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I'm afraid the title follows forum convention, as I have some very sad news to inform the forum of.

Our good friend Yk (aka Coaster) passed away in the early hours of this morning (Monday May 1st) after a short battle with Cancer. He was incredibly brave and resolute throughout his diagnosis and short illness, the GT3 was sold back to its previous owner which gave YK some peace I think. The owner has purchase a cherished plate with YKs initials on it, to commemorate a good man.

Those of you that were close to him likely already know, I just felt we should let the rest of you know too.

He was 44, and lived a good life, and was always generous to his friends (I was fully insured on his GT3 for eg?!), and will be sorely missed.

RIP my friend

Fucking hell, that's properly shite news

RIP YK, way too young

OMG. I only met him a couple of times, but he was an absolutely lovely chap. Life is totally unfair.

Holy shit! 44 is no age! RIP friend

Wow. That's so sad.

RIP

That's terrible..

as a car guy, I also see a little bit of happiness in knowing that a fellow car guy got to run a GT3 in his time though...

That’s awful news. RIP

Horrible news.
I'll echo Rich; glad he got to run a GT3, and know it went to a good home.
R.i.p.

Well that’s properly shit. Met him a couple of times when some of you guys were up touring the highlands. Was a nice bloke.

Oh no, that's horrible. He always came across as a great person on here.

Before the GT3, he had a Carrera almost identical to mine - but much better condition ! He persuaded me to do my first ever track day, at Bedford, back in 2018.

Awful news. Really rather cut up about that.

YK loved a good run up in the Highlands and was always keen to meet up. Thoroughly nice bloke and an absolute CG - it was a stretch to buy his GT3, and he then used it as it was designed to be used. No investment pampering for YK.

I have more than one memory of him holding / poring over a large map instead of a phone screen - searching for local knowledge to finalise his route. I did well to hide the fact that I was rather chuffed when he insisted on a quick p-ride in the VXR8 at Glenshee - giggling at the awesome noise it made the first time I pulled from single-digit mph to the redline in 2nd - and expressing surprise at how much grip/traction it found.

My fave kinetic memory was chasing him along the best section of The Secret Road - first time I had seen his GT3 - me in the Evora. He was a handy wheelman, and it was great to watch the arse of the GT3 squatting into compressions, and generally moving in a way that only 911’s do. I had the undoubted benefit of following, but we were glued together by a long invisible bungie-rope for several twisty & undulating miles. When we got out at the next stop, we grinned at each other, and then burst into a fit of the giggles like naughty schoolboys.

These were (very hastily) taken elsewhere on that day. As usual - any time that could have been spent setting up the cars for a decent shot were instead spent gabbing or driving.

RIP friend.

That's awful news. RIP.

Oh gosh, I had no idea he was ill. lovely chap, I chatted to him quite a lot when he had his light blue/violet Corrado.

Such a shame. He’s a good example to us to enjoy life while it lasts. RIP Kin.

Wow, that's truly terrible news. RIP Yk.

Fucking hell, that is awful . I'd only recently seen that he was ill, and had been thinking about him every time a freightliner went past the bottom of our garden.

Only met him the once at TLBS in Manchester but spoke to him a few times via WhatsApp and pm. Such a genuinely nice guy and a huge car nut.

RIP YK

Thank you Barry for your courage to post this terribly sad news. I was fortunate to meet up with YK on several occasions - track days, meets, and when a few of us converged on Surrey Rolling Road for some dyno action. He was always so kind, generous and enthusiastic. I thank him for the drive of his Corrado at Bedford, though I didn't really fit in it, and rides in his 911s.

Go well, friend.

That’s very Sad - thanks for letting us know Barry.

RIP

That's terribly sad, never met him irl but he always seemed like a decent guy.

RIP