[keiths]

If you ever get into club racing you will soon find that mirrors and aerials tend to become optional extras as they often go missing very early in a car's life.

I'm sure you're absolutely right,  and I think regrettably for me I think I'm more than a bit too obsessive about these things, where for most it will be accepted as part of racing the cars that the you're going lose these bits. And don't even get me started on the inevitable stone chip appearing on the actual real car you own!!!