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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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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/

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.

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?

As summer (ha!) draws to a close, time to think about next year. The last time I tried to do this, the world considered Shiters enjoying themselves abroad was a bad thing and dumped Covid on us, so lets try again.As you may be aware, I have a small farm in France which I try to spend as much time at as possible, which consists of a house, stables, barn, approx 6 acres and a river. The land is flat and suitable for camping! The house has 3 bogs and two showers so is suitable to support camping! Location is in the Sarthe, almost exactly half way between Lemans and Tours. The nearest neighbour is half a kilometer away, with the nearest village (two restaurants/pubs, butchers, shop, bakers etc) approx 1km away. Behind the house is a 40km Voi Verte (cyclepath). Nearest town in La Chatre sur le Loir (5km) where there is everything you could need including the Hotel de France which is where Aston and Triumph teams were based for the 24hr back in the 50s/60s. So as much or as little to do as you want. My place is almost exactly 300 miles from Calais via Autoroute (so about 5 hours). About 120 miles from Caen. There is a choice of weekends so will try to add a poll. The Lemans 24hr weekend, the Lemans Classic 24hr weekend, the Marcon Classic weekend (Huge local very French show including fireworks, music, food etc) or any other weekend. I can offer lots of camping ground (a field!) and use of bogs/showers. BBQs will be fine but depending on weather may not be allowed in the field, just the garden. Fires will probably not be allowed as they are usually banned in the summer because of the fire risk, but as temps in the summer can make mid 30s and night temps can remain in the high teens, fires are less of an attraction than in the UK. The cost? Nada. Nothing. Nowt. Get yourselves down there, pay your own booze and entertainment but the site for Shitefest is free. I hope someone else will organise a UK Shitefest as well, as not everyone can or will want to traipse across France. Please vote on a date and put your name on the list once it appears.

As title, my home town so I'll be going http://www.lesbiellesdemai.com/

New venue just announced for FOTU 2019 - Saturday 20 July, 10am to 4pm at Claydon House, MK18 2EX (same general area as Stowe). Would make a nice 6-mile jaunt through the north Bucks countryside from the Field of Dreams. Concours applications open in January and general spectator/classic tickets will be available in March. Entry criteria has been widended too and it now says it's open to "unexceptional classics from 1966 to 1996".

Since this year is almost over, it's time to make plans for next year. A sizeable AS delegation attended the inaugural event in 2016. Expected to be some half arsed giffer show, to everyone's surprise it turned out to be a superb spectacle with lots of noise, fumes and yes, speed. A return visit to the 2017 event proved to be not less satisfying. For this year, the event was not held in the town of Bromyard, it was integrated with the Shelsley Walsh hill climb, so we skipped it. But next year it'll return to Bromyard and thus we all should go again. https://bromyardspeedfestival.co.uk/ Attending are: 01 Junkman 02 Conrad D. Conelrad

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.

It's been a busy weekend for the Maxi with local shows both yesterday and today. Yesterday we decided to take a look at this free event in the village of Yardley Gobion (between Milton Keynes and Northampton) that we'd never been to before. A great turnout of cars to suit every taste but it was bloody hot! Like Mrs6C's tractor of win, but yellow 1958 Massey Ferguson 35 tractor by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Car park chod. Amazing how small it looked next to bloated moderns. 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee 2.5TD Laredo by Adam Floyd, on Flickr The Cavalier & Chevette Club had a stand. I like Cavalier convertibles as the bursar at my middle school had one. 1987 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8i Cabriolet by Adam Floyd, on Flickr An Expression of interest 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier 1.8i Expression by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Gorgeous 405 1994 Peugeot 405 Mi16 Le Mans by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Who doesn't love an Alfa? 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 1.5 Ti by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Yes, that's a Focus estate on a show stand! 2000 Ford Focus 1.6 LX estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Straw hat, walking stick, backflash, big bore exhaust and Cossie wheels. Barry Giffer? 1987 Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia by Adam Floyd, on Flickr They're Justified, and they're Ancient, and they drive an ice cream van YOW 275J - Penelope's Vintage Ice Cream by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Wasn't expecting to see any Citroens this weekend 1978 Citroen 2CV6 Special by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Cooper S-engined Moke sounds lethal 1965 Morris Mini Moke by Adam Floyd, on Flickr A Volvo that thinks it's Japanese 1990 Volvo 340 1.4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Mostin Oxbridge Travelman 1968 Morris Oxford 1600 Traveller by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Van-tastic 1974 Ford Transit 175 Custom by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Maxi gained some BL company when this Quartic Aggro turned up 1973 Austin Allegro 1300 Super Deluxe by Adam Floyd, on Flickr I guess this Shitetrak belongs to one of the marshals 1997 Daihatsu Fourtrak Fieldman 2.8 TDS by Adam Floyd, on Flickr This was a spectacular sight Land Rover road train by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Land Rover road train by Adam Floyd, on Flickr There can only be one star of the show though. Behold the one and only Silver Aero! 1980 Vauxhall Cavalier Silver Aero by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

As per the title really... Who from the beige is off to the Citroen Centenary this weekend? Myself, the good lady and of course Daisy-Vera shall be in attendance Friday/Saturday/Sunday. See you there??? All Citroen owners welcome, club members or not!

Just a heads up that this show is taking place on Friday 5th July. It starts in the afternoon and ends when it starts to get dark, there is an entry form on the website http://fleurdelyscvs.org/ or just send me a pm and I can e-mail you a pdf copy

The annual Chumley meet up is but a mere 2 1/2 months away... Last years line up... Chumley always brings highlights like the year we pushed Huggy into the ring! And happy shiters from the many corners of the UK congregating for fun and chod related chatting! Anywho, reminiscing over... The facts are as follows: The festival of 1000 classic cars at Chlomondoley castle in Cheshire Sunday September 1st. The Autoshambles club will once again be represented. Tickets bought as part of the ‘club’ display are £4.50. I am happy to sort out tickets again this year. Linky to the website: http://www.classicshows.org/festival-1000-classic-cars-sun-1-september-2019/ And linky back to last years thread: So... Who’s in? 1. Brownnova

Anyone going? https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/events/the-bmc-and-leyland-show Might go with the FiL and the MGB.

It's been a busy few weekends of shows with the Maxi. Saturday was a small local village fete, beer festival and classic car show with a surprisingly high turnout of probably about 100 cars, many of which I hadn't seen before. This floppytop Metro followed us in P68 URN - 1996 Rover 114 Cabriolet by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Merde F439 EEW - 1989 Toyota MR2 T-Bar by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Same owner from new ARO 7F - 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 1.7 Cloverleaf by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Breadvan KVG 913G - 1969 Lotus Europa S by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Lime wedge B650 TEC - 1984 TVR Tasmin 280i by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Not a Tickford SSF 248Y - 1983 Ford Capri 2.8i by Adam Floyd, on Flickr A six-cylinder car in more ways than one PLA 94L - 1973 Daimler Sovereign 4.2 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Very 80s 'rocco EFC 978A - 1981 Volkswagen Scirocco GTi by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Belgian OLLI made from steel XVV 916 - 1952 Minerva Land Rover 80" by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Pineapple delivery van? ODD 108P - 1976 Volkswagen Transporter Delivery Van by Adam Floyd, on Flickr I never used to like these but this looks great in that colour S833 MOY - 1998 Fiat Coupe Turbo by Adam Floyd, on Flickr P6 in not V8 shocker KCS 773P - 1975 Rover P6 2200 SC by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Indestructible Merc SAW 6X - 1982 Mercedes-Benz 230E by Adam Floyd, on Flickr 4x4 for maximum OSF tax G777 BJM - 1990 Ford Sierra XR4x4i by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Fourth time I've seen this in a month E30 FTL - 1988 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0i Calibre by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Saffer Capri HGU 845J - 1971 Ford Capri 1600 GT by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Metalflake! The photo doesn't do it justice DKJ 926K - 1972 Volkswagen Beach Buggy by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Anyone else think this looks like an oversized PC Cresta? AHJ 204C - 1965 Ford Fairlane 500 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Ex Stondon Aggro. Wasn't expecting to see it here as the new owner lives in Warwick LVD 620P - 1975 Austin Allegro 1100 Deluxe by Adam Floyd, on Flickr JDMYO! H448 KKX - 1990 Nissan Pulsar GTi-R by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Second green Avenger estate of the month FXC 15L - 1972 Hillman Avenger 1500 estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr And some late registration madness D660 UGT - 1967 Fiat 500 Giardiniera by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

I'm going to be in Lewes on Monday night and have tentatively agreed to meet @SierraMikeHotel. Tentative because I'll be with Mrs/baby Egg, so they will hold a veto. Tesco's car park seems to be a goer. Anyone else around?

Just returned from the 2cv, 24hr race. Three classes compete Minis, Euro 2cv, and Dyane Hybrids, and 2cv. There’s also some classic Citroen porn, and a weird Wagon R 5EC7DE60-5665-42F8-956D-1A363D489B32.MOV

So it looks like it’s going to be good news for East Coast Retros and Trigger’s army of followers. I’m going to take my little 190 down to the coast. If anyone fancies a really relaxed Thursday night with a great mix of cars then it’d be lovely to see you there and have a beer and a burger together. It’s the Rose Pub at Shotley, nr Ipswich and you can arrive from about 1600 hours. Coming?

So to the second of the weekend's shows. Stony Stratford is only 5 miles from Yardley Gobion so a lot of the same cars turned up but there was still plenty else to see, if not quite as manically busy as the New Year's Day event in the same place. Zel has already covered this event in his thread so I'll try to avoid duplicating his photos. One of the few Citroens that weren't in Coventry 1989 Citroen BX 19DTR by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Big septic blimp 1991 Chevrolet Caprice by Adam Floyd, on Flickr BIGHORN! 1993 Isuzu Bighorn 3.1TD by Adam Floyd, on Flickr A good way to recycle rotten Alfasuds 1979 Minari Roadsport by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Maybe a good thing DW didn't convert the Fox - an electric Reliant has already been done 1976 Reliant Kitten 'Electrikitty' by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Gorgeous Avenger seeking shade 1974 Hillman Avenger 1600 Super estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Hustlers are mad 1971 Hustler 4 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Something to get the Dubbers all excited - an African widebody Type 2 1956 Volkswagen Type 2 extra-wide pickup by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Tidy Tina 1975 Ford Cortina 1600 L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Not a VX4/90 1973 Vauxhall Victor 1800 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Where did all the Primeras go? 1999 Nissan Primera 2.0i GT by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Fat lip 1974 Triumph Toledo V8 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Not an Orion but an Escort saloon 1996 Ford Escort 1.8i Ghia X by Adam Floyd, on Flickr I'd forgotten the Mk3 stayed in production as the Fiesta Classic after the Mk4 appeared 1996 Ford Fiesta Classic 1.1 Quartz by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Cute little Goggo 1968 Goggomobil T250 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Mmm, Monaco [ url=https://flic.kr/p/2g9gFzf]1989 Renault 5 1.4 Monaco[/url] by Adam Floyd, on Flickr The polar opposite of shite but just so classy 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II by Adam Floyd, on Flickr The modern equivalent of that Roller 2013 Range Rover Vogue SE landaulet by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Autoshite camping holidays 1969 Bedford HA Roma by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Second Shoveit HS of the weekend 1978 Vauxhall Chevette 2300 HS by Adam Floyd, on Flickr Mildly pineappled Scrote 1990 Ford Escort 1.4 L estate by Adam Floyd, on Flickr And of course, the star of the show 1973 AC Model 70 by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

Who's all going to this, then? It's this Sunday. 17-Coffees and I have both got our cars entered into the show. That's a 2001 VW Golf Cabriolet, and a 1995 BMW 316i! I may even be doing a bit of auto-testing in the 316, could be fun. EDIT: Mr Coffees has not entered as there are too many 2001 VW Golf Cabriolets in existence, apparently. Oh well.

It's not exactly Autoshite, but an event celebrating cars and popular culture from the 80s and 90s should come close enough! Radwood has been a thing in the states for a year or two now, I've been following it since pretty much the beginning and am quite excited that the first event outside the US is happening here. The premise is pretty simple, bring along your car built from 1980-1999, optionally you can show up in your period correct rad outfit (whatever that might mean to you). Ticket prices are quite affordable, 20 quid if you want to show up in your car (incl. a passenger) or 10 quid without the car. I'm currently trying to find out if anyone would like to join. I have the feeling that space for cars might be quite limited, with the show happening in about 4 weeks I'd rather book the tickets earlier than later. You can find more info in the link below, if you are interest it would be good to see people post here. https://www.radwood.co/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/radwood-uk-tickets-63797366641 To give you a little idea what previous events looked like: