The Smart Festival 2012

[Problemchild]

ALL THE INFO IS HERE FOR THE PRE-FESTIVAL MEET UP

http://www.forfour.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2159.0

JJ

[K80POO]

 

I had a fleeting moment of blondeness of wondering how I could tell who I was meeting up with.......... 

[CrazyG]

We'll be easy to spot.....

We'll be in the Fiesta's, Focus's, Astra's, Clio's, Megane's, Micra's, C3's....
In fact any car but a ForFour      LOL

[mr singh]

Are we meeting up at the Tesco's car park before so that we can go in a tube (or have I just imagined this fact!)

last year the meeting point was in a little car park off the first round about, not the first exit to tesco, but the last exit. unfortunatly i wont be comming this year due to my work... started in june and i dont want ANY excuses for them to get rid of me

[Problemchild]

if people haven't seen it, registration for the event is here...

http://www.thesmartfestival.com/

you get a sticker and.............erm..............i think thats it.

JJ

[Brabs]

if people haven't seen it, registration for the event is here...

http://www.thesmartfestival.com/

you get a sticker and.............erm..............i think thats it.

JJ

True but on entry there was also a welcome pack in quite a nice bag... which I still keep in the car for shopping. Oh yes... and a pen 

[K80POO]

Do you get said goodies when you are there, or do they get sent out beforehand?

[Problemchild]

some stuff sent out before and then a goodie bag there (post it notes, pen, wrist band etc) and most importantly.......free food vouchers!!!!! wahoo!!

plus smartmods always have some bargain goodies - i bought 2 x plastic smart cups for a few £ each and they are great!!

also worth noting that there is loads of stuff for kids, lots of good stuff for adults, demos, parades around the track, shows, etc etc etc plus there is the car museum to go in..... its not juust a load of weirdo car geeks just standing around 

JJ

[mr singh]

free food vouchers!!!!!

which are use less as EVERYTHING is priced so that you use ALL of them on what ever your buying... unless you manage to scrounge more from others then it works out better... just

[CrazyG]

Ok, so those who have been before all know the score....
Not enough vendors/stalls/sellers of aftermarket goodies....as usual...
vouchers just about enough to cover the one meal per person....
and free goodie bags with stuff that you don't necessarily want, but you take anyway.....

BUT....
1/ consider how many aftermarket outlets/sellers/vendors for Smarts that are out there 
    Not many in truth...and how much should or would you expect them to haul down to the
    event, when so many people are there just to meet other owners, socialise and look at
    the cars etc without buying anything...well....?   
2/ and why should MB/Smart give away food vouchers or anything.....who says they have to ?

TBH, it's a day out, and a nice place to meet all the other Smart peops that are out there....
there's free coffee and tea at TheSmartClub marquee....worth a visit I'd say....and overall
the event is quite a good venue as you can see everything, including the special events that
are laid on for instance....and then there's the MBWorld exhibition to look around.....
plus some events that you can even enter, such as test driving the electric Smart etc.

And as for the food selection...well it's never that bad, in fact I think it's got better each year....
there's even the MBWorld café/restaurant that serves good food (but higher priced obviously),
so all in all it's really not that bad.  Assuming the weather holds out that is.

One suggestion though....
if you like your drinks (tea/coffee/water etc) then I'd advise taking some of your own to
'supplement' what you can get, as at lunchtime you could be queueing for some time for a
drink in the same queue for those waiting for food.....so you might have a bit of a wait.

Oh and of course, if you have a fat wallet you can splash the cash and go round the remarkable
Brooklands Museum. Expensive...yes...but aren't they all now ?

[Problemchild]

Haha - and there was me trying to encourage people to go

It's really not as bad as G says (from the point of a family man) as the whole geeky car bit is quite well balanced with activities (albeit smart car based)

JJ

[LadyV]

I agree with G here, without the food voucher you'd have to pay out more for something to eat!

It's a fun day out and you can spend as little or as much as you like.

[brulaw]

I'm on the positive side ,  it's a great day out , you get to meet up with other " forfourers "  and as V says ,  it's as cheap / expensive as you make it ....... the only downside is that you have to make allowances  for the  poor smart owners that don't own a " proper " ( four door )  smart  ........... 

[Problemchild]

FooBah ! - the boss has just told me that the charity event that she has organised for the Saturday night needs her to help set up all day so I need to be there with her to help set up too.

Oh well - not that bothered as the charity is very worth while as it is a small set up that allows cancer patients and their families to come and stay and relax and take their minds off their issues in a tranquil setting.

If interested, the charity is the Penny Brohn and the wife has managed to get the Royal Bank of Scotland to make them this years sponsored charity

http://www.pennybrohncancercare.org/

Sorry guys - it will have to be the next s2smarts me for me!!

Enjoy

JJ

[K80POO]

Why oh why is the sticker the same size of your window?  Do they not realise that Smart's are smallish cars?  How weird!

And what is the wrist band all about?