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11 years

festival of speed

Hi All

Ive just booked tickets to the festival of speed and i am wondering which car to take as transport to get there.

Shall i go incognito in a 2000x Fiat multipla or should i go in my 1966 Fiat 850 coupe,

Basically does anyone know if there is an advantage of taking a classic car in where you park, that may be closer to the action, or away from a silver/black eurobox carpark, Ive heard there is for the revival meeting but im not sure about the festival.

Thanks

Tim

Membership Number: 5222

Jun 14th, 2012 - 7:43 PM

Jeni long

11 years

Re: festival of speed

Hi Tim,

Im off to Goodwood too for the whole duration (ah the joys of a press badge!) As far as i've seen in previous years theres not much to be gained by going in a classic, also the queues to get in are usually quite lengthy so a daily driver may be the way forward. Saying that i've only ever gone as press and not as a punter so get posh parking near the show so i might be totally wrong - is it worth dropping the folk at goodwood an email to ask if there is any classic parking ?

Membership Number: 11782

Jun 16th, 2012 - 11:28 AM

Gavin

11 years

Re: festival of speed

I think it's the Revival has specific parking Tim. I don't recall the FOS having a specific area though there were some nice cars scattered around in the parking.

Jeni is right, it can get a bit fraught in the queue if you time it wrong. As long as the cooling is ok I'd take the old one - if it overheats or the weather's hot take something modern with aircon!!

I thought I was only going to the Revival this year, but have just been sent tickets for the Thursday from Auto Trader - one of their online competitions I entered a while ago!! So it looks like I will be going after all - don't know what the Thursday's like but would be a shame to waste £40 worth of tickets!