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It gets a bit bumpy in places but beyond that you should have plenty of fun.

I would be quite happy to lead a similar route for a group drive via this forum if anybody is interested. We would be setting off from the Skipton area BD23. For anybody travelling up for a drive I can send some hotel recommendations as we would be looking to start early & happy to arrange a afternoon/evening meal if that was the case. If it's just a bunch of midland/Northerners then winner winner. We hit a few super single track roads I would avoid in larger groups so starting over Skipton way would suit better but I do intend on following Adam up Hartside Pass and watching the MX-5 do it's thing.

Marking myself officially safe from a trip out with Tarty Adz. Quite the driver Adam!

Ramp in action. I seemed to have lost my locking nut key or suspect laying with the garage I had my coolant pipes swapped at although I'm not sure what the wheels would come off for. A fun way to blunt my new set of drill bits anyway, I have replaced them with what seems to be a set of lockers with an even more misplace-able key 🤷‍♂️ Brakes bled & new front pads to see if Texstar are any better than the Brembo ones that I fit last year. new eBay win was a genuine Cayman spoiler wrongly listed I don't think the breakers yard knew what they had/ how sought after these are - I am excited to do a very bad paint job on this and fit it anyway, I suck at rattle cans 😂

I am shocked you didn't have the roof down, soft lad. After it had about 2" of snow in it last time 😂

I think we exchanged one of those senior moments where we both looked at each other having recognised but at the same time having no clue who either of us were. I have just changed pads this week and need to get out and bed them in hopefully one evening next week & then I am game Adam. Mid March suits me the most work wise & should give the council enough time to sort out a few of the sniper potholes we encountered on the last drive out. Keen to see how the 370 handles the Dales, the 350 was cool when it came out but the 370 has aged the best, always wanted to see how they go on on the twisties. I'm sure I'll have my work cut out with you in the Supercornerer3000 can't wait!

Definitely roof down weather 🌡️☁️

Had somewhat of a cold myself Thursday - Today but it seems to be nearly gone. My car goes into a specialists in Barnsley on the 3rd of Jan for the coolant pipes. I would like to have had a go at this myself for full ramp glory but the price difference between parts & the quote from these guys made the decision for me. Plus I imagine 10 year old rubber on aluminium's likely the best welds on the car 😂 So at some point mid Jan Adam I'm keen to head out if you get any free time.

Ramp half built this afternoon, it's huge! Give me some winter fun to play under the car. Run wise if people are local enough to make these a single day or even a morning out that's all the better for me I'm quite happy to post more than just one & that gives us chance to do different routes each run. Forest of Bowland is a nice little route into the Dales to link up with Ribblehead Dales there's loads can do the wider B roads through and hit Buttertubs Pass. Can do Patley Bridge to Lofthouse which is just 15 mins of totally blind corner after corner (I love that) before some epic narrow hill climbs. Tan Hill via Cross Top. Plus all my going out to clear my head routes which mostly consisted of me getting completely lost and driving along narrow lanes that are breathtaking although not as quick. Can't wait 😎

Can't wait, gives me some time under the car over winter. We've nearly got the kit car ready for action just some more messing around required but going to get it booked in for the geo and suspension setting up. Olly @ Phoenix Motorsport springs to mind having met him through a mate but I have no first hand experience with him Adam. Any other recommendations you could give us? EDIT: Just checked your website & if you can do it Adam there's absolutely no rush, happy to fetch it over any time. It won't be hitting a track until spring.

We had an agricultural building erected down at the stables this year & it would be rude not to waste half of it as man cave surely! Our new ramps arrive Thursday but the artic delivery is impossible for the location so these are getting drop off at a friend's garage and we will have to trailer them over. Got a small list of jobs I've accumulated on the Boxster to try and solve including a coolant leak the parts are on back order for. Very keen on getting out and doing a forum Dales run if others are? The Dales is a mixture of wide open visible routes, blind single-track & visible single track climbs. Obviously the added bonus of tourists, walkers, cyclists, farm traffic and being stuck behind me but I do know my way around quite well after 8 years of leading Boxster runs. Dreamy 😎 Let me know if you fancy it and I'll create a thread. I'll probably drag @AdamR28 out with me now I know he's an all weather animal through January but post something worthwhile for people to travel up North to, hotel suggestions & route (be all day of a job driving 8am - 4pm) likely around spring time. It will be pretty social, I haven't met some of you and haven't seen some of you guys for years so should be really good fun. It's more about driving than tyre kicking be warned. All cars welcome 👍 Full props to Mr Read as we keep going to ride the warehouse and no matter the weather his roof is down on the MX-5 can't wait to see it in action 🔥

Couldn't you have just taken the seat out and used a torch to see if it's a visible crack behind that weld? I seem to recall this era of Fourplay cracked in this area and changes got made. Although it wouldn't stop me from riding the frame for a while.

Interesting concept I didn't actually know this was a thing. I presume this was around the inspired element era. Did many actually run V-brake? I remember the console protos all seemed to be V but I'm not sure who was riding these. I'd guess Mr Rowland's and Nick Cooke spring to mind but I thought these rode brakeless

The 24" version of the frame lasted 5 weeks 😂

Yeah at the locksmith expo they showed a transit driver door being opened with a screwdriver. I swapped that barrel & added two additional locks to the rear doors. The Renault trafic models they pinch a hole through the sliding door to get to the exposed wire. Doesn't set off the alarm. The VW Transporter they punch a hole through above the handle to push the snib that's locked the door. Doesn't set off the alarm. Scary but no van is immune. Pop tops have been forced open and bikes taken out of campers at Gisburn Forest. I think the aftermarket van alarms are the best there is as all vans tend to be wobbled before any attempt of getting in is made to check if there is any kind of alarm/siren and these connect to your phone. Although mine has gone off as people have sped past my parked van its a inexpensive deterrent.