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Had the same problem with the front and rear lights on my STi, plenty of water and some cutting compound does the same trick. Used Farecla G3, also great for taking out light bodywork scratches. Used to be only available from trade suppliers years ago, but apparently Halfords now sell it. Lights now gleaming

Just to add, at the SIDC days there's usually a knockhill instructor available who will go out with you for some basic instruction free of charge. Track Scotland days use hamish, that you book in half hour slots, there is a small charge for this but it's a far more advanced instruction. But the main thing is to enjoy it

I use meguiars leather conditioner every so ofter on the Mercedes, and also use their wipes for quick wipe overs.

New-age JDM STi, £225 for the year. Imported myself under the old SVA rules so no emissions tax.

Bit of a mixture for me. Ferrari F40, turbocharged power in a lightweight body. Mercedes 300SLR, Stirling Moss used one of these to win the 1955 Mille Miglia and it was basically a 1955 F1 car fitted with a wider 2 seater body and used for the road race. Could sit comfortably at 175mph for miles at a time. Audi quattro S1, the godfather, and the rally car that gave us all 4wd and a turbocharger. Finally an Impreza WRC car, oops score that off, done that with an ex Burns S7

There's a German company do really strong ones designed specifically for boxer engines. Porsche actually fit them as standard on their 911 Turbo, GT2, and GT3 models. Apparently they had to stop fitting them to the lesser powered models because the magnets are so strong, it was stopping their crankshafts from turning. So only really recommended if your running 300+ bhp I'd say

Yip I'll be booking up for it. Not done much to it recently, so will give me an excuse. Really need to get Mr Forrest booked

Always enjoyed rallying especially when I was a teenager and the Group B cars were at their best. In 1990 I bought an Astra GTE 16v and decided to do a bit of road rallying, so joined the Coltness Car Club, where a certain Colin and Alistair McRae regularly turned up for meetings in Hamilton. My first run in a Subaru was Colin taking me out in his company car, a black LHD Legacy RS, which went on to becomes Alistairs when Colin got an SVX. God that car was rough by the time those 2 had finished with it. Come 1997, I had motorbikes, a mint condition classic TR7, couple of Audi's including a quattro, and a different GTE 16v track car. I worked out if I flogged the lot I could buy a brand new car. Initially wanted an Audi coupe S2, but decided on an Impreza Turbo. So basically have owned Subaru's for 16 years now. 1997 UK Impreza Turbo, 2002 JDM Impreza STi have been the 2 main cars, 1992 Legacy Turbo, 1994 Impreza Turbo, 1994 Impreza WRX ra, 1995 Impreza WRX, have all been fun track cars. Would I buy another, as a road car probably not, unless it was something very rare or unique. 22B or Spec C Ra,

Sorry Rich, not been on here the last week. This do you? Still needs a covering of paint to get rid of the black circles thats the bonding for the inner skin to join to the bootlid.

My son nick passed his test about 18 months ago. First years insurance for his 1.2 Corsa the cheapest price on the usual search engines was about £1300 but going directly to Churchill and direct line got it down to just under £1000 on both. His 2nd year renewal was £650 so not too bad. Never tried to get a quote for the subarus, but he does use the track one at knockhill and kames. So that's your sons next move, you just supply the car and fuel.

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Agree Arch that it depends on what you want to use the car from, but probably more importantly is the power and characteristics of the power delivery. Certainly for my new-age with 400+ bhp, the JDM box is perfect on track and loads of fun on backroad runs. But the short ra gearbox in the white car used to drive me nuts at the beginning round knockhill, corners were either too fast for 2nd or too slow for 3rd. But once it had better grip and more power it was suddenly better suited, as it was a certain 3rd. Then run Knockhill in reverse and its all different again Oh the joys.

And the list is more than doubled when you add in your broken engine parts. Its the JDM 6 speed you want, not the long-legged UK cruising boxes.

Managed to get 2 sets myself, pretty sure 1 set came from the Aberdeen dealer up your way John. Lewis, they are good in the dry and have lasted me well. Although I've been using this set since new in 2005, they are now on and probably below the legal road wear limits. Saying that I also use a set of Toyo T1-R's for the wet and Pirelli RS full slicks for the odd occassion Knockhill is both dry and warm.

Shame about the gearbox Adam, but that's been living on borrowed time for the last 3 years. You did make a cracking start as well and apart from the noble nothing was catching you. 6 speed for ingliston?? Oh and if you hadn't removed the rear wiper to save 1kg of weight, we'd have seen the video better