Yep, turned down 2 car shows this year. Silverstone Classic and VW Action at Santa Pod, purely due to costs. Really does annoy me when I fuel, fix and repair what is an exhibit for their show! No people like us, no show, so take your ticket price and shove it.
Reason why I won't do Japfest anymore. Had to pay £30 to show the car which doesn't include you so you pay another £30ish to get yourself in 🤦 bare in mind there would be no show without peoples cars....
I've been to a few shows lately that I feel have been sub par or didn't have the vibe I could of hoped for. But we realised that the car shows are merely a place for us to get together and have a good day out with our friends. Since realising that, we can attend any show and just make our own good day out of it.
Car shows aren’t really that expensive tbh, in the US, they are usually free - 50 dollars for the pretty good ones, then for like sema and massive indoor ones, they are like 75-100
And that attitude right there is why things are so expensive. People rationalize or down play something that is too expensive and then pay it. That’s just enables it. It’s how we very quickly got things like $100k + pickups. If people stopped overpaying for things, the prices would come down. $50-100 is too much to pay to look at paying vendors items.
I've definitely been attending less this year due to costs of it all too. one of the combe action days i went too was pretty empty thanks to the costs of display tickets (would've been extra gutted if i paid more at the door as an average punter!) I think its was similar where last year it was £17 and this year it had jumper to £25 or £30. I enjoy them, but will definitely be considerably more picky going into next year. Great video as usual though adam, and thanks for sharing the highlights with us- I felt your video was enough to feel like i havent missed out on much!
Not sure whether this trick still works at the NEC (Not been since before COVID) as I've no idea if they are using ANPR stuff now but if you stayed until the end they left all the barriers open and none of the huts were open so you didn't have to pay 🤣
It's not the shows being expensive, it's the result of our purchasing power being reduced every day. Soon enough the coming pay per mile charges and accelerating insurance policies will make driving unaffordable for all of us. This is all by design !
Why do you think councils up and and down country build cycle lanes as wide as roads , because we will all be travelling by bicycle in 10 years times while the elite cruise on by
Wow! I attended a local show on the same day as this and it was £5 on the door, free to "show" your car and that was it in terms of cost other than food. They should be ashamed of themselves charging these prices in a cost of living crisis. I think I'll stick to watching your videos instead of attending now 🤣 Also I remember the days builds were builds, now e v e r y t h i n g is on air ride with wheels and they are classed as a "Build" very monotonous
It's easy to think they should be ashamed for the prices, I used to think the same until I saw the cost breakdown for Dubshed (One of the largest indoor shows in Ireland/Northern Ireland) They used to charge £10 and that covered parking & entry. Now it's £20. The reason that the cost has doubled isn't greed, it's the astronomical insurance costs and fees that the venue owners charge to allow a show to happen on the premises. As the operating costs increased, they've had to increase the price of entry to make up for the extra costs of running the show. Obviously, the showrunners are still making some profit off it, but it's not like they're charging twice as much just to pocket twice as much.
An NEC show hack is park at resorts world and if you prove you spent about £20 you get free parking so thats essentially a free lunch or whatver else you want to buy
I don't care if there is an Elvis Presley vs Jimi Hendrix live boxing match on at the NEC, i'm NEVER going to pay £18 to park a fucking car. Absolute joke
Really good concept to film, honestly I use to be out most weekends doing similar things but the cost got way to much. Just stick to one or two shows a year now which also have motorsport going on. I rather just go on a road trip these days and build the car just for me.
ticket price is average, 18 to park up though ? Hope they supply lube for the shafting they gave you on parking . I know if I travel from Stoke to Silverstone or Castle Combe it's close to half a tank or more . With so many Japanese shows , one a month at least , going to shows isn't cheap . When your seeing the same cars each event too you can understand why many pick n choose events . That's the entry though for just you . If you have a family and they need to come with you as they are too young to be left that rockets up . Be closer to 200 plus and that's just ridiculous in these times
I bought two tickets + seating for this show, cost me nearly £100 and of course there was a train strike on that day (wasn’t aware until it was show day) which resulted in us not being able to go. Couldn’t even re-sell the tickets as nobody wanted them. Absolutely gutted I couldn’t go and even more so that I lost £100 which they wouldn’t even refund.
Depends on the Show. I wouldn't pay a Penny for this one, nothing but Tuners, which does not interest me very much, but makes for an ok TH-cam Video at least, but REVS at Bicester, with its Horizonesque Smorgasbord of everything from Pre War Classics to 300 MPH+ Hypercars via Kit Cars, Resto-Mods, Tuners, Group A Icons, and everything else in Between, would be a good use of £50 IMO, especially as it also goes to a good cause, the Lichfield foodbank, I may be *Ex* CofE these Days (Reformed Episcopal now) but I have seen the Lichfield foodbank in Action as I live in an area where it is often all too sadly needed, and know how good it is. So for all reading this, Please, next time REVS is on at Bicester, please go! Peace.
Living on the Lizard in west Cornwall for me it's just local shows. Usually a donation or, about three pounds. Always some catering. Beer from barrels in a tent for about £3.50. Obviously not going to see the latest hypercar but, as a rule, a hundred or two interesting things. Plus, here, vintage tractors.
I still got that 350z that I will gift to u next time I see u at a car show and then u won't have to paint your blue 1 and then u will have them both in the blue and the yellow
At the British motor show , over 3 days in the motorsport arena , I went through £70 in fuel alone... cost me over £200 just in fuel to travel there and travel back and thats getting ubers back and forth to our hotel 😅😅😅
If you read the faq on the Gravity site that was the only place i found about the parking fee at the NEC. Book before you go and its "only" £12. Pretty sure my daughter and i were standing behing you when you took the photo for the thumbnail 😅
Why do they need to charge cents on the $17 dollars.... in the USA they dont even add change with entry cost. Why cant it be an even dollar no change "cents" $17.00 even no change.
Nec has a train station right outside. get train if not showing car. Fuel and parking cost gone. Train ticket price instead....oh wait.....bloody rip off aswell 😂
The average car like my polo is 45 litres (£75) to fiill (12gallons) or $94. Thats an average hatch back. My work truck is between 100-120 liters so imagine the cost of that when fuel wasnerly £2 per liter last year 😢
I was shocked how many miles that car does I think that’s very respectable, I run a new petrol 2.0 x1 BMW and it only returns 39.7 and that’s shocking a bit like the car but it is the wife’s so it’s ok 🤣
Yep, turned down 2 car shows this year. Silverstone Classic and VW Action at Santa Pod, purely due to costs. Really does annoy me when I fuel, fix and repair what is an exhibit for their show! No people like us, no show, so take your ticket price and shove it.
Reason why I won't do Japfest anymore. Had to pay £30 to show the car which doesn't include you so you pay another £30ish to get yourself in 🤦 bare in mind there would be no show without peoples cars....
That’s ridiculous
What I thought about supercar fest £40 to park my car in a field and pay for “influencers” to go up and down a runway 🤦🏼♂️🤣
I've been to a few shows lately that I feel have been sub par or didn't have the vibe I could of hoped for. But we realised that the car shows are merely a place for us to get together and have a good day out with our friends. Since realising that, we can attend any show and just make our own good day out of it.
I see the Birmingham City Council have declared themselves bankrupt - so is the NEC car park parking fee directly helping the bail out?
NEC belongs to Solihull council
17 pounds for parking?!?! hows that even legal?
12.50 for a small burger and a few French fries is just as egregious as that parking lol
The biggest insult is they rip you off for parking and if someone damages or nicks your car then its, its left at your own risk... Utter bollocks.
Car shows aren’t really that expensive tbh, in the US, they are usually free - 50 dollars for the pretty good ones, then for like sema and massive indoor ones, they are like 75-100
American salaries are generally higher then uk
@@xsandpathxand the dollar is worth less than the pound
@@Minerals333 irrelevant when spending inside the economy on things such as events
Regardlesss of the value, they still earn more after counting
Why on earth would you pay to go look at a parking lot?
And that attitude right there is why things are so expensive. People rationalize or down play something that is too expensive and then pay it. That’s just enables it. It’s how we very quickly got things like $100k + pickups. If people stopped overpaying for things, the prices would come down. $50-100 is too much to pay to look at paying vendors items.
I've definitely been attending less this year due to costs of it all too.
one of the combe action days i went too was pretty empty thanks to the costs of display tickets (would've been extra gutted if i paid more at the door as an average punter!)
I think its was similar where last year it was £17 and this year it had jumper to £25 or £30.
I enjoy them, but will definitely be considerably more picky going into next year.
Great video as usual though adam, and thanks for sharing the highlights with us- I felt your video was enough to feel like i havent missed out on much!
Money well spent apart from the ridiculous parking charge.....parking should be free at any venue once you have purchased a ticket.
Not sure whether this trick still works at the NEC (Not been since before COVID) as I've no idea if they are using ANPR stuff now but if you stayed until the end they left all the barriers open and none of the huts were open so you didn't have to pay 🤣
Was the same when I left late on Saturday. Shame I already bought one
As you have to purchase the parking ticket before returning to your car, the gate being open or closed, is irrelevant.
@@bobstrade6355 no you don't you can just walk straight back to your car lol. I did it a few times when I was working late for EGX.
125 quid to walk round looking at cars that just still air, wheels and attend all the same shows...fools and money are always easily parted i guess
It's not the shows being expensive, it's the result of our purchasing power being reduced every day. Soon enough the coming pay per mile charges and accelerating insurance policies will make driving unaffordable for all of us. This is all by design !
People aren’t ready to hear it
Why do you think councils up and and down country build cycle lanes as wide as roads , because we will all be travelling by bicycle in 10 years times while the elite cruise on by
Singapore has a law you pay $80,000usd for privilege to drive and it's only good for 10yrs
almost 30£ gravity ticket+ almost 18£ parking ticket is a joke
My first and last time at gravity,
I got bored after 2 hours
£38 this year and queue for 30 mins+ just to get in from 11am because only VIP @ £150 allowed in at 10am 🤔Left @ 230 due to being rammed
Wow! I attended a local show on the same day as this and it was £5 on the door, free to "show" your car and that was it in terms of cost other than food. They should be ashamed of themselves charging these prices in a cost of living crisis. I think I'll stick to watching your videos instead of attending now 🤣 Also I remember the days builds were builds, now e v e r y t h i n g is on air ride with wheels and they are classed as a "Build" very monotonous
This comment.... preach 👏👏
It's easy to think they should be ashamed for the prices, I used to think the same until I saw the cost breakdown for Dubshed (One of the largest indoor shows in Ireland/Northern Ireland) They used to charge £10 and that covered parking & entry. Now it's £20. The reason that the cost has doubled isn't greed, it's the astronomical insurance costs and fees that the venue owners charge to allow a show to happen on the premises. As the operating costs increased, they've had to increase the price of entry to make up for the extra costs of running the show.
Obviously, the showrunners are still making some profit off it, but it's not like they're charging twice as much just to pocket twice as much.
that millisecond of my green ZR 160 in the carpark at the beginning was the favorite car I saw in my unbiased opinion
An NEC show hack is park at resorts world and if you prove you spent about £20 you get free parking so thats essentially a free lunch or whatver else you want to buy
I don't care if there is an Elvis Presley vs Jimi Hendrix live boxing match on at the NEC, i'm NEVER going to pay £18 to park a fucking car. Absolute joke
There was a separate ticket at that show which you bought online where it was reduced to £12.95
@@adamrussell9215 still FAR too expensive to park a car on a bit of tarmac
This. You can drive in London for less 🤣
Really good concept to film, honestly I use to be out most weekends doing similar things but the cost got way to much. Just stick to one or two shows a year now which also have motorsport going on. I rather just go on a road trip these days and build the car just for me.
It’s always expensive for shows as it all tots up. always worth it thou for the day out 👍🏻 fair play on the nuggets, I’d give it a damn good go 😂
Thanks for the picture with me and my mate that has made my year all I can say is thank you ❤
ticket price is average, 18 to park up though ? Hope they supply lube for the shafting they gave you on parking . I know if I travel from Stoke to Silverstone or Castle Combe it's close to half a tank or more . With so many Japanese shows , one a month at least , going to shows isn't cheap . When your seeing the same cars each event too you can understand why many pick n choose events . That's the entry though for just you . If you have a family and they need to come with you as they are too young to be left that rockets up . Be closer to 200 plus and that's just ridiculous in these times
4:19 that’s me in the england shirt ahaha come on. proper mugged me off
Top tip for anyone going nec for a show
Park in the outlet village car park then go for a Nando’s for lunch and get £3 parking!
I bought two tickets + seating for this show, cost me nearly £100 and of course there was a train strike on that day (wasn’t aware until it was show day) which resulted in us not being able to go.
Couldn’t even re-sell the tickets as nobody wanted them. Absolutely gutted I couldn’t go and even more so that I lost £100 which they wouldn’t even refund.
Depends on the Show. I wouldn't pay a Penny for this one, nothing but Tuners, which does not interest me very much, but makes for an ok TH-cam Video at least, but REVS at Bicester, with its Horizonesque Smorgasbord of everything from Pre War Classics to 300 MPH+ Hypercars via Kit Cars, Resto-Mods, Tuners, Group A Icons, and everything else in Between, would be a good use of £50 IMO, especially as it also goes to a good cause, the Lichfield foodbank, I may be *Ex* CofE these Days (Reformed Episcopal now) but I have seen the Lichfield foodbank in Action as I live in an area where it is often all too sadly needed, and know how good it is.
So for all reading this, Please, next time REVS is on at Bicester, please go!
Peace.
Living on the Lizard in west Cornwall for me it's just local shows. Usually a donation or, about three pounds. Always some catering. Beer from barrels in a tent for about £3.50. Obviously not going to see the latest hypercar but, as a rule, a hundred or two interesting things. Plus, here, vintage tractors.
Gravity always looked massively overpriced. £18 to park is a joke - rip off Britain!
Autosport this year was bad enough, not worth the money.
8:15 was just beautiful, imagine cruising at 1am in that with chillstep 😍
Wtf 102$ USD to fill your gas tank!? That is literally a crime.
No way youre beating that vrs on mpg even if hes flat out all the way home
It'd Prolly beat him home anorl 🤣
Bro what country got the 2 door left hand drive fiesta?! North America only got 4 door
Other European countries
How the hell the bushes on that bmw with the serious cambered rear wheels are still alive 😮😂❤
Where we´re going, we don´t need bushings!
And thats why I am going to Lancing Motor Show at the end of the month for £4 a ticket and is 25 minutes down the road.
Most of the car shows in Western Australia is free, so this shocks me.
Dude! Clean that fuel cap... Go speak to Stjarna. They might give it a good clean.
I need to, just haven't bothered. I have the tools and knowhow to do it myself anyway
Congratulations! You've won a used Corsa🍾
It feels like am in heaven with those crazy modified cars awesome Adam keep them up
I was at gravity on the Saturday also and we had to pay that fucking stupid parking price
I saw you on the bridge at silverstone you wasn't filming i was in my white golf R yesterday afternoon
Another cracking video and commentary, 👍🏾quite expensive but well worth it
Some Porsche is that yellow Porsche 😉 hitting TH-cam in the not so distant future.
Some amazing cars thanks for sharing with us who can't attend
I know the guy with the RX7 in the thumbnail as he's from my neck of the woods. Coincidentally he is also called Adam and a really nice guy! 👍
I have an aim. Get to all the big shows next year. To wide body or not to wide body. That is the question.
Tickets were free for show cars this year which was good
adam c ur the best guy ever fr
Hello from France @AdamC3046 my favorite car was the Red Bull Rx7 🤩😍 thanks for sharing great car show in UK
The irony of a Focus driver telling you not to rev.
It's only because you've got a nice car and he hasn't.
Mark McCann told me not to rev
@@AdamC3046 Oh. Well that's different then. My bad.
Snakeskin saxo was my favorite
Well thanks for attending them so I don’t have too! :D
I still got that 350z that I will gift to u next time I see u at a car show and then u won't have to paint your blue 1 and then u will have them both in the blue and the yellow
“A pair of adidas air Katie prices” 😂😂😂
18 quid for parking. Absolutely taking the piss
I actually want a roof box on my mk1 TT, But the wife says no 😂
Don’t forget the free tea thanks to mark 🤣🤣🤣
nice selection of vehicles, i posted the calibra on Facebook, European bloke owns it, and apparently it reminded people of a PlayStation game
My slammed up that’s gone down 😂
I was in this video. I'm annoyed I didn't see you. Would've liked to have met you. I even looked right at you in the video 😂
my Toyota Corolla 1.8L 2zzge cost me 130 newzeland dollars to fill so expensive in newzealand and that the cheapest fuel I use not premium
At the British motor show , over 3 days in the motorsport arena , I went through £70 in fuel alone... cost me over £200 just in fuel to travel there and travel back and thats getting ubers back and forth to our hotel 😅😅😅
3 quid entry for a weekly meet i attend, always nice cars and is affordable and all goes to charity
Forget that parking, 12.50 for that tiny burger 🍔 and chips 🤪🏴
That's actually reasonable compared to other events.
If you read the faq on the Gravity site that was the only place i found about the parking fee at the NEC. Book before you go and its "only" £12. Pretty sure my daughter and i were standing behing you when you took the photo for the thumbnail 😅
NEC parking is the most disgusting racket in the car show calendar as are events at silverstone but food there is worse than NEC
7:36 just seen this car on the driftgames channel🤣
Released on the day of the daft Trax Social flop (8 marked attendees vs 2700 when it was a real show and not extortionate bs.)
Yeah, some belgian cars make it into your video :p 7:32 & 9:52
Ironically this video has popped up just as I'm about to purchase tickets for Gravity 2024 - needless to say I won't be going!
why not
Great vlog Adam and wow them cars was very shiny. 👍😊🚘and fair play to you on eating the chicken nuggets as well.
Why do they need to charge cents on the $17 dollars.... in the USA they dont even add change with entry cost.
Why cant it be an even dollar no change "cents" $17.00 even no change.
Wow your chaser gets great mpg, my 06 MK5 GTI gets an average of 17.9mpg 24 combined
Something wrong with ya car there mate. I get 22/23 round town in a mk5 R32 😂
Mine used to do 27/28 around town and 39-43 down the motorway so there’s defo something wrong with your car mate haha
i saw you parking up wish i found you at the show 😂
Did I really see that on screen? 4:45 💀😂
It was a caption of what the person said behind me.
Nec has a train station right outside. get train if not showing car. Fuel and parking cost gone. Train ticket price instead....oh wait.....bloody rip off aswell 😂
Stopped attending anything at the NEC you are guaranteed to be absolutely fleeced by them at every opportunity.
I would have thought you would be there 😂
and I was
I was there, £17.50 for parking on the day, per day.
wait then who won the Volkswagen jetter adamc
We announced it on the livestream on Wednesday
Yeah Adam go on give a rev piss the police off!! 😂😂😂😂
Gravity is a joke with their price so is the Santa pod now days 😂😂
Wow 30mpg. I used to do a tank everytime I took my chaser out. I wonder why😂
Love the batmobean!❤❤❤
You can save money by not parking and just driving around the park all day!
But the real question is: How much did you earn from this video, is it more or less than the cost of the car show?
I have been informed that you tubers earn about £5 for every 1000 views.... 🤔.
Yo what happened to your Yfood?
Nothing
Holy crap how expensive is gas there?😬 that initial fill up is $96USD
Yes.
liters vs gallons. Big difference
The average car like my polo is 45 litres (£75) to fiill (12gallons) or $94. Thats an average hatch back.
My work truck is between 100-120 liters so imagine the cost of that when fuel wasnerly £2 per liter last year 😢
We get rinsed for fuel in this country. We pay fuel duty then pay VAT (sales tax @ 20%) most of what we pay goes straight to the government.
@@edd95gti85 😳💀 wow that’s insane
Ay but that wide bodied polo🎉
I gave up years ago and it was half this price, gutted tbh.
hi adam c im a big fan
is there any stalls?!
yh
I saw no cars, I collapsed after the parking fee part..
The GeoByLuke Chaser lady looks like a Margaret to me
Has Adam still got the Cobra?
Adam does, it featured in Adam's recent house reveal video
Very enjoyable as always 👍
Hey Adam if this video gets 100k Likes, will you car spot in London again? Anyone in the comments who see this like it!
I'll treat you to another 100 nugs!
tbf tho you did get 58 free nuggets.
I was shocked how many miles that car does I think that’s very respectable, I run a new petrol 2.0 x1 BMW and it only returns 39.7 and that’s shocking a bit like the car but it is the wife’s so it’s ok 🤣
what if the seat got in a crash 😂 all the hot wheels fly as projectiles in the car
16 mpg here
I know the sparkly bmw and rav 4