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Just booked. I didn't manage to enter an event this year mainly due to car being stripped to chassis still and house move stuff but will be good to catch up. David

It may be worth asking if any of our Scottish members who may be close to Aberdeen to join you if you go to view the car. @Gary Taylor - Scotland AO are you able to tag in any Aberdonian's that may be able to help? (Edit! Oops, you already have below ) From the pics, there's nothing screaming 'run away'! If Carbon fibre's not your thing you could sell the bonnet and nose cone for good money! The headlights won't be much better than candles at night. The mileage is good for it's age. It appears to be well put together and NMS have a good reputation. As you say, you will be able to purchase a roof for the car. Whereabouts do you live? I'd suggest getting along to a local meet and having a look at as many Westie's as you can to help you decide what you're after etc. Though with the winter months well upon us, some 'softies' SORN their cars ! Good luck with your search.

Funnily enough, I read this yesterday knowing I would be doing something very similar for my 13yro boxer Molly soon Unfortunately, it came a bit too quickly and this morning after she had a series fits I had to make that very decision. Today has been an extremely tough day. I feel exhausted, it was a very hard decision to make. **** I will miss her

Well. Most of you will have seen that I've been sending quite a lot of cars to Spain lately. I've done that free of charge to help fellow petrolhead friends in spain and our club members, avoiding the hassle to have to sell overseas... All this cars, along with some other friends got along in a trackday in calafat. A very nice and technical track in Tarragona, 120Km south of Barcelona last weekend, and I was invited to share cars with all of them. See a video of myself in a flying lap 6 years ago... Once there, Old friends got excited to see me there, and I ended driving **** loads of cars, some of them quite impressive, and maybe, is worth to share the experience and some pictures... Lotus Elise S1 Sport160- This was my courtesy car while I was there. I got to drive it for about 300km, and I enjoyed every bit of her. For those who know the car, you will know is a special car... a bit in a dodgy way. Cam profile is very agressive, and lotus did a rubbish work to tune the low load and idle correctly, therefore you have to love the car, and is really unconfortable to drive steady and in traffic, however its responsiveness over 4k rpm and its handling, was FANTASTIC. This one, was only driven on the road and some spirited mountain drives, and it was awesome. Caterham S3 275R- This one was driven hard in mountain roads and in the track. Surprisingly, I enjoyed every bit of her. Out of the box, felt SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than our average Westfield (sorry guys, I'm a sinner) Ergonomy, and pedal feel was just outstanding, and I felt really confortable in her despite its narrow chasis. On track it felt somehow pretty agreesive. The weight transfer front to back was almost inmediate, and that meant that you could have the car understeering and oversteering in a few different occasions during the same split second. I think tyre pressure were a bit too high. Regardless of that, felt really good for its little 140hp. Westfield SEIW XE, 190hp former WSCC member- This is one of the cars I did sent to Spain... and Its been a great surprise. It does lap much faster than expected (about 3 seconds faster than my former MK in the same track) and given its "roadgoing" setup, its a car with shaitloads of potential. Balance on it was very very very good, feeling very simmilar to my current westfield, and alowing going fast with confidence and really compilant when breaking grip in the rears. Westfield SEIW 2.0Zetec, Ex TKM_Dave. This has been the great surprise of all the cars I did sent to spain. A car that I almost bought and I did discard it in favour of the Canary... And now i really regret. (well, not really... but is really good, and the build quality is one of the best I've ever ever seen). This car was the third fastest of the day, behind Myself in a KTM X-bow, and an Atom... so.. Yes. REALLY fast piece of kit. Its allegedly only 180ish HP, but the gearing is sooo good that would chase easily other westfields with known 220hp. Really enjoyable car. Really Dave... you made a huge mistake. That kit was a keeper. Westfield SEIW 2.0Zetec with 4 weebers. Purely a road car. well. I made a mistake, I was offered to drive it on the road... where is lighting fast, compilant and confortable... but rejected it in favour of thrashing it on track... and on track it track was... well. Enthusiastic would be the best way to describe its efforts. you could drive it well over the limit without having any scary moments... SOOOOO forgiving, but unfortunately, not fast and not too responsive. Westfield SEI 1.6XE . This car is also a former's WSCC car, and the one we bought with more perspectives... as, in paper was a fantastic piece of kit. Light, fast, reliable, not too expensive and with a propper Motorsport heritage that should warrant a decent setup and development. In truth, the car will need A LOT of development, as the handling is currently quite poor... and also broke the flywheel doing a bit of a disaster in the drivetrain. Its been a hughe disappointment as I did vouch for the car really badly. However, it does have so much potential... that i think once we have sorted all the gremlins, she will be a proper fast car. Time will tell. KTM X-Bow. I want one. Period. It feels like a Golf, Handles like a S7ven, and it has the power of an space shuttle. Really fast and Easy to drive. I know that track really really well and in my 4th lap I was lapping consistently faster than Any other KTM in the day, and taking the luxury to slide the rear like a mad man... Absolutely great piece of kit. The price is a big Pitty... as I really can't afford not quite justify it, but I'm wondering that I could sell the beemer, the westy, my dog, and Ana's mini, and maybe I could buy one to have in the garage. What a fantastic car my good. Gineta G50 Long Race Speck. Well. I can't really analyse this car, as is the most propper race bit I've ever driven. It was wild, amazingly quick, and easy to drive when in its sweet spot... but if you under drive it, or Over drive it, you will get bitten really quick, ending in a massive spin. Apparently I did it very well because I didn't quite spin, only a few big moments that I did solve with solvency, and impressed the owner. Not my cup of tea as a trackday car, but definitely, an amazing piece of kit and one of the most intensive experience I've ever had. As you could see in the picture, we needed about 3 people to make me fit in the cockcpit... really small and narrow. Well That is it!! hope you have enjoyed the write up, and the pictures!!!

Our eldest agility collie is 14 He suffered a couple of vestibular attacks (dog strokes) after the June heat wave of 2018 his back legs have slowly gotten weaker as has his appetite I rolled the ball for him down the garden on Saturday and after 3 times he just stopped and lied down next to it He can walk fine but his rear just collapses when he stops, even to eat Tomorrow he will only be getting chicken and steak tomorrow afternoon all the toys will be out Tomorrow nigh the vet is coming to the house Sorry not car related, just feeling sh!7

New Westfield owner and new to the forum. 1996 narrow body 2.1 pinto built by Vulcan engineering few issues to sort , but a good base to start with hopefully.

Be great to see you at the do

Lunch out, what a good idea!!! With cake of course!

Not bad going Martyn. Two Christmas dinners in one weekend! Suppose you’ll be having lunch out as well..... 😀

Simons k series is a better car to start imho...

Thanks all, just joined up as a fully fledged member!😀 look forward to meeting you at some events next season

Bet you can't wait John!

If Carlsberg did trackdays.. 😎

Really sorry Mark, they say it’s the ultimate act of kindness but I know I’ll be devastated when the time comes for my lab. Although it’s incredibly difficult, You’re doing the right thing.

Thanks folks, I can honestly say I’ve never experienced anything as horrible as “the end” the eyes staying open the body going limp, not feeling good today i keep saying how long might he have had, and reply with well at least we removed the guess work of any suffering hoping the rugby is a good distraction