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Mondays & Tuesdays are Car Club nights @ Caffeine & Machine

Right then, Caffeine & Machine have replied to my email today. Car Club nights are indeed Mondays and Tuesdays, and we have two options:

Option 1: Dedicated and reserved parking in front of Caffeine & Machine on a specific date, paying £10 per car in advance, although you get a £5 credit to spend on food, drinks, etc. Required for meets with large numbers of cars.

Option 2: Just turn up on any Monday or Tuesday night, and park where we can without reserved parking - there should be plenty of parking at the side or around the back - with no admission fee. Fine for meets with small numbers of cars.

Thoughts?

Option 1: This would be fine if there were going to be a good few cars turning up so we could all be together but, as it's a weekday evening, I can't see there being much over 15 - 20** to be honest.

Option 2: This would probably be better as we should still be able to be near enough together. It would also save us £10 each and. as mentioned above, there should be plenty of space for however many turn up.

Thoughts: Just give me a few days notice, I'm available most weeks. A Tuesday would be better for me than Monday, but I'm pretty flexible so can go with the flow. :)

** Jay will possibly throw me here by bringing several of his down. :D
 
Just thought I'd bump this as it seems to have gone a bit quiet in here.

Any dates confirmed as yet Rob? I have most dates in July and August available, the only ones I couldn't manage would be the 22/23rd August as we have the Simply Mercedes meet at Beaulieu on the 21st.
 
Interest was a little limited last time around, so giving this thread a little bumpety bump, to gauge interest. How much interest might there be for a weekend cars and coffee style event in the New Year?

Othe venues in the Midlands which spring to mind for groups of any size include:

Great Northern Classics, Derby

British Motor Museum, Warwick

Caffeine & Machine (The Hill), Stratford upon Avon
 
Another thought might be Donington Park.

Or if the number of cars would be modest then we could re-run the school night mini-GTG fun at a pub with a big car park, like then good old days. Back then Lichfield used to be a popular location.
 
IMHO, a weekend day GTG just for MBclub and partners in the midlands. Like wot we used to have in the halcyon days!!

A weekday night would seriously curtail the numbers - by the time most people have finished work it would be CBA
 
Interest was a little limited last time around, so giving this thread a little bumpety bump, to gauge interest. How much interest might there be for a weekend cars and coffee style event in the New Year?

Othe venues in the Midlands which spring to mind for groups of any size include:

Great Northern Classics, Derby

British Motor Museum, Warwick

Caffeine & Machine (The Hill), Stratford upon Avon
Count me in slim, thank you.
 
Morning Rob, there's a couple of other Midlands ones which I've become aware of though not until later in the year.

They are the Nottingham Motor Show, Wollaton Park on Sunday June 8th and the Derby Motor Feast at Elvaston Castle on Sun July 27th 2025. The Derby one is a new venue though, if it's anything like the Nottingham one last year, it should be a good day out. This was very well attended with a mixed bag of cars from the 20s to the present day, with parking arranged by age and not marques.

I'll put more details up a little nearer the time though meanwhile, I'd probably be up for Gaydon or the Caffeine and Machine one at The Hill. No Mercedes till April though as it's on SORN, so I'll have to skulk in a corner somewhere. :)
 
Morning Rob, there's a couple of other Midlands ones which I've become aware of though not until later in the year.

They are the Nottingham Motor Show, Wollaton Park on Sunday June 8th and the Derby Motor Feast at Elvaston Castle on Sun July 27th 2025. The Derby one is a new venue though, if it's anything like the Nottingham one last year, it should be a good day out. This was very well attended with a mixed bag of cars from the 20s to the present day, with parking arranged by age and not marques.

I'll put more details up a little nearer the time though meanwhile, I'd probably be up for Gaydon or the Caffeine and Machine one at The Hill. No Mercedes till April though as it's on SORN, so I'll have to skulk in a corner somewhere. :)
Thanks Dave, I look forward to hearing more.
 
Morning Rob, there's a couple of other Midlands ones which I've become aware of though not until later in the year.

...... Derby Motor Feast at Elvaston Castle on Sun July 27th 2025. The Derby one is a new venue though, if it's anything like the Nottingham one last year, it should be a good day out. This was very well attended with a mixed bag of cars from the 20s to the present day, with parking arranged by age and not marques.
Is it just me, or is that an odd way to go about things?
 
Is it just me, or is that an odd way to go about things?
I don't think so really, it makes it an interesting walkabout and if, like me, you're not really into the modern stuff then you can go directly to the earlier ones. I prefer the 60s - 70s motors so having them all in one place makes life easier.

Another thing with the marque specific, is that you tend to get a surplus of certain hatchbacks to the point that it's like negotiating your way round an Asda car park. :)

The eldest OAPS are nearest to the exit - makes perfect sense.

At least I've reached my age. 🤣

Having said that, my priority tends to be near public conveniences now sooner than exits. There comes a time when you learn never to pass one of these...
 
Today I’ve heard back from Great Northern Classics in Derby, and they can accommodate car groups - they’ll put a couple of the members cars at the top of the ramp near the entrance too.

You just pay £1.50 to park and that’s it. You can wander around for free, and buy food and drinks the coffee shop. I went earlier this year with a car club and really enjoyed it as a venue.

The good thing is that there's plenty of indoor space so even if the weather is poor then we can still get together even in Winter months

 
So are we seeing this out til end of Feb ? Seeing the wonderful bit of weather we are having
Yes I would suggest waiting until the weather is a little less likely to put people off!
 

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