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Firstly... Don't listen to what I have to say haha, definitely go get your butt in all and every car you're interested in. Half the nonsense I spout is purely for myself, as I'm fanatical about certain aspects of driving. Happy to share my experiences though: I've driven quite a few 718 2.0 and...

I've had 2 Cayman S' a 2009 987 Gen 2 PDK, and a 2014 981 PDK. I've also been fortunate enough to own a 991.1 911 GTS. I've also had a fair amount of track time in a 991.1 GT3 and GT3 RS. All PDK unfortunately. On a quick tangent - I personally don't think comparing any gearbox' has any merit...

Test drive at Rybrook Solihull today. I know the guys there well, having bought a few cars from them in the past. Exceptionally lovely people, very chilled. Sports suspension car, on Goodyears, with no track mode available due to software bug. Prev cars include 991 911 GTS, multiple caymans...

Aaaand it's gone, back to 759SEK (£61) now...

Very off topic, but as a bunch of car enthusiasts, I imagine a driving game - albeit an arcadey one would be up there for those that enjoy a game or two. This deal popped up on HotUK deals for those in the UK: https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/forza-4-and-forza-5-for-50p-xbox-and-pc-4028308...

There are ceramic coatings that offer some protection. I had gyeon leather shield (not leather coat), on my white tesla seats, which worked really well to prevent colour transfer. Even when there was a little transfer, it was easy to wipe away with a damp cloth/ leather cleaner once the coating...

Lotus Birmingham (Solihull) Have a Seneca, touring car on Goodyear's. V6 manual, Yellow calipers, alcantara interior including steering wheel, yellow stitching.

So I've just got back from Salon Privé, sadly no Emira there... However there was a KEF stand and... The lady in charge of KEF's relationship with Lotus happened to be there. What are the chances (at salon privé - pretty high). Anyway as Tom has already stated, it was an executive decision...

You'll just have to drive faster, get more wind through the windows.

I had a model 3 and a 911 991.1 GTS at the same time for 2 years. Tesla was a great car, a fair bit quicker than the 430bhp 911. Didn't stop me from picking up the keys to the Porsche every chance I could. Although I love the tech on my model 3, no doubt it makes life tangibly easier and...

Sub sub point: I actually agree that for 95% of people, the balance would be perfect and I question whether they'd be able to even appreciate marginal understeer at the limit. I however am an absolute chav, who thinks he's a (talentless) hero, who enjoys a glued front end and a slidey back end...

For those that are worrying about understeer; I just had an older 2012 Cayman taken to a certain Porsche suspension specialist and had the geometry set up by them. Over the years with the suspension settling and (a fair amount of) mileage put on, the car has some solid understeer as the front is...

I for one ordered a new camera today and I'm giddy with excitement...

Finally, the red arrows showing some love to Goodwood:

I'd have happily been designated photographer....

Very very off topic, but I took a few photos of some very special cars at Goodwood and thought I'd share them. For those that haven't been, this is barely a tiny smidge of what's at the festival - so many more incredible cars! I could only manage 1 day there due to work getting in the way, but...

Concerningly speaking to Matt Windle at goodwood; he pretty much straight up refuted that DV pics will get published at all. Stating that it's too hard to photograph properly. Didn't really know how to react to that statement... Surely you can't just say no!? Anyway I took a few snaps of the...

Concerningly, speaking to Matt about car pics.... I asked him when we're getting DV pics; he pretty much straight up refused to publish them. His words were effectively "we're not, it's too hard to picture and show properly". I didn't really know how to respond. Or if he was serious...

This Magma Emira had quite a large wheel gap. Bit disappointing really.

People keep saying "there's no bad colour". First time I've been able to see anything other than Seneca in the flesh. Honestly, those people are right, the 4 they had today, Seneca, Magma, Nimbus and Hethel, were all phenomenal. In the flesh, on that body, those lines, none of the FE colours...

The privacy glass didn't look that dark in person! I took my DSLR down and took some pics specifically of the glass from a couple of angles, they look exactly like what I saw in the flesh:

From Goodwood today, the Nimbus car had Privacy glass. It's tasteful, not too dark, and still shows off the V6 in all it's glory. No concerns that you won't be able to appreciate and see it's gubbins... you can see the contrast in the 3/4 view from the small rear side window and the main cabin...