So the first real drive took place on Sunday 25th September and it was a blat down with some mates to the British Motor Museum near Gaydon in Warwickshire. This was arranged by the club Mid Staffs Area rep Stuart Bates.

Stuart had arranged a deal where we had both dedicated club parking area and discounted tickets into the museum buildings. A great day out, and in addition to numerous 7’s in our display area, two other mates of mine showed up in a latest model Audi R8 V10 Plus and a AMG GT S. Both cars are monsters, and the AMG sounded like it too, with 600+ BHP and a dump valve kit noisy enough to make some of us jump out of our skins when revved with the bonnet up!

This was the first time I noticed that I had the issue with the leaking brake fluid, and after only after a semi-spirited drive across country.