very late reply to this post!
have had an awesome few years with the spider. it did make it to Rome and back... just
http://scottwallis.com/monkeyrun/2010_run.htmlthe following year was better prepared for a shorter run but proved we were a contender in the event.
http://scottwallis.com/monkeyrun/2011_run.htmland this year was a blast through France down to Monaco and back up via the nurburgring
http://scottwallis.com/monkeyrun/2012_run.htmlWe came second overall in the event, got a new top speed (sat nav measured) of 108 mph (legally on toll road), but as the Monkey run has come to an end we traded the car in on our return.
Sad to see it go, its been a real blast, but we never really got to use it in between our yearly run.
Thanks to everyone on here for the invaluable information gleaned over the last three years.
i do now have quite a few spares in the shed that i shall be putting up for sale shortly in the classifieds.