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Videos like this capture the very essense of why trying to go that bit further to own and use your pride & joy is worth it. It doesn't have to be a Porsche, in fact I would say if you have a budget of 'X' then go for the cheaper car and go on more adventures. But get out there.

2012 saw 2 great road trips for me & the Nein!Elf with the Mizen to Malin & Wales Hoon.

Time to get the thinking cap on for 2013....

There Comes a Time

It’s with some trepidation that I put my Scooby up for sale. I fear that I’m already driving the ideal car, but after 3 years its time for a change. After a recent spin in Blippy’s Honda S2000, it’s clear I’m in dire need of something RWD again. Being realistic though I’ve too many kids and not enough hair for an open top two seater. Still the S2K experience has proved to be a tipping point, so up she goes, details as follows:

‘00 Subaru Impreza

Dark blue metallic

2.0L Turbo AWD (est 218bhp)

75K miles

Price: €3250

Specifics: 

Irish car from new (not UK or JDM).

Tax Jan ’13

NCT Apr ’13

Recent oil service & long life plugs.

No engine mods.

Interior very tidy, no nasty aftermarket stuff

No exterior mods, body and paintwork very tidy.

Fitted with 5Zigen Stainless Steel back box (burbly but not too loud!)

Fitted with OEM spec 16” alloys on Michelin Pilots Sports (front), Good yr Eagles on the rear

Chassis Setup for understeer reduction (Strut brace, Whiteline ALK, with adjustable rear ARB & links)

Prodrive geometry setup.

New brakes all round (Carbone Lorraines on the front, OEM on the rear).

In its natural environment up on the side of Keeper Hill:

40 Acres, meet Suki

Well, things took a strange twist last week with a colleague deciding he wanted to move on his long term (6 years +) S2000 for something a little more baby friendly. In a moment of mid-recession madness I put it to him that I might be interested...

And so, a few days later and a fresh NCT disc on the screen, Suki the S2000 is outside the door. Santa done good this year.

Early days yet, and I've a lot of driving to do before I can give it a detailed run down on here. I always knew the engine would be great - after all it is one of the best engines ever made. But the gearbox, the chassis, the speed of the rack, the direct action from every control input, everything is setup to let the driver know exactly what's going on while involving them fully in the act of driving. No doubt about it these are special cars, Honda pulled out all the stops to celebrate the companies 50th anniversary with the launch of this car. 

Longer review with more detail to follow, for now here's the first photo taken after getting it home :)

What Could Possibly go Wrong? Week 4

Another week, another wander through the Irish classifieds.

Let start with a simple auld salad.

1964 Westfield

Twenty word descriptions aren't usually tempting, but when three of those are "RWD"(Acronyms are words today) "Welded" and "Diff" then it's worth a haggle. Assuming it's not a complete rotbox, (and that's a pretty big "if") then you could have a lot of zero door track day fun for little outlay.

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On the subject of RWD vintage fun, how about a V8 P6? 1974 Rover P6

Only slightly wordier than the previous listing, and most of it is discouraging private numbers and texters, a silly thing to do nowadays. Two things strike me. It's a manual V8, which is rare in P6 circles, as most of them are waftomatics, it's rather cheap, and there doesn't seem to be too much rust…