Bike Nights. Why is there nothing similar for cars?
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We have all seen bike nights, generally mid week, a load of bikers get together and chat over a coffee. Nobody acts like a tool and they are all generally well behaved.
Why are car nights either not a thing or tend to be at the weekend and attract all the popping, banging, reving, generally acting like a tool crowd
We have all seen bike nights, generally mid week, a load of bikers get together and chat over a coffee. Nobody acts like a tool and they are all generally well behaved.
Why are car nights either not a thing or tend to be at the weekend and attract all the popping, banging, reving, generally acting like a tool crowd
We have a monthly evening meet around my way. Hosted by a pub with a large car park that does acceptable food.
Great bunch of attendees with a wide variety of cars. Anyone misbehaves they are asked not to do it again or stay away.
We see a lot of folks attending who can't do the monthly Saturday meet as they have commitments of a weekend that come ahead of their car hobby.
Great bunch of attendees with a wide variety of cars. Anyone misbehaves they are asked not to do it again or stay away.
We see a lot of folks attending who can't do the monthly Saturday meet as they have commitments of a weekend that come ahead of their car hobby.
The way society is today, and with the increasing scarcity of both common sense and tolerance, it's probably the fear of the burnout / "send it" lot and their Instagram hangers-on finding out about it. And with or without this, the high probability of complaints from anyone living within a 5 mile radius about the noise / traffic / inconvenience, and actively trying to have the pub's license revoked and the owners put out of business. It's a big gamble for a pub that's already profitable and doing OK.
That aside, there is clearly money to be made. The owners of Caffeine & Machine have made a very successful business out of doing pretty much exactly this on a full time basis, but I believe even they've had grief and objections from neighbours, and also have to be constantly vigilant in terms of calling out and banning idiots who risk wrecking it for every one.
A lot of car clubs use pubs as meeting points, but these are obviously on a relatively small scale, and not advertised to the wider public.
That aside, there is clearly money to be made. The owners of Caffeine & Machine have made a very successful business out of doing pretty much exactly this on a full time basis, but I believe even they've had grief and objections from neighbours, and also have to be constantly vigilant in terms of calling out and banning idiots who risk wrecking it for every one.
A lot of car clubs use pubs as meeting points, but these are obviously on a relatively small scale, and not advertised to the wider public.
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