Brighton dealer day

[WINDSCREENGUY]

im glad i was working sounds like a right farce.... so what happened to bigmacs van????????????

[Glen]

It was a bit dissapointing to say the least, especially the fact that nothing was put in place to help Bigmac out, (other than a bucket of water), which was our only concern when we got there.
we were parked so far all over the place that we were on brighton sea front after an hour and a half
(it took that long to look round, the kids to play on the bouncy castle and eat our lunch!!!)
having said that, it was lovely to meet some of you guys , just a pity that more wasn't done as far as the vans, Bigmacs especially!

[madmark]

yes mate very poor indeed! i agree!

[BigMac]

I have done a writeup on gallery 3 with the pics

[R5CPD]

First of all, I'd like to thank all those of you who attended yesterday's event. It's obvisously disapointing to hear that many of you did not have a good a day as I was hoping.

I have already discussed the concerns over the display of your vehicles to the Dealer management team on the day. I had understood that a number of reserved spaces for the display of your vehicles were to be arranaged, but for whatatever reason that did not happen.

I'm also personally somewhat saddened to read that there is a feeling from some that the description of the event, differed to it's actual content. After re-reading my posts in the run-up to the event, other than the non appearance of the ice-cream van (which was out of the dealership's control) everything quoted that would happen pretty much did. I could argue a number of individual issues with you all, but I fear we would have to agree to disagree.

With regard to the handling of Jimmy's breakdown, I am somewhat foxed at what people expected us to do exactly given the situation. Upon his arrival at the site, I spoke to Jimmy and he requested if I could find some transmission fluid, which I did. It was then decided that the leak was too severe to be repaired immediately and it was best that the vehicle was to be recovered home. Jimmy then asked for a bucket of water to wash off his Transit, which I found for him to use. I personally tried to respond to any request in the best way that I could. I certainly felt on the day, that this situation had been adequately resolved, but perhaps this view was not shared by other forum members that attended.

Anyway despite these concerns, I'm glad to hear to you all enjoyed the drive to and from the event and had the opportunity to catch up with each other. It was a pleasure to meet many of you at last and may I express my best wishes to your group and it's future events.

[transitgeoff]

glad i stayed at home, knew they only wanted to use us

[transitgeoff]

oh and by the way, why are so many people scared to tell it like it is??

[MrMPuk]

Because at the end of the day Chris did try, and what they did was alot more than alot of other dealers have done. So although it didn't really work out the thought was there!

[Andrew-v4]

True mike, its not chris's fault no other vans turned up. If more people took the plunge and came down it would of been a lot better Anyway the few which came enjoyed a quick chat with each other while the kids went on the bouncy castle.
The only thing which was missing were the test drive's

[transitgeoff]

but what was it that he "tried" to do? surely it would have been better to have just gone down to Brighton for the day? what i am asking is, what was the objective of the dealer day? and why didnt it work

[Andrew-v4]

To be honest geoff not sure what the objective of the day was? All we did was watch a dvd about the transit and have some grub!
Would of been nice if they offered some vans to test drive but as us vaner's were talking among ourselfs the dealers left us to it.

[Valsheda]

YEH , YOUR PROBABLY RIGHT ANDREW , BECAUSE WE WERE ALL CHATTING AMOUNGST OURSELVES IT WAS A CASE OF LEAVE EM TO IT , BUT IF THERE WAS MANY MORE OF US TURNED UP THEY WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD TO HAVE PARKED ON THE MAIN ROAD ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO TEST DRIVE A VEHICLE , THE DEALER GUYS DIDNT EXACTLY COME FORWARD TO OFFER THIS ,

BUT IT WAS A NICE DRIVE TO BRIGHTON TO SEE A DVD HAVE SOME GRUB LET THE KIDS GO ON THE BOUNCY CASTLE ALL AFTERNOON AND HAVE A GOOD CHIN WAG IN THE SUNSHINE , WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WERE STUCK IN DOORS WITH IT RAINING

[john leeman]

did have a good day out, visiting brighton on friday evening. and eventually finding the dealership. on saturday I was suprized not many people turned up, a dry fairly sunny day, but a general lack of joe public, they must have spent hundreds of pounds getting the ford special vans there, and putting on a great buffet and the transit recent history dvd is certainly worth having, and a great deal of hard work by the staff and sales team there too. I don't know if they sold many, if any vans that day.just a big thank you from me & debbie. went to crewe cheshire that night for sundays railway works open day, 23,000 people there, too many for photo's.

[Knightrider]

Thanks to Mr puk for heading me to this page I think it shows us not to be sucked in by another Ford dealership trying to increase his attractions at Transit owners own expense correct me if i'm wrong

[MrMPuk]

To be honest the only good bit of the day was the DVD they showed and they said they would send out copies, gave them my address and sod all, wish I had their addresses!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bar Stewards!