Motorshow - Penshaw north east

[paul26982]

theres a motor show held on the 5th and 6th of august at penshaw country park, sunderland, north east england, should be a good one, just off the a19 over the road from the monument

[after_shock]

Went last year was quite a big event, just need decent weather!

[paul26982]

will be going this year, never being before, nice place too

[wedg1e]

I hear there'll be a lot of cheap car stereos for sale in the pubs of Sunnerlan that night...

[paul26982]

penshaw isnt bad at all, yeah into sunderland, hendon etc, but its know were near chap,

[southpaw]

Its my birthday on the 7th Might go for a wander round, what kind of cars are there? Mainly modern stuff?

[docevi1]

the time I went it was all Ford, Mazda, Volvo etc, just the mainstream stuff...

There was a monster truck show and a modified section (they tried to send me in the Marlin down that way )

[Byff]

I'll be popping down there today to have a look around. Don't know if I'll be in the Lincoln or the Cerb and I might see if I can get in the "modified" section

Hope I see ppl I know

[paul26982]

might pop down tomora, any feedback what it was like today lads

[Byff]

Sorry folks, it's just not worth the money.

The monster trucks and Russ Swift put on an excellent show, but as it's first aim is as a motorshow, it fails dismally.

The manufacturers that have bothered to attend have only brought a handfull of cars with the exception of Ford and Vauxhall. The Ford stand has a GT on display and for what looked like a small donation, you can have your photo taken sitting in it. The Vauxhall stand has it's range of vxr cars but I didn't notice a Monaro there. The two cars I'm interested in - Clio Sport and Mini Cooper S - none what-so-ever. Renault havn't bothered to attend and BMW have brought one mini - a convertible. There's loads of motorhomes on display, but I'm not really in the market for one of them.

There's plenty of food stalls to take your cash - £1.50 for a tray of chips and £3 for a pasty. There's a few craft marquee's and loads of fairground rides. Just a shame there's not many cars.

Edited by Byff on Saturday 5th August 18:47

[paul26982]

very disapointed then