Today I am mostly wanting......

I’ll start one once I get it collected.

Nah, get the bulkhead modifications finished and roller paint a coat of enamel on and it will be spot on.

Its when you see an image of a car like that, you start questioning why they've made the MOT exempt for cars of a certain vintage.

Anyways good luck Mark, you could have kept the Hilux and had a quite life!!!

^ Looks interesting but it's "only" 300bhp (isn't that less than your T6?) and the rust on the slam panel suggests some neglect; when my parents passed on their 145 after 30 years that panel was blemish-free, and the 240-series were to a large extent, 140-series with a new front end and dash.

EDIT: With a Rover V-8, isn't this one for Mark to take on ?

This is making me drool today:

www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/aston-martin/db9-coupe/aston-martin-db9-6-0-v12-obsidian-with-cream-truffle-leather--fully-documented-history-serviced-by-aston-martin-600-miles-ago/8866959

I know you could argue it's been lightly chavved by the updated wheels and lights, but since they are still DB9 items, it can be forgiven and they do make it look much nicer than a normal 2005-vintage one.

I struggle with the DB9. Some days I find them the most beautiful cars on the road then I imagine them to be breaking down on a daily basis, not that I drive on a daily basis.

I do like that one.

At least it looks like it was once part of a log.

When I looked a few years back, it was roughly £100 a cylinder a year, assuming 10,000 miles.

As they get older, fixed price servicing becomes available, as it does with Porsche.

Price

Always thinking ahead....I was looking at McLaren serving costs at the weekend, which is a lot more than Porsche but it was the extended warranty cost which made my eyes water....£3,700 minimum!

You'd need to like some serious out of the way holidaying to justify one of those. 

Range Rovers. The bakery guy just bought a new one and his BR10 CHE plate is adorned to it. Then I was out with a friend the other night who has bought a villa in Spain up above a valley and he is considering a Range Rover as his holiday home wheels. Then a very elegant green one was parked outside the Department yesterday. Then I looked on AT and so it begins......

www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201809050184711

As Martin said, that is an excellent colour / spec combo. So nice to see a FFRR in a proper colour combination with no privacy glass and no chav detailing. Specced by a person of taste and refinement. 

I know what you mean Martin re the fast saloon / estate v RR decision, but I personally think that a FFRR can be both a limo and an SUV. I still have very fond memories of my V8 Classic Vogue SE and used to cover more miles in that at one sitting than I tend to do in the XFR. That maybe comfort, or it may be that my desire for comfort breaks has got stronger over the years ;-) If I had money and justification for one, I'd have a FFRR in my garage tomorrow - as well as the XFR...... 

A colleague has a 4 series in that exact spec and it isn't that bad. Yes you'd rather have a black dash but it isn't enough to put me off the car

If you want black, I would hold out for Carbon Black instead. It looks stunning in the sun. Nothing wrong with Sapphire, fine colour, but Carbon Black is special.


Those wheels are a good alternative to the diamond-cut ones. I prefer the look of the diamond-cut 704 wheels, but those wheels are more practical.

I tend to agree with you re the dash - would be much better in black. .