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:lol:

Looks like a great little place.


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:lol: the former owners have a smart meter for the electricity (I’ve never had one previously) and the numbers flashing up on the screen are already giving me palpitations ...

@GG. Are you moved in? Congratulations on your new home :D


Thanks, Simon! Yes we are in (kind of - stuff still being unloaded as I write). Couple of quick iPhone pics from last night.

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Looking more at home!

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For what they do I think professional movers are incredibly good value. What is the alternative - hiring a van? How many trips would you need and how much time to shift the entire contents of a house?


I did that last time, because at the time I couldn't afford more than van hire - for two ...

Marv wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2026 10:30 am After building the house I'm in now, I'm not keen to build another one either

With the price of materials I expect it would be double the cost as well which would certainly put you off!

I've decided I don't ever want to do this again :lol:

Simon, our removal company didn't do everything on the completion day. They picked up a large chunk of our stuff a few days before we moved, and brought everything over 2 days. Definitely makes the day of completion much easier.


Yep that ...

Moving day tomorrow (well, first of three days technically, with completion in the middle). I've decided I don't ever want to do this again

Delphi wrote: Mon Apr 13, 2026 11:08 am That body is fibreglass, right? So presumably they could have designed a new body that didn't look like it was designed by a 5 year old.

Yes it really is just wilfully ugly isn't it.

Good for me.

mik wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:45 pm

GG. wrote: Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:27 pm Porsche 928 S4

Hard to say, but that looks like it could be a more-heavily-blistered GTS front arch (?)

Think it is just the angle. This one's definitely an S4 (but without the rearmost back box - it was a bit loud!).

Neither true "spotteds" but may be interesting nonetheless - I was up North over the Easter break and my dad and I stopped by one of his mates.

Extremely mint V70R:

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Porsche 928 S4

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Will be interesting to see how the Gtecniq it performs with keeping the wheels clean, and how long it lasts. I also bought some of that Turtlewax on hybrid ceramic spray, but I thought for the wheels it's worth putting something more long term on them. Ceramic coating is a new fangled thing to me ...

Made a trip up to see family in Yorkshire over Easter and the nearest Shell to me was 214.9p per litre for V-Power Diesel which equated to £124.08 for three quarters of a tank

I've recently loaded the autotrader price checker plugin on my laptop and I'm starting to wonder whether dealers are using automated plugins or algorithms to match prices to what is "market" on a continual basis, including when other similarly spec'd cars get listed at higher prices.


Vertu ...

I've recently loaded the autotrader price checker plugin on my laptop and I'm starting to wonder whether dealers are using automated plugins or algorithms to match prices to what is "market" on a continual basis, including when other similarly spec'd cars get listed at higher prices.

A number of ...

Plus the later we get into the year the likelihood of warmer weather should increase... (I've jinxed it now clearly).

25 April should work for me. I am in the US for business 16/17 May unfortunately.

23/24 May also likely works.

Adding a bit of extra humidity to the floridian air

Yes doesn’t seem real watching this live.

T-5…

Quite like this one - people seen any other good ones?