FotU 2021 - GO GO GO!

[wuvvum]

Skoda has made it without cooking itself. 

[Schaefft]

This and a Clio.

[catsinthewelder]

Alfa 156 ahead, Citroen DS behind that's been following me since Melton Mowbury.

 

Until broken Ginetta corner, now E220d and Rover 100

Feel bad about not stopping to help @Tommyboy12

[Tommyboy12]

1 minute ago, catsinthewelder said:

Alfa 156 ahead, Citroen DS behind that's been following me since Melton Mowbury.

 

Until broken Ginetta corner, now E220d and Rover 100

Feel bad about not stopping to help @Tommyboy12

Don't worry about it! Theres not much can be done unfortunately as the bearing seems to be toast. Just annoying that the recovery company is saying 2pm to get to me!

[MondeoBlues]

Just reached broken Ginetta corner

[Soundwave]

Well, I'm finally in. Got to say, in all that queueing, the Rover kept its cool a hell of a lot better than I did. 😄

[wesacosa]

its worth it when you get in. some fab cars

[Ghosty]

Holy expletives. I've not long woken up cause I fell off my bike last night and I'm aching all over. Sounds like it might have been for the best though...

[Spurious]

Yea, I was lucky, got in about half 10 or so, just ahead of @dollywobblerin the Matiz. 

But there seems to be about 4 portaloos for everyone here. 

Hegarty would be better handing the management of this to someone used to running these things. Traffic management was a bit of a mess too.  They could sponcer it if they want. 

Cars are great though! Us three are enjoying ourselves 

[stripped fred]

Great show so far although feel like our white micra is a bit sub standard in the spectator field! Loads of wonderful cars here. I am boring my 12 and 14 year old sons with all my car knowledge!

[egg]

Wish I was there, can some please grab a pic of this Mondy?

[N19]

This one?

[egg]

Thanks!

[Tommyboy12]

6 hours later... Still in the same lay-by

[meggersdog]

Queue to get in was crazy. There was an MX-6 infront of us and three 205s infront of him. An XS, GLD and a GTi. Nicole and Papa in their tee shirts were really nice.Didn't see Nutmeg wagging her tail at any car in the concours so don't know what won as we left early to avoid the rush .

Some poor sod had a bad day. T-boned at a junction just before Essendine. Looked an older car but it was buried deep in a hedge and ditch.

[wesacosa]

38 minutes ago, Tommyboy12 said:

6 hours later... Still in the same lay-by

they didn't come at 3 then.. scandalous. 

[High Jetter]

I thought you might have a few stop and chat / commiserate as you're not far away from your target. Have they arrived yet?

[Spurious]

Few snaps of my favourites 

Chatted to the lad who owned the Fiat, nice fellow and it's got a digital dash too! Winner winner. Should have been in the concours to be honest. 

Couple of Pandas, this one is still red 

Sharp looking VW. I think I recognize it from Twitter. 

Maluch ☺️

And the Audi hidden beside a lovely Skoda Estelle. I think it was having a hard time with the traffic. 

This little Extra is ace 

 

[3VOM]

6 hours ago, Schaefft said:

Traffic's not moving much at all, at least we had time for breakfast.

Count back 5 cars from Schaefft's big black thing and that was me. I won't be rushing back for the next one. I hit the queue 2.5 miles back and it took an extra 1 hour 10 minutes to get in. Overheard someone claiming they queued for two hours. Add the long queues for the toilets and the total randomness of what was where, apart from the Concours exhibits.

[Soundwave]

I took quite a few pics, was going to start a dedicated photo thread but I'll stick a few of my personal highlights here instead. 🙂

As has been said by others, queues were fairly obscene. Although I was frustrated at the time, now I've seen the whole setup, I'm not entirely sure what they could have done differently. 

Nevertheless, I enjoyed my first FOTU. Some of my favourites were:

 

[Soundwave]

I think my "car of the show" is a two-way tie between the blue MG Maestro and the gold over gold with gold wheels Tercel.

 

 

[Soundwave]

 

[Soundwave]

[JJ0063]

Now home, sunburnt and knackered.

Thought the cars were great, live music was horrendous and traffic management was shite.. I kinda get the build up coming in, happens at most events but when I tried to leave I was made to sit for 10 minutes until a van with a flashing light could usher me 200 yards down a straight road that I then had to tail on to 20 other cars when I could have gone on my own and been gone in 30 secs. Bit odd.

Also felt really bad for a chap in front of me in an immaculate 5dr Corsa B, original dealer plates, flaps etc the lot - Looked great and he clearly planned on showing it, just got sent round to the normal car park by the ushers who then laughed and said “he surely isn’t wanting to show that”  so the poor bloke was left to park in the public car park out to the side. 

Some really nice cars about today, I didn’t take any pics bar one of my own e30 but really impressive stuff there, very nostalgic! 
 

 

[meggersdog]

Yeah, can't be trusted to drive out on your own . When the white van turned off we very nearly followed him just for a laugh. Thought it would be funny slowly driving around the grounds with hazards on following that van but the gatekeeper gave us a stern look.

[TripleRich]

Made it no problems but got a bit worried in that bloody queue.  Thankfully the temp didn't get much above half and the Granada ran fine. 

Apart from getting in it was a fab day out, so much variety.

 

[wesacosa]

some lovely stuff both in concourse and in the main car park.  

I don't think I have seen a Cherry Europe since about 1988

and not sure I have ever seen a Tercel other than in a brochure or on Breaking Bad

 

 

[Mr_Bo11ox]

This looks like the stuff of dreams. Is that white Allegro an Innocenti Regent?

[Surface Rust]

3 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

This looks like the stuff of dreams. Is that white Allegro an Innocenti Regent?

Yes it was and immaculate as well!

[Surface Rust]

The Proton was the concours d'ordinaire winner.  Must have been a tricky choice, loads of lovely chod everywhere. I was so excited I forgot to take a pic of my shonky Acadiane.