[Lohen]

Organised by the British MINI Club this is sure to be a great day out, last year was a huge success. Thousands of old and new Mini enthusiasts came last year, over 7000!

Lohen will yet again be attending one of the highlights of the MINI calendar for 2007. We have a large stand at this year's British MINI Fair, the UK's leading indoor MINI show. 2007's show is set to be the biggest yet! We have have 4 MINIs on our stand this year, one of them being Milltek's Gen2 Cooper S with their brand new exhaust system! Our MINI One will also be there showing off the LO3 performance package now available.

Our team members will be available on the day to chat to about any plans you might have for your MINI or any adice you need about our products. GRS Motorsport will also be joining us on our stand where you will be able to chat to the owner Graham Still about their intercoolers for the MINI, their show car will also be on our stand.

We will be running some very special offers on the day (28/1/2007) . If an order is placed at the show you qualify for the offer, we will then ship the order out to you on the following day with free delivery to mainland UK, whilst stocks last.

Superchips Bluefin (One/Cooper/Cooper S) - £269
(http://www.lohen.co.uk/shop/products.asp?cat=72)

CG-Lock NEW! - £30
(http://www.lohen.co.uk/shop/proddetail.asp?prod=CGLock)

Koni FSD Sport Dampers - £395
(http://www.lohen.co.uk/shop/proddeta...KoniFSDdampers)

SHOW DETAILS
Date: 28/1/2007 Sunday
Time: 10am onwards
Place: Bingley Hall, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0BD
Extra: Indoor Venue, Trade stands, Minis for sale, Pride of Ownership display, New Mini Zone, Competitions, 200 seater restaurant, Licensed bar, Free parking, and we'll be there!
Price: £8.50 for advanced tickets, £10 on the day, Under 12's get in free when accompanied by an adult
Contact for tickets: www.britishminiclub.co.uk

[Rakey]

damn, can't make this, as there is a run, and I would have loved to buy a CG lock at that price

[Serby]

I shall be there, looking forward to seeing the stand.. I'm quite tempted by one of these CG-Lock thingys

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Serby (original)

I shall be there, looking forward to seeing the stand.. I'm quite tempted by one of these CG-Lock thingys

Seen them in place on RVW's car, great bit of kit, and at that price it would be daft not to buy one.

Highly recommend it if you like to throw the car into corners and want to be held in place

[minibee]

Are mini2 having a stand this year at the show

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by minibee (original)

Are mini2 having a stand this year at the show

not seen anything posted, but I have been told that Ady is going, not sure if he has arranged a stand though

[DSapseid]

The CG Locks are brilliant i got one in the group buy last year. Well worth every penny!

[Ady]

a stand there will be, i haven't put up a thread for the last few years as space is extremely limited and only 3 spaces on the stand

Ady

[Loui]

Well ive got to say the general show this year was pretty POO, Mini2 couldnt get in as the staffordshire fire were being ridculous, but i do have to say it was a pretty fine display you put on otherwise! Lohens stand looked fantastic, top bombing lads, well done

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Loui (original)

Well ive got to say the general show this year was pretty POO, Mini2 couldnt get in as the staffordshire fire were being ridculous, but i do have to say it was a pretty fine display you put on otherwise! Lohens stand looked fantastic, top bombing lads, well done

were they trying to get people to disconnect batteries again and having little fuel in the tanks?

thats the last time I attended this show, and thats how it will stay too

[Loui]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rakey (original)

were they trying to get people to disconnect batteries again and having little fuel in the tanks?

thats the last time I attended this show, and thats how it will stay too

Fuel yes, batteries no (only for classics), but a car is worse with empty tank as its the vapours that are the flamble bit not the liquid.

The worse bit some classic owners were draining their tanks an disposing of it on the fields which was more dangerous than leaving fuel in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Due to hot cars, cigaretes an vapours

[Serby]

Great stand Lohen Was good to have a quick chat, and the CG-Lock is an awesome bit of kit!!

The MINI2 stand was smaller than I was expecting Its a shame you couldn't get the cars in

[Loui]

Quote: Originally Posted by Serby (original)

Great stand Lohen Was good to have a quick chat, and the CG-Lock is an awesome bit of kit!!

The MINI2 stand was smaller than I was expecting Its a shame you couldn't get the cars in

Sorry i missed you serby i must have been wandering when you were about

[mejulie]

The new MINI section was rubbish and a waste of time going, It took us over 2 hours to get there and hardly any time to walk round the MINI section with only a couple of stores with bits for sale. All we got was a years subcription with Modern MINI!! Then the drive home again.

There was even less than last year! You would think that it would be larger each year, I really thought it would have been in two halls this time with much more for us new MINI's.

[Ady]

its the first time i've ever been turned away from a display due to too much fuel in the car. Very disapointed in not being able to get the cars in, but its partly my fault, i didn't read the paperwork that came with the passes for this show. It never occured to me that the nanny state would make it into the show scene. Like Loui said those that could syphon out their cars were then pouring it over the grass, the whole area reeked of petrol. Reading the paperwork afterwards it seems that we are expected to carry out a "risk assesment" of our stand now too

Ady

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ady (original)

its the first time i've ever been turned away from a display due to too much fuel in the car. Very disapointed in not being able to get the cars in, but its partly my fault, i didn't read the paperwork that came with the passes for this show. It never occured to me that the nanny state would make it into the show scene. Like Loui said those that could syphon out their cars were then pouring it over the grass, the whole area reeked of petrol. Reading the paperwork afterwards it seems that we are expected to carry out a "risk assesment" of our stand now too

Ady

I remember they tried it a few years ago Ady, but we all refused, in the end they had to cave in and let us in on our terms as otherwise they would have had an empty hall. Or did we just deny there was fuel in the cars, I can't remember

Seems this event has got even worse now and those that run it

[Joogle]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rakey (original)

Seems this event has got even worse now and those that run it

Thats harsh, health & safety regs are now a major part of any show, especially the indoor ones. And as that was venue rules its not on having a go at the BMC volunteers who organised and ran the show content. (Remember its not their venue - hence all the private security & health & safety people...... Then again how would you know, you were not there........)

Its this sort of attitude that makes me wonder why some of us bother spending our time voluntarily showing our cars just so folks can have an enjoyable day out.

[Hatrick]

Disapointing this year, and all the rules and regs have totally taken the fun out of it.

As already mentioned, and from somebody who deals with fire regulations, it's actually safer to have a full tank of petrol, but appreciate the people there were only enforcing a stupid rule, not writing it.

But as a lot of petrol was just being thrown on the grass outside, don't think the whole thing was thought out too well!!!

That was why we put the modle cars on the stand, to try and inject a little humour back into a stifled atmosphere. Not sure it went down too well with some of the organisers, but hoped it made a few people chuckle!

Well done Lohen for getting the one and only R56 on display!

[Rakey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Joogle (original)

Thats harsh, health & safety regs are now a major part of any show, especially the indoor ones. And as that was venue rules its not on having a go at the BMC volunteers who organised and ran the show content. (Remember its not their venue - hence all the private security & health & safety people...... Then again how would you know, you were not there........)

Its this sort of attitude that makes me wonder why some of us bother spending our time voluntarily showing our cars just so folks can have an enjoyable day out.

I don't think its harsh, not when I know I used to attend this run every year, as a classic owner and part of the British Mini Owners club many years ago, my last straw with the event was when they tried to enforce the same rules and others on us when we were showing there as I have already said

So I know exactly what its like to volunteer and show my car, as I still attend the outdoor events and still show my car on a regular basis.

Perhaps a better choice of venue should be considered if this is the fault of the venue, or perhaps its more to do with the clubs Insurance for the event, either way it could have been avoided as they have experience from the past as to how owners react to this stupid rule.

[*Vikki*]

just got back from this now, on the whole i enjoyed it, shame there wasent more NEW MINI stuff but its what i expect now with these shows. This show was 4 hours from me so a long drive and two night hotel stay