It’s hard work keeping up with a blog when you are writing elsewhere non stop! A lot has changed since I scrapped that 924.

I have sold my bike for a start. I just wasn’t using it more than twice a month (if that), and it was going to endure a winter in the cramped garage and a year of book drops, so I put it on eBay and it went to a very nice guy who is taking it back to uni with him - look out for it in the Bristol area. Did think about getting a Gilera to replace it but have gone cold on that for the time being - when the garage is up maybe.

I bought a Golf GTi which is a beautiul little thing. 90K miles from new in 1986 and only a few rust spots on the bottoms of the doors to show for it. It goes well enough though I do need to double check the timing on it as they have usually been retarded to run on 95 RON. I bought a Jetex SS exhaust and G60 manifold for it also, that should be getting picked up sometime soon. Plus I have a PAS setup coming for it - they are so heavy without that parking is a real chore for Mrs G. Then it is top mounts and suspension, bit of a tidyup on the body and job done.

Just been offered a Corrado by a buddy however which is a very pretty car; 1996 2.0 litre 8 Valve in Blackberry, so the lovely little Golf may have to go to make room for that. Not sure what to do yet, driving the Corrado tomorrow. Sarah will probably like it, but is it worth spending another grand on top to have something that essentially does the same job of spare car? Maybe not. Pic:

Lots of car stuff up in the air at the minute. We are waiting to hear back from the council regarding our loft extension planning permission, so the bank acounts are locked down pretty much (doesn’t sound like it though does it LOL). That will be great when it kicks off, as the house will then be huge and the kids will all have their own rooms. After that it is garage all the way, which should be great when done. So lots of hard work ahead, but will all pay off.

Next event for the IB Porsche boys is Classic Le Mans, and we are away from the 10th to the 18th of July - bring it on!