BoxenGasse anyone go ?
BoxenGasse anyone go ?
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GT3Manthey

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4,743 posts

70 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Not seen any pics on here as of yet just wondering if many there

Looks a fab venue and pics on FB looked great

Gixxerdave

134 posts

94 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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We went , no pictures unfortunately !!

Great event , never seen so many Porsches in one place.
Plenty of exotica as well , lots of early 70's stuff.

philnotts

705 posts

221 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Is this a yearly event?

GT3Manthey

Original Poster:

4,743 posts

70 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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Gixxerdave said:
We went , no pictures unfortunately !!

Great event , never seen so many Porsches in one place.
Plenty of exotica as well , lots of early 70's stuff.
Nice must go along next time.

IS there food etc there ?

Gixxerdave

134 posts

94 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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There was one food outlet there , usual Covid scenario ...
Order on an app , then collect , not a lot of choice tbh !!

Picnic was the way to go , plenty of picnic tables laid on , or plenty of room to set up yourself with chairs , blankets etc.

dibblecorse

7,263 posts

213 months

Wednesday 26th August 2020
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I went with the wife, good little day out, some superb cars, loads of pigs on IG

https://www.instagram.com/boxengasseco/

GT3Manthey

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4,743 posts

70 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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So what do they do here exactly ?


Essential

1,079 posts

231 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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Great event. Loads of room. At the new Autofarm HQ

dibblecorse

7,263 posts

213 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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GT3Manthey said:
So what do they do here exactly ?
Have a little read of this .. https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/air-...

AinsleyB

271 posts

102 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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I went, very friendly, loads of interesting Porsche's. Autofarm was on display - looking nice. Great spot for a picnic. I went last year to the evening event and open air cinema, which was excellent.

AW10

4,609 posts

270 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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I went this year and last year as well. At the risk of offending the owners of water cooled Porsches I enjoyed last year's event much more. Last year was aircooled cars only in the "display" area around pseudo artistically arranged hay bales whereas this year was just loads and loads of Porsches parked in a field. Before anyone gets too wound up I own own of each flavour but find the aircooled cars much more interesting as so many more have evolved over the years and been changed to suit their owner's personal tastes and aspirations. This year's event could have been a random PCGB meet or Simply Porsche at Beaulieu - it was no longer special. IMHO etc etc.

Prestonese

805 posts

126 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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dibblecorse said:
GT3Manthey said:
So what do they do here exactly ?
Have a little read of this .. https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/air-...
Is this another variation to Magnus Walker? Even the beard tried it's best to play along.

Jesting aside, I went to this and thought it was great just to be out chatting to people again. Lots and lots of cool cars there. Almost like an unofficial Luftgekult gatecrashed by some moderns cars.

Catering was terrible though - both the service and quality.

GT3Manthey

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4,743 posts

70 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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dibblecorse said:
Tks
So they basically sell apparel and run alongside the Autofarm business .
Good to know

I get his idea of buying what he calls a st Box and developing it to your exact driving enjoyment.
Trouble is costs escalate but then if you're keeping it forever then it matters not i guess

Edited by GT3Manthey on Friday 28th August 09:28

dibblecorse

7,263 posts

213 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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Prestonese said:
Is this another variation to Magnus Walker? Even the beard tried it's best to play along.

Jesting aside, I went to this and thought it was great just to be out chatting to people again. Lots and lots of cool cars there. Almost like an unofficial Luftgekult gatecrashed by some moderns cars.

Catering was terrible though - both the service and quality.
Sounds about right, I was one of the modern car gatecrashers, this was in fact my 1st ever Porsche event so with no knowledge of the history had no idea it was meant for the air-cooled purists, then again, all the modern cars were popped in a separate enclosure so not sure it spoilt anything, I also suspect they couldn't do all the hay bale accessorising etc as it then becomes an invite to sit / mingle / not socially distance etc.

I heard that about the catering, we are local enough that didn't need to partake, was great to see so many lovely cars out though.

Gixxerdave

134 posts

94 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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As I wrote earlier , we went to this , in a "MODERN " Porsche !!!

The catering was pretty poor , not much choice and expensive , but having had a look online the day before we bought our own picnic.

Not much to do in terms of entertainment / stalls / merchandise etc !!

HOWEVER , that is to miss the point.

This was one of those events where all the interesting stuff was in the "Car Park " . There were hundreds and hundreds of classic Porsche of every type , age , colour , model etc , including old 911's of the sort that you normally only see in magazines.

All the car events we go to , my wife always wants to know which car I would take home given the chance ......?

I can honestly say I was changing my mind every other car , and i genuinely couldn't settle on one car.

We will definitely go again next year , even though to the " Purists ' we were in the "wrong " car , and on the face of it there was nothing to do !!!!

roca1976

636 posts

136 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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NoBrakesWC

404 posts

70 months

Friday 28th August 2020
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Essential said:
Great event. Loads of room. At the new Autofarm HQ
Taking the mickey again because i couldn't go wink