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Just a quick note to say I'm fine and thanks for the support guys.
just beginning to sink in how lucky I was not to collect anyone else on my little excursion across all 4 lanes and back again with a little 360 pirouette In the middle for good measure!
cars not looking great but it's only a lump of metal. Very relieved to still be in one piece!
ian might well have some interesting footage if his cam was running as might I.
thanks again for sticking around till I was sorted.

Not for me either. 

No probs I reckon we can look to leave Inverness about mid day. so shall we say 11 at the castle.

Yes Mike dates are for the night of stay so you are sorted except for the 11th April which I'm working on.
Yes Rich you should be able to book additional beds. Availability was good when I booked. look back soon for update on the 11th. If you don't mind sharing the family room on the 12th then you can grab that bunk as Faith won't need it.
 
Faith thats cool. 
Merich are you still in?

Sorry been off the radar for a while.
I am still planning to go ahead with this and will be looking at accommodation this week. My brother won't be joining me anymore so I would be up for sharing accommodation to keep the cost down.
The dates remain the same but I might be looking to drive to Edinburgh initially on the 8th before moving on to Inverness on the 9th. The route would then be Anti clockwise stopping at or around Inverness -John O'Groats-Durness-Applecross-Inverness.
 

I could do part of the run on day one, unfortunately I cant spare four or five days
Every year me and some friends do a similar run starting from Stirling then up the west coast, then the 500 miles route, plus back down the east coast, we usually do it over a weekend.
My sons school is closed from 25th March to 11th April, most areas in Scotland have roughly different dates.

I was planning to do a run up to Scotland to see a friend in Aberdeen this spring, if I can make the dates work time off wise I'd be up for joining this.

Ok peeps, suggested schedule is meet in Inverness on Saturday 9th April to start the route on Sunday morning. Arrive back in Inverness Tuesday eve 12th April head home Wednesday 13th April. 
Link below to wet your appetite.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUhKhQP4PBo

Ok peeps, suggested schedule is meet in Inverness on Saturday 9th April to start the route on Sunday morning. Arrive back in Inverness Tuesday eve 12th April head home Wednesday 13th April. 
Link below to wet your appetite.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUhKhQP4PBo

Unfortunately being a teacher I have no choice but to go during the school holidays😔
Whilst I have no problem with anyone organising trips on alternative dates I would appreciate this thread remaining focused on the window I have suggested. I hope this request doesn't cause any offence. 
Impressed with your proposed route though Chris. 😜

I think as Chris has already mentioned, a new thread needs to be created. Chris asked if anyone would like to join him on the trip he posted but it's gone off with people organising their own things. I'm utterly confused and I don't like to be. 

Unfortunately being a teacher I have no choice but to go during the school holidays😔
Whilst I have no problem with anyone organising trips on alternative dates I would appreciate this thread remaining focused on the window I have suggested. I hope this request doesn't cause any offence. 
Impressed with your proposed route though Chris. 😜

Unfortunately being a teacher I have no choice but to go during the school holidays😔
Whilst I have no problem with anyone organising trips on alternative dates I would appreciate this thread remaining focused on the window I have suggested. I hope this request doesn't cause any offence. 
Impressed with your proposed route though Chris. 😜

Unfortunately being a teacher I have no choice but to go during the school holidays😔
Whilst I have no problem with anyone organising trips on alternative dates I would appreciate this thread remaining focused on the window I have suggested. I hope this request doesn't cause any offence. 
Impressed with your proposed route though Chris. 😜

So bit of a weird day. 
Took the day off work due to splitting headaches and generally feeling shit! Tried to make an appointment with the GP but was told the earliest would be in a week! By that time I would probably be an emotional wreck so decided to cheer myself up with some modification therapy!
I've had a HKS manifold sitting in my living room (curtesy of Lee) for the past few weeks evolving into a coffee table. So I took it to my local garage to get a quote on fitting. "£60 +vat and I can do it now" sorted.
Less than 1 hour later all fitted and they fixed a puncture in my nearside rear tyre. Took it out for a blast and I'm very impressed!
I'm no expert but the car felt much more responsive, seemed to pull right through the old torque dip and sounds amazing. Putting a huge smile on my face! 
No sign yet of the expected warning light from the o2 sensors. Can't wait to get it to Fensport  for Adrian to wave his magic wand over the ECU and maximise the gains!
Still got a headache but who gives a shit! might have to take tomorrow off though to complete the therapy on some great roads around Oxford!
Quick question for you more learned fellows. I've noticed on line that a lot of peeps have taken the step of heat shielding the oil sump following similar modification. Is this considered vital or just precautionary?
Oh and if you read this Mas I could do with some HKS decals if you have any spare? 
 

So bit of a weird day. 
Took the day off work due to splitting headaches and generally feeling shit! Tried to make an appointment with the GP but was told the earliest would be in a week! By that time I would probably be an emotional wreck so decided to cheer myself up with some modification therapy!
I've had a HKS manifold sitting in my living room (curtesy of Lee) for the past few weeks evolving into a coffee table. So I took it to my local garage to get a quote on fitting. "£60 +vat and I can do it now" sorted.
Less than 1 hour later all fitted and they fixed a puncture in my nearside rear tyre. Took it out for a blast and I'm very impressed!
I'm no expert but the car felt much more responsive, seemed to pull right through the old torque dip and sounds amazing. Putting a huge smile on my face! 
No sign yet of the expected warning light from the o2 sensors. Can't wait to get it to Fensport  for Adrian to wave his magic wand over the ECU and maximise the gains!
Still got a headache but who gives a shit! might have to take tomorrow off though to complete the therapy on some great roads around Oxford!
Quick question for you more learned fellows. I've noticed on line that a lot of peeps have taken the step of heat shielding the oil sump following similar modification. Is this considered vital or just precautionary?
Oh and if you read this Mas I could do with some HKS decals if you have any spare? 
 

So bit of a weird day. 
Took the day off work due to splitting headaches and generally feeling shit! Tried to make an appointment with the GP but was told the earliest would be in a week! By that time I would probably be an emotional wreck so decided to cheer myself up with some modification therapy!
I've had a HKS manifold sitting in my living room (curtesy of Lee) for the past few weeks evolving into a coffee table. So I took it to my local garage to get a quote on fitting. "£60 +vat and I can do it now" sorted.
Less than 1 hour later all fitted and they fixed a puncture in my nearside rear tyre. Took it out for a blast and I'm very impressed!
I'm no expert but the car felt much more responsive, seemed to pull right through the old torque dip and sounds amazing. Putting a huge smile on my face! 
No sign yet of the expected warning light from the o2 sensors. Can't wait to get it to Fensport  for Adrian to wave his magic wand over the ECU and maximise the gains!
Still got a headache but who gives a shit! might have to take tomorrow off though to complete the therapy on some great roads around Oxford!
Quick question for you more learned fellows. I've noticed on line that a lot of peeps have taken the step of heat shielding the oil sump following similar modification. Is this considered vital or just precautionary?
Oh and if you read this Mas I could do with some HKS decals if you have any spare? 
 

PM sent

Thinking about it I couldn't have caused the problem when I cut the connector off as I tested the new unit afterwards and it worked fine.
Apparently their is no circuit protection between this light and the ECU.
 
Yep still coming Nik.

Looking forward to this. It better be good as I wil have driven nearly 3000 miles to get there! I think I took a wrong turning off the M 25!

It won't cause any issues, but it's probably worth noting 98 is more readily available in most of europe and cheaper. = More fun.

A great day at Brands finishing second by 0.16s but more importantly getting really settled with the car now. Thanks for the help and support from Daniel and Chris at the weekend,and Debs for putting up with my race head moods.

Chris you can have my one as Rich is sending me two, my +1 is unable to attend

I won best rear end in show!

I won best rear end in show!