French Car Show 2005

[Simo]

Peeps,

Some of you will by now have seen the FCS 2005 banner floating at the top of the page... plans are underway for Saxperience attending this event! smileys/smiley14.gif

The French Car Show is being hosted at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground once more, which is an excellent venue!

A Saxperience Show area has been booked and I am keen to record details of members who are interested in displaying their Saxo's on the Saxperience stand!

The online ticket booking facility should appear within the next few weeks - I will keep you updated. There's currently no rush to purchase tickets, as the event isn't until Sunday the 29th May. Tickets can also be purchased via telephone or via the postal service.

Check out this article for further information... (http://www.sax-p.com/community/partners/show-article.asp?artid=101)

I look forward to your feedback...

Simo'

[SteveVts]

Yea definatly up for that please can ya put me down for a space on your stand.

Gona be a great show!

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[starkie]

do u have 2 have a fully modified car 2 show on sax-p.. or is it just all dax-p members ;)

[GreenSaxo]

nice pic of jules!!

i will be attending smileys/happy.gif

will hopefully be on track for a session smileys/smiley17.gif smileys/smiley17.gif

[Simo]

If you'd like to attend, please email me with your details as the article asks...

You dont have to have a 20k show car to attend... just make sure its clean smileys/smiley17.gif

[GreenSaxo]

oh ok...... i suppose i will then smileys/smiley17.gif

[starkie]

email sent ;)

[AdamH]

already sent off for the form from website smileys/happy.gif hopefully if im loved i can b up ;-) maybe in the corner? next to the bin?

[SteveVts]

Sent my email too just have to wait now guys!

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[Smithy]

Just sent my email to you si.... smileys/smiley4.gif

[Smithy]

You dont have to have a 20k show car to attend... just make sure its clean smileys/smiley17.gif

That rules out Mark, Jules and Jamie then..... smileys/smiley4.gif

[C2_VTR]

Doesn't rule me out, I just washed mine!!!!

But maybe not gonna go on the stand this year! Don't have anything new to show off so i'll just park up outside and go visit you guys... smileys/smiley13.gif

[starkie]

lol.. i aint got nuffin 2 really show off just want to be part of the croud lol.. haha

[steviesbluebeast]

alrite boys just put my name down as well better do some more modding before then
springs and full flushing i believe

[JamieB]

You dont have to have a 20k show car to attend... just make sure its clean smileys/smiley17.gif

That rules out Mark, Jules and Jamie then..... smileys/smiley4.gif

good dam it!!! smileys/smiley19.gif smileys/smiley7.gif and i wanted to have my car on the stand! smileys/sad.gif ahh well, will send my email anyway! you have to have atleast one 5 door saxo on the stand - oh wait, mine is the only 5 door saxo, so it has to go on!!!!! smileys/smiley17.gif smileys/smiley14.gif smileys/smiley4.gif smileys/smiley16.gif

[Dan]

im defo up for it!my emails arent working at the moment!(bastard!)


dont count me out tho! would like to show the vts conversion off! smileys/smiley17.gif

[starkie]

My Route lol (http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/inc/planner_places_redirect.jsp)

lol my route.. whos heading up from kent.. we need a covoy smileys/happy.gif


Summary and turn-by-turn directions for your route

From: DA1 4LS,Crayford
To: LE17 5QS,Lutterworth

Total Distance: 121.6 miles (convert to kilometres)
Total Time: 2 hr 16 min

[Dan]

any1 goin from north east/leeds way wud like a convoy 2!

[starkie]

Kent_Directions.doc (/members/starkie/Kent_Directions.doc)



ne1 else taking this route?? ne where we can meet service stations ect..

[SaxoAL]

Take me hour and a half to get there...
If anyone would like to organise a meet for the final drive there.. Im thinking , one of the M1 service stations, grab a bite to eat then drive up to brunters

[starkie]

yer that sounds gd m8.. really early breakfast lovely smileys/happy.gif

if we on the stand suppose we gota be there super early lol.. smileys/smiley2.gif

[Dan]

i'll need to set off way early then! u think it may be worth staying in travel lodge nite b4?

[SaxoAL]

Absolutely.. Thats what alot of people from further away will be doing. and its alot easier and better for you to have a rest, rather than doing a long drive then being out all day the the show lol

[Simo]

More details to be announced shortly... but there WILL be a sax-p piss up the night before, at a cosy hotel smileys/smiley17.gif

[SaxoAL]

^^ there you go.. How good will that be !!

[C2_VTR]

yeah Simo are you gonna be there for it this time around lol smileys/smiley4.gif












Just for the record I was there in time for a round but didn't know anyone...

[Simo]

LMFBO! © sax-p

Last year was a nightmare... only arriving at the hotel at 3am!

David, i'd be pleased to have your C2 on the stand again this year if you're up for it smileys/smiley2.gif

[C2_VTR]

I have to think about it... would like to but kinda wanna do something else to it before I display it again!!! I've not modded it since then.... oh wait.... does a dent classify as a mod? lol smileys/smiley4.gif

Would not be going to a hotel this time around though so would only meet up in the morning.

[edit:] Simo remember how mine wouldn't start when it was time to go home? I think I may remember a reason for that...

[Simo]

OK, let me put it another way....


You could be smileys/homme.gif and park in the wee smelling side field.

OR

You could be smileys/smiley16.gif and park your car on the sax-p stand




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[C2_VTR]

If you put it that way.... I think I may have to be smileys/smiley16.gif


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[Girlscanrace2]

i will be entending the FCS smileys/smiley17.gif

[AdamH]

simo any numbers or anything for local hotels? or b&b's or somthing?

[scotty_04]

ive sent my email off !! i cant wait for this show smileys/smiley17.gif

[Craig]

my e-mails been sent wohoo danvtr i wil be comming from leeds if u want a convoy?

[oz_borne]

This sounds good.

Simo, will actually be good to have someone there who can pass the beers all the way down the bar on their own!!!!! LMBO! © sax-p! © sax-p

If the hotel thing does come off, then i imagine us all staying at the same place would be best. Can you imagine the convoy down from there!!!!
http://www.sax-p.com/photos/photo4436.jpg
6 o'clock start!!!!

6 cars last year.....20 odd if not more this year for sure

madness.

pure fun though

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[Dan]

yeah mate loving the idea of the convoy!(as u can see by my pm's!)we shud then meet up with everyone else and have a mass sax-p convoy! smileys/smiley2.gif

[AdamH]

6am "faints"

[Craig]

yeh probably best if we stop in a travel lodge other wis i wil have to be settin off at about 5 am

[GreenSaxo]

think me and my mate left at 5am last year to get there at a reasonable time smileys/smiley4.gif

[Craig]

im just gunna do a route planner on the rac website smileys/smiley20.gif

[SteveVts]

Well may try and get a convoy from bristol going who is up for it pm me.

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[starkie]

greensaxo.. u going down again this year.. will have to convoy up from kent??

[GreenSaxo]

yes smileys/smiley17.gif we will have to.. if jamie is coming.. maybe we should each bring a can of petrol...

[starkie]

yer sounds like a plan m8.. lol.. if u going up from kent get ya names down and we can see what sirta numbers we got..
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[Chris]

I'm Jap now so can't be on the stand!

Plus i'd have to give Mark and Starkie an hours head start! smileys/smiley2.gif

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[GreenSaxo]

roflsmileys/smiley17.gif

[starkie]

lol.. haha.. im ure they can make room for you sum where m8 lol..

[Simo]

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Like I said earlier... a little nearer to the time, I will decide which hotel I will be staying in... then if peeps want to stay at the same hotel thats cool... or pick one for yourself smileys/smiley2.gif

No rush yet peeps... smileys/smiley17.gif

[starkie]

i no but im gettign excited lol smileys/smiley9.gif

[Raysax]

Alrdy buked this w/end off, Shall b goin up the eve b4 n stayin in 1 of the venues wiv a few others no doubt. Gna b proer bo i tell thee. smileys/smiley4.gif smileys/smiley16.gif

[DevilDamo]

haha, people already getting excited and booking time off! bless them!!!

it was a huge success last year and will be glad to be going again this year. will also join many of the convoys on the way up.

simo, i have just this minute emailed you.

[dannsax]

i canny wait ! by the time fcs come's around i should be

18 ;D . after my poor attempt at getting there last year

i need to pull my finger out this time round smileys/smiley9.gif

looking forward to buying some of you a beer smileys/smiley4.gif

just have to book it off at work , 27 th - 30 th ?

[Andyt]

Total distance: 335.5 miles (539.9 km )
Total estimated time: 5 hours and 49 min

YAY!!!

[Dan]

u'll be setting off early then mate!if ur not going the night before!

[Andyt]

i will have to be there the night bfore, gonna follow Scott down the road i think, at least he will know where he's going.

[AdamH]

takes me 3 hours to get there :O simo mate once you have decided where your staying, as loads of people want to come up early and there wont be enough room, maybe you just give us numbers of local hotels to? in the same area so the saturday before we can all meet up.. laugh at the 1.1s.. (wait thats me.. DOH) and get settled in so on sunday were be like.. hey ino u!

[C2_VTR]

Travelodge:

St. Nicholas Park Drive,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
CV11 6EN
Tel: 0870 191 1594

Leicester
Vaughan Way, Leicester.
LE1 4NN
Tel: 0870 191 1755


www.travelodge.co.uk (http://www.travelodge.co.uk)

The first one is quiet and secluded only one pub on site(limited spaces) the second is in leicester town near a lot of places(high street/pubs/bars/clubs).

[Scott]

i will have to be there the night bfore, gonna follow Scott down the road i think, at least he will know where he's going.

LMFBO! © sax-p we stumbled on the hotel by pure chance last yearsmileys/smiley17.gif

[Simo]

takes me 3 hours to get there :O simo mate once you have decided where your staying, as loads of people want to come up early and there wont be enough room, maybe you just give us numbers of local hotels to? in the same area so the saturday before we can all meet up.. laugh at the 1.1s.. (wait thats me.. DOH) and get settled in so on sunday were be like.. hey ino u!

Relax smileys/smiley17.gif

I've organised this type of thing once or twice before smileys/smiley2.gif

As some peeps seem keen to have definite details I may sort the hotel this week... smileys/smiley2.gif

[Scott]

wheres the nearest hiltonsmileys/smiley17.gif

[C2_VTR]

I still donno how I managed to stumble into your hotel last year since the bloody locals didn't even know where it was!!!!!! Stopped at the petrol station just round the corner to ask for directions and they didn't have a clue....

Good thing I saw the harvesters and though it'd be next to it lol smileys/smiley4.gif I was bloody right!

[Chris]

Well if you can't get in to a hotel we could all take shelter under my spoiler.... plenty of room for everyone there! smileys/smiley4.gifsmileys/smiley4.gifsmileys/smiley4.gif

Chris smileys/happy.gif

[Girlscanrace2]

i mite b goin the hotel as i bin invited i am soo loved...hehe smileys/smiley17.gif

[Areke]

i'm not going smileys/smiley4.gif

[starkie]

lol.. wicked.. how much was the room for the nite last year?? smileys/smiley17.gif

[Sidesport]

I will most prob be coming to the hotel the night before!

If i have passed i MAY bring the car, but i want to keep it till max live for its debt show smileys/smiley17.gif

We will see smileys/smiley14.gif

[JamieB]

yes smileys/smiley17.gif we will have to.. if jamie is coming.. maybe we should each bring a can of petrol...

yes yes, haha mark very funny! smileys/smiley17.gif smileys/smiley32.gif

yes i will be going to this as have already sent my email to simo for a place on the stand .... i was hoping for front row slap bang in the middle! smileys/smiley14.gif

i was thinking of going down the night before for the sax-p piss up as it sounds like fun! if mark and mark go to the fcs in the morning, carry a can of petrol each with ya as you never no, you might see my motor parked up on the side of the motorway! smileys/smiley17.gif

[SteveVts]

Gona be a good show!

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[SaxoAL]

Jamie, I may well be going the day before or something as I have the whole weekend off. smileys/smiley4.gif

[starkie]

yer wicked maybe we should do that then ;)

[scotty_04]

is anyone going from cheshire? as i dont have a clue where im going lol! what one of them 2 travel lodges is the best one to stay at???



scotty smileys/smiley8.gif

[starkie]

what eva is cheapest.. lol..

[scotty_04]

lol aint all travel lodges £50 a nite??

[JamieB]

yeah, travel lodges are about that. when i went to nottingham for the sax-p meet, i think it was about £47 for a double bedded room!!

[Craig]

is anyone else going down from yorkshire

[lcsax]

It would take me 8hrs 51 mins to get there!!! I wouldnt know anyone! smileys/smiley17.gif

[GreenSaxo]

you would "know" me.. and i would make u very welcome smileys/smiley17.gif

[Dan]

not everyone knows each other! i dont think there a many members that know each other! it will be a good chance to meet alot of the ppl on here!

i cant wait!!!

[scotty_04]

i am looking forward to putting names to faces if that makes sense lol!!

[Dan]

yeah i no wot u mean!it'll be wiered as i bet no one will look how u imagine then to be!

[starkie]

yer lol.. gona be wicked.. i know ya laura smileys/happy.gif

[C2_VTR]

It will be fun to see how many people turn up for it this year! Last year there was a lot of people saying they were going and then about half showed up, but all of us who showed up agree that it was a really good day (minus the sunburn eh Scott!!! smileys/smiley4.gif ).

The travelodge in leicester is a lot bigger with places around you to get food (beer) and such but you have a parking fee for the stay, something like £4.50 or summat.

The other one is just very quiet and not very big either! Not to mention further away from the fcs ground.

[starkie]

yer kk.. think we know what we gona be doing then lol..
and i think we should all have name tags ;) with usernames on lol smileys/smiley17.gif

jokes lol smileys/homme.gif

[scotty_04]

lol name tags and usernames that would be funny lol!! iam boking a room at the 2nd travel lodge today as ive been paid so i wont forget!

[AdamH]

my badge name "Hello My Name Is Adam, And Im A Alcholic"

wooo smileys/happy.gif cant wait

[scotty_04]

in my french car show catalogue what part do i fill in?

[Dan]

should be the back page! if its the same one as mine!

[starkie]

how did u get a catalogue?? did u sign up on the site??

[scotty_04]

yea, just go on the site and go to tickets. what does ya catologue look like mate????

[Dan]

it has 6 pics down the left hand side and says trade&club info and booking! not sure if i have the wrong one? as i think its only for clubs and traders! wots urs like?

[scotty_04]

yeah mine is the same as that one!!

[JayWard]

im definately interested smileys/smiley4.gif is anyone travelling from the staffordshire area at call?..or going past there on their way thru..?

[scotty_04]

i think iw ould be passing through there as iam from cheshire

[JayWard]

fancu meeting up on the way or summit matey?.u got msn ?

[scotty_04]

yeah mate saxoscotty@hotmail.co.uk

[DevilDamo]

blooody hell. a lot of interest. awesome. just hope these people still stick to their ideas and appearances when the time comes round. it will be good to meet you all and as people have already said, putting names to faces!!!