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Just to update everyone, Simeon Cattle, the General Manager at Westfield Chesil has sent me an updated press release with where they're up to and the plans for 2023 as they currently stand. It's great to see amongst many, many other things, some familiar faces have been retained, which will help bring knowledge and experiance of the brand, through to the current company.

Sorry. Nope. Not the weekend after either as staying at Warners Littlecote OAP home 🙁.

I wish all insurance companies were as good as A-Plan! Not only did my premium reduce from last year - no, no haggling required - I also received a further refund after paying because I forgot to mention my WSCC membership. Chloe Hill from A-Plan didn't need me to wait on the line, A-Plan didn't charge me an admin fee, they just sorted it for me. What a pleasure to do business with! Thank you

The most used spaces in the car park are the ambulance spaces!! Meals are served quickly as they don’t want you to die at the table. Rest assured I’ll be the second youngest there (Clare’s 6 weeks younger). Mums 85th. Knew you would comment thou mr @aeg

90% certain I am going to do Cadwell this Sunday with Javelin... need a bit of fresh air and weather looks dry at the moment.. Still got to get the car ready... but need some track time! Anyone else already booked on??

Yeah seen the internal systems. Much money required and it's not my garage. Crystaline slurry is what Jim has mentioned... Finding a garage of the correct size is more of a struggle than you might think. The motor only just fits in the door as it is (have to fold in the mirrors) and if it wasn't for the fact that the actual garage is nearly 4ft wider than the door so I can get my self in and out the car when the Blat signal goes up, I'd move tomorrow. Plus it's literally visible from my office. I can see steam coming off it when the sun hits it to evaporate the water

"You can actually SEE the minerals in our water..." 😄 "Wash your car with amazing London Spring Water..."

Or soak the water with sponges, bottle it and sell it as premium health water to trendy millennials.

Thanks Jim, I'll take a look But first, I wonder if Amazon will bulk deliver the feminine hygiene devices. It a good job they are thin these days. I can post them under the adjacent garage door...

Fill the neighbour’s garage with silica packs or ladies’ feminine hygiene devices to soak up the water? Just as a temporary fix until it gets warmer. /you asked for thoughts //OR better options ///not necessarily the same thing

Thanks. Sadly at work with only a westfield Calender to keep me company.

Welcome! How near “completion” is it? If near, or especially “IVA Ready”, why on Earth is the builder not IVA’ing it? (There are many genuine reasons not to, but it’s still a potential big red flag. Is it built to pass a NI IVA, (and is that any different to a mainland IVA). How complete is it parts wise? What’s missing, if anything? Build quality, always a difficult one to assess from afar, but lots of detailed photos help a bit to give something of an overall picture. Spec. Engine? Gearbox? Diff? Brakes? etc. some things add value, some, very little. Some, like engine age and whether it’s on carbs or fuel injection, will affect the way it’s IVA’d and what needs doing for a pass. Price. This becomes absolutely critical in these instances. Realistically, unless a buyer has zero knowledge of kits and does no research, then if the build is at all close to being a completely assembled kit, drivable, or very near drivable, then it will take a big hit, value wise, over the equivalent spec car WITH an IVA. Typically just the basic IVA and first registration process is going to cost near a thousand quid. But it’s rarely as simple as that. (If it was, the builder would have done it!) So, I’d always be looking more like £2k under market price for a registered car. Don’t forget, the car might in rare circumstances need significant disassembly and rebuilding to get it IVA ready. If it’s really early in the build, then values wise, it’s just a collection of parts. And really, should be priced as such. Keep in mind that they’re all second hand to you! (So should be priced accordingly). If it is such an un completed project, how long has it been abandoned for, and why? - again, many innocent reasons for that, from family, to financial to just bitten off more than they could chew, you just want to be sure it’s not because of a problem they couldn’t resolve. Age of kit, IVA requirements have evolved over they years. People have got early nineties kits through modern IVA’s, but the older the kit, the less some of the basic parts are ok, and the more extra work needed to get a pass. Price should reflect this. Many bespoke to Westfield parts are now available from other suppliers, equally ALL the none bespoke parts are available elsewhere, (often quite a bit cheaper than the old factory prices). But do bear in mind, that the new Westfield factory parts department doesn’t expect to be open for orders till the start of March, should parts be missing from the kit. However, these can be fantastic opportunities to get into Westfield building if you’ve got a fair idea of what you’re doing, and get the right prices. (Note, that doesn’t mean you have to know Westfields intimately- the Club is here to help with that, but just being handy with and having a little experience on the spanner’s helps a lot with a part built project.

Thanks Mark, mine arrived yesterday Much appreciated the effort to get replacements out

I've had 2 delivered on consecutive days - if anyone hasn't had one let me know and I'll send it on.

Hi Dave, great to hear from you. I'm close to you at South Lopham. Please keep your eyes on this thread for details of our first get together in the Spring. Best regards, Barry