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spotted at seaburn show yesterday - what a clumsy looking little van

you mean in the mx5, i presume ? quite happy to share the driving seat in that one, not so sure about the Exo though - i’ve not had it on track yet myself so not sure about handing over the keys

it certainly wasn’t poo !

then found some logs to pose in front of unfortunately i sunburned the shit out of my dome, otherwise great fun

out for a hoon in the Exo and was saddened to discover someone has dumped a whole load of gravel on my dusty playground so took a couple of pics and did a massive dusty wheel spin in protest

@Mi30n pictured lurking in the background when the mazdas radiator got excited we were sharing the driving on a teeside trackday, fortunately i was behind the wheel when all hell broke loose !

good little car that, i may know someone who could be interested

there’s a few trackdays coming up soon, i really need to get this thing down to teeside and have some fun

not much to report, just enjoying the good weather in the Exo. stopped to take pics at the entrance to the Lambton Estate still goes like the clappers and puts a massive grin on my face, the back end is delightfully light and gets kicked out at the slightest opportunity !

the mx5 confirming it’s place as the most practical member of the fleet

i was in the neighbourhood earlier so thought it rude not to

i was up in edinburgh to do a bit of running so took the slk for a photo in the usual place filled the tank before i set off home and was pleased to see 36mpgs popped in at the retroshite meet and caught up with dome and split pin, great to see you both, nice little car meet too

on me way to edinburgh took the slk up the a68 (oo-er) roof down all the way, what a very pleasant way to travel

what on earth would bring you to chester le street ? there’s not exactly much to do here

it’s mechanically spot on, despite me and @DVee8 mercilessly thrashing it round the track at the slightest opportunity - i’ll take a run down to see the mazdadudes in darlington and see what they say. worst car scenario i break out the mig and do it myself. definitely worth saving though, it’s such a good car to drive

what is the little blue car at the front of the photo ?

i finally got round to fitting the new discs and pads on the mazda that i’d bought back in october ! bit of a crunch when i went to jack up the front oh bugger ! on the bright side, the brakes are much improved now

there’s not much left of that now - surprising how much bigger it looks compared to street level

i really hope this is a photoshop

the northern bus depot in the same town is being demolished no doubt to make way for housing i presume these are giant fuel tanks

removing and storing the hardtop from my mx5 was enough of a pain in the arse !

three years ago to the day ! how time flies when you’re having fun

and on the way home, i had a play in the dirt need to take a cameraman next time

another car meet tonight at Karting NorthEast, Warden Law, near Sunderland Exo was upstaged by this weird thing based on a Ford model T with a Pontiac engine, had a lovely burble as he drove it in.