Coming to the event or putting the misses in the boot!

lol.........
no Defo coming to the event!

add you add Dan and chris to this list please??

also, the weather is looking bad for the weekend...
fingers crossed it gets better!

Yes, you will be welcome on the stand, but all the coupes get put into one area anyway

Aye if I remember rightly from being there in Alfas' if you arrive there in any Italian you'll be pointed to where you can park with similar marques at the gate....Really nice venue...
Hope its stays dry....bugger - its now changed to Heavy Rain forecast on the Beeb !!!!!

not feeling a rainy day...

Beeb Weekend Forecast for Stanford

man, it will not be worth going if its going to rain...

Thats what I'm fearing Marco?...Bought new Polish as well...

same here, new polish, peanut butter god the list goes on, went to halfords before i come home and found bad weather. Bad times!

Weve had torrential here!!
If its like this on Sun, im sorry but im going to be a no show!
Fingers Crossed, SUN SUN SUN!!!!!!

It certainly ain't looking great - what contingency plans do Stanford Hall have, as they won't want cars churning up the grass?

Raining here...not even able to wash the car yet alone clay/polish/wax it 100% chance of rain tomorrow according to weather.co.uk

still raining in bedford...
taking it to a valeters so they do the wet work and if need be i can wake up early tomorrow and polish it.

oh dear....just checked the weather...it will stop raining around 4ish...i kinda planned to be at home at that time!!!!

Sod it, I'm still gonna polish mine!

Unlikely I'm afraid. Heavy rain forecast - we're not going to bother now

Why couldn't it have been LAST weekend??

I think for those that are in two minds about tomorrow as regards the weather, if Concours & FCCUK Show & Shine will still take place, if the event will still go ahead given the likelihood of grass being churned-up/expensive cars getting stuck, etc, we could do with some kind of "official" line if any of the FCCUK organisers can enquire and advise please?

Hi all im new ere but i was looking to go stanford hall BUT MAF sensor has packed up.. is there anybody going that has 1 for sale as i live REALLY close to stanford hall...
Thx Mak HELP

The show and shine will continue regardless. I don't have an email address for Phil Ward, so can't email him and find out what is going on, but from previous years the show still carries on.

Its not raining at Stanford Hall at the moment so lets hope it stays like that

It's not been that bad today, just finished polishing! See you all tomorrow, Mr C

guys and gals, just checked the online weather report and....it looks like we are going to be ok!
the main rain band is mostly hitting birmingham!!

fingers crossed for tomorrow!

see you all in the morning!

Mrc if you want a hand polishing the coupe tomorrow give me a shout!

Got a friend at Stanford Hall now who's just text to say it's c*ck! P*ssing it down and no one is there! Thought I'd let you know even though most people will have set off.

Alexis just sent me a text, cold and wet but there are 8 Coupés there so far.

Don't think I'm gonna go.It woukldbe nice to see some other coupes but its not worth paying the money if most people are a no show.

Put me down in the no-show list, sorry but really just didn't fancy a day on a wet field. Lax I know!

Well, I went in the end. There were some beautiful cars there but I have to say it was a real disappointment and, as someone who goes to a lot of shows, I was suprised how unfriendly it was. I parked up next to a yellow 16vt where the coupes were and twice said hello to the guy next to me who completely blanked me. I then nodded a hello to another owner (can't remember what car) who also blanked me. No one came up and said hello and I did try to mingle but to no avail. I've gotta say I was really disappointed because this forum is one of the best.

In reply to Goonv8,
Im so glad someone wrote this before me and really dissapointed that i didnt meet you instead of the people that i did meet!!
Me and the girlfriend arrived and parked with the coops to find most owners sat in their cars, i also nooded to one owner who appeared to blank me. we immediatly got out of the car and walked over to the "fccuk tent" where there were two guys, i made a wisecrack about the tent (which in hindsight couldve been taken the wrong way) trying to break the ice only to have the two men turn their backs to me and tottally ignored!!!
Me and the gf went for a wander round then came back and managed to find the concourse lads who were exceptionally friendly!! credit to the forum especially the owner of the red LE trev??
All in all it was a badexperience and has put me off paying to go to future events!
Heres another idea too, why dont we all put some money together to buy a club banner at least because there was no way of knowing where we were from!
Matt

Also just to add, Ive been on many forums (Punto sports club, Fiat Forum etc)with my last cars and i have never had any trouble getting on with members face to face and everyone on here seem so helpful and friendly online! so what was the issue today

Did you come and say hello to me? I was in my yellow 20vt.. I was very much in the same boat as you (as loud as I am, i'm quite shy) but Begbie came over and even knew who I was (which suprised me as I don't know anyone except Bob!)

Anyway..
On the way there I kept saying to my friend that I bet there will be literally 5 ferrari's turning up if the weather stayed the same.. And low and behold they proved me right.. Hurts the resale value if driven in the wet it would seem ;-)
Good turn out for the Maseratti's and the Alfa's (as usual for this show) despite there being quite frankly the chaviest looking 156 I have ever seen taking pride of place...oh.
Show was all in all a bit of a disappointment for me, especially seeings as I brought a Vw owner with me to try and tempt him away from another mundane vag show.. I'll let the weather take most of the blame for this one.

Dan (the one who thought it would be a good idea to wear shorts ;-) )

P.s.. Well done to the concours entrants.. All looking lovely despite the crap weather