Old Sep 24, 2013 | 10:51 AM
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crosscats
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Default Re: Gaydon Car Rally & 10th Crossfire Anniversary

Just like to add my thanks - and a personal view.
After a few abortive attempts, this was my first Crossfire event in a year of ownership - and what a way to start!
It was an amazing sight - really good to be able to see all the colours and variations in one place for comparison - like, I've now properly seen the difference between Graphite and Machine grey - so much better than looking at pics - and how beautiful the red is; never seen it in the flesh before (not many chances in our remote corner of the country).
Being a die-hard coupe fan, I now also appreciate the lines of the 'vert - but didn't realise just how very small the boot really is!
Great to see the red 'vert with rare Vanilla interior (special order for the UK?) - but I was surprised there were no Cedar red interiors out of 48 cars - unless I missed one!
It was also quite encouraging to see that this vast array of immaculate-looking machines were not all quite so perfect (if you looked very closely!) - only to be expected as some are daily drivers with a good few miles on them - made me feel a little less inadequate! - the downside of using and enjoying our cars is it can make them a little less than mint - but thank goodness - I don't want to be scared to use it.
But more important than the cars - what a great bunch of people - really made the 600 mile round trip worthwhile - looking forward to meeting some of you again soon!
 
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