New event, Aberdeen Performance Car Show Sep 2019

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    I know, it was yesterday, but I thought I'd mention it, since it's the new kid on the block, at our new venue, TECA. And since I think
    it would be a great show for NMS to have a stand at.

    I was there with Aberdeen Minis, but we got let down by a few no-shows, so had 3 classics, an F56 JCW and me in the Clubby.

    Yesterday saw something like 800 cars, using part of an exhibition hall, and the underground car park, with 8000 visitors.

    Was a good day, only spoiled slightly by a few cars bouncing off the rev limiters, despite one of the show rules stating no engines
    running during the day. And before you say I'm a grumpy old git, which I am, the noise being mostly underground wasn't good,
    especially for the small children. Rules are rules!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeswagon View Post
    Was a good day, only spoiled slightly by a few cars bouncing off the rev limiters, despite one of the show rules stating no engines
    running during the day. And before you say I'm a grumpy old git, which I am, the noise being mostly underground wasn't good,
    especially for the small children. Rules are rules!
    This is/was one of the main problems with SCS the last few years - did anybody try and stop them did you notice?

    I can imagine a car popping and banging in an enclosed space like that would be really annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DigitalLemming View Post
    This is/was one of the main problems with SCS the last few years - did anybody try and stop them did you notice?

    I can imagine a car popping and banging in an enclosed space like that would be really annoying.
    The organisers did after a while, but I'm not sure how much bodies they had downstairs. The Police had a display just beside us, I thought they might have given it the
    old 'ello, ello, ello…..' but no, in a private event it's not up to them.

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    The event looked good from pictures I seen on social media, I went to the Scottish Performance Show earlier this year and it was the same pop bang, pop bang, goodness knows how people in houses never complained.

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    I’m always happy for NMS to attend/try new things.

    These shows however do seem to attract those that want to bounce the car off the Rev limiter, which doesn’t make for an enjoyable experience for most people. As Andrew has said this is why we as a club decided not to do SCS again and the rather herbal smell in the air.
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    To be fair it's a new show and will have teething problems, hopefully the pop and banging will stop would not mind going up next year for a look, but it should be the case if you start popping and banging or even having engine on before leaving time, you get a warning and if it happens then asked to leave. I never understand why at these family events people do that!

    From what I heard the last hour was a bit noisy!

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    What was the rest of the show like, excluding the muppets redlining their cars? I'm on holiday for a few days so couldn't make it, but all the pre-show marketing stuff made it look a bit too Fast and Furious for me. I could be wrong of course, just got that impression


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mon the fish View Post
    What was the rest of the show like, excluding the muppets redlining their cars? I'm on holiday for a few days so couldn't make it, but all the pre-show marketing stuff made it look a bit too Fast and Furious for me. I could be wrong of course, just got that impression
    I'll start by saying we've been a bit spoilt up here in the past with Speedfest.

    I'm not entirely sure how they split the two spaces, upstairs there were some club stands, trade stands, super cars, but there were just as many of them downstairs. Maybe that was down to who you knew on the organizing team?

    The revving of engines happened for maybe 10-15 mins early afternoon, then lots of engines started up around 5, at that point we took refuge in the Clubby, but you could feel the vibrations coming up through the floor. Downside of that was any announcement over the tannoy regarding order of leaving couldn't be heard. Apparently there were some awards dished out, but again couldn't be heard. I'm sure they'll get on top of this for next year.

    If you're a car enthusiast, there were plenty nice cars to see. I'm at the age where even if I don't like a marque, I can still appreciate the work (or not) that's gone into it. For the record, my favourite was a mk2 Golf with Kamei kit, and Callums was a Toyota Supra.

    We were parked opposite a Seat club with maybe around 20 cars on their stand, and the fun they were having as a group looked like a NMS crowd. They kept Callum and me entertained at the end with their choons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twisterboy View Post
    ….but it should be the case if you start popping and banging or even having engine on before leaving time, you get a warning and if it happens then asked to leave. I never understand why at these family events people do that!

    From what I heard the last hour was a bit noisy!

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    That would be the common sense approach, but they were very strict on a no cars moving policy until after 5, when it was closed to the public. The doors were closed on the car park from 09:00 to 17:15.

    I'd opt for confiscating keys, and keeping them back until every last car had left.

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    It's not just the popping & banging at these events that wee on my cornflakes, it's the incessant boom boom boom of 'so called' music that gets on my wick

    Then again I'm Victor Meldews brother


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    We were there and I spied your car!

    I’m just glad I ordered tickets early with a discount code as an hour wait to pay £19pp is a bit much! We were also sensible and took lunch with us (despite having to pour away our water into a bin at the door due to “arena policy”) as apparently the queues were lengthy (circa 50 mins) and the majority of food sold out quickly. We just so happened to be downstairs having our lunch when the willy waving began and watching a sea of families leave the underground car park covering the ears of their screaming children was not pleasant, however it was during this moment of tinnitus inducing noise that I spied the car park charges (another bug bear with the venue car park being utilised by the car show, parking was abysmal, I feel sorry for anyone attending the wedding fair that was also on), anyway, parking charges hiked up from £3.50 to £10 after 3 hours so at 2 hours 50mins we left, it was plenty time anyway, we spent a good hour and a half chatting with various friends. I think it was overpriced for what it was and I doubt we’ll be back. Some nice cars though but nothing overly stand out and a few more trade stands would have been good!

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