BMW Somerfest, Donnington - 7 August 2022

[Mr Tidy]

Just wondering if anyone is going to this on Sunday.

I should be there with my Z4 in the Z Series display area.

[T-bagger]

I’ll be there! My M3 fresh from a 6 year restoration has been chosen as flag bearer for the BMW Car Club Wessex Region.

[Mr Tidy]

Nice - I'll look out for it.

[Touring442]

I went today, mainly on the pretext of delivering parts to a mate racing today.

It was an excellent event and far removed from the tedium of Gaydon. Some lovely cars today as well. When did anyone last see an E28 Alpina B7 Turbo - the full fat 330 bhp bad boy? Or a 1980 735i manual? Or a 1985 M635CSi on the correct metric BBS split rims with Michelin TRX boots?

[Touring442]

[Touring442]

I couldn't give a flying fk how fast that ugly green thing is. A Henna red E21 Alpina is going to be more fun.

[Touring442]

Look how tiny the E21 is.

It makes a lovely sound and will get you into enough trouble if you take the piss.

[Touring442]

B7 Turbo. From when B.M.W was really something.

[Mr Tidy]

T-bagger said:

I’ll be there! My M3 fresh from a 6 year restoration has been chosen as flag bearer for the BMW Car Club Wessex Region.

Good to catch up with you today - your car looks absolutely stunning.

[darreni]

Touring442 said:

B7 Turbo. From when B.M.W was really something.

That’s still a fabulous looking thing, just perfect.

I’ll take of those & a M635 csi highline in blue with cream please.

[g3org3y]

^^Some VERY nice cars there, thanks for sharing the photos.

[Mr Tidy]

It was a great day out - even if I did get sun-burn.

So much better than the Gaydon event, not least because there was track action to watch as well. And a bit less of the slammed, rev it up for pops and bangs type of owners!

Credit to BMWCC for a really well organised event.

After the last call for registration to do parade laps I went up to join the queue and the guy in front of me got the last place for M cars. But they just put me in the "other BMWs" category.

A few more photos.

[Court_S]

Looks like a good day out….shame I was busy because it was not far from me to pop there.