the squiggle

Some may recognise the car from a certain magazine from the late 90's we all used to read, even though we dont admit it out loud in public

Had to sell her recently due to health issues but i will be back in a Scoob at some point

Best of luck Mr Cowspeed

Lancia Stratos

The best camera equipment will be available for hire to those that dont own a set up or would like to try a V-Box system

Give me a shout if anyone is interested

Got to be the ral McCoy as the bond on ones look gash imho, your car looks good the now and one of those abomonations woulld send it on a slippery slope

Next you will be asking if Afterburner lights would look ok to a blind man

Doing some hole drilling in the bootlid will help

You dont need a heating system so bin the matrix and all the channeling behind the dash, come to think of it bin the dash as well and mount the clocks on there own

Decent set of Rays/Volks/Advans will half your wheel weight, removing the calipers and discs will save a few pounds and replace it with a parachute mounted on the rear, illegal everywhere in Scotland except The Gow

Using clingfilm instead of glass will reduce weight dramatically as well but works only if you have Glaucoma .

Having a gene deformity that wastes your muscles away also help, but a tad extreme and painful

Removing the sound deading aint that hard if you use a fire extinguisher to cool before chiselling it off

Fit a 30 litre fuel tank, a litre of fuel is 1 kilo so the less in the tank the less it has to carry plus all the best driving roads in Scotland, apart from Applecross, are within range of base

Here to help (and amuse)

pick up a set prodrive 40mm wrc bilstein dampers to day

Thats what i have on the Banana, bloody best suspension out there by far

Good choice sir

All the versions of the Limited were released in Oct 1995 as the 1996 model year

Its a WRX V-Limited

If its the one at the bottom of page 2

Yes it should have painted mirrors and skirts, only the RA Version were unpainted

3 different types of V2 use the Limited tag

1, WRX V-Limited, non STI about 260bhp and comes in rally blue

2, WRX STI Limited, about 276bhp, comes in Rally Blue and has roof vent

3, WRX STI RA V-Limited, about 276bhp, comes in Rally Blue, has roof vent, DCCD (Driver Controlled Centre Differential), Colin McRae signature on the drivers seat and Derek Ringers on the Passenger seat, Fifth fuel injector right on top of the manifold and it also has very short gearing.

If they try and tell you its an RA version and it does not have a rotary dial to control the DCCD near the handbrake switch then its a STI Limited

If it does not have a roof vent then its a WRX version

Hope this helps

2010, what a bit of a strange year. Started off well with a glorious shindig round the north of Scotland enjoying motoring the way it was always intended

Enjoyed a jaunt down to Prodrive for a rather noisy P1 Gahthering

Came in my pants at the offer of a pax run in the McRae R4 Prototype with 5 times British Champion James McRae Esq

Enjoyed a run across Europe at 50 mph with my trusty co-pilot to the Czech Republic for the McRae Vision Charity, seen some weird driving sights i will never forget

Then it went a bit downhill, the dicky shoulder i had turned out to be a form of Musculer Dystrophy and while looking for that they found half of my left lung missing and something wrong with my heart that they want a closer look at. Stopped working 6 months ago, not through choice but the ****er at work became a bit too much of a ****er to handle so i walked. Due to this, some may say foolish but some may say brave manouvere i have had to make a few sensible decisions, i know the word sensible and me dont really go together but in this case it really was a no brainer. The hardest was having to sell the Banana, good chance the DVLA might want my licence back so having a silly hp car aint the best idea at the moment, luckily thier is another bonkers man out there that has agreed to purchase said lunatic mobile, that helps a lot as it takes a fair weight off my already aching shoulders. Feck all they can do except try (and fail miserably) control the pain, monitor its progress and possibly an operation to fix my heart, rejig my lung, i suggested an AndyF remap they looked at me strangley. Wish they just said that i had a fecked shoulder and get on with it but no they think some electrocution and MRI, ECG CT Bollocks will do it

Taking my mind off the shat news i carried on with the Vision stuff

Doddled down to Goodwood, Chatsworth and Rallyday at Castle Coombe to see some of the finest automotive macjines made by the human hand, also took the Vision unit to Eire which was nice as especially Colin was along for the ride

Castle Coombe produced a very special present indeed

Since the last of the shows in Eire finished i have been bored rigid going from one specialist to the other, hammering the ass out of GT5 but even that hurts bad after a while. Done a bit of travelling in Europe, why not feck all else to do

Imy has been my rock and thier for me when things are shit and gets me going when frankly i cant be arsed, she has shown me the true definition of love

Been about here in some form or another for abour 9 years, through the Dougster, seen more Glasgow RO's than unmodified Subarus kicking about, organised a small event a couple of years back that went not to bad, met some right arseholes but also some people i would regard as lifelong friends, also a special mention to the one they call the Owner or Bute, Sir Wilky of Wilkinson, sir i salute you and your bretheren and his his handsome sidekick the one they call Mark Webber, goes by the pseudonym of Andyjdmsti

I have no idea what the future holds, i try and not worry about it but its fecking hard when everything you thought was safe as houses changes in the blink of an eye

As another good friend once said

Thanks for the fish

Not looking for any sunshine blown up my ass so feel free to lock it when you see fit Mr Moderator

Congratulations to you and your other half mate

Thinking soon you will have your own wee rally crew

yes well i told dad that but it wasnt a straight forward deal....

and reason i ask is that the tax reminder came in last month to us and he promised hed change it but had no notification....

If the tax reminder came to you the you are the keeper registered on DVLA

Had the steering jam on me going round a roundabout yesterday afternoon.

Ice had built up in the wheel arch cavity and prevented the wheel coming back to the straight ahead position. Used the jack handle to clear it and carry on but it had compacted so much it was like breaking concrete with a plastic teaspoon. Noticed the coil rings on the struts had frozen solid as well.

Morale of the story, give the wheel arch area a good checking over prior to heading out into the arctic weather

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2. Greersport

3. Greersport

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26. Dougs Scoob

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28. Joe G

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30. And Joe G Junior

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McRae Motorsport was a company set up by Colin covering aspects of his business life, the clothing range was the most public face of this operation and the R4 Prototype was another part. It was not a garage where the public could take thier cars, it was more of a holding company that allowed all his various avenues of business to operate under one name.

After the accident in 2007, the Motorsport part turned into what is now called the Colin McRae Vision charity.

The car in question, at a guess, was probably the one Colin was given after the car was released to the public. Unknown as to wether Colin actually used the car as a runaround but it would have been used at one point by Colin if the circumstances suited, his mum, dad and either of his brothers would have more likely used the car as a runaround. Around 1996 Colin was rarely in Lanark as he was generally known to be ripping up the stages around the world in the Grp A version of the car on his way to 25 WRC victories

Yes got mine today

So far so good! Grant where did you get the classic about? I must have missed that! I bought a halkeye spec c ra and have it up to 400 bhp.

There is something fundamentally wrong with the beginners section as I picked a fto won quite a few races and built up my bank balance and then bought the Subaru. It then let's you enter races for small bodied cars ( polo mini and the like ) in the 400 bhp Subaru

In the used car dealership, old shed has 68000kms on it and red as well just like my old shed and a bargain at 13000

The rules are more strict on the other series, beginner was like that in GT4

Worth the wait and best played with a decent wheel

95 Impreza understeers like a pig as std, spot on there then, until you dial in some known geometry

Got the old dog up to 488bhp on std gearing and it is just a dream to drive, the Ring is the hardest interpretation i have come across yet and trying the AMG driving school thing in an old Gullwing round the Ring is scary. Love the Top Gear track with its first challenge of Type 2 VW Camper vans from 1962, top speed about 55mph, the second challenge is Elise's which is much harder and much more challenging.

All round top effort worth the £40 and 6 year wait

In my hand

Phoned a couple of places to see if they were opening at Midnight, last one i called said no chance of me opening at midnight but i have some here just now.

Me, be there in 10 mins

Him, ok see you then 12 mins later i am back in the flat about to fire up them engines

thesquirrel555, add me if you want beaten badly

Imy got Assasins Creed for the 360 and i will bury myself in GT5 from Wed onwards

all good things come to those that wait

Received and understood

See you on the 18th for a closer look at it

Over and trout

Dunc, that Banana may be large but it aint fat

Cant stop Laughing thats just pure dead brilliant lads ...

I see nothing funny here

Now move along as your teeth are needed at Berwick as thier lighthouse has packed in.

Andy, does Winston need a visa to enter you while in the US of Gay

hahahahahahahahahaaaaa

Photos never lie and that one satisfies my Glove craving for the mo

Out drunk by a short fat balding ex squaddie and done up the clyde tunnel afterwards

What a guy

ahahahah

Praise be the Winston

Still looking for some glove action

Local newsagent gave me a funny look and a handjob with sandpaper when i enquired about Glove Lovers Monthly, he stated that Chris told him to use a fine grade of sandpaper on his boaby as his helmet was made of granite and needed something finer to shave the cheese off it.

I had a 50grit compound used roughly as my boaby is only sandstone and not granite like you military boys and your 120grit special weapons