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Hi all, Bit of a random one but do any Manchester/Derbyshire/South or West Yorkshire based Shiters fancy a meetup sometime in Glossop? I know it's not exactly a sprawling metropolis but it has a reasonably priced car park, a Wetherspoons, a caff, etc. Main reason for suggesting it is it's a nice drive in from most directions - over Holme Moss from the North or Snake Pass from Sheffield direction. The A624 from the south isn't too bad either. Something like a Thursday evening would be best for me but open to suggestions.

Hallo peeps. Discussions have been discussed and we have decided there will be a Cannock meet on Saturday 23rd March featuring Scotoshite and The Midlands Massiv. Usual format to ensue. Meet Friday evening for a dinner, stay the night, 0900 at The Trucker's Rest for breakfast then round to the auctions for the auction game. Afternoon activity up for discussion as usual. Interest? EDIT! Normal format to ensue. Date now Sat 7th September 2019 for the main event. Scotland will stay over at Premier Inn Cannock South on Friday 6th. See here -

Just a reminder,the stony stratford car meet is on new years day,very much worth a look,just hope the weather behaves itself this year.

FOTU tickets are on sale - it's Grimsthorpe again, hopefully they have some better ideas about queues this year. I'm thinking of trying for concours with the Civic sedan... https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-of-the-unexceptional-2023-tickets-466204017767?aff=ebdsoporgprofile https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/events-articles/2023-tickets-now-on-sale-for-fotu-radwood-and-the-hagerty-hillclimb/

I have mentioned this before but we are booked on to the Knockhill trcak day on 3rd July. http://trackdays.knockhill.com/hot-hatch-car-trackday-july3 It is a hot hatch day so we are taking the Starlet - as what could be hottier and hatchier. The day is also german day so I imagine there will be one or two golfs! Anyone else fancy it?

EDIT - Key info 16th-18th May 2014 Hafod Hotel, Devil's Bridge, nr Aberystwyth, SY23 3JL. Go to the rear car park, on the road to Cwmystwyth. If you come over the mountain road from Rhayader, look for the car park on the left-hand side, shortly after the 30mph sign in Devil's Bridge. There is a pub quiz at about 9pm on the Friday. If there's no-one in the car park, this is why. There will be a trip out to The Internal Fire Museum (www.internalfire.com) on the Saturday evening, departing the hotel at 5pm-ish. Return will not be until gone 9pm in all probability, so don't arrive between these two times! Hotel phone number: 01970 890232 Original Post There has been discussion about the possibility of a Welsh Shitefest. Possibly to take place conveniently close to my house. Now, I know it's a bloody long way for many people, so I'd be looking to make it at least a two-nighter - it's a lovely place for a holiday if you fancied making a proper holiday out of it. But is it a stretch too far? From pretty much any entry point into Wales from England, I'm about 2hrs away. Birmingham is comfortably 3hrs away, Liverpool, Taunton and Bristol about the same. Six-cylinder knows how far away it is as he and his chums visit the area every year. I have cunning plans already, which largely involve some very scenic drives (with the possibility of a bit of very soft greenlaning that cars could cope with) and a possible visit to the Internal Fire Museum. It has engines. I'd probably look to do something earlier in the year, before the summer season really gets underway - so April or May. I would appreciate your thoughts. Typical scenery.

Not sure which page to put this on... My stepmum runs a dementia charity, Dementia Support South Lincs. To raise money there's an annual car rally, it's a pleasant canter around South Lincs lanes followed by tea & cake. £30/car. Fun, very informal and no beardy concours inspectors. All shite welcomed. You'll get to meet me and my Puma, and possibly @Cluffy's Corrado if he ever fixes it. Kick-off is 1pm in a tiny village called Aslackby about 15mins north of Bourne. If you just want to come and eyeball the cars it's £7.50 for the tea & cake and they'll be back at base for 4pm. Let's paint the village beige! I will send the charmingly old-person Word Document application form to anyone who wants it via email.

Discussions were had today between myself and @320touring and it was decided we have a goodly number of somewhat fast and comparable cars within the core Scotoshite between his Clio 182, @dome's Kangoo 182, @jaypee's BMW 316i (Honest gov), @Supernaut's 323i and my V70 T6 and we should finally do a race. We have decided on reviving Club GLF (GANNIN LIKE FARK) and we shall be meeting at Crail Raceway for some drag racing. This is also an open invitation to all yous who fancy coming and joining us for the day even if it's just for the bantz, plus you'll be just up the road from Anstruther - home of the chippie that's never done winning best chip shop in the UK awards. Deetz below: Crail Raceway Drag and Drift Thrash 15th May 2022 (Sunday) 10am - 4pm £10 entry to the track £20 to race (No Need to race) Helmet required if you reckon you'll crack 100mph on the 1/4 mile. No rentals available even before covid. Basic scrutineering will be in force - Battery must be secure, all wheel bolts / nuts present and visible, nothing significant floating about in the car that could become a missile in a crash, no significant fluid leaks... etc etc. Be sensible folks. Don't bring a unMoTable wreck.

Quick poll to see who is available when. Happy to update the polls with any suggestions!

Hello Everyone! I am pleased to bring Paykan back to UK. Announcing the premiere of Iran's Arrow: The Rise and Fall of Paykan For tickets please visit: http://www.adventuretravelfilmfestival.com/london-festival Cheers, Shahin Armin

Has anyone had a go at auto testing? I have seen that there is an event at Blackburn Services in Feb . I quite fancy taking starlet along, but would like to know what is involved.

I was all set to head to the VSCC Welsh Trials on Sunday, but then I remembered that there's a big bash at Wythall to mark 30 years since WMPTE was formed (the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive I think?). So, I think I'm going to have to get all bus geeky instead. Here's the timetable and a list of buses taking part. http://www.wythall.org.uk/octoberbuses.pdf It's all quite excited to a humble Brummie such as myself. I've not even seen an Ailsa for years, let alone heard one! Certainly haven't ridden on one since about 1984. Anyone else fancy it? I'd be aiming to pay £6 admission and then make full use of the free bus journeys - though I imagine donation buckets will be placed in strategic places.

As mentioned in the Shitesteddfod Thread the North Wales Classic Car & Motorcycle Show takes place at Bodrhyddan Hall (Clwyd LL18 5SB) on Sunday, 5th September, 10.00am - 4.00pm. This might be an alternative to Chumley and a good chance for some of us to get together. Details here You don't have to pre-book but if we want to park together as a club we'd need to let them know numbers in advance. From the website: "Please note, clubs that are wanting to be situated together at the venues and total more than 5 vehicles, we are asking for you to pre book to ensure we have the right space allocation. As a club you are still eligible to pay on the day we just need to know numbers for the allocation of space. The ON THE DAY PRICE will be £5.00 PER CLASSIC VEHICLE. Customer MUST be in a classic vehicle for the special on the day price to be honoured. Classic Vehicle - classic car (aged 2007 / pre-2007) or a car in one of the following themes: American / kit / custom / replica car" so our shite should qualify. I'm happy to take on getting us in as a club so please let me know if you're interested in coming and I'll sort it. We'd need a club name, how about Clwb Ceir Cachu?

It didn't happen last year because I wasn't fit enough. This year, and on the wave of having done Inverness for Christmas, I'm feeling up to a south-coast trip again. This of course means there will be the usual Shiters' lunch meet at the burger van on Portsdown Hill, most likely on Wednesday May 13th. I'll be in the wheelchair bus, sorry; MrsR has vetoed taking Hairy Pussy even before I've got it home. We will also be stopping each way at a Travelodge or Premier Inn somewhere in the Midlands, so there might be an opportunity for a Midlands Massiv Meet too. Or even two of them! It worked well enough at Cumbernauld!

I may be going to this, work permitting. http://www.lva-auto.fr/agenda.detail.php?id=143990 I've not been before but apparently it's a bigun. If I go I'm happy to look out for unobtainium frogchod bits.

With the advent of this pesky virus I for one have been missing things such as car shows, Cannock chod-fests and random meet ups. Employing my crystal ball I’m hoping that maybe, just maybe, Chumley will be on as the date is mid September. If kids can go back ‘safely’ to a school full of kids then I’m sure an outdoor car show will be fine. Fingers crossed. For the new and uninitiated, Chumley Castle car show is a staple of the AS calendar where we bring down the tone of a proper car show by entering rusty Renault 4s, deteriorating Dacias and crumbling Cadillacs (being literally pushed) into the show ring. The commentator makes for hilarious listening, although we’re usually placed so far away from the ring we can’t hear him. Any way who’s in for Chumley this year... if it goes ahead?

Every first Sunday of the month Haynes Motor Museum has a breakfast meet from 9am to 12am. If you haven't been to Haynes before it's a brilliant museum in Sparkford near Yeovil by the A303. Ideal stop off point on the way to Devon and Cornwall. The breakfast meet has been going for a while now and it's getting very popular. Basically a morning where car enthusiasts can rock up in whatever they have and go for a browse on other people's cars. Very much a extreme mix of cars. From fake Ferraris to real Ferraris, Fiesta ST to Sierra Cosworths and from Hyundai Traget to badly modified Civics. Everything goes. I've been meaning to go for a long while and decided I would have a jaunt up in the Jag before I sold it to see a couple of mates there. As usual, the trip in the Jag was largely uneventful. Only issue I had was being low on fuel. As it was Somerset, most of the petrol stations were closed on a Sunday morning. Anyway enough of the chit chat, time for some photos. Literally hundreds of different cars and I couldn't photograph them all. So I picked out some of the more unusual or special ones. This is a typical sight. Modern Alfa 4C next to a CX turbo The 4C was also near this scruffy Merc. Not sure why I took a picture of it but never mind. Probably because there was many pampered cars on this row and then there was this... Another typical sight. Chevy Suburban next to an E type. Which is next to a DMC and yet another modern Mustang. Yes this is a real DB5. Lovely Alfa Loads of American stuff - especially Mustangs. Here is a generic Mustang for an idea Possibly not one for this forum, but these are phenomenal machines. Front brakes were insanely big. As you would expect there is a fair amount of British stuff. Especially P6s. This MG ado16 was absolutely minty. I wish my sills were this good. Checkout this Puma without rusty arches! These definitely look better in person. I have no idea why these are so expensive. I took a picture of this not because I liked it but because someone obviously spent a lot of time on this.

AUCTION REPORT LINKS: If you're browsing this thread for the ver' first time and want to get straight into the meat 'n' potatoes, as it were, then here's the links to all the Nordie Shiters' Terrible Terrible Car Auction Event Write-ups, with Datsuncog as your ever-enthusiastic compere de merde. Wednesday 8th August 2018 Wednesday 12th September 2018 Wednesday 3rd October 2018 Wednesday 5th December 2018 Wednesday 16th January 2019 Wednesday 20 March 2019 SUPER SPECIAL INTERACTIVE EDITION Wednesday 29 May 2019 DAMP SQUIB M9 *************************************************** Righto, shite fans of Norn Iron, A suggestion has been put forth that a mini-meet of sorts could be arranged for those of us perched atop this enchanted rock, to strengthen bonds and ogle at terrible, terrible cars about to be inflicted on some other poor bugger. Venue is: Ballyclare Car Auctions, Dennison Industrial Estate, Ballyclare BT39 9EB http://ballyclarecarauction.co.uk/ Date is: Wednesday 8th August 2018, from 7pm onward http://autoshite.com/calendar/event/52-northern-ireland-mini-meet-ballyclare-auctions/ Deep-fried items of varying degrees of danger are, apparently, available onsite for those who wish to test the strength of their stomach and other major organs. So pop along, in whatever vehicle you fancy, for a bit of craic and to participate in the ever-popular Crispiest Wheelarch Spotting Competition. I'll be there, I believe The_Equalizer will be there, and a few other expressions of interest have been indicated from local shiters. I may even be wearing my newly-arrived Autoshite t-shirt (courtesy of FilthyJohn) to aid recognition. Drop a line below if you reckon you fancy coming along! Dat.

Yo! I've been nominated (many times) to organise a shitefest next year, considering i can't even organise my own life then this could be a challenge but I'm happy to try and arrange something if there enough interest?. I've made enquiries at the Rose pub where we hold our East Coast Retro car meets on in Shotley near Ipswich, Suffolk (IP9 1NL) and she's more than happy for us to use the field over weekend for £5 per person per night if sleeping over, there are toilet facilities and the pub does good grub plus they have a large room for us to have a meal or maybe a quiz on the Saturday night?. I've also spoken to a friend who's a volunteer at the Ipswich Transport Museum and even though the museum is closed to the public on a Saturday he can't see no reason why we can't have the museum to ourselves for a private tour around and even the possibility of a bus ride on one of their historic buses which I'm sure a few on here would really enjoy. Now it's obviously early days yet but what i need to know roughly is how many of you shitters be interested in this and i need to give the pub a date as their field is getting booked up so that we can secure for our chosen weekend.

While I’m feeling sociable and non stressed. Does anyone fancy meeting up at Staplefield on the 3rd November to watch the veteran car rally? The pub does a good bbq breakfast.

As mentioned on the thread for Northern Powerhouse Classic, I can't make it on Tuesdays anymore. I'm sure the now longstanding tradition of eating a slab o'cow at Glossop spoons will continue regardless, but would anyone be up for a more Northerner version? Proposal: 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month, so as not to clash with NP Classic. Place: The White House Pub & Restaurant, Littleborough, OL15 0LG: https://thewhitehousepub.co.uk/ https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/The+White+House/@53.6573352,-2.0493041,16z/ Motorway access isn't great but who wants to drive on motorways? Has big car park and beer and food. First meeting on Wednesday 13th Feb? 7ish PM? Any takers?

Are any other shitters going to this? I’ve got a ticket booked and based on the emails I’ve had since it’s still going ahead. I’ve not been to many shows before and haven’t had the best experiences when I have, so it’d be great to see some people and cars from here there.

I have mentioned this to a few shiters over the year and there seems to be some interest so I thought I would make it happen. It also gets the date into the AS Calendar before anything else gets organised for the same weekend. The location is half way between Lemans and Tours in Sarthe, Pays de Loire, France, approx 300 miles and 5 hours from Calais, or 120 miles and 2.5 hours from Caen. The date of 3-5 July is the Lemans Classic weekend, where there are great cars on track (where else will you see pre-war Bentleys power sliding and GT40s with glowing brake discs at night) and the car park is probably the biggest and best classic car show in Europe. The AS site is about 25 mins drive from the circuit, with easy access. The format is basically whatever you want it to be. The AS base will be at my place in France that a few shiters have visited. I am afraid the bedrooms are already booked, but there is 6 acres of level camping ground, We will be travelling down from West Sussex via the tunnel and a combination of peage and back roads in a convoy of classics. You are welcome to join the convoy at any point or meet at the venue. We will travel down probably Thursday 2nd and most will return Monday 6th, but some will stay on for a week or two and you are welcome to stay on if you wish. The nearest bar is about 1km away, but 3km away is the famous "Hotel de France" in La Chatre sur le Loir (google it). You do not have to attend the Lemans Classic, if you would rather sit and drink beer (hopefully in the sun) that is fine. It will be up to the individuals to organise ferry/tunnel etc and getting there, I can provide camping ground, bogs, showers and a fridge for the beer. No commitment required especially at this stage, If you fancy a foreign trip with your chod, put your name down on the list. Nearer the time those still interested will get further details and the hidden location by PM. If anyone would prefer a B&B obviously they are in high demand around the classic, but I have a few contacts and could possibly find a room or two, but they would need to be booked fairly soon. No booking for camping is required. To give you an idea, whilst nothing is yet confirmed, the convoy down is likely to include a Gordon Keeble, a Rolls Royce 20/25, a Westfield, a Mk2 Jag and a Fiesta 1100. It will not be a fast convoy...... Oooh La La, I'll help destroy the French wine lake 1. Saabnut 2. Inspector Morose 3. Northern Monkey 4. Monsieur Le Hairnet 5. Bangernomics 6. Chodweaver 7.

Thought we'd try and get a Sunday afternoon meet in before the clocks go back. Usual Cafe on the A249 northbound. I think it has changed it's name again when I went past this week, so no website link for now (was Mickey's Rock Café and then Bangers Diner). Note your interest here.

Anyone else going? UKSaabs is having a show there again this year, so do stop by and say hello. One of the advantages of having a stand is you get a code so your club members can get a discount on admission prices on the Saturday and Sunday. Not a huge amount of saving but anything is welcome. They insist that only members can get the discount code, but as you lot are all* members of UKSaabs if you want the code, drop me a PM and it will come back by return.