Right feel like I could put my 2 pence in here....
As some of you may know the DC5 is my first venture into a Jap car having spent quite literally my entire car life around Fords. This argument about various cars on stand came up year after year at what is the equivalent of JAE, Ford Fair. A Ford ONLY show with the main marques and owners club (RSOC, STOC etc) getting prime positioning at the centre of the show with all the other car forums and facebook based clubs scattered round the site.
I was a member of 2 large forums from my times with Fords. ZSOC and Passionford. PassionFord was the Forum that I always attended this show with and the variety of cars on this stand was amazing. All sorts of Fords from Classics (like my old Cosworth) to brand new Focus RS and ST. ZSOC was like a family, smaller stand with close friends and for years only had Fiestas on. However, a few years ago a couple of members decided that they didn't want to bring their fiestas (moved on to bigger cars, newer cars or they just didn't work) then year after that, because there was some track time booked some E46 M3s turned up followed by a couple of Lotus Exige. Due to the fact they had passes and tickets not only were they allowed on site and into the show but also found their way onto stand. The organisers made note of this and the following year a memo went out stating that NON Ford's were not welcome to the show (even on trade stands) and would be turned away. Fast forward a year and yet again there was a variety of Non Fords scattered around not only the trade areas but also the club stands and on track. The same complaints were made but the show organisers stood by their stance of Non Fords were not welcome. Next year all the tickets were then issued with Vehicle Details and Numberplates so that passes/tickets couldn't be swapped between vehicles.
The issue with the show itself isn't the organisers themselves but the staff for the show on the gate who are getting minimum pay to stand round and point in the same direction for hours on end to direct traffic. There was no interest from the staff themselves. What is the point I was getting at?? Yes it'll be a Jap only show and yes we will be there as part of the ITR-DC5 Forum but the variety on the stand isn't always an issue. Might be more so if it was someone trying to sneak in a VW Golf on Air or something. The last Ford Fair I went to that was run by Kelsey Media I swore I wouldn't attend another show organised by them. But I am still to go to a show as part of this forum and I appreciate that forums seems to be a dying breed but I will try to attend this one as part of ITRDC5.
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R - I can't make my mind up with this one lol I understand and respect the Forum need for keeping the stand for ITRDC5 only... But have been guilty myself of bringing something else to the stand at times...
