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What's also annoying is that as my wife has a Home Baking business we visit a food packaging exhibition also held at the NEC every January. That show is always free to enter, and I'm sure there's no car parking charge either. Obviously this is yet another income stream for Haymarket... |
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.............. so anyway if Verstappen had used his brain for once, he would have won that race rather than finish second...............................
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For B2B events with a targeted audience and little 'tourists on a day out' traffic they might well be prepared to cover the cost and write it off as a business expense. For events that might be more likely to attract a large non-revenue generating element the motivation for offering free or even subsidised parking is less clear. In addition the unspoken potential for limiting the effects of those with light fingers by discouraging their interest in the event may be a factor? Or, as you say, it might simply be an attempt to augment the revenue stream. Probably by the NEC in the first instance. |
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At last someone "appreciates" CG, actual boss of Renault Nissan who is in troubles. Unfortunately, its not about the poor quality of the cars or the diesel gate but its a good start. Lets hope…
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So wasn't that German F3 girl lucky at Macau. Also the photographer that the car appeared to fall on. Makes you realise that at over 170 mph you cover distances in the blink of an eye.
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One very very lucky young lady....could have been so much worse for her and bystanders
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I recall a former boss of mine, a long time trusted manager of a particularly profitable operation within a family business (not his family), who said something that seemed rather strange at a small leaving gathering when he and his wife decided to take on a pub instead. It went something like "One day you will be sorry to have known me". Or something like that. One particular part of the business happened to involve cash collected weekly from public use coin in the slot office machines. It was noted that after he left the cash take went up quite significantly. Within a year he was in court and then in jail. He was a nice bloke and generous towards staff with what people assumed was his own money but was probably raked off from the cash flow. I think he would have been able to ease out of the situation possibly unnoticed had he had time but the pub option, on which his wife was rather keen, came up very suddenly and gave him no time to cover his tracks. I don't think anyone else knew what he was doing at the time. |
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Just watched Peter Auto s video onboard of the AMC Javelin,I heard the car didnt come back to great.Was wondering what happened if anything.
Staying with PA I noticed that Van Riet won all the 60's races which is quite a feat.The 512 Ferrari of Monteverde/Pearson was quite unreliable for a lot of the season.Good vid of a CSL driven by PBE on Youtube.Just thought Id say some stuff you know.👍 |
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You get a lot of dross on MSN, but very occasionally you can learn something. For instance a page this morning about twin-engined cars. Some familiar, but several I'd never heard of....
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I remember the Twini & Moke examples, and in a similar vein there was an autocross special back in the 70's called The Buffi-Mowog with an Austin 1300 engine front & rear. If I remember correctly, to get around the clutch & gear synchronisation problems this used a manual transmission at one end (front?) and automatic at the other! |
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The 512 is an incredible car that I got to see last year for the first time.WOW Shame that over the years those types of cars have decreased although I did get to see Graham Turners 917K at Brands GP for a MSV club meet with Bernies V8.Quite a surpeise aeing it in appaling conditions.Starting to make my historic racing plan but its quite hard with the clashes, |
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I had to deliver some bulky stuff into the CBD the other day which would not have been train friendly. So I took the car and parked it in a multi-storey car park. Had my meeting and and a coffee, returned to the the car three and a half hours later to be presented with a parking fee due $85 ticket. Had I gone over 4 hours it would have been $115! Not happy. Wont be doing that again. |
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When I flew to Faro with BA from Gatwick last month the car park for 5 days cost more than the flight..... OK, I booked short term as needed to get home quick and the parking is right opposite the arrivals hall. Long term would have been cheaper but would have wasted a lot of time!
NEC is a pain from here by road or train. Latter involves changes and usually takes 5hrs. Driving via A14 etc also slow to stopped, especially with long term road works still in place. Having realised that to renew my race licence a Stress ECG is needed again, I’ve booked to have that done at Silverstone on a Saturday, as half a chance I will get there and back without too much hassle...... (And it’s cheaper ) |
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When I was racing the oval circuits someone had welded two Austin 1100s front halves together to entertain the crowds between races. The two drivers could drive the "thing" fast at incredible angles and spin 360 degrees instantly. They obviously took a fair time to learn how to do it !
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