Having read all your comments above one thing springs to mind wetger your a member for 6 months or 10 years at some point everyone had something in common starlets. had many more expensive luxurious faster cars over the years and owned a gt when they were first imported. Kids grown up now and similar to jp all my kids have owned starlets as there first car as to be honest tge 4efe n/a lump is virtually bomb proof if looked after. 4 out of 5 kids moved on to other cars for different reason but all remember with great fondness and still speak how these little cars never let them down not like other makes. For a young person if you csn spend your money improving your car rather than just to keep it on the road, cant be a bad thing. Now found myself not only helping youngest lad with his car but owning one myself. As I look back to rs owners club meets with mk 1 mk 2 escorts tgat cost couple of grand for a decent one.looking now a 2nd mortgage is required. starlets will go the same way seems the natural progeession of things to come. as a club in order to survive it needs its members as such should encourage all who at some point in their lives enjoyed their little starlet and this club.