09-07-2017, 02:36 PM
Cars on the Green 2017 was good fun. I'd attended the event and met with everyone last year but had gone in the daily and parked with joe public as we'd been too late to get a stand.
This time around, and thanks to Bash and Ladybash for sorting this, we'd gotten a stand and despite a no show (Dum Dum
) it was again a good time.
![[Image: tGf0Etm.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/tGf0Etm.jpg)
So 5 306s and a 205, so more Peugeot metal than the average 306oc turn out haha. Bash even had working air conditioning, which we were all incredibly jealous of because of the 30+ degree temperatures.
It was HOT, SUNNY and pretty much unbearable tbh. We had a good walk around the cars, which is always good at a multi-marque event because you get to see a little bit of everything. From the stance and air dub crew to a lot of classic American style.
Was good to catch up with the East Anglia contingent and the ground was laid for a future trip to the Nurburgring...
I'd been wanting to change the look of the car up for the 2017 show season as the "red stripes" thing had kinda gotten old. First step was to remove the decals, not a prospect that worries me as I've got a full set of correct colour Rallye decals in the garage to be applied at some stage.
Second step was to consider colouring my steels. They'd rusted in a few places over the winter so painting them was essential. I'd considered just re-blacking them but I really wanted a colour to really transform the look of the car. At first I considered red to continue the theme, but really fancied a change. I had some Ford Electric Blue kicking around since we'd done a little rattle can surgery on my Dad's Fusion last year so decided it'd be cost effective to give Blue a try.
Whilst reaction has been mixed they've actually grown on me! What I didn't realize was how easy, with the volume of blue in my wardrobe, it was to colour clash!!
![[Image: iaVTL7W.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/iaVTL7W.jpg)
Pugfest 2017 was a little later than most years, coming only two weeks before FCS (Which in turn was much later than usual). I decided to come straight from work and camp again, meeting 7075sam in Coventry en-route.
An uneventful drive was followed by the usual relaxed camping atmosphere and a nice chance to have a catch up with "those men I met on the internet". Toseland and Mattrallye were kind enough to share some grub (Including, what I can't recommend enough: a warm lemon donut!) and I limited myself to only a couple of beers, but I did have a third freebie one from Fooby (Thanks!)
Our tug of war team came second (I think) again this year, so no free beers. I personally think the event is rigged!
In the morning, with bacon ingested and tent disassembled, me and Sam went to take our place on the stand; which again was in the public car park (despite tons of room at the top of the hill near the 306gti6 boys). I helped the team assemble our impressive new club marque which at least provided some shade, and a nice centre piece for our club stand.
In the morning I did my four hill runs, + passengers trips with Dum Dum and Sam (thanks guys!), and then after lunch had a wander around the metal on show... my particular favourites were the Belgian Dimma Cab, Dimma 309, and a five door 205 stanced on steels.
The show was definitely quieter than usual, which is a shame and I can't really attribute a reason why. It was a nice day, prices haven't gone up much if at all. The only factor I can think of changing in the last few years is the strict no Peugeots up the hill, but surely there's no a legion of pissed off Citroen and Renault owners who no-showed? Maybe it was it's it's proximity to FCS this year. Really not sure but I hope it's not the beginning of a downward trend as Pugfest is bay far the best show for a relaxed fun time.
![[Image: bBPKQTF.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/bBPKQTF.jpg)
This time around, and thanks to Bash and Ladybash for sorting this, we'd gotten a stand and despite a no show (Dum Dum
) it was again a good time.So 5 306s and a 205, so more Peugeot metal than the average 306oc turn out haha. Bash even had working air conditioning, which we were all incredibly jealous of because of the 30+ degree temperatures.
It was HOT, SUNNY and pretty much unbearable tbh. We had a good walk around the cars, which is always good at a multi-marque event because you get to see a little bit of everything. From the stance and air dub crew to a lot of classic American style.
Was good to catch up with the East Anglia contingent and the ground was laid for a future trip to the Nurburgring...
I'd been wanting to change the look of the car up for the 2017 show season as the "red stripes" thing had kinda gotten old. First step was to remove the decals, not a prospect that worries me as I've got a full set of correct colour Rallye decals in the garage to be applied at some stage.
Second step was to consider colouring my steels. They'd rusted in a few places over the winter so painting them was essential. I'd considered just re-blacking them but I really wanted a colour to really transform the look of the car. At first I considered red to continue the theme, but really fancied a change. I had some Ford Electric Blue kicking around since we'd done a little rattle can surgery on my Dad's Fusion last year so decided it'd be cost effective to give Blue a try.
Whilst reaction has been mixed they've actually grown on me! What I didn't realize was how easy, with the volume of blue in my wardrobe, it was to colour clash!!
Pugfest 2017 was a little later than most years, coming only two weeks before FCS (Which in turn was much later than usual). I decided to come straight from work and camp again, meeting 7075sam in Coventry en-route.
An uneventful drive was followed by the usual relaxed camping atmosphere and a nice chance to have a catch up with "those men I met on the internet". Toseland and Mattrallye were kind enough to share some grub (Including, what I can't recommend enough: a warm lemon donut!) and I limited myself to only a couple of beers, but I did have a third freebie one from Fooby (Thanks!)
Our tug of war team came second (I think) again this year, so no free beers. I personally think the event is rigged!
In the morning, with bacon ingested and tent disassembled, me and Sam went to take our place on the stand; which again was in the public car park (despite tons of room at the top of the hill near the 306gti6 boys). I helped the team assemble our impressive new club marque which at least provided some shade, and a nice centre piece for our club stand.
In the morning I did my four hill runs, + passengers trips with Dum Dum and Sam (thanks guys!), and then after lunch had a wander around the metal on show... my particular favourites were the Belgian Dimma Cab, Dimma 309, and a five door 205 stanced on steels.
The show was definitely quieter than usual, which is a shame and I can't really attribute a reason why. It was a nice day, prices haven't gone up much if at all. The only factor I can think of changing in the last few years is the strict no Peugeots up the hill, but surely there's no a legion of pissed off Citroen and Renault owners who no-showed? Maybe it was it's it's proximity to FCS this year. Really not sure but I hope it's not the beginning of a downward trend as Pugfest is bay far the best show for a relaxed fun time.
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