I’m not easily impressed these days and i’ve kinda fallen out of the scene, whether it be the unique breed of quasi internet celebrities, bent on making themselves a name for a fleeting five minutes. Or simply the lack of any real quality in the builds I see, sure you see great builds, guys and girls pushing forward the scene in their own unique way, but more often than not its all been done before.

You can usually spy a modified Honda and tick the usual boxes, shocker sticker, rota’s and any number of “JDM” stickers. Although i’m still rocking my JDMEgo stickers and plateframe. And don’t get me started on Rota’s i’d rather roll on my standards.

Similarly whenever I see a Silvia its drift styled, Impreza’s are rally styled and well it goes on

Turn’s out there’s a thriving Honda scene in the Manchester area, this looked pretty nice, i’m still yet to get the rear wiper removal. Especially when its rained at every single event i’ve been to this year.

Check out the guy in the back selling Coke out of a plastic drum

This EP3 looked pretty cool in a no-nonsense kinda way, risky business, road legal and Time Attack on the weekends.

I kinda wished i’d gone down the Honda route, look beyond the shocker crowd and you’ll dig out a heap of guys pushing things forward. I can see early glimpses of the crowd moving towards what our cousins are doing stateside.

I don’t profess to know anything about Honda’s but I love the Fourth Gen.

I love the Evo Estate, the new sportback fell a little short of the full blown Impreza slayer with a boot. But the old Evo estate still offers performance and practicality, although with a fixed rear strut brace you won’t be lugging a Piano.

I’m always in awe of this Skyline i’ve featured it previously, it still stops me dead. Pretty much Top Secret everything, coupled with midnight purple.

I’ve never liked the R34 in Bayside, but this looked pretty good.

Its rare to see a clean Evo these days, but the 6 still holds it down.

I’m still undecided on the Euro spec Civic Type R, but with a Mugen derivative set to hit the shores and a new base for the company in the UK. We could see some builds coming through, so for now you’ll have to settle for this example on special edition Buddy Club P1 racing wheels.

Show’s have been pretty disappointing lately, but I spied this. Is that a Piazza in the back? not sure…

Pretty quiet around her lately, although I have a bunch of content coming soon. Humberside Police have ditched their Impreza’s for the V8 Lexus IS-F, i’d take one of these over an M3 any day.

Its a sign of the times with the Police have to step up their game from circa 300hp to 400+

I love the IS-F

Not sure whats going on with this shot, love the lights behind the top grille.

It’s been a pretty good year, i’ve developed a nack for winning things. So courtesy of Motors TV I scored VIP tickets and some hospitality, with these VIP grid walkabout passes and an added bonus.

For precious few fleeting moments I joined the ranks of the VIP

This was the car Mat Neal won the first race as an independent during the supertouring years, Alan Gow handed Neal a cheque for £250,000 at Donnington Park. Needless to say in the era of centrelock racing wheels and exotic materials that didn’t go far.

I’m pretty ‘whatever’ with Porsche’s I find them dull and uninspiring, but this thing is mad. I’m yet to figure out if the holes are to save weight, or simply cool the monster powerplant nestled between the rear wheels. Needless to say this puts the Rauh Welt guys to shame in a way only a gt racer can.

You can also see Dave rocking a shirt in the back, yeah I felt underdressed in the VIP lounge. In all fairness we just beelined for the balcony I didn’t attempt to purchase anything from the bar. I figure had I asked for anything other than a Pimm’s i’d have ejected by someone shaking a clipboard furiously.

More RAY’s centrelock hotness check out the monster AP Racing calipers behind.

I remember Mat Neal running these wheel covers back in the day, this just shows how serious the supertourers got. These we’re the days before the credit crunch when a monster budget brought you masses of exposure in the BTCC.

This should excite the Honda guys no idea on the engine, F20B? mated to a sequential transmission fed by a front mount carbon airbox.

Brings a tear to your eye doesn’t it (Insert patriotism here)