Hi all,
I'm pretty new to this forum and therefore new to the whole 'enthusiast' scene and had never been to such a meet before. Seeing as it was an Audi meet, supported by a magazine with Audi themselves there, at a race circuit, I had quite high hopes of what to expect. And at £10 an adult I assumed it would be quite a show.
However, I feel I may have set my expectations too high as I was quite disappointed to be honest. Don't get me wrong, there were some fabulous cars there that I enjoyed seeing but that was about it. Probably spent no more than an hour there having walked around twice. Not many stalls with Audi parifinalia and such like. One or two hardcore tuning stalls which I'm not knowledgeable enough to appreciate. But that's my issue.
I suppose it felt less of a 'show' and more of a 'meet in a car park'. Maybe if it cost more like £5 to get in then I'd have reset my expectations. Felt more like it should have been free and I'd have walked away happy that it had been worth the drive and walk round.
So the point of this post ... to see if that's what such Audi enthusiast events actually are like and as such I can readjust my expectations, or was this particular event not up to the usual level you'd all expect?
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of effort goes into organising things and I expect the majority of people with far more mechanical knowledge than I have would get a lot more out of the day than I would have done.
I did walk by the ASN stand a couple of time but guess it was bad timing on my part as there were plenty of smart vehicles but no one about to have a chat to.
What are your views?
I'm pretty new to this forum and therefore new to the whole 'enthusiast' scene and had never been to such a meet before. Seeing as it was an Audi meet, supported by a magazine with Audi themselves there, at a race circuit, I had quite high hopes of what to expect. And at £10 an adult I assumed it would be quite a show.
However, I feel I may have set my expectations too high as I was quite disappointed to be honest. Don't get me wrong, there were some fabulous cars there that I enjoyed seeing but that was about it. Probably spent no more than an hour there having walked around twice. Not many stalls with Audi parifinalia and such like. One or two hardcore tuning stalls which I'm not knowledgeable enough to appreciate. But that's my issue.
I suppose it felt less of a 'show' and more of a 'meet in a car park'. Maybe if it cost more like £5 to get in then I'd have reset my expectations. Felt more like it should have been free and I'd have walked away happy that it had been worth the drive and walk round.
So the point of this post ... to see if that's what such Audi enthusiast events actually are like and as such I can readjust my expectations, or was this particular event not up to the usual level you'd all expect?
Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of effort goes into organising things and I expect the majority of people with far more mechanical knowledge than I have would get a lot more out of the day than I would have done.
I did walk by the ASN stand a couple of time but guess it was bad timing on my part as there were plenty of smart vehicles but no one about to have a chat to.
What are your views?