BA - Howie's 97 ZXi. New MS Splitter fitted.

**Posted:** Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:02 pm

Seriously stunning Howie :drunken:

**Posted:** Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:50 pm

perfection no doubt

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 6:56 am

JAE 2018 Prep work done, all ready for the trip up early Friday morning

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 7:00 am

Do you even drive this car, Howie?

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:26 am

Not a huge amount now Chris

A couple of thousand miles a year, she is now up to about 97,000 miles on the clock.

We sell Meguiar's in our shop and the F helps to show customers what can be achieved with time and effort.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 8:40 am

So you're saying it's more of an exhibition piece / demo car now?
Kinda cool and a bit of a shame at the same time...

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 9:28 am

We live and work from our home / farm, so don't do any commuting,
can keep driving her for special trips and JAE is a great run out for her.

I still love driving the F, and trying not to be over precious with her, but I'm a bit careful where I leave her now, too many careless drivers.

Have been concentrating on getting back into cycling for the last year too, which has taken up quite a bit of my free time.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:47 pm

Beautiful. Almost too beautiful! Don't take it out- someone (or some bird) will do something 'orrible to it! :-)

I know you sell the stuff but I like your shelf next to the car, it's got basically the same Meguiar's I have, so I must be on the right track! Pity white doesn't shine up quite so nicely though!

Patrick

**Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:20 pm

Cheers Patrick, I have pretty much one of every Megs product open in my garage to help demonstrate to customers etc.

I would like to share a few of my F pics from JAE this year,
another great weekend with some wonderful F'ers.

**Posted:** Wed Jun 05, 2019 10:03 am

Some of you guys look after your cars meticulously but this one must be the best looked after example in the country. :salute:

It was a pleasure to see it with my own two eyes and also to meet you, Howie. An inspirational F.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 01, 2019 6:40 pm

Cheers for the comment Si

My F sailed through her MOT today with flying colours, as expected really

Looking at her certificate shows I only drove 1000 miles last year :roll:

I am still loving my F and really enjoying every time I take her out. :wav:

Sadly I won't be making it to JAE this year

I had already paid and signed up to the Mendip Epic 100 mile Sportive last weekend, and can't take extra time this year for JAE.

I will be there next year to celebrate 20 years of wonderful F'ing ownership

**Posted:** Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:06 pm

Fantastic news, a prime example. you will be missed this year at JAE, but im sure she will still be shining next year

**Posted:** Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:59 pm

Great news Howie, but yes, I'd have been surprised if there was an issue!

If I'd just done 100 miles on a bike I don't think I'd even be fit to drive a car :lol:

You will absolutely be missed, but see you next year :thumbright:

S

**Posted:** Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:37 pm

I envy you so much .. :lol:

Fingers crossed that everything goes good with the bike race!
Cheers!

**Posted:** Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:57 pm

Just sorted my car insurance renewal,

here are a few of the pics I took for the agreed value section of the policy.

**Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:04 am

Just perfection Howie - don't think there's any other way to describe it!

**Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:08 pm

Stunning as ever Howie.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:53 pm

Decided it was time to clean my garage floor tiles, and then gave my F a good clean too.

**Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2020 4:11 pm

Amazing, your garage is cleaner than my kitchen!

**Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:41 am

Today I celebrate 20 years since picking up my F from the Mazda dealership in Bath.
She has come a long way with me, helped in no small measure by the influences of friends made on this great club and forum.

I have finally sorted out my car thread and replaced all the Photobucket pics with Imgur hosted ones.

Here are a few of my favourite pics and some comparison ones too.

**Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:25 am

Hey Howie, how are you?

Congrats on the anniversary!

She's beautiful as ever, I hope we get to see you both again next year. As you know, I've had Sundance since 99 - I wish I'd managed to keep his bodywork half as well (and other people trying to park on top of him is not a great help!)

Coincidentally though, I'm shining up my V6 today, the first time I 've had proper opportunity since it went back on the road. Now I have some inspiration! :lol:

Take care

S

**Posted:** Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:16 pm

Cheers Serena, all well down on our farm and shop

Hope to see you and your F next year too, not many of us have had our F's quite so long

think AndyM and Meanie will be 20 years next year. :thumbright:

**Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:27 pm

Collected a new part for my F, a fibreglass MS lip spoiler,
bought from Paul W and colour coded by a local company called Creative Cars.

Hope to get it fitted in a couple of weeks

**Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:34 pm

looks absolutely stunning Howie, a million miles away from when i had it fitted, Paul did an amazing job rescuing it, and now you have managed to trump that too, looking forward to seeing it on