a RESULT for Dave ;)

[RS2000CUSTOM]

bigjohnie - There is nothing further that I can add to your "SPOT-ON" comments.

Do like I do and enter your car for showing in Working Class and laugh to yourself at how much money that some people throw at their cars to win a £3.00 trophy.

To spend that much money they may as well go the extra mile and enter in Standard concours.

Hope to see you at some shows this year.

I want to see loads of MKII's at RS regional shows in 2003

[bigjohnie]

DAVE you have renewed my faith,i will be attending some shows and hope to meet some old school like myself who like a craic and quite a few beers(not in that order)my present car is nowhere near as good to show but i am only wanting to go along to meet some like minded rs fans and hopefully not all serious stuff along the way.I have just sent away to join this club so it would be good to get to know each other better and bring the fun back to owning the cars ,what do you think lads

[RS2000CUSTOM]

I dont think for one minute that your car is a wreck ! - so sod em - get yourself a log book and drive to a few shows and give it a clean then put it on show with the working class cars.

Even Cossie owners will talk to you !! - lol lol lol

[paul spence]

Bigjohnie.I like the sound of the beer and criac,there would be nothing better than a field full of mk2s,Ive had my motor slagged off before,to be honest I could not give a f***,its my car how I want it. :grin:
lol @ Dave,cossie owners will talk to you :roll:

[Banishit]

This is my type of show car 8-) one thats used all the time, Mine is driven everyday even to work 80miles round trip, if the box or engine give up I will rebuild her and the whole bottom and inner wings are covered in waxoil and have been for many a year by the look of it.
so it will stay that way. but will get treated to new clreaner parts as they arrive :grin:

[Mr Hoarder]

For me, Concours has turned into a 'Fat Wallet' competition, the cars cannot be used, and therefore those people who have extremely nice Mk2's , but who cannot afford to trailer them will put them in working class.

If OEC doesn't stand a chance in Concours, and it's driven to the show, but not used all year round, what other class other than working can it compete in, it is not worth showing it against a trailer queen, but it will always win against a daily driver. This particular car has caused a lot of debate, and I for one don't have an answer to it.

My own cars (when finished) will hopefully be used, but if and when the Blue custom gets done I'd like to think that Concours may beckon, if only for a while. The white one will be thrashed to within an inch of its' life

[Doh]

i shall be a "trailer queen" :grin: hopefully.....


i fact i've got 2 trailers :shock:

ones "working class" and the other is "standard class", i kid you not

[Charlie Chisholm]

For me, Concours has turned into a 'Fat Wallet' competition, the cars cannot be used, and therefore those people who have extremely nice Mk2's , but who cannot afford to trailer them will put them in working class

This is the reason why there is no cars at regional days in the standard class , this is peoples attitudes.

Is winning so important !!!!!!!!!!

Realistically their are only 2 trailered cars at the moment in the RS2000 Class, Ricky Ross CSL, and the signal entry at last years RSOC National Day, sorry cannot remember its reg, the Yellow car that used to belong to Andy Natriss. Both serious Concours cars, rarely seen at regional days, chances of bumping into them are slim.
Ricky might do 1 or 2 regional days tops, I would be happy coming second to him any day of the week, especially if I did not trailer, which I don’t because it not my cup of tea, and I can afford to trailer if I wanted to, just choose not to hide behind that excuse.
You could trailer your car all season for what a set of 7’s are worth, or 69l tank, but some people prefer to spend their hard earned cash storing obsolete spares. (Trailer hire approx £30 a day for a decent braked jobbie).

So bring your cars out and enjoy and leave trailering to the very very few who choose to do it.

PS I like Buying the odd Nice spare and stashing it away tho.
PPS I Compete in Standard Class Mk1, just for the record.
:-)

[Doh]

the yellow ones reg is OYD 550V :grin:

[topaz]

OYD will be at cumbria, mk2 day and national day, possibly ligh****er valley too

[Doh]

when is the mk2 day?

[Mr Hoarder]

[quote="Charlie Chisholm"]

You could trailer your car all season for what a set of 7’s are worth, or 69l tank, but some people prefer to spend their hard earned cash storing obsolete spares. (Trailer hire approx £30 a day for a decent braked jobbie).

So bring your cars out and enjoy and leave trailering to the very very few who choose to do it.

PS I like Buying the odd Nice spare and stashing it away tho.
PPS I Compete in Standard Class Mk1, just for the record.
:-)

Charlie, Trailer hire locally to me is £80 + vat PER DAY, and to do a show for example in Cumbria (a 735 mile round trip as I found out last Saturday ) I would need it for 3 days which is £282.00. If I did 4 shows a year thats about a thousand pounds in trailer hire alone. A Brian James clubman trailer is £1400 and then add the cost of a suitable towing vehicle (A Transit in my case - £2500-£3000 ish) and you have the price of another Escort !

I am not knocking those people who trailer their cars, or those who don't. It's all about personal choice. If Ricky was to start driving CSL to shows here there and everywhere, very soon it wouldn't be the car it is today.

Once my Blue Custom is finished ( if :roll: ) then I expect to trailer it to shows, as damage caused on the road would upset me no end.

I might even show it in working class just to throw a cat amongst the pigeons (you know the drill - abandon the van and trailer at a hotel a few miles away and drive the car at 0.5 mph to the show :wink(1): )

[Charlie Chisholm]

Rob, Jesus mate forgot the cost of living difference between North and South, £80 + VAT for trailer hire :shock:

Trailer or not 2 Trailer, Concours or Working Class get your cars to the shows and enjoy. :-)

See you all at Cumbria in the MK1 RS2000, in Standard Class.

[Darran]

PPC 969R

I had a great laugh in concours,but i was only in the easier modified class.
The best bit ,was leaving,turning on the line lock and smoking the tryes up the road !!
I just had to show every one it was'nt just all for show :grin:
Hope you all have a good season boys :-)
Darran

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Darran

Did u have the Orange Cozzy Mexico ?