Pete,

As a club member I'm only asking about prices I don't see why you can't discuss figures in the Club Members forum It's club business.
You said it was "heavily discounted" so i thought you would know what that price was! but they have yet to publish any prices or info so we don't know that or anything else yet

I'm sorry Pete, but Spa is a Motor Racing Track and one of the best if not the best in the World. It is exactly all about going round and round that fantastic track. Being with other club members and the camaraderie afterwards is a bonus.

We can meet other members, see Italian cars , buy t-Shirts, clothing, car paraphanalia and pay over the odds for burgers, chips, and crap lager at Meets all over the UK for a lot less. There was nothing remotely prestigious about the stuff on offer at the Spa 2012 I went to.

Money is a factor for many of us and yes before negotiating any discount -I could just book track time at the Spa Public days and pay the standard price of £212 for 4 guaranteed 25 minute sessions. So of course I'm going to compare £175 for 2 sessions to these prices as nothing thing else is on offer at SpaItalia that adds any value to the price being offered.

OK so you didn't much like the 2012 SpaItalia.

It was not the best there has ever been, but it was not typical and I say that as someone who has been to every one since 2007.

If you don't want to go in 2014 then fine, but please do not decry the efforts the club is continuing to put in to put a worthwhile event together.

Bit mystified why the apparent criticism of the event, i went 3 (4?) years on the trot and enjoyed every minute of which only 60 were spent on track.

To me its ALL about the camaraderie, friendships, smells, experiences, laughs, ambience etc of the entire 3 days i was there. Even travelling with like-minded people on ferries, motorways and trains was an awesome experience. If i had a coop i'd be going, £175 is cheap as chips for what you get. it's what you put into it too that's rewarding.

Best event by a million miles in my opinion, a paltry amount for long-lasting friendships and experiences and i'd say to anyone reading this thread don't be swayed by anyone other than the plenty of fully-participating people who have been and continue to go.

Well done Pete on yet more brilliant work and negotiating for OUR club and OUR members

I never said I don't want to go and I liked very much Spa 2012. All the other stuff at the track was run of the mill and nothing special and did not have any of the prestige or added value that you alluded to.

This years SpaItalia is being run by completely new organisers and we have no idea how good an event it is going to be? Organisers who have not even published any proper info on a program of events or any normal prices for participants yet our club has signed up already, sent a deposit and told us it's a good deal. Why would you not be able to discuss figures in the members forum? It should be open and transparent.

Sorry but if Spa Circuit were willing to discuss discounting down from £212 their standard 4x25min public sessions for 50+ Cars - then possibly paying well over £400 for 4 at SpaItalia is poor deal.

Steve, I couldn't agree more with you - jump in as a passenger?!

This will be my third (or fourth) such event at Spa. I'm as much looking forward to the evenings out around Spa (Stavelot square) than I am about wringing the neck of my coupe round the circuit itself.

Last time up, in 2012, I wasn't charged by the circuit for either of the grand parades or the scuderia I did on the last day (no surprise it didn't make any money!), and even had I had been, it would still have been cheap at half the price.

Think for a minute. Fully fledged track days (not public touring laps) come in at around £495-795 at Spa.

The entire trip, with 4 nights accommodation and evenings out will come in somewhere in that figure.

I think Marko has a right to ask a few questions as a club member. Money is tight for many. For some of us its a very long trip.

Its also natural for us Spa veterans to defend any type of negative talk,due to the fact we love it so much and this shows with Steve and Dans recent posts. Which i of course agree with.

2012 was a bit quiet compared to other years but the social side allways makes it all worthwhile.

Probably not helped by it pishing down lots of the time and therefore slightly less social inter-action which, as Dan says, is a huge part of the whole. Everyone has the right to their view, just don't be surprised when people who've been more and seen brilliant times tend to disagree - just saying

He Dan and Proccy I totally agree with you I had a fantastic time at Spa 2012 I posted to say that after Spa 2012. Here it is at bottom of page

And was it you Dan? that said the best fun you've had with your trousers on.
Definitely the best thing I've done on 4 wheels and great meeting other members, getting advice, getting free gardening gloves from proccy eating out, visiting WW2 sites etc etc. That's the stuff that makes meets and events such as Spa. Never said anything against any of that.

1. Petep - £ the best I can get for us all.
2. CC £175.00 (Maybe)
3. Maggoagain £175.
4. Kayjey £150
5. Lego £150
6. Coupedummy and Brother £150
7. Nismo £150
8. MrC £150
9. HoveDan £175. Plus extra sessions when I'm there if
the track forget to put my card details through again
10. MCMike £175, but 2 sessions is probably enough for
my old girl
11. stuart81 £150
12. Mayzon £150
13. Jbt £200 as many sessions as possible
14. Crazylegs £200 as many sessions as possible
15. Sedicivalvole £175 dependant on the amount of sessions
16. Ben20vt £200
17. Insy £150 (although I'd probably only do 2 sessions)
18. Edinburgh £150, all bee-ing well

Cool!!!! Would be marvellous to see you humming round my local track!

At my age I can't see me buzzing anyone

But hey, can't have Barnacle always being the oldest one there

Oi! I resemble that remark!

I can see this going round in circles

There will be myself, brother Neil, Chris and Leemcmini booked up shortly.

Can i ask, does the £175 ticket cover two people attending and driving as per previous years?

Strictly speaking the admission ticket is for car, driver and 1 passenger.

There should only be one driver per car. In previous years any second driver was sneaked in under the radar.

sorry for sounding thick but how much deposit is needed to secure a place?

Just £75 - click for more details.

Thank you Pete. Will be giving the deposit shortly , just sorting work commitments out.

Now got some more information.

There will be a 25 minute Grande Parade session at lunchtime both days.

This will be FOC to all participants and available for up to 250 cars each session.

The Scuderia sessions have been split into two categories: Sport car (up to 300bhp) and Super car (more than 300bhp).

There will be 3 x 25 minute sessions in each category each day available at 100€ per session, or 250€ for 3 sessions.

It will be possible for the club to book them on your behalf as in previous years. I'll be putting up a booking form soon.

Great - thanks Pete, I do enjoy the Grande Parade

Good news, thanks Pete!

cheers Pete .

Pete, did you have any luck with the question about non Italian cars. I know they've probably got 100 other things to deal with...

Cheers

Jonny

Sorry Jonny, it slipped my mind.

And off the track wearing his full race suit

Ah. The Sting!

I think some yellow pointy things would go well.

Now that's really funny that is Neil

Hmm, most apt for a Bee-keeper!