johns

This was posted as a reply on FB earlier today: "Lets hope 35 year old George Halliday of Ferguson Street, Johnston does get what he deserves! A 25K fine to replace the ambulance is a good start."

Unbelievable

Martin, I sent the email to those who have attended one of our days before, so if this is your first event I won;t have you in my email list. Expect future emails from me for next years events though It is very much looking like the event will go ahead, but we do need another 11 people to break even at the moment. John

I'm glad to say that over the past week, we have had quite a few more bookings, so we are at about 3/4 of our break even point at the moment. Another 10 to 12 people taking part would be fantastic though, so get booking everyone John

We used to have annual trips to the Isle of Man, and indeed we have had a few ROs over there I went on the first trip, and it was one of the best SIDC events I've been on The guy who organised it all even got the Mountain section closed to the public so we could use the whole width of the road on the Sunday morning for a single run up!

Nice car, I've seen it quite a few times, and know the previous owners. It's a very well sorted car and amazingly quick!

I'll be making my way down at some point as well, but likely later in the day to a different hotel. I would be driving a diesel focus, so would embarass the convoy anyway by getting left behind at the slightest incline in the road

Not sure yet Baz, all depends on work (India trip) and some personal circumstances. I'll only know a few days before the event if I'm able to attend or not. I would hope so

With the distance involved from Aberdeen (6 - 7 hour drive), I'll be driving down on the Friday and staying overnight.

I've found a clay bar very useful during the summer months when you get welded on insect debris that doesn't wash off easily. For tar spots I use Tardis: spray on, leave a few minutes then wipe off. I find I get more tar spots during the winter months - must be all those pot holes flicking up tar and crap off the roads. For the past 6 months I've also used a product called IRON-X. This is a good product for removing lots of almost invisible metal particles that cling to your paintwork. You just spray it on and it turns a lurid purple colour as it dissolves any metal particles. It also stinks a bit when working - so use in a well ventilated area! It's also great at removing stubborn brake dust particles from your wheels as well, though you might need several applications. I found that using tardis then iron-x last weekend that my paintwork was very smooth afterwards (it felt like sandpaper at the bottom of the doors before), and using the clay bar made very little difference. Obviously using the chemicals is a lot less effort (and faster) than claying the car all over, but will be more expensive.

welcome back to Scooby ownership John

Spotted another of your car on flickr: Does looks like a fun circuit. Never thought I'd hear of anywhere that makes Knockhill look swish in terms of facilities John

I've sent him a PM to ask.

SIDC members can get a 10% discount on Knockhill events

I've had mine on for two weeks now - absolute godsend in these conditions. Looks like we have about 9 - 12 inches of snow out this way now, and many of the side roads are completely untreated.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=270212 Some people posting up photos of McRae from their archives, including some ones of the gathering and en-route to the gathering that I've not seen before.

Looks like you had lots of fun