weedman

Brilliant! Funniest video I've seen in ages! Thanks for posting.

This may be a bit out of left field, but have you considered using a private detective? You have a fair amount of information to go on. My brother was trying to locate an old school pal, and a private detective came up with the guy's name address and phone number in 24 hours and it cost £100.

Hope they were kind to you! (On the other hand of course, if you were being an idiot you deserve all you get!!)

http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/new-tyre-labelling-for-november-2012 So what will you be doing? Going for an A grip rating and sod the noise and economy?

Well I'm back now, and still have the grin on my face... Once again thanks for the help - had a fine meal in Blau Ecke, and the museum was definitely worth a visit. As for the laps - simply mind blowing! Highly recommended for anyone who has an interest in quick motors and spirited driving. Took my breath away and had me laughing out loud several times. OK so I didn't trouble the lap record in any way, but it was still a gas. Nice to be part of the Subaru community there too. Thanks to fellow GB270 Wagon owner Chris for the loan of an i-phone mount (sorry I broke it!) and to Jamie for a stunning passenger lap in his highly modded Blob STi. Lost over half of an evening session when the track was closed for this: Guy was alright, but what has he thinking of? A VW Touareg? Ideal vehicle for some quick laps round the Ring... So a brilliant trip, and now I want to go back - with a track car and very deep pockets!!!

Thanks for the replies guys - given me some ideas. Off tomorrow - let you know how I get on...

So it's a couple of weeks until the wrinklies go the Nurburgring. Something I've always fancied, so at the grand old age of 61 me and my (older) brother are going in a couple of weeks. Any advice would be welcome - not so much for driving the Ring - I'll be the one on the right with my right hand indicator going timing my laps with a calendar. But if you know of any other things to see/do in the area, good restaurants etc then I'd be pleased to hear. Thanks.

You have my deepest sympathy!! Same thing happened to me - drunk driver wrote my works Hilux off whilst it was parked outside the house. Thing is, that was in September last year, and the whole things is still not finally settled. I seem to have had hundreds of conversations with dozens of different people/companies. I found it - and am still finding it - incredibly stressful. So I'm with Gus here - if it happened again tomorrow I would put it straight into the hands of an accident management company. Sadly I don't have one to recommend. Good luck.

Welcome from a fellow GB270 wagon owner - cracking motors! Wish mine was as clean as yours!

Vidal Sassoon's funeral won't be shown live on TV. It'll just be the highlights...

I did the performance driving course a few years back when I had a WRX blob and thoroughly enjoyed it - hopefully you will too. Yes, make sure the car is fully checked over, de cluttered and filled with Shell's finest - amazing the amount of fuel you will go through. My instructor was very good - from a sedate pace to get to know the circuit, she upped the pace through the session until I was going as fast as I felt comfortable with. "Spirited" driving is definitely ok - that's what you're there for. If my WRX could handle it you should have no worries in an STi. Went out for blocks of roughly 10 laps, and towards the end when the speed was up, the brakes were definitely going off towards the end of the run. The only issue I had was with the description - "Peformance Driving Course". It wasn't really. It was an hour of fun designed to get you driving the Knockhill circuit as fast as possible. That was all I did, and it was enough for me. However, you don't often get the chance to drive your car in such a controlled environment, so you might want to investigate how your car behaves - what happens if I lift off in a corner for instance. Or play with your DCCD to find how different settings affect the handling. I really wouldn't worry about a lap time - just enjoy yourself and learn a bit. (If you want to get an idea of lap times have a look at You Tube - loads of track day videos at Knockhill up there.) And if you want an experience, hand the car to the instructor for a couple of laps. I mean, I thought I was going quickly, but they're in a different league! I came away with a big grin on my face - hopefully you will too. Let us know how you get on with that and the rally experience. Good luck.

Your wheels are very, er.... Green!

So anticipating this weekends F1 season opener, though I'd have a look at Albert Park Melbourne in Google street view. Interesting because half of it seems to be done when it was set up for a race, and half normal - fences and kerbs appear, streetlamps disappear. (Mind you, you'll never get that 15 minutes back...)

Just wait a mo while I wipe the drool off my keyboard! Stunning. And if you want someone to drive her up...

Welcome Paul! I've got a couple of years on you! Age no barrier at all to loving your Scooby!

Cracking pics! (Motor's not too shabby either...)

Thanks for the replies guys - and I'd love to give you all the guys address! So I looked into it and I do have legal cover on my policy, so it's now with the solicitors. I would like to think they will screw the guy for all he's got...

Last Saturday evening a drunk driver crashed into Weedman's weedvan when it was parked outside my house – it looks like it will be written off. No idea what speed he was going, but it sounded like a bomb had gone off! Now the Hilux is nine years old, so I won’t get much money in settlement, despite the fact it is worth a lot more than market value to me – it had a lot of useful life left in it, and I had no plans to replace it. As you can see from the photo it is set up as a spray vehicle – the spray kit cost £9,000. Additionally, once I get a settlement cheque from the insurance company, according to them I can no longer have a courtesy vehicle – as if I can go out the next day and buy a replacement Hilux. We all know it doesn’t work like that. What if I want to buy a new vehicle and it’s on 12 weeks delivery – do I stop work in the meantime because I haven’t got a van? Or pay for a hire van out of my own pocket? So it looks like I will be considerably out of pocket through absolutely no fault of my own. Does anyone know whether I can take any kind of legal action against the drunk driver to recover any costs? Thanks in advance for any replies.

As a 60 yr old myself, big thumbs up to that comment from me as well!!!

Payment sent - hopefully. PM. And a big thanks for organising this group buy.

Never knew there was such a thing till I saw one today. So a little look round the interweb thingy revealed a couple for sale on e-bay, and this mad project: http://www.htautos.co.uk/8.html

Thanks for putting me in ScoUK - I've just removed the question marks! 1 - Warrior08 - Full set - Newage - Black with pink WRX logo. (Derbyshire) (WRX) 2 - Ryan@Indigo-GT - Full Set - Classic - Black with Pink Type R logo (Gwent) 3 - scoobygaaz1 - Full set - Classic - Red with Black Impreza Turbo logo - (Devon) 4 - cpd full set - 2006 Hawkeye WRX. Car is WR Blue so guess mats should be blue or black with WRX logo (Buckinghamshire) 5 - Scooby_my99 - Full set for Classic. Carpet colour = Navy Blue; Edge and Logo colour = Grey; Logo = 'Prodrive' (see attachment) - (Grangemouth) 6 - Andy - Full set - GB270 - black with GB270 logo. (Central Scotland) 7 - Frenchy - boot carpet - Newage - Black with Pink Sti Type UK logo (Cambridgeshire) £25.00 8 - Spec T - full set in black with WRX Spec T logo in silver grey down the side if possible? MY2006 Hawkeye WRX saloon. (Devon) 9 - Van Diesel - full set in black with GB270 logo. Hawkeye Wagon (Cambridgeshire) 10 - Lewisscoob - full set - classic saloon - black with silver typeRA logo as per Phils set with a red outline - Aberdeen 11 - Marko72 - Boot mat - To match up to existing WR Blue mats. 12 - ScoUK - Full set - Newage - Black with red IMPREZA logo down side 13 - Major - Boot Carpet - Newage - Black with Pink STi Type JDM logo (West Sussex) (Same price as Frenchy ????) 14 - Paul555sti - Full set in Black - Newage - With white Sti type UK logo. 15 - weedman - Front mats only - Newage - Black with GB270 logo (Glasgow)

Am I too late to order a set of front mats for a GB270 Wagon? Thanks.

Was it you turning into Glasgow Harbour this afternoon in a very tidy newage thinking "Who's that idiot in the 4x4 with flashing lights on the roof who's completely blocking my way?". Er... That was me. Sorry.

Just minding my own business head down spraying weeds in a shrub bed when I heard the burble behind me... If it was you - sorry I stared - just looked so damn good!