FCS 2008 - My thoughts

[Fuzzy Orange]

Firstly, had an absolutely cracking weekend

We went down to the hotel where the frenchsport tuning lads were staying
Couldnt have asked for better company :)

Saturday night I ended up a little more drunk than I originally planned, but brilliant laugh

The show was a good one, definatly better than last year

However the 2 main problems with rockingham were still apparent this year

1) The parking

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii44/rallyesam/DSC_0474.jpg

Look at our stand - 150 cars in an area big enough for 100
Rallye register got arsey with us because we kept using their space

Look to the right of the photo at the area the 306 lot got

They had 1 row of cars and enough space for another 3 rows

Im afraid to say that FCS organisers need to start looking at the size of areas and the amount of cars, our stand ended up looking like a cruise at asda, but it was a miracle we actually got everyone parked without turning people back to the car park!!

2) Trade stands

Just awful. I had a pocket full of cash again this year and apart from seeing bic at streamline carbon, I couldnt find anything to spend money on at all
The whole area was huge with nothing worthwhile in it :(

Im not a great fan of 106parts and ybracing, but if they'd been there with a van full of strut braces and bits and bobs it would have at least been something worth walking too

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Anyway enough of the downsides, the people there were amazing, all really friendly and the quality of cars on our stand was superb

The track session was a little bit scary and I heard a lot of other clubs saying that our session looked like an accident waiting to happen, which was dissapointing. But it was also a first for a lot of us and im sure there will be many many more in the future

Stayed down there again last night to relax afterwards and only just got back late on tonight.

Thankyou to everyone who came, it really was a stunning sight to see that amount of 106's in one place even if it was a small area to be in :)

I hope you all make it to our national day at york in August :D

Oh yes and the merchandise that was there on the day (t-shirts and tax disc holders) will be up on the club shop tomorrow ;)

[rob_s]

just looks like a car park from that pic tbh

when i last went a few years back there was loads of stands and loads of space to look round cars etc,was in 05 i last went tho


still gutted i missed it,would have been good to catch up with a few people if nothing else

[Fuzzy Orange]

It could have looked sooo much better

Rallye register made a nice little layout with the few cars they had

We started in the morning organising people into a fancy layout with enough room to walk around, but rapidly realised 150+ cars werent gonna fit in that space, so everyone just ended up wing mirror to wing mirror :(

[chiddy0407]

106owners merchandise was on sale?!

where? if i saw that i might have been able to offload some money i had burning a hole in my pocket!

[Fuzzy Orange]

Unfortunatly mate the original idea was a giant marquee with tables and chairs inside where we could all chat and I could flog some bits and pieces

But because we had an area half of what we needed we couldnt put the marquee up and all the merchandise ended up being sold out of my boot! :(

[pugme]

It could have looked sooo much better

Rallye register made a nice little layout with the few cars they had

We started in the morning organising people into a fancy layout with enough room to walk around, but rapidly realised 150+ cars werent gonna fit in that space, so everyone just ended up wing mirror to wing mirror :(

so i did do well to get the space i did then :D

who do i thank for that :p (cheques in the post)

[KayMarie]

Did you see how much fucking space Clio clubs had? It was ridiculous. FCS need to get their fucking arses in to gear. There was half the amount of people there this year, then there was last year and I reckon it will half again next year.

[leeds106]

yeah i agree the numbers we had coming i think should have made the organisers look at moving us to our own section rather than sharing


but now they know we are a major player i hope this wont happen next year :)

[Fuzzy Orange]

so i did do well to get the space i did then :D

who do i thank for that :p (cheques in the post)

LOL yes I think you have Leah and Shell to thank for that - even though they are getting slagged off on the rallye register for not moving you when asked LOL

[leeds106]

Did you see how much fucking space Clio clubs had? It was ridiculous. FCS need to get their fucking arses in to gear. There was half the amount of people there this year, then there was last year and I reckon it will half again next year.


if i recall fcs is in conjunction with renault so the renault clubs get a major space to fill

[KayMarie]

That would explain the Renault theme then.

[chiddy0407]

and renault got tarmac! arseholes lol they were a fookin mile off the rest of the cars though, even fully fenced off, what was the crack with that!

bit miffed i missed the merchandise tbh, what was being sold? i would have taken a polo shirt or even a hoody due to the wind haha

[KayMarie]

The track session was a little bit scary and I heard a lot of other clubs saying that our session looked like an accident waiting to happen, which was dissapointing.

Too many big ego's out there. Either that or suicidal drivers.

[drka-drka]

PGAC are major players in it 2, Mark is the main organiser(pretty mammoth job TBH) 106oc being a young club wont be given much royaltys

but should next year after that amazing turn out, i can just see where my lil blue baby would have gone

[RallyeDan]

I thought it was a top weekend. Big thanks to the NW convoy for waiting for me to catch up at every services:)

The drive to Pizza hut was quite funny, Satnav woman took us to T junction telling us to go straight on, through a set of bollards and over bridge that was no less than a pubes width lol met quite a few folk, Shaun is a cool Mofo:D Greeted me with 'its the big man' haha. Mark is a legend too, taking me out i the 8v monster. Rallye James and Rich are cool as well, probably the only two people who i actually spoke to properly:)

Trade area was a bit shite, Compomotive wernt there so i couldnt spend loads of money with em, probably a good thing to be honest.

Split up with the girlfriend on the way home like, not best impressed like:( but nonetheless a top weekend

Oh and the Rallye performs well 'it may be a slow and a piece of shit' to some people but its mine and im proud

[Ferg]

French Car Show? More like Renault Owners Day... The amount of space near the Renault boys was a joke. The 'dust bowl' aka the gravel car park for clubs need to be evaluted again as well. Surely the shows most important people are the clubs themselves?

I also had a few hundred pounds burning a whole in my pocket with absolutely nothing to spend it on which was disappointing.

[quicky con]

one remark bout fcs

what the fcuk was the wind all bout lol

[shunteruk]

I'm kinda glad there wasnt anything to spend money on as i had none with me lol, was so annoyed that i didnt have any cash to take with me but looks like i didnt need any lol

[JackBCFC]

Haha it was rele windy inside the track stand area an when you walked through the doorways it pushed you in haha...

Once you were in the club stand area it was quite warm...

I sunburnt my face lmao!!

[shunteruk]

I sunburnt my face lmao!!

SNAP! lol now i look like a clown, may arms went brown but my cheeks r redish/brown, i look like a rite burk lol:o

[loudandproud205]

dan and proud you should be taking it for shitter to minter fair play sorry hear bout girl friend like

[titch]

Saturday night was mint! Got talking to loads of the Northern lot, and a few of the Southern lot (cause there wasn't many southerners in our hotel) and had an awesome laugh, only regret is not coming over to you lot earlier, instead I sat and watched the footy:rolleyes: lol.
The show I thought was quite good, sorry to anyone who I had a go at in the morning, I had to move my car 4 times at a time when Im used to going to bed, not being up for the day. :o
Think quite a few people know I was pissed off with my performance on track, next year the car will be in a track worthy condition, and I will push it properly.
Had a good wander round, had a good look round and just enjoyed the day. :)



Rallye James and Rich are cool as well, probably the only two people who i actually spoke to properly:)

Oh and the Rallye performs well 'it may be a slow and a piece of shit' to some people but its mine and im proud

Oi, cheeky twat, did you not talk to me properly?:p

And it aint a piece of shit and it aint slow, was there not a certain GTi that couldnt get away at first, on the way there? ;)

[Lise]

Split up with the girlfriend on the way home like, not best impressed like:( but nonetheless a top weekend

Oh and the Rallye performs well 'it may be a slow and a piece of shit' to some people but its mine and im proud


What was the need for mentioning any of that? And to be honest, I can't actually remember ever sayin it was slow, or a piece of shit, anythin I did say was a joke, and I told you that. I spent half the journey down there tellin you to be careful, and to slow down cos I knew how pissed you'd be if it got broken. Lise is a bitch though right.


Anyway, I had a really good weekend. Was good to put faces to names. Thanks to Shell for chattin away and listenin to my problemos :)

[fred]

For the record dan, I enjoyed being in your car. Revving the bollocks off those little 1.3 engines is a real experience :)

I had a good weekend, very tired still though! Need to catch up on some sleep.

Was nice meeting peeps: Dan, Aidy, Mark, Lise. Seph, shaun, rallyejames, lee, mellow, dave etc etc :)

[Sheepy]

I had a wicked weekend! It was really nice to meet some of you horrible lot :D

The track session was wicked! Shame the car wasn't running right but there you go. The joys of french cars (and a pressure washer! Lol)

Thanks to all the staff who organised the event as well. Jolly good show :D

Heidi(dougie106) had fun tooo :D

[Hazmanscoop]

i NEED to come to this next year like :D

[Chris205]

was a good day, I enjoyed it more than last year, I think the fact the sun came out was a good part of the day, always spoils a show when the weather is crap

fuzzy- What the hell happened with the Top 10 cars stand?

Also how cum pug me got away with abandoning his car infront of everyone else's, as if it was something special?

[WARDY]

lol, was a good day, windy mind and i didnt get to talk to many lol, also didnt get to see joe again before end lol so i ended up still wi my red hose lol

[Uz]

SNAP! lol now i look like a clown, may arms went brown but my cheeks r redish/brown, i look like a rite burk lol:o

I bet u didn't end up as brown as I am lol

Wish I could have made it...bloody cars and the work you have to get to them on the road.

I'll be there next year for definate...probs bring the 205 gti aswell on the trailer to take it on the track.

only other problem was the day/date in was on...bloody exams interfering with everything.

[Seph]

lol, was a good day, windy mind and i didnt get to talk to many lol, also didnt get to see joe again before end lol so i ended up still wi my red hose lol


Ahh feck!

[WARDY]

lol, you aint far away if ya still want it, ive got till friday off lol

[quiksilvercoxy]

was a good day for me realy enjoyed all the cars there but didnt meet as many people as id like to have. although i did meet fuzzy for the first time and had a lil chat. loved the track session. but what was wrong with it. from the vids ive got and what my mates took it looked prety good to me??? anyway thanks guys.

[Ste]

stand layout was a total joke really we should of had the whole of the area we were in and they could have done that aswell as they actually had space inside the club stand area which wasnt been used by any clubs that could of had the RR on instead or even next to the 306 lot

i spent an age stood talking with a few of the marshalls and they did actually say we could have some of the RR's space as they didnt have anywhere near the amount of cars that would be needed to fill thier area but obviously the RR werent told that

but considering that there were so many cars there before we even started trying to "organise" the stand i think we did pretty well to get everyone in and all of us that did the parking should be pretty chuffed with that

i enjoyed the show more this year but the trade area wasnt worth visiting yeah there was some nice cars in it but the trade stands werent anything to shout about


was nice catching up with everyone and meeting a few new people :)

[Fuzzy Orange]

was a good day, I enjoyed it more than last year, I think the fact the sun came out was a good part of the day, always spoils a show when the weather is crap

fuzzy- What the hell happened with the Top 10 cars stand?

Also how cum pug me got away with abandoning his car infront of everyone else's, as if it was something special?

Ermm the top 10 cars were the ones all around pugme - it was meant to be nicely roped off and spaced out, but again the total lack of space stopped us from doing it

And yes of course pugme was allowed to park his at the front as it was a top 10 show car... lol

[Rallye James]

Ermm the top 10 cars were the ones all around pugme - it was meant to be nicely roped off and spaced out, but again the total lack of space stopped us from doing it

And yes of course pugme was allowed to park his at the front as it was a top 10 show car... lol

I thought it was a bit of a shame they were left in the bottom corner of the stand. Would have looked better where Joe's car was at the front. Who was actually in the top ten, I think there was Nick, Pugme, Wardy and Dargs parked there, but don't know who else was?

[Chris205]

Ermm the top 10 cars were the ones all around pugme - it was meant to be nicely roped off and spaced out, but again the total lack of space stopped us from doing it

And yes of course pugme was allowed to park his at the front as it was a top 10 show car... lol
I understand that, but Im sure my bro's was meant to be as well, I mean just sticking it at the front randomly, everybody was lined up and parked up well

It doesnt really matter now anyway as the show has been and gone, just dont think its fair how certain ppl get priority over others

[*l3ah06*]

Was your bro there? did he mention to staff that he was suppiosed to be on the ten best bit?

We had an utter ngithmare parking the cars, at first we thought the stand was pretty small so went about trying to pack people in, then we were told it was twice as big as we originally thought, so tried to fill it out a bit, then it looked like the extra space still wasnt enough.

[Quiksilver_TR]

next year and for future events I think we will push to hget stand sizes before hand and put down a proper plan and let everybody know!

[Fuzzy Orange]

^^ If FCS organisers had given me the stand size before hand which I did ask for, I would have pointed out to them that it was too small :(

[Luke123]

lol i was hoping to meet alot of people from this site, but my mate was trying to find some supercharged gti-6's lol so had to give him a hand lol, pretty much loved every 106 i saw! who's gti has the jelly beans painted on the roof? thought that was well cool lol.

Wasnt at all impressd with the driftworks team, been waiting a while to see there supra powered s15 on track, and he goes and stacks it! lol, missed the 106oc track time :(

But it was a nice day, and the cars i did see where the tits, especially seeing the yellow 205 rallye that had to be bumpstarted out of asda's petrol station lol made me giggle.

[*l3ah06*]

Staff need to get there stupidly early too, on sunday we got there and 5 mins later so did everyone else =s

[Chris205]

Was your bro there? did he mention to staff that he was suppiosed to be on the ten best bit?



Im sure if the club owner told the other staff who was meant to be in ten of the best you would've already known, he was parked next to my old rallye (nick 106)

[Fuzzy Orange]

Sorry but what is with the shitty attitude?

Are you actually saying that the staff, as well as parking 150 cars in a space made for 100 cars, they were also supposed to check each one against a list of the top 10?

That would have been impossible as there were loads of cars that look alike!!!

If he had just said that he was on the top ten bit he'd of been sent down with pugme and the rest

Oh and if you mean the red S1 rallye that nick now owns - he was in ten of the best as well

[pugsport]

stand layout was a total joke really we should of had the whole of the area we were in and they could have done that aswell as they actually had space inside the club stand area which wasnt been used by any clubs that could of had the RR on instead or even next to the 306 lot

i spent an age stood talking with a few of the marshalls and they did actually say we could have some of the RR's space as they didnt have anywhere near the amount of cars that would be needed to fill thier area but obviously the RR werent told that

but considering that there were so many cars there before we even started trying to "organise" the stand i think we did pretty well to get everyone in and all of us that did the parking should be pretty chuffed with that

i enjoyed the show more this year but the trade area wasnt worth visiting yeah there was some nice cars in it but the trade stands werent anything to shout about


was nice catching up with everyone and meeting a few new people :)

i did not think the marshalls were that great there. had vip parking and some women tried making us park in the normal bit untill some other women come and told her we had a vip parking pass. all in all was a very good day even if i did not meet any1 from here and one of the blokes we went up with kept crying about how he wanted to sit down:mad:

[Chris205]

Sorry but what is with the shitty attitude?

Are you actually saying that the staff, as well as parking 150 cars in a space made for 100 cars, they were also supposed to check each one against a list of the top 10?

That would have been impossible as there were loads of cars that look alike!!!

If he had just said that he was on the top ten bit he'd of been sent down with pugme and the rest

Oh and if you mean the red S1 rallye that nick now owns - he was in ten of the best as well

Yes, I think my bro's was in the top 10 area, just dont understand how pugme stuck his car there infront of everyone elses who were on the top 10

And The organisation wasnt very good, maybe not so on the clubs part but on fcs' part, which leaves you with a soure (sp) taste in your mouth after all the hype of the show

[pug51]

lmao just to add to this sorry to leah for my car being slightly in the wrong place early on, i was stood 20 yards from it talking to wizza and 5 mins into our conversation he just said '' oh by the way leah wants you to move your car' lmao
what a legend.
thanks for membership pack btw think it was a great idea getting a few out on the day.
and dont worry about the stand etc, i think most people could see we were not allocated enough room, next year i guarantee they will give us huuuge amounts.
were not a new club anymore.

[Chris S]

The main problem was not knowing how much space we had in the first place. So when the first 50 or so cars had been crammed in, it was hard to get everyone moved into a suitable position once they'd already been parked.

If we'd known how much space we had from the first parked car then i think things would have been much simpler

[Fuzzy Orange]

Its the same story every year mate

The parking marshals are just paid £150 a day to stand there and point in the rough direction of where people are meant to go

The areas arent planned out enough so theres not enough space for the cars
And the staff arent allowed in early, so we couldnt mark off areas and get marquees up before hand

:(

[WARDY]

ya did a good job phil form the space ya had available dont worry about it

[semtex]

its a poor show layout imo , it was far better at brunters where the show was 1 complete thing instead of the trade area being away over the other side, its like a club car park really asnd then the show's over there somewhere, i wont be going next year if its at wankingham raceway

[pug51]

agreed.
does anyone know why ricky didnt use the rallye, or even take it for that matter.
was dying to see it on track after drroling over it everytime i see it at his garage lol.
he still wasted me in the spaxo anyway lol, got a pic of him at the side of me on the straight somewhere.
hope i didnt hold him up or anyone for that matter.
thought i held my own but i was a little exited and dd indicate for the odd person but meh feck it,

[Fuzzy Orange]

Yep I said the same thing last year semtex

But went this year for the track and obviously because of this club

Brunters was 100x better, nice soft grass to walk around on, made some lovely photos of the cars as well
I cleaned mine 4 times this year before I got bored of washing off the dust that was blowing onto it from the gravel

And every year it does always just feel like your walking through the car park to get to a very small little show in the middle - the club parking areas dont seem like part of the show at all :(

[Chris S]

Your right phil it just seemed like one giant car park to me. Not any real atmosphere if you get me.... Still - you gotta make the most out of what you get given :)

[semtex]

shame really as the points were put to the organisers last year and they obviously dont give a monkeys , fcs could be brilliant if it were at say donington park or somewhere similar

[loudandproud205]

my first fcs when it was at loughbrough (i think)was best everything was in all in one place walk round was nice, even ny missus at time enjoyed it.

but they didnt have track bits there so catch 22

[ste_106_gti]

The parking marshals are just paid £150 a day to stand there and point in the rough direction of where people are meant to go


They were fucking useless.

[KayMarie]

Honestly, every ones car got seen, they all looked lovely AND I didn't hit any of your cars, what more could you ask for ;)

PS -

BRING BACK BRUNTERS. I bummed it.

[Ste]

they messed it up this year though i thought there was supposed to be waaaaaaay more in the trade area this year i'm sure there was alot less seemed to be so much open space in among the stands

i think it should go back to brunters aswell it was much better when everything was all mixed in and the trade stands were among the club stands, they really need to let staff in before they open to the club stands aswell as with 140-150 cars to sort we didnt have much of a chance to organise anything and when you get there and are mistakenly told we only have half the space of which we were supposed to have by the time you try and sort it its too late people have come in abandoned thier cars and walked off :(

[fred]

At brunters did they just use park of the grass next to the track at the far end?

Brunters track would give me an excuse to buy some mans tyres...

[ste_106_gti]

And every year it does always just feel like your walking through the car park to get to a very small little show in the middle - the club parking areas dont seem like part of the show at all :(

My missus and some of my local club members that came, commented on that as well. It just seemed like the club stands were the car park for the show in the middle of the track.

Whilst we are on the subject of pulling the show apart...

VIP area? Since when did crisps and biscuits constitute snacks?

They didn't half make a killing on that. I never ate anywhere near £7.50 worth of bourbons and cheese and onion crisps.

When it was advertised as snacks, i kinda was expecting maybe sausage rolls, nuts, small buffet style sarnies etc...

Very Incredibly Poor...

[KayMarie]

At brunters did they just use park of the grass next to the track at the far end?

Brunters track would give me an excuse to buy some mans tyres...

Yeah, if you we're on stand! Down the sides :) Then there was huge spaces for other people to park that weren't on stand :) And you just walked down the strip past all the trade stands and got to the track :) We had a picnic next to a HUGE plane :)

[semtex]

was there any cheese on a stick ?

[ste_106_gti]

not even one.

[Ste]

mass boycott till its back at brunters then?

i must admit i did enjoy it but thats mainly down to the people i went with and not the actual show rockingham isnt the best of places for a car show its an atmosphereless windswept gravel trap tbh

[semtex]

mark and aidy loved brunters 2006 , they spent the day cruising up the middle of the show lol :rolleyes:

[KayMarie]

That's because they are super cool people.

[ste_106_gti]

mark and aidy loved brunters 2006 , they spent the day cruising up the middle of the show lol :rolleyes:

That was the last FCS i came to. Spent the day on PGAC

The show was a lot better @ brunters.

If they plan to do it at rockingham again for '09. I'll not be attending.

[Fuzzy Orange]

Well 106owners is making enough money recently to reasonably have a national day of our own next year at somewhere like brunters

This year we're doing york and its just us, but next year our plans are to book brunters or donington park, invite all the well behaved clubs like rallye register and saxo sports club etc... and have a proper big french event at a good location :)

[Daz]

Well 106owners is making enough money recently to reasonably have a national day of our own next year at somewhere like brunters

This year we're doing york and its just us, but next year our plans are to book brunters or donington park, invite all the well behaved clubs like rallye register and saxo sports club etc... and have a proper big french event at a good location :)

Cracking idea:D

[KayMarie]

Don't think we'll be going either, we did enjoy ourselves but it was more down to us just enjoying the weekend as opposed to where it actually was. Just want to try somewhere different next year :)

[leeds106]

Well 106owners is making enough money recently to reasonably have a national day of our own next year at somewhere like brunters

This year we're doing york and its just us, but next year our plans are to book brunters or donington park, invite all the well behaved clubs like rallye register and saxo sports club etc... and have a proper big french event at a good location :)



here here mate im all for some of that

[Ste]

personally think we need to get this national day done and some serious cash generated through the club first phil but its definately the way forward as rockingham will be the death of FCS

[loudandproud205]

my comments remain the same as much as i didnt enjoy rockingham and track was poo i shall attend as many shows as poss that the club are going to and show my support

[pugme]

fuzzy- What the hell happened with the Top 10 cars stand?

Also how cum pug me got away with abandoning his car infront of everyone else's, as if it was something special?

right iv not read the rest of the thread yet but i am replying to this now!!

i asked the 2-3 cars i was infront of if they were ok with me putting my car there. i was parked in formation with everyone then decided i cudnt be assed to walk half a mile to get water so drove to the tap when i came back my space was gone. so :p :D

and it was hardly abandoned!! i spent all fecking day cleaning it!!

[storm2284]

i'm just glad you got in there.. when you got sent the other way i thought oh hell whats going on here then lol

[Lise]

That's very true, every time I walked past of through the stand you were there, either chattin to someone, or cleanin it.

Someone has a right bee in their bonnet lol (not you btw puyme :))

[Chris205]

I really think its the location that makes an event, and also the weather

Rockingham seemed sooo dull last year, it seems like there are different classes between clubs and the trade area

btw how windy was it at the entrance and exits to the stands :O

[Chris205]

right iv not read the rest of the thread yet but i am replying to this now!!

i asked the 2-3 cars i was infront of if they were ok with me putting my car there. i was parked in formation with everyone then decided i cudnt be assed to walk half a mile to get water so drove to the tap when i came back my space was gone. so :p :D

and it was hardly abandoned!! i spent all fecking day cleaning it!!

Fair does then mate

[Lise]

People kept askin if i was drunk cos i kept nearly fallin over it was that windy! haha

[BedsGTI]

SNAP! lol now i look like a clown, may arms went brown but my cheeks r redish/brown, i look like a rite burk lol:o

I should take a pic and post it up of mine, im like a fookin lobster, all the jokes have been on me the last few days:(

Me>:mad:
:D

[pugme]

lol, well im gald i cleared that up!! lol dont want any inter club beef!!

i wudnt have been to keen on driving thru all that gravel anyway storm!!

proof!! lol

http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6108&d=1214328790

[storm2284]

i cut across to find out what was happening with you on the way into the show lol *note to self GRAVEL IS NOT GOOD WHEN YOU KNOW YOU@RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE AFTERMATH 10 MINS LATER*

[Beck]

Brunters FTW! I've got nicely sunburnt too :) I'd attend at Rockingham again but it doesn't really compare to brunters. I guess when I think back to the first FCS I attended in 2002 its amazing how much its grown but I still think alittle more organisation wouldn't go amiss.

awesome weekend imo, had great fun at the pub / hotel and a saw quite abit of bad behaviour involving male crossdressing and a adrian flux condom full of water.

[yeovil-pug]

thought it wasnt as good as last year , was alot less cars this year and less things going on. wind was very annoying.. 106 stand looked good thou.

did anyone spot me there in black s1 (smoothed doors ect)

[SidewayzSam]

Well done to the clubs organisers for getting everyone on the stand, i was shocked when i arrived at how small the area was.

Would have been awesome to have a marque in the middle of the stand, to draw people through and look at the cars that got stuck in the middle (me). :rolleyes:

I think the 106oc national day is gonna be pretty special, after seeing the turnout on our stand. I cant see FCS going on for many more years, rockingham just isnt right for it (although good that its only 30 min drive from my house).

Bring on the national day, lets get some decent trade stands and a nice big area for us all to park in :D

[Rallye James]

thought it wasnt as good as last year , was alot less cars this year and less things going on. wind was very annoying.. 106 stand looked good thou.

did anyone spot me there in black s1 (smoothed doors ect)

Didn't see you at the show, or Kyle's orange GTi which was there apparently.

Saw you in the services though with your cling film, saw some of your cling film in the middle of the M5 later on too :p

[Lise]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?

[Wizza]

thought it wasnt as good as last year , was alot less cars this year and less things going on. wind was very annoying.. 106 stand looked good thou.

did anyone spot me there in black s1 (smoothed doors ect)

I did.:p Well you know that as I came over and had a chat.

Didn't see you at the show, or Kyle's orange GTi which was there apparently.

Saw you in the services though with your cling film, saw some of your cling film in the middle of the M5 later on too :p

Both cars were on PSW James, and Kyles was looking immense.

[SidewayzSam]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?

Yeh definately, its a bit surreal seeing people after chatting to them on here!

[Rallye James]

Nope, missed the whole PSW stand then. It was set out much better last year.

[leeds106]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?



like who?

[Lise]

Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment

[loudandproud205]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?


i dont know what you mean ;)

[Wizza]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?

Haha - yes, you get that a lot. You picture people before seeing them and then when you see them it' slike WTF!:eek:

But then trying to explain how you picture d them it becomes confusing. Haha!

[Lise]

Yeah exactly! And Lee, what are you on about?

[Rallye James]

Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment

Joe (pug51), was just how I imagined I thought - I thought it was him in the hotel bar before I asked him who he was!

[loudandproud205]

never mind got wrong end of stick lol

i dont know what you mean i had soooooooooooooooooo many folk talk to i have no idea who was who i never realised i was so popular.

i need a who spoke to me then lol

[pug51]

lmao cheers pal.
and lise is that a good or bad thing lol.
also james recognised you straight away, although i didnt talk much to you i was so engrosed in the football haha.

[Rallye James]

never mind got wrong end of stick lol

i dont know what you mean i had soooooooooooooooooo many folk talk to i have no idea who was who i never realised i was so popular.

i need a who spoke to me then lol

I didn't get to chat to you Lee, you were always off somewhere. Only saw you at the far end of the tunnel when Rich said it was you just gone past me (I was wearing a red RR shirt if you remember).

[Lise]

Neither really, always image people all wrong thats all :)

Is it you I asked earlier on MSN if you were you? Does that make any sense?? lol

^^Directed at Joe btw :)

[pugme]

nice thing for me is, people come up to me and chat to me, its not that im rude and dont come and chat to people (cos i did to a few people) its just people always come up and chat to me when im cleaning the car.

i remember thinking **** me, lee is short!! lol

[shunteruk]

i think i best be coming to the national day as i didnt really meet anyone new as i was off wandering the show, sorry guys lol,

and pugme, do you mean lee as in loudandproud? coz i thought that when i saw him on track and how close the seat was to the wheel lol never saw him in person though, same with most people lol

[Wizza]

It was good to chat to you James and Rich at the pub about your cars.

[pugme]

yeah, i aksed him where his booster seat was!! lol

[Lise]

I thought Aidy n Mark were bein really mean when Lee finally found us at Pizza Hut, all the jokes about being short n stuff, but he didn't appear to mind haha

[loudandproud205]

yep me am 5 foot 3 lol had to have my bucket seats adapted to make them go far enough forward lol,

and on same note mate just how tall were you suprised you not fited lambo doors to help you get out, you car was awsome and your dash rules

ive heard every small joke on the planet but i dont care cos its a great ice breaker and you can chat away then. cos there is nothing worse than going to meet some one and going errrrrrmmmmmmm what do i say lol

[Smiff]

People kept askin if i was drunk cos i kept nearly fallin over it was that windy! haha

no lise, it was the small pile of empty vodka bottles around you.

[Lise]

Shhh Smiff, I thought I'd managed to get rid of em all!

[fred]

I didnt think Dan was so tall, or Aidy so short....

[Lise]

I heard a couple of people mention that you look about 12 Fred har har :)

[Smiff]

i'm gutted i didnt go up with Ferg and stay, seems like the hotel in the evening was one of the best bits :(

[Wizza]

Can say that again. Was funny as fook where we were staying.

[Rallye James]

I heard a couple of people mention that you look about 12 Fred har har :)

Haha, Fred looked younger than I expected too!

[fred]

ennit, we'll see whos laffing when you are all 30 and i look 21!! :p love

[loudandproud205]

nah hes 14 he was given the micra on way down as some french car owner said peh jap shite id rather walk lol

[WARDY]

i got said i dont look old enoguh to drive lol on sunday lol, what wi hair receding like mine ha ha ha

[Lee C]

Im with you Fred, 26 but look 21...

[Lise]

Apart from Fred bein 20 and looking 12 lol

[shunteruk]

so why does freds age say 26 in his avatar lol? i'm confused

[Lise]

Cos he changed it to be funnies, and it won't change back :)

[shunteruk]

ah rite ok then lol that would explain it

[fred]

Cos he changed it to be funnies, and it won't change back :)

Yea i was 13 for a bit, then 20 now 26. The other day I tried to make is say 20 and it wont let me lol

[KayMarie]

My understanding is you can have shows at Bruntingthorpe but no track because of noise levels, thats why FCS moved in the first place?

[Fuzzy Orange]

My understanding is you can have shows at Bruntingthorpe but no track because of noise levels, thats why FCS moved in the first place?

Nah bruntingthorpe got told they couldnt use the track anymore - because locals winged about the noise

So FCS moved to rockingham
But then last year a court over-ruled the decision, and brunters is still in use now

I think rockingham must be doing FCS a good deal, because I would definatly have gone back to brunters after last year lol

[Wizza]

From what i was told there was an estate of houses built and people were complaining. How fucking gay is that though. The track was there first FFS!

You can't complian if you bought a new house that was built next to a airport runway.

[Fuzzy Orange]

LOL Yup ^^^ that is exactly what happened

They all moved close to the track, then said it shouldnt be allowed to have sessions because of the noise LOL

They shouldnt have f*cking moved their, I know I would have bought a house next to brunters for sure, and the noise would be the last thing on my mind :D

[loudandproud205]

noise level of cars we would be fine anway it big bhp jap and cossys that struggle with db rattings

[KayMarie]

Nah bruntingthorpe got told they couldnt use the track anymore - because locals winged about the noise

So FCS moved to rockingham
But then last year a court over-ruled the decision, and brunters is still in use now

Oh, where did you hear that?

[Fuzzy Orange]

Was on the news :)

[Chris S]

I'd love to live near there, especially if you had a good view :P

Stick a chair on the roof, few tinnies and youve got yourself a good day :D

[KayMarie]

Was on the news :)

Ahhhh! They should bloody well move it back there then!!

[Wizza]

^^^Slight issue if you have a slanted roof unless you are The Simpsons. LOL!

[Davveee]

I was actually suprised people knew who i was :D Pug me knew my name and all and ive never spoke to him before lol!

Wasnt to bad of a day :)

[shaun 106 gti]

brunters!!! loads better than rockingham...

[pug51]

erm lise not sure if i spoke to you on msn tbh.
try speeking now and ill talk lol.
because i dont know whos who on msn lol winds me up.

[leeds106]

brunters!!! loads better than rockingham...



was nice to meet ya shaun

[pugme]

I was actually suprised people knew who i was :D Pug me knew my name and all and ive never spoke to him before lol!

Wasnt to bad of a day :)

lol, ur forum name is a bit of a giveaway!! lol

and im 6' lee, and id never fit lambos, did contemplate suicides for a long time tho.

[James106xsi]

Wasn't worth the 6 hour drive each way thats for sure. Track was good but combe is a few hours closer to me! The stands and trade areas were poor!

Having said that it was nice to meet some new people, and I actually quite liked pugme's car, although I still don't like the bonnet :D

[titch]

Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment
Jesus christ what did you imagine me to be like, im a skinny little runt, end of, lol.

On the subject of people not being what you imagined, I dont think there was anyone, Fred looked a bit younger than I imagined, but thats about it.

[loudandproud205]

and im 6' lee, and id never fit lambos, did contemplate suicides for a long time tho.

god we sooooooooooo think the same when lambo doors werent even on the scene i was trying to get a body shop to sucide my doors lol

[markd]

don't have time to read most comments just now but do read feedback.

As you all know space is allocated at start of may and you took us all by surprise. Thats ONLY way to allocate sections if you wantr tickets then.

So next year as you are big enough and I need a Pug or Citroen club to park in middle we have three to chose from. That includes indoor space and parade laps for club.

We have the best trade list ever this year but many couldn't set up due to 60mph wind. This was incredible being mid summer. several traders suffered hunderds of pounds of damage so please consider this as NOT being the norm. Look at the list below:-

Trade list - http://frenchcarshow.blogspot.com/ which should have been awesome.

I hope the weather is calm next year.

Mark

[loudandproud205]

mark my quarm isnt with show its with book a track there marshalls all want fireing or retraining am guessing they spent all day looking at there phone not at the job in hand.

i know what marshals are meant todo i was a marshall for many years for llmc and there behavior was poor. if it was llmc we would have all been pulled in to pit and given a bollocking

[markd]

I am listening to feedback. The problem is if we want to use a track Brunts is out as their noise limit is really low now and most track cars don't make the limit.The venue is not rain proof either.

Rockingham is probably one of the best venues in the UK but setting it up as everyone wants is not always easy. I plan to invite some club officials to a meeting/night out to discuss the best way forward.

Event planning is the heardest thing in the world as you have a few thousand to please and evenryone wants different. I have been on some big forums and the comments are amazingly good.

I am talking with Fuzzy about next year.

Noted about marshalls, I will raise this as we pay tens of thousands for the venue and staff.

[Ste]

Did anyone else find that people weren't what they imagined?

nah but the amount of people who asked if i was fuzzy or seph :rolleyes: errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm NO


mark

i can see what your saying as when fcs tickets were first annouced i thought we'd get about the same as last year turn up or maybe just short of 100 a quick count was made on the day and there was 140 cars not including the ones that had to be put on other stands and the ones out on track at the time, but rockingham just feels like a gravel car park with the main park of the action seperated and stuck over in the middle

also next year can the club staff maybe be allowed in from 6 so they can get the stand area sorted and confirmed and then they are ready for the cars at 7 as when most of us got there for our stand soon as we got out of the cars we had loads of people wanting parked and no clear idea of the size of our stand

[leeds106]

yeah club staff from all clubs would probably find it easier if they can gain entry a little earlier

[loudandproud205]

the noise limit for rockinham shouldnt affect 90% of french cars its only high powered jap and cossy that would suffer if you fid out what max db for cars is you should find that we have no probs as i doubt any off us would be over 98db

[106nick]

I'll still go next year, wherever it is :D

[Seph]

Originally Posted by Lise http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/images/cars/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=584771#post584771)
Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment


Care to elaborate?

Il go where-ever its at to support the club, but I wasnt overly impressed parking on shitty gravel.

[fred]

Joe you have a funny northern accent lmao

[Seph]

Meh, I didnt realise you were such a shrimp! :p

[Quiksilver_TR]

Originally Posted by Lise http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/images/cars/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=584771#post584771)
Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment


Care to elaborate?

Il go where-ever its at to support the club, but I wasnt overly impressed parking on shitty gravel.


didnt wanna get the alloys dirty! LOL!!!!



Trax could be on grass depending on where the stand is!


LOL!

[Chris S]

I like the way youre looking into the criticism and comments properly Mark as opposed to getting defensive as many others would have - nice one mate :)

The best accent was Toby's - lets be fair :D

[fred]

Smaller = lighter = faster ;) giggity

[loudandproud205]

agreed fred ;)

got my body weight down to 43kgs

[Lise]

Originally Posted by Lise http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/images/cars/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.106owners.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=584771#post584771)
Ermmm, titch, pug51 joe, seph can't think of anyone else in particular at the moment


Care to elaborate?

You just weren't what I imagined you'd be like really, but like Wizza said a few pages back, I'm not actually sure what I expected that's all. Not meant in a bad way or owt :)

[Ste]

I like the way youre looking into the criticism and comments properly Mark as opposed to getting defensive as many others would have - nice one mate :)

The best accent was Toby's - lets be fair :D

haha got the piss ripped out of him about it at the hotel though and depending who i was talking to i was either called scouse or geordie :rolleyes:

Smaller = lighter = faster ;) giggity

agreed fred ;)

got my body weight down to 43kgs

just because you two both weigh as much as an empty fag packet, lee your half the weight of me :eek:

[titch]

haha got the piss ripped out of him about it at the hotel though and depending who i was talking to i was either called scouse or geordie :rolleyes:
"Which one's Toby?"
"He's the farmer"



Everytime someone posts, and I was talking to em at the weekend, I read the post and I can almost hear them saying it, if that makes sense, like when Ste says 'going' I dont read it as going, its 'gan'

[fred]

Im not that light to be fair, just short lol

lee youz well smal blad

[Ste]

"Which one's Toby?"
"He's the farmer"



Everytime someone posts, and I was talking to em at the weekend, I read the post and I can almost hear them saying it, if that makes sense, like when Ste says 'going' I dont read it as going, its 'gan'

lol atleast you can understand me titch had quite a few people ask me to repeat what i said cause they couldnt understand me :o

lucky i dont type like i speak isnt it

[loudandproud205]

lee youz well smal blad


reet i dont get half orf that want t convert it to prooper english like lol

[titch]

Lee, you're well small blad. Something like that. :D

[fred]

Yeah thats what I meant, work keyboard is from a type writer...

[shaun 106 gti]

nice to meet you to leeds106!

[loudandproud205]

well smalz blad thought it was some southern yoof thing lol

[fred]

Aye. Thats just how we roll.

[Mattyboy]

I thought that if you got the VIP upgrade you got a £25 off voucher for Adrian Flux


9 - £25 off Adrian Flux Insurance Voucher (on top of any deals you get)


http://frenchcarshow.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=16152&cat=0&page=1&featured

I never got one, did anyone else? :confused:

[aidy]

mark and aidy loved brunters 2006 , they spent the day cruising up the middle of the show lol :rolleyes:

cheeky git! my car was parked that morning and stayed where it was til the drag strip! i was on pgac stand, once you were parked there wasnt room to open doors to get back into car. had to wait til the rest of the line had gone lol

I didnt think Dan was so tall, or Aidy so short....
oi i'm not short! cheeky kids!

[Daz]

lol atleast you can understand me titch had quite a few people ask me to repeat what i said cause they couldnt understand me :o

lucky i dont type like i speak isnt it


I would have ask you to repeat some things:o LOL

[feelion]

oi i'm not short! cheeky kids!

but you do have freakishly small feet tho......... ;)

[Ste]

I would have ask you to repeat some things:o LOL


that was more cause you were drunk though daz :p

[pug51]

lol whats with the small think anyways, if someone said oh your huge and your feet and head are massive, people would be offended lol.
im 9 'n half stone lol its quality.
and lee aint that small neither are aidys feet lol its because hes always got skater shoes on, even i bought some t'other day lol.
etnies ftw

[slammed106]

PGAC are major players in it

LMFAO yeah..... ok....... :rolleyes: