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Accepting this is no biggy to many on the forum, I’ve now owned the Evora for <subdued drum roll> 10 years. It has therefore become my first ever DECADER . Is that even a word? Pixies song? :geek:


Marv is the king of long term ownership isn't he?

I owned my last MX5 for a month or so shy of ...

integrale_evo wrote: Mon May 25, 2026 8:37 pm

Gavster wrote: Mon May 25, 2026 8:14 pm Not sure where these two were off to yesterday

I don’t know who’s X5 that is but it sounds like they need itbs and a carbon airbox

Something like this, maybe?

I was thinking Pasha was a standard cloth for the seats in a 928 so it being Sonderwunsch sounded unlikely. But it seems it was only on the earlier 928 up to 1984, not the S2, so if the car did have Pasha from new then it could be Sonderwunsch.

It’s a bit like my car having Individual paint ...

Yep, he's still in our minds. Obviously on the 1st of May earlier this month and I thought of him a few times today. Think he would have enjoyed the southern meet. Following Duncs in his Elise made me think of our first trip to Scotland and had a little reminisce with Jonmad about our good times ...

Great to see you guys again (or for the first time!) Need to ensure we manage it more than once every 3 years. Thanks also in absentia to @Sundayjumper for the attendance of the 360 8-) @Gavster only had it on the lockstops a couple of times ;)


Yep, thanks for showing me what them 8500rpm ...

Booked my parking ticket with C&M a few days ago, will be there about 9am all going well. See you all tomorrow 👍



Anyway, the garage is ready so I can make a last minute choice in the morning


Are we parking our silver cars next to each other? Seeing as I've let the purple car brigade down ...

Cars are manufactured to last (ideally) 1 sec past warranty point, so I'm curious why you think car manufacturers care about car maintenance past the same point. It doesn't make them money so they stop making the parts, sounds like sensible business decisions to me.

Just buy a new R8 instead ...

Get yourself to Krazy Horse in Bury St Edmunds. They sell Caterhams and Morgans!

GG. wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 7:32 pm

Marv wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 10:39 am

Gavster wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 9:31 am

Ooops, an accidental downgrade there

M3s are a downgrade now?

If you want to feel better maybe watch a certain recent CarWow drag race... (SJ maybe don't!)

Which one is that? There's so many

✅ Found where the noise was coming from on the 968, after hearing a metallic clank a few weeks ago. (looks like it's going to need a replacement backbox)

✅ You'll have to put up with seeing the silver car instead, as I can't risk driving the 968 for around 4 hours and the backbox completely ...

Gavster wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 9:31 am

Simon wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 9:01 am

Gavster wrote: Thu May 21, 2026 8:07 am I clicked on the last page of this thread, saw Jobbos post, and assumed something catastriphic had occured with the M3

What, like losing 2?

Ooops, an accidental downgrade there

M3s are a downgrade now?

✅ Found where the noise was coming from on the 968, after hearing a metallic clank a few weeks ago. (looks like it's going to need a replacement backbox)

✅ You'll have to put up with seeing the silver car instead, as I can't risk driving the 968 for around 4 hours and the backbox completely ...

✅️ Garage door has just packed up so I'm going to have to do the arduous manual wind all the time.



Off-topic, but you have a (normally electric) roller door?


Yeah. About 3 weeks out of labour warranty apparently. :x


Bugger, I take it you've done a search to see if it's something ...

Do you actually want an investment car or something you can use?

Mint low mileage S1's fetch a large premium because they are investment cars, so you can't use them if you don't want to lose your money. I look after a few sub 10k mile cars that basically do 50 miles a year to my workshop and ...

Hmm - just catching up on this. The website just shows "5.30pm" vehicle ticket and later - unclear what that means but I presume 5.30 arrival and all the slots before are sold out?

ETA yes the blurb further down says arrive 30 minutes either side of your time and you're guaranteed a space. Guess ...

Some leaps in design evolution are bigger than others

yep, black, red or yellow are probably my favourite for 80s ferraris. i associate these colours with the <1980s, whereas i associate metallic blue with the >1990s.


You know which year the 512TR was launched?
Totally, i’m not saying my rules are particularly well thought through! It just ...

HB Mik, HB Dinny, belated HB 240PP !

Came across a set of improved injectors for the bargain price of £164. Ordered and they'll be here Friday. I'll try and carve out some time when I get back to get them fitted. Should hopefully take a couple of hours.


For 8 injectors? That's a pretty damn good price!

Think the 968 shares the ...