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THIS IS THE 'WHO IS COMING WHEN' POST. (THIS BOOKS YOUR MK2 ONTO THE STAND) Please do not cut and post it. Mods will add your name. Friday overnight/Saturday Saturday overnight/Sunday Kensascona Ascona - SR/E Friday overnight/Saturday overnight/Sunday Andy - Yellow Cav Jonny - Gold V6 Frisco - Marge Dazzy - Champers Matt O-SRi - SRi Vauxmad22 - saloon c20let Hammopower - Calibre Paul Y & Tone - Green Machine Vauxal - Calibre MikMac40 - Cally Keir24 - Nodes Steff - CDi OOG - Cabriolet Rich - Silvia Teasers82sr - SR neilsri130 - SRi130 richard - convertible Brett - Sri LET Raven.2006 - Redtop hatch Lord13 - GL anni - gold saloon Rocket - not Cav Rosco - blue turbo Cav Newbody - 2 Cavs!!! SteveMC - cabby Friday day only GreyDJ - CDi (Ramraider!) Saturday day only Dawn - Blue Cav vrs03 - SRi Greg - ?? andyb - black cav Stuartwilding - white conv Sunday day only Rabbit - blue Saloon Mark S - Silver cabby terencehubber - CDi (probable)

The VBOA Meeting at Billing is the biggest Vauxhall, Bedford and Opel show in the UK and this year is its 30th Anniversary. As before there will be a huge selection of clubs with all kinds of Vauxhalls from old to new. The site is just off the A45 and its address is Billing Aquadrome, Crow Lane, Great Billing, Northampton, NN3 9DA. Whilst the show dates are Saturday July 14th and Sunday July 15th 2012 we have members who turn up from Thursday and leave on Monday. As in previous years, Members who show a car on our stand will receive a 'Billing 2012' windscreen sticker. The cost is the same as last year, with a pre-booked VBOA rally rate, which applies to the Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night of £15. Extra nights outside those days are £20.This discounted rate is for one vehicle with a maximum of four occupants. Extra vehicles are charged at £10 per day. Pre-booking also allows entry to the Leisure Centre swimming pool at half price, £2.50. To pre-book call 01604 408181, select option 2 or 01524 781453 and quote the VBOA booking code - VBOA30 Do this BEFORE the 6th July as bookings after that date will be at the full rate. Please keep this booking information to Club members only. Those coming for just a day and not staying overnight will be charged £10 per vehicle, with up to 4 occupants, on the gate with no pre-booking. New this year, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary, the VBOA are laying on a Pig Roast near the Arena area at 19.30 on Friday night for VBOA Club members. This will be FREE but as there is a limited amount of food there will be a ticket system. Tickets will be issued to Club’s Admins and then passed onto Members on Friday night. There will be a Friday Pig Roast thread put on the site where you can request a ticket. The existing toilet and shower blocks are to be refurbished plus an extra portable shower unit and toilet unit will be brought in for the Swans Field area. All will be open and serviced 24 hours a day. The enhanced Billing Security team plus a dedicated VBOA dog handler will provide security and apply an 11.00pm site curfew/excess noise rule. Chinese lanterns are not permitted, as these are a potential fire hazard. There will be entertainment in the Leisure Centre on Saturday night. Park management will attend the 9.00am VBOA rep briefing meetings on Saturday and Sunday morning to handle any complaints about facilities etc. The VBOA raffle in aid of charity is being beefed up a bit this year with, in addition to the normal VBOA/Vauxhall prizes, Billing providing the star prizes of 2 static weekly holidays 2 touring holidays - weekly pitches This should be a really good event, so get your names down in a post. Please do not modify the ‘who is coming when’ post. Mods will do that from your posts, just as we do with the ‘who has got what Cavalier’ thread. Please keep this thread to booking only. Use the other Billing chat thread for chat!!!

Welcome. Where abouts are you?

Welcome. As a facelift Mk3 your Cavalier is dramatically better at resisting rot than a MK2. Its weak spots are the 'splashback' areas behind all four wheels and the 'splashforward' area at the bottom of the front of the rear arches, where the plugs are.

Do you still need anything for it?

Maybe Pistonheads as well, but hear is the best place as members monitor the other sites.

Welcome to the madhouse Hope you enjoy your stay.

That's Ivan (Frisco) and Clara

Hi Gary, we need pictures!!! Where did you get it from? And welcome ;D Are you coming to Billing in it?

Are you on the list?

I would not have thought that a 'short' engine (block and below) was needed as your problems, as described, are in the top end. The oil leaks, from experience, sound like rocker gasket and distributor end camshaft seal.

You're right Dave, I have driven on studded tyres and on winter tyres now. But at least with unstudded winter tyres you have a chance of getting grip at the edges or middle of the road where there may still be snow. My comments weren't aimed at you but Hammopower's neighbour who's drive was unlikely to be iced up and the Legacy have summer tyres. Generally my experience with winter tyres is that, apart from ice and really steep hills, as long as there is some snow or slush only snow deeper than the ground clearance beats them. Whilst a M&S open tread pattern helps it is the low temperature optimised rubber mix that is the real difference and not all M&S tyres have it. My Continental 820s have a nearly 'summer' looking pattern.

Easy.................wrong tyres!

Explain what you mean, in what context.

Welcome. I think we need a bit more information than that about the car and what you want to do with it before we can give a sensible answer.

Welcome, where abouts are you? Ascona 400 drool

Hi, and Welcome. It might be a silly question but if you live in the USA and are going to import one of this type of car why did you buy a right hand drive Cavalier and not a left hand drive Ascona?

Isn't that an MOT fail?

Welcome to the site. Why not put up a wanted thread?

Can someone get rid of the photo link that is causing this lockout message? A user name and password are being requested by https://homedrive.ziggo.nl. The site says: "Webspace login voor hgorter@home.nl" OK, I've done it now. Arnold, if you try and post pictures again please do not link to a site that requires authentication as it mucks the thread up.

Bet it wasn't as clean as that one ;D

Just noticed this, its in the post Mark. Anyone else PM me

Nice find. Bargain of the year.

Unusual with manual front and electric rear windows. Not sure about the sunstrip. Is it a 130?

Use Calibra Turbo front seats, they tilt and, id you wire them up, they keep your bum warm, which could be useful in our weather ;D Not sure if they go straight in, they would if yours were not convertibles but I don't know if your floorpan changed when the others did.