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glad to see you're already thinking about insurance - I'd suggest that you get a quote or two before you look at the car, you know the age / reg / mileage from the advert, so should be able to get a good feel for price. Some insurers are far happier than others when it comes to modded kit - worth finding out what got done to it and researching (use the scoobypedia link at the top of the page) a bit more about that specific model to understand how far from original it has been tweaked? Good Luck - and also back up the comments about Cotswold Subaru (a couple of miles to the north of Witney) - mine got home tonight after it's 90k service and it's always been there for service and repairs.

Have fun & get a price for the Oxon crew to go play for a day (or just a half)

Not a bad site, although a bit basic out on the rally area. Most stuff is run through the usual driving experience firms, so a bit of local snooping might cut them out and get direct to the local provider? The Russian racers were pretty spectacular last time, if folk fancy straying away from the rally track ..... Might also be worth picking Nige's brain to see if we'd get better value going slightly further north to Bill Gwynne's place near Brackley?

profile shows he's not been on since 1st July, so it may be worth trying PM and hope that he's got email notification set? thought his last posting mentioned that he'd sold the old beastie?

I'm not sure that there's any magic solution, and whilst your enthusiasm to keep us busy is great, don't let it get you down if we aren't all showing up to everything Summer weekends for me are almost always packed with marshaling, so I'm not going to make too much during the nice weather (unless a few of you fancy joining in of course!) The other problem for me is that it's a good hour's drive to reach you folk - I applaud Stu's idea of a bit of a blast, but heading out for another 100 miles or so takes most of the day & a tank full of fuel I would suggest that we try to have a regular (and therefore known well in advance) pattern of dates - it would also be smart to avoid weekends where our neighbours have their meets too. Hopefully, if we know the dates well in advance, that just leaves us to decide what we're going to do & where. Is one every month too many (or not enough!!) Event-wise, I normally like to get something to eat (before / during / after - or all 3), but not too fussed whether we try somewhere different each time, or try to build up a home base. Most places didn't seem that bothered whether we came regularly or not as Sundays were busy enough without us? I suspect that cost is also an issue - big events like Scooby Ball / Track days etc take a lot of cash (doubled if other half joining in too), but do folk fancy the odd "special", or are we better doing cheaper stuff more frequently? In previous years, some of the MK folk tried to meet up and go to the big firework display together - with a bit of a BBQ session thrown in - maybe you guys have got something similar in the area? Would there be enough takers if we could persuade the Cotswold Subaru folk to have a bit of an open day or similar - a lot of us use them and recommend them to others (plus the SIDC discount of course!) so they might be willing? Could also tie it in with a blackcircles fitting session as so many of us seem to discuss what tyres are best ..... Cheers, David

Nice pics & cracking weather - some good shots of my chums in their orange romper suits too. Roll on next season ......

Excellent news! Congrats and best wishes from us both - which scoob for the happy trip North to your folks then? Fozzy might be practical, but give her an early taste for some power! Cheers, David & Chrissy

Bit short of piccies - no digital camera thingies in olden days 1972 started with an pastel green Austin A35 1973 then an Austin A40 - pale blue with a matt black bonnet 1974 came out of my apprenticeship and bought a shiny new Vauxhall Magnum 1800 in orange / yellow 1980 jumped to a dark blue Vauxhall Cavalier 2000 D plate red Astra SRi 1800 then stuck with company cars for a while M plate white Vauxhall Astra 1700 turbo deisel - my ex company car 51 plate blue scooby wagon - t-boned by a golf and written off, but it's still out there - xx 51 UAU 54 plate ditto but added PPP next will be a tough call - I want the wagon shape and the scooby performance, hmmm Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer VXR??

Looks like a fantastic item to go for (bit too far North of my home ) A really good idea to up some serious charity fund raising whilst having a great weekend of motorsport. Good luck with the auction & the event, Cheers, David

Marshaled it last year and we can recommend it as a really fantastic event at an absolutely huge location. Sadly, we're way West this year as we'd committed to marshal at Colerne before the RBMR date was published. Cheers, David & Chrissy

.... and honeymooning in Swindon? Congrats both Cheers, David & Chrissy

Hmmm - still got my spare size L in it's bag unworn Our originals only come out for special occasions, so both still looking pretty good and unlikely to ever get around to needing the spare. I'd been wondering about chucking it in to raffle / auction at the scooby ball, but if Imy was happy to do so, I could just pass it back to let you guys bid large and fight over it - all dosh to the fund, not me of course! Cheers, David & Chrissy

Sad news chap - although I seem to be whizzing down to Kent less than we used to, I've always kept an eye on this corner of SIDC and appreciated the efforts that various organisers have put in. Of course any RO who drives a wagon has got to be a bit more special We've always had great welcomes and good banter, whether at our first visit (RBMR convoy) or at more recent contact at Lydden or track training days. Hope to still see you about from time to time, and hope that standing down will let you get back to enjoying that silver beast. To all scooby folk in Kent (whichever group or name you gather under) - I hope you can sort out some sort of stable get togethers soon. A few of you are clearly strong willed (and maybe a bit short fused too?) but please try to channel that energy to do some good. Imagine how a newbie would view the patch if they were searching for fellow owners in their area, and try to make it as attractive as you presumably found it when you joined? Cheers, David & Chrissy

Best of luck - looks like a very moist weekend, but maybe Saturday is the better of the two? I'll look out for you both (14 & 55) if you'll look out for me - Flagging at Copse Out for both days, with my big white hat on Still got a couple of guest tickets if anybody needs to get in both days .....

Highly recommended bit of kit - got mine at Trax a couple of years ago. Only annoyance / gripe I ever found was the best position out of the passenger's view was just slightly too curved to get the suction cap to grip - so Chrissy had to sit with her view rather obstructed. I also wondered about the wisdom of fitting it where the air bag might actually try to smash it into her face - meant to go for flicking the bag off while recording - I'm sure there's a little switch somewhere, must get the old manual out ......

Glad you had a good time there. I was playing at Pits / Fire marshal on Fri / Sat but a bit further down from the Nissan garage - I was usually opposite the no 4 car - the yellow corvette. Amazing how much does go on behind the scenes, presumably you got to watch several screens of data zipping along in front of you - those French Morgans were clocking over 260k in the first speed trap. Cheers, David

Or scared Jenny when you lifted the bonnet right after your little display session

That would be the one that licked my face then? Cracking day out with plenty of scoobs and loads of dogs to fuss too - thanks to Craigy for sorting our spot again, and to Iain for dragging the trailer full of banners etc along to make the stand look good. Hope the guys on the gate didn't moan too much at us early leavers - apparently nothing inside the show is allowed to leave before 5pm (crowd safety), so maybe an important point to remember for next year. We probably got home to use a loo quicker than those in the half hour plus queues all day on site

BP gold car wash on the way home from Silverstone tonight - cleanest it's been for ages

Doesn't sound any different to the civilian (official vigilantes) community speedwatch folk who already do this? These folk are Police controlled volunteers, and trained, who capture speed readings & registrations - data is then processed and you win a letter with a finger wagging enclosed. Regular "customers" are supposedly given further attention - unspecified, but maybe justification for a pukka Police monitoring session on your favourite road? http://www.speedorsafety.com/community-speed-watch/ http://www.kent.gov.uk/transport-and-stree...speed-watch.htm

Still got mine on the front (above the RBMR one) - got to keep it there forever because that piccy made it to the Top Gear magazine. Got the small one on the rear glass - never coming off by my hand Waved to another one around MK last week - his still proudly on the bonnet too.

Anybody showing up for the Sunday, or are you just making a day of it on the Monday? Looking good - 70 cars shown on rallycross.com - just hope they all show up on the day Biggest uncertainty is how they will manage the traffic onto the site if the crowds get as big as they're hoping for. Just look for the big white hat and say hello if you can get close enough to wherever we end up freezing or baking our little orange whatsits off Cheers, David & Chrissy

Nothing but the best when you choose motorsport mates then Seems to drive at his best when Dad's alongside him ....

Sorry to read that you're having to work instead - what's your mates car to look out for?

Gone but not forgotten fella - long time since that mad curry night at Detling Cheers, David & Chrissy