Took a drive out to caffeine and machine in Stratford-upon-Avon Saturday and mixed breakfast with some car spotting and chat with like minded before heading into Stratford-upon-Avon itself for the day - be a good place to gather some clubsports and TCR
The R held it’s own in some illustrious company
Went there for the first time last Wednesday. Had met Richard at Tuthill to discuss my build and had lunch there after just to see what it was about. Good coffee and the burger I had was also excellent. They seem overly keen to tell people not to be dicks and most of what I've seen of them on social seems to suggest horrendous parking situation on the weekend - was it that busy?
We got there relatively early at 10.30 and as can see got the R parked out front, though main reason for trip was to have a day in Stratford and this was a convenient breakfast stop - We had breakfast as sat up on one of the benches and watched all the varying cars roll in - By time we left about 11.45 it was getting quite busy and the overflow (or 1st car park away from main area) was about 50% filled
Imagine it does get pretty busy through rest of the day and maybe more so Sunday, but its all like minded and so the vibe is good and if you get a good variety of drive ups, there is lots of pride and joys to look at and chat on - Despite the supercars there my favourite was a mint condition Nissan 350z that had stage one mods under the hood.
Nice variation from the new, modded and the classic, with lovely Tiger Ford and immaculate 1960's Alfa Romeo leading the way in the classic
The do not be dicks was something that was just said in general but was picked up as saying and so they branded it to themselves and basically means do not drink and drive or basically be an idiot
We like a good pub garden or a coffee, and to them that around cars and bikes (plenty of them on show also) creates a nice vibe and though we might pick our day and timing, we will be back and maybe when a few of us have our TCR not a bad place to gather with some clubsports (of course you can bring both
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Mine was the only MK 7 on show, so the R was flying the flag and though understated compared to some held its own
The GT4 would sit well in the company and get some attention expect
My only comment to the guys and girls at Caffeine and Machine is to keep the formula simple and not be tempted to get carried away with selves as popularity spikes as thats usually the time you alienate the core clients.