Just wanted to give a shout out to those who replied here and who sent me PMs. I had the car viewed by Iain on Friday.

It was very worthwhile as it revealed issues that were not seen on the photographs I was sent.

Many thanks!
Paul

Hi all, I am interested in buying an R8 that is located in Herts/North London, however I am in West Yorkshire so it is quite a long way from me. Do we have any members in this location who would be happy to check it over for me before I take things further? I would be very grateful. All the best, Paul

Tim, the email address is retroplatesuk@gmail.com

That’s very expensive Tim.

There’s a guy on Instagram called Retro Plates who will a lot cheaper than that.

There is a website www.retroplates.Co.uk but I am not sure if it’s the same chap. I’ll see if I can determine the correct site and email address and will let you know.

Yes definitely, silicone spray will do the trick. I do my runners once a year.

Cheers Stan, I’ll check that out!

Spotted L228 LJN whilst driving out of Sheffield towards the Peak District this afternoon. I was in my V50.

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I’ve tracked a few cars in recent months that I know for a fact have been scrapped, but they are showing as SORN on the DVLA database. I know the 214 SEi cannot specifically be derived from the VIN, but according to How Many Left there are only 88 214 SEi’s left on the road now! Remaining numbers ha...

Check for split hoses first of all. I had a slight power steering leak on my SEi recently and a renewed all the jubilee clips and that solved it