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Meet at Artist Corner Car Park, DE4 3PS, Matlock at 10am Sun 22nd Jan for a quick toilet stop and we will go the half an hour journey for probably the best breakfast in the Peak District. Glen and I have been here twice now and all the food we have had has been excellent, so you just need to experience it for yourselves. Since last week I have found a diversion on the direct route so it will take 10 minutes longer. I can't quite believe that I am typing this but it is a scenic route and we will be going slow along it. So, to recap, it goes from 30mph to National Speed Limit and we are not flooring it, oh my god, I feel ill and need a lie down after saying that. @Big Andy can call for us at 9.30am if you like. I could hear you coming streets away last time, and here's me trying to stay quiet for all our elderly neighbours, including Glen. Afterwards we can have a little wiggle up Winnats Pass and finish off with a much needed cuppa in the Insomnia Cafe at Calver crossroads before heading home in the day light. Who is coming?

Meet at McDonalds, Ollerton, 9.30am before taking the short journey to Great British Sportscars, Ollerton for 10am and their Cars and Coffee event. Meet us there if you prefer. Tour the factory, visit the Kit Spares shop, meet lots of kit car fans and their cars as you enjoy the free refreshments.

Xflow on Webers, does it get any better? Reliable and bomb proof, probably more than any other. There are lots of engine options, mine has an XE, also on Webers, thought about injection but I just love that noise. The Xflow is the same, so stay with the force. Monaro, Cayman, Z4, Porker - b*****k*. Who on earth would buy a Boxster?

Funnily enough you can do exactly the same for the car..! All the load bearing stuff can be changed for Aluminium. There must be something in all our personalities / psychological make ups in that we are doomed to upgraditis... Even when we buy something that clearly states on the box "ready to run" we set about changing 80% of it.

Looks amazing, but not sure if I could get away with it. Year before last I decided it was time to go RC helicopter pilot. Being a man, I couldn't be doing with one of those twin rotor jobbies or flybar machines. No, it was 3D flybarless for me! Same thing, fascinated by the engineering, but you seem to hit a lot more than the occasional kerb once you get airborne! Purchased so many replacement plastic parts, I started buying aluminium components from the States! Once I realised it was a coordination problem, I put them (yes, I bought a second, so there would always be one in a flyable condition) in a box and consigned them to the shed. Maybe she's forgotten

Thanks all for the various suggestions of cars (the Monaro was a blinder...) but I've decided to stay a devout member of the church. Already spoken to BTEC and I just need to get a local transporter company to get it to them (which won't be cheap LOL) As for Gary's idea to chop the Xflow for a more modern engined one, funnily enough the engine and carbs have never gone wrong (how's that for a kiss of death). This also came up in the conversation with Grizlee. Yes, by every logical and empirical measure a Red or Silver top would be a more reliable runner and easier to live with. But... For me the Xflow with the carbs makes the car, it really does. And I'm sort of chuffed that I'm keeping something running from very much a time gone by. So the big push is to get it all sorted for the summer. And another mate could tell I was in the dumps cos I couldn't spanner anymore and he sent me a pressie - for a different thread...

We will put it in the diary and hope to make it

50 sovs is cheap as chips and they'll be one of the best things you'll ever buy/own. Had mine for nearly 20 years. I use them daily on the bike, always in the Westfield and always on long haul flights. I need a new set 'cos mine are showing very real signs of wear But they do still keep the noise out.

I'll have to update my CV.

Yup Sierra diffs need suction or remove the rear cover, which is a faff. Mazda has a drain and fill plug on the diff.

having a spare moment... not read all the comments. z4 and z4m as said are different. i.e steering in z4 is electric servo z4m is the old fashioned pneumatic. anyway. z4m very good. but don't discount a well maintained 3.0i much cheaper and very good bang for buck. z4m well yes better but you fork out for M-tax. Z4 seats as a rule are not that comfy. don't discount the newer 35i 35is.... super quick but a bit heavier more cruiser but still fun. secret money goes on the z4 made by alpina.... but hens teeth to get.

John, I think you don't really need any thoughts...pretty well summed it up there I think. Westfield ownership is really not much different to any other marque...it means different things to different people. I have the utmost respect for people who build their own and spend hours upgrading. Personally, having also had to fix most if my drives over many years through financial necessity, I prefer to spend my time driving the westie rather than spannering on it. For me, it is so impractical and the weather so unpredictable, it makes sense for it to be drive able at a moments notice, rather than constantly in bits for the latest upgrade. get someone else to sort it mate and then enjoy. mart.

oil will not escape from the rear hole

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Template arrived and copied on to cardboard, massive thumbs up I have scanned them to PDF, but they were slightly to long for my A3 scanner. PM me if you would like copies

Certainly no shortage of knickers getting in a twist.

reverse lights personal choice of course - but I prefer to give as much warning to any idiots behind me - especially in car parks as for the remote extension - I think the original plug was in there to keep all the crud out rather than oil in - I don't have anything on mine (difficult to see how you could) and no signs of any oil travelling down from the gearbox.

They should offer arms as an extra, loose the necessary concentration required and falling off could be painful.