been inside a museum for over 20 years .
Any one else given up on shows ?
40s to 90s and a few main dealers with new cars , has proper beer and a couple of live music stages . It is just about the busiest event in the town .
I found it all rather boring!
Same cars (including one that I previously owned) nothing new or unusual to see the vast majority were just shiny weekend show cars . I didn't even turn my camera on .
I still get excited at seeing classic racing but have gone off seeing pretty shiny cars parked in a field , I also haven't been inside a museum for over 20 years .
Any one else given up on shows ?
I've never found walking around looking at rows of parked cars very appealing - to me it's like going to an air show with no aircraft flying, pointless. I endured them for years as that's just about all a car club I was involved with did apart other than once every five years when there was a long-distance drive in commemoration of its founding.
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Riley Blue said:
I've never found walking around looking at rows of parked cars very appealing - to me it's like going to an air show with no aircraft flying, pointless. I endured them for years as that's just about all a car club I was involved with did apart other than once every five years when there was a long-distance drive in commemoration of its founding.
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Ahh ! Tulips ! I wonder how many of our younger members would be able to navigate via them ? Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
That has just encouraged me to get some OS maps a romer and brush up on my skills !
Circular herringbone anyone ?
grumpy52 said:
Riley Blue said:
I've never found walking around looking at rows of parked cars very appealing - to me it's like going to an air show with no aircraft flying, pointless. I endured them for years as that's just about all a car club I was involved with did apart other than once every five years when there was a long-distance drive in commemoration of its founding.
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Ahh ! Tulips ! I wonder how many of our younger members would be able to navigate via them ? Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
That has just encouraged me to get some OS maps a romer and brush up on my skills !
Circular herringbone anyone ?
grumpy52 said:
Riley Blue said:
I've never found walking around looking at rows of parked cars very appealing - to me it's like going to an air show with no aircraft flying, pointless. I endured them for years as that's just about all a car club I was involved with did apart other than once every five years when there was a long-distance drive in commemoration of its founding.
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Ahh ! Tulips ! I wonder how many of our younger members would be able to navigate via them ? Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
That has just encouraged me to get some OS maps a romer and brush up on my skills !
Circular herringbone anyone ?
Skyedriver said:
grumpy52 said:
Riley Blue said:
I've never found walking around looking at rows of parked cars very appealing - to me it's like going to an air show with no aircraft flying, pointless. I endured them for years as that's just about all a car club I was involved with did apart other than once every five years when there was a long-distance drive in commemoration of its founding.
Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
Ahh ! Tulips ! I wonder how many of our younger members would be able to navigate via them ? Nowadays I enjoy classic ownership infinitely more by driving my car as often and as far as time and money allows. I've just had the best ten days of my motoring life driving from Land's End to John O'Groats in my Riley, via B-roads, navigating using tulip diagrams, just the two of us - bliss, absolute bliss!
That has just encouraged me to get some OS maps a romer and brush up on my skills !
Circular herringbone anyone ?
Do navigators still learn all all the old skills ?
I never got as far as using a Halda or a Terratrip .
grumpy52 said:
It was my local car show yesterday. I have been every year since it started 6or so years ago , it has grown and grown every year and is now about 5 times bigger than the original show . It covers most things motoring but is mainly
40s to 90s and a few main dealers with new cars , has proper beer and a couple of live music stages . It is just about the busiest event in the town .
I found it all rather boring!
Same cars (including one that I previously owned) nothing new or unusual to see the vast majority were just shiny weekend show cars . I didn't even turn my camera on .
I still get excited at seeing classic racing but have gone off seeing pretty shiny cars parked in a field , I also haven't been inside a museum for over 20 years .
Any one else given up on shows ?
Grumpy, sounds like you're talking about Deal?40s to 90s and a few main dealers with new cars , has proper beer and a couple of live music stages . It is just about the busiest event in the town .
I found it all rather boring!
Same cars (including one that I previously owned) nothing new or unusual to see the vast majority were just shiny weekend show cars . I didn't even turn my camera on .
I still get excited at seeing classic racing but have gone off seeing pretty shiny cars parked in a field , I also haven't been inside a museum for over 20 years .
Any one else given up on shows ?
Seem to remember this one started off as the local classic bike show a few years back and has escalated quickly to what it is now, good show with plenty to see though.
What I do miss round here are the steam fairs which seem to have completely disappeared in the last few years, they used to have it all military, commercial, cars, bikes, traction and these were always shown on parade..
Also, you say that you've not been to a museum in 20 years - fair enough if that's not your thing but Dover Transport museum is well worth a look if you have a couple of hours to kill..
Yesterday was the first car show and jumble at our village, so they asked me to put my cars on display. Unfortunately I spent the morning at the hospital with gout in my right wrist, and no way could I drive the car anyway given the state I was in. But frankly I didn't miss it, having spent so many years organizing, putting direction signs up at the crack of day, sending exhibitors to their correct spot, having arguments because "their car wasn't prominent enough" then tidying up at the end with hardly a thank you. At the end of June there is a big show sponsored by the ACO. They want the XKSS and I have said yes - provided they have a covered trailer and I am not involved. I mean, I am sure I am not alone when, on inquiring about accommodation etc I was told that there were plenty of nice hotels around.
My thoughts exactly.
We used to visit the show at Tatton Park every year but it all got a bit tedious. We ended up looking at the auto jumble more than the cars.
Last time we went even the auto jumble was rubbish (we heard a whisper that the organising of it all had been taken over by a company from the south).
Not been to any show for a couple of years now.
We used to visit the show at Tatton Park every year but it all got a bit tedious. We ended up looking at the auto jumble more than the cars.
Last time we went even the auto jumble was rubbish (we heard a whisper that the organising of it all had been taken over by a company from the south).
Not been to any show for a couple of years now.
I think after events like Coys at Siverstone and the Goodwood Revival classic car shows are always going to feel a little flat.
Don't think I even bother these days.
But having said that, I'd still prefer to go to one than a one marque club event. Rows and rows of the same model lined up. I love my TVR because it's different, I don't wanna look at hundreds of the things.
Don't think I even bother these days.
But having said that, I'd still prefer to go to one than a one marque club event. Rows and rows of the same model lined up. I love my TVR because it's different, I don't wanna look at hundreds of the things.
vixen1700 said:
But having said that, I'd still prefer to go to one than a one marque club event. Rows and rows of the same model lined up. I love my TVR because it's different, I don't wanna look at hundreds of the things.
Oh, you'd LOVE a Porsche Owners Club meeting... 
It's not just the cars that look the same. All the owners are dressed in identical Porsche branded clothing too.
//j17 said:
On the odd occasions I DO go to a classic car show I'm always amazed by the number of broken down cars you see.
Leaving the bonnet open IS still the international sign of "I've broken down" isn't is?
Years ago at a show I saw a Jensen CV8 up on a jack so had a look to see what the trouble was - but he was showing off the underside of the car which was unnaturally clean and had the axle painted white. Leaving the bonnet open IS still the international sign of "I've broken down" isn't is?
Xcore said:
It depends if you get charged an entrance fee! I’m not too disappointed if a free show is pretty poor, good excuse to get away from family life and take the car out for a blast.
When the show promoters charge admission for exhibitors' cars most normal owners stay away. The promoters provide nothing for the paying public to see, relying on the old-car-owners to come and be the show, so they should be paid to come if anything.//j17 said:
vixen1700 said:
But having said that, I'd still prefer to go to one than a one marque club event. Rows and rows of the same model lined up. I love my TVR because it's different, I don't wanna look at hundreds of the things.
Oh, you'd LOVE a Porsche Owners Club meeting... It's not just the cars that look the same. All the owners are dressed in identical Porsche branded clothing too.
Allan L said:
When the show promoters charge admission for exhibitors' cars most normal owners stay away. The promoters provide nothing for the paying public to see, relying on the old-car-owners to come and be the show, so they should be paid to come if anything.
Seems to be a thing around me for some events to charge owners but free to spectators, not sure what that is aboutGassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff