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On the way to the first show for the Midget I realised that I’ve probably done more miles in the Midget in less than 2 months than I’ve done in 10 months in the Porsche. \u00a0Anyway, the sun was out and we popped down to Helmingham Hall for their annual classic car show.<\/p>\n

Despite arriving earlier than usual we were at the back and next to a Cobra replica and some glorified Beetle \u00a0– well it only had 4 cylinders.<\/p>\n

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We had a chat with a few other Midget owners and didn’t get hung by any purists either. Car of the show for me was a nice usable 911 and closely followed by a silver Scimitar GTE.<\/p>\n

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We arrived home in one piece then after a cuppa Louise had her first drive in a car that is older than she is. \u00a0Going from a Boxster to a Midget is a bit of a shock but she also found that after a few miles it had a fun factor but in a different kind of way to the clinical efficiency of a Porsche. \u00a0 Annoyingly she also had the first wave from a fellow MG driver.<\/p>\n

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