Prestons MINI weekend - featuring Russ Swift - 26th of June

[Hat]

Quote: Originally Posted by shamster

you become a cocked Hat?

more of a doffed cap

[Rakey]

have fun those that go

[Hat]

to be honest it wasn't that much fun. exactly the same format as previous years & exactly the same Russ Swift show that i've seen half a dozen times before. All the sales staff were taking a days pay to do essentially feck all seems weird that it supposed to be a Mini open day & all the minis are in the workshop & the showroom & forecourt are full of BMWs.

[northandy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat

to be honest it wasn't that much fun. exactly the same format as previous years & exactly the same Russ Swift show that i've seen half a dozen times before. All the sales staff were taking a days pay to do essentially feck all seems weird that it supposed to be a Mini open day & all the minis are in the workshop & the showroom & forecourt are full of BMWs.

I think they ply of having all those 1 Series lined up was a bit deliberate... It may have well been a one series day

[Rakey]

but was the hog roast any good?? please say no

[Hat]

i wasn't hungry. The 'chef' had to go find a shop to buy more bread cakes at one point

centre stage in the showroom was given over to a 6 series convertible with enormous 21" AC Schintzer wheels. OK if you like that kind of thing but seeing as it was a mini open day it would have been good to have a mini convertible (of which there were none there at all) or a car with full works kit.

kind of reinforces the prestons sales team's attitude to mini really

[northandy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat

i wasn't hungry. The 'chef' had to go find a shop to buy more bread cakes at one point

centre stage in the showroom was given over to a 6 series convertible with enormous 21" AC Schintzer wheels. OK if you like that kind of thing but seeing as it was a mini open day it would have been good to have a mini convertible (of which there were none there at all) or a car with full works kit.

kind of reinforces the prestons sales team's attitude to mini really

Your right.... only one mini in the showroom and that was locked with a sold sign on it... the only minis on the forecourt were the ones invloved in russ swifts show....

you would have thought a line up of the current models, etc etc would have been the least the could manage....

maybe they were hoping someone would buy the 6 series a snip at £69,995

[Damo]

Quote: Originally Posted by northandy

maybe they were hoping someone would buy the 6 series a snip at £69,995

It wasn't even a good one! It was a 630i or summat!

£10,000 of it was wheels, tyres and bodykit! Not sure if that included the exhuast!

[northandy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Damo

It wasn't even a good one! It was a 630i or summat!

£10,000 of it was wheels, tyres and bodykit! Not sure if that included the exhuast!

It was a 630i ? .....

thats stupid money !... the wheels were nice but you wouldnt dare drive it anywhere !!

[Damo]

Quote: Originally Posted by northandy

It was a 630i ? .....

thats stupid money !... the wheels were nice but you wouldnt dare drive it anywhere !!

Yup!

Yes it was my car parked behind Bubblegoose's S

[Shamster]

I was thinking of coming to this but it looks like my initial trip of something more local (the Totally Transport show at South beach in Blackpool) was a much better day. Amongst all the American and British classics there were 3 MINI's hiding between about 120 classic ones.

[RedUn]

Quote: Originally Posted by northandy

It was a 630i ? .....

thats stupid money !... the wheels were nice but you wouldnt dare drive it anywhere !!

why not??