About me

Hi, I’m Ryan. I have been a car enthusiast all of my life and have a particular interest in German brands.   Some (my wife!) would say I am obsessed with keeping my cars clean, protected and in perfect condition.

I am a passionate believer in keeping older cars on the road for longer, so helping protect them and extending their life makes perfect sense to me. For my own use, I typically buy older cars with low mileage, in the best condition I can find. I then find a local brand specialist to do the mechanical work and I focus on preserving their physical condition. I find this is paid back at the time of sale, often selling them years later for more than I originally paid. If I average out all the cars I’ve bought and sold over the years, I’ve made more than I’ve spent. There were, of course individual cars that lost money. After all, I did once own an Alfa Romeo!

I firmly believe that looking after your car will pay you back later and I am proof of that.

Having first applied Lanoguard to my own cars in September 2024, I then topped up the protection in October 2025. I mentioned this to a friend whose Mini had previously had numerous MOT advisories for rust.  I offered to apply Lanoguard to protect and improve the underside of the Mini with good success. I then did the same for his other cars.

Word travels fast and I have now protected a wide range of cars of various shapes and sizes including a Porsche 996 Turbo S, BMW E46 M3 Convertible, Mercedes C63 estate, BMW 520d Estate, Mazda MX5, Mini Cooper S Works, Porsche Boxster S, BMW M2, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, Toyota Land Cruiser, Mercedes Hightop Motor Home, Focus RS, Fiesta ST, Audi A4 and finally a few vans. See our YouTube channel for the growing list of vehicles we have protected, most of the projects we have done are live on the site.

The Porsche Boxster and Mazda MX 5 convertible roofs also needed some care. In the last 12 months I had been in contact with a convertible roof specialist for some minor work on one of my own cars and they recommended I had my roof cleaned and protected as it had become porous. I nearly fell off my chair when they asked for £400 plus VAT for this service, so I learnt to do it myself. With this knowledge and experience, I cleaned and protected both the MX5 and the Boxster, charging a fraction of what had been quoted for my own car, whilst using the same materials.

I can’t really claim to be a car enthusiast without sharing a few of my past rides.

  • Renault 11 TC

  • Renault 19 16v Convertible

  • Mazda Mx5 Mk1

  • Alfa Romeo 156 Veloce Selespeed

  • Toyota Celica VVTI 190

  • Maxda Mx5 Mk2.5

  • Porsche Boxster S

  • Audi A4 Avant 1.8T (children arrived)

  • Audi A4 Convertible 3.0

  • Mazda Mx5 Mk3 Z Sport

  • BMW 320d Sport (F30)

  • BMW 320d ED (E90)

  • BMW 530i Sport (E39)

  • Porsche 996 Turbo S

  • BMW 320d Sport (F31)

  • BMW Alpina B10 V8s (E39 - one of only 41 in UK)

  • Mercedes AMG C63 (6.2l V8)

  • BMW M3 Convertible (E46)

  • BMW 520d M Sport (F11)

A man and a boy with light skin standing next to a silver Porsche Carrera with a child sitting on the roof of the car. The man is holding the child's leg, and the child is smiling. The car has an open door, and the background has trees and greenery.
Three sports cars parked in front of a brick garage, including a blue Porsche and two red Mazda MX-5 Miatas.
A blue BMW sedan and a silver BMW coupe parked on the side of a rural road with trees and power lines in the background.
Black Mercedes-Benz station wagon parked on a paved lot near a Mercedes-Benz dealership, with trees and a sign displaying Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team logo in the background.
Blue convertible car parked on the side of a road with a mountainous landscape in the background, cloudy blue sky.
A woman standing next to a red vintage convertible sports car on a rural road, with one hand resting on the car's roof.
A woman and a young boy standing next to a black Mazda MX-5 convertible car parked on a gravel surface in a rural area with open fields and a blue car parked in the background.
Two red sports cars parked outside on a paved area, with a brick and wood fence behind them. The car on the left is a Mazda MX-5 Miata, and the car on the right is an Alfa Romeo 156.
A black BMW station wagon parked on a gravel driveway with a covered vehicle behind it and trees and bushes in the background.
Silver BMW station wagon with open driver side door and roof box, parked on a mountain road with snow and leafless trees in background.