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Such stuff as dreams are made on . . . 
Not my words alas, but rather those of a popular writer called William Shakespeare. To be honest, I am not sure he was actually talking about cars as his prime peaked before the automobile, but I like to think he was.
Here in Great Britain, we look to America for all that is good in the world of automobiles and this is especially true with car shows. I don?t mean the new car motor shows that every country has where manufacturers show us their increasingly mundane offerings in the hope that we might buy them.
No.
I mean the enthusiast events where the love of cars transcends money and commerce. We gaze across the pond at your automotive lifestyle and your cheap fuel and wish those freedoms could be ours. We can but dream. Photo: DriveWrite Automotive.
The Problem
Not content with major events like the Amelia Island Concours d?Elegance, it seems to us that every town in the USA has regular “Cars & Coffee” meets on a vacant lot. Show and shine and meet your friends and neighbors. What could be better"
It?s just not the same here in the UK.
For a start, if you want to hold absolutely any event, the organizers must first approach local authorities for permission. They then have to jump through a series of hoops to meet all manner of invented standards and pay large assorted cash sums to achieve an outcome.
We are very hot on health and safety here. A policeman c...