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Are we all going to Gayden the day before  Anita's day , Auto italia is early this year
 
We could all make a late convoy entrance , like the lambo's did one year ,we'll upstage them anytime and more exclusive  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Yep I'll be going. Include me in any plans being made please, cheers 8)   

yep we plan to be there

I'm undecided about this one as it's a pretty long way to go to be parked on a car park (usually in the rain! ::)) and look at a Museum I've been around loads of times before.

I'll have to let you know closer to the date. 8)

I know what you mean and pay ?12 pound for the privillage , but as long as were all together the gang of 5 will grow to seven if paul and sev come along 

Tell us more - What is the event and do you have pics from last year..? :)

 tonylanciabeta takes load of photo's
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/sets/72157622148983939/show/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonysphotos/sets/72157622148983939/show/)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2857295032_513cd07cd6_b.jpg)
Like brooklands auto italia but in the midlands search the images on google
http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=gaydon%20auto%20italia&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi (http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=gaydon%20auto%20italia&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi)
or flicker and photo bucket
 jason

 Are we still going to show the world of auto Italia our super cars , where we we going to meet up on
 the M40 or there abouts
 there's a Holiday Inn Express Banbury M40 Jct 11 just before gaydon junction
 Stroud Park, Ermont Way
Banbury, Oxon OX16 4AE
 we can meet there  about 1030am have a bit of a lie in ;)
 jason
 

list off attendes
day before eastbourne day out
 jason

Not sure if I can make it this year to Gaydon as my it's my cousins pre wedding party in Doncaster. If the weathers good, the timing go's to plan and there's enough of you going, I might pop in and leave around 1ish.

I'm hoping to be there, I won't say any more as the last A.I. event I was going to I never got to.

Hopefully see you there  :)

well this will be the plan unless hail, thunder or straped for cash ;)

I haven't got a Super  :-[ I've only got a Sport..  ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Holiday Inn Banbury 10.30am is it then.   :)

Or even a super sport :D :D :D

so who out for a sunny ride to banbury and gaydon , midland boys and you southerners  looks like a nice sunny weekend for all off us ,
 haddn't started the the 131 for a month ,so went out wednesday evening for a drenching , but drove like sweet heart  :) not been to any shows for a quite a while ,
 so might as well get them all in one weekend, not allowed out monday or it would have
 been knebworth or blenheinm palace, quite a few hundred mile but thats what there
 there for  ;D   

we will still be going not sure wot time though

Andy

It's no no for me now. I'm off to Doncaster.

Who ever goes, have fun and post lots of pics on here please.  ;)

Is the meeting up at the Holiday Inn still happening?

i was gonna ask the same question about the holiday inn thing, also ..
      can i come?

[quotei was gonna ask the same question about the holiday inn thing, also ..
      can i come? ][/quote]

Of course you can meet us at the H-inn, that is if we are all still aiming to be there?

Oh well I can't hang around here I've got to be on my way in 5 mins :o

Might see you at the Inn  :) 

Quick update before we leave for Eastbourne and Andy and Nita's.

Andy and Nita got as far as Oxford before they suffered an electrical (Andy thinks) failure and the car stopped. :'( They spent the next hour and a half waiting for the recovery truck only to be taken back to their yard, where some half wit told Andy, who is a mechanic for his day job by the way, that the dizzy had moved! ::) Despite there not being a spark when the car was hot. (Andy thinks it's the coil breaking down - but unfortunately today forget to put a spare one in the boot).

Anyway, eventually the recovery co up lifted the car but only took them as far as Dorking, where they had to wait for another recovery company to take them the rest of the way. >:( Anyway, these 'new' half wits came with a truck that wasn't able to up lift Andy's low fronted car (as the car has a front spoiler like the Abarth) so they had to get another truck!!! More delay.

Anyway, they should now be on the final leg home and should be home soon - more than 6 and a half hours after the initial breakdown! ::) I think Andy will pack a spare coil next time. 8)

Well of the 4 that set out  :) only 2 made it me and chris (aka strada) in his blue super
it wasn't as busy as normal, not alot but a bit.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4935338242_1bbb642489_z.jpg)

I hope you had a good day the pair of you.

Neet said it was the coil on Andy's car and he has now changed it..... all ok now  ;)

I think I can honestly say this year has sucked with regard to my attempts to get to an Auto Italia event.
This time it wasn't the car that played up it was the crapiest road in the UK.... the M25!

After crawling along at the M26 jcn onto and past Clacket Lane we had a fairly free run to jcn 13 and then stop started to 14 & I'd finally had enough when we slowly reached 15 so I turned around and headed for home.

On the way back I called up my mate Mark and called in to see his latest purchase and look at what he was working on in the shop...

And his latest buy...

...

Sharon found something that she liked...

And I had a 'Close Encounter of the 3rd Kind'  :D

Nice one Graham, photos made me laugh.  ;D  Shame the M25 was such a pig

Jason, aka, well done for making it there.

Andy, well done for making it home  ::)  :)