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Taff, that's brilliant.

I occasionally make runs to Brecon from East Anglia and have been thinking for some time about getting something a bit more capable in more challenging conditions. Sounds...

If you were going to pick a standard Forester, which would be the one to get?

By the sound of the additions above, presumably the stock engine and drive train are fairly bullet-proof?

Yes, especially one so young too.


http://youtu.be/ZQc-U4v9vB4

Ah, that must be it.

There is a YouTuber who has repaired a crashed 720 and it's been a very interesting build. Impressive to see the quality of the components.

Very nice J.

How does it compare with the car you had from Sant'Agata?

Aye.

Closest we came was when Father used to wind up the gramophone and let us listen to Fangio at the Ring.

And we thought ourselves lucky.

Good point. Perhaps I should have said, except for enthusiasts. I'm going to hang on to my manual for as long as possible.

The thing is though, my guess is that at some point, a petrol engine...

^I'm only kidding.

Gear-changing will be consigned to history soon.

What?

A manual is always better unless your car is a slushmatic armchair to get you from A to B.

Next I suppose you're going to say you don't enjoy double declutching, or heel and toe-ing.
...

How has it been terms of reliability / practicality - any issues?

Except the kinetic energy of the thing is much, much higher. As many drivers find out.

When we had snow last (think back...), there were lots of vehicles in the hedges around us. All of them (and...

CR-Z?

Was looking at these myself. I'd be interested to hear how you get on.

That looks like a main dealer car.

Is that a Lusso in the foreground of the first pic?

Looks like a smattering of Fulvias, Rovers, Jaguars - possibly a Fiat Dino Spider on the right at the back of the 2nd pic...

And a 246 Dino. One of my all time favourites.

What mods has this had?

Both sound promising. Most of the throttle body work I've seen is on NSXs which sound amazing. I always think of turbos as being a little agricultural but can see the draw here. If I had a bit more...

Sounds like an interesting choice but not sure how cost / reliability / performance compare.

Looks wonderful.

If it's not too sensitive a question, how much would that kind of treatment cost?

Nice pic.

^Love your house, Mick.

Old monastery or priory?

^oh... so I could get it done now then rather than wait six months. Righto.

Thanks. One good tip I've been given is to get it done in summer when the car is completely dry - otherwise you'll be sealing in moisture.

Looks like I've got a couple of months to find the...

Sounds do-able, thanks for the tips.

In reality I may get the pros to do it as they'll wire brush the chassis as well. Still, I'm tempted to give it a go...

Thanks BP.

Edit: Spoke with TGM and might tee up a weekend away while getting the car resealed in the summer.

I've been battling with this over the last few days.

My S2000 is garaged and only comes out when it's not raining.

Over the last few weeks though, there have been some sunny afternoons even...