Recent content by urquattrogus

M red is one of those colours you have to see in the flesh, I’m biased but it really suits the car and much more than I thought once I saw in the flesh.

Diagnostic equipment can be taken to site within reason, and I think in some cases either you or the PPI person can slip a small amount of money to a local MOT centre or the like so you can have a proper look underneath. I've done that myself too when looking at a car and not quite sure.

Our Jag I pace is going well, it's already proved to be a great family wagon, will mostly be driven by my wife. It's super quiet and refined and we have done a lot of local journeys in it, and now charging using octopus intelligent go at 7.5p a KW. It may be an older design but really pleased...

I’ve used Mark and Giallo, Only used Giallo to do a PPI and look at a car for sale, and used Mark for some work. I think it depends what you expect from a PPI, a detailed report with boxes or just someone to look it over and have a chat with you and make a basic list. Somewhat depends upon...

Advertise them with the caption “I know wot I’ve got”

I understand the Fuji Fixation, I tried hard to work on a logic to buy one of the other ones, but it was just too rough and the PPI was pretty bad. Also the seller was very hard work. Fuji is stunning - the one I looked at had blue leather and a footrest, carbon inserts, cruise control, it was...

Memorable drive yesterday in this car as I cut short a meeting and drove back an hour and twenty mins as my wife went into labour! Tried not to let the adrenaline end up wiping me out! Baby and Mum all well.

One of the things that somewhat irks me is whether the “Nettuno” V6 in the new GT and Grecale is just the Alfa 90 degree V6, 20 more bhp, and none of the sexy Nettuno bits from the MC20? What’s the truth with this?? Then the Grecale is a stretched Stelvio for a lot more money and arguable...

Also used Audiofile in car successfully in my jag and a Range Rover prior to that. As for the GS, I can see a lot of work needed to get anything resembling good sound.

Well, I hope baby loves it as much as dad does! With the due date imminent I’m pleased I managed to finish off the job in between nesting activities. So it’s secondary cat delete and x pipe into the Larini rears. Fitting a Larini to a Gransport is maybe a bit 2005, many of you have probably...

Great looking car, I drove the V6 one at Hethel on a corporate day and not to sound glib but it never really felt like 400bhp to me, felt like it needed another 100bhp as the chassis is so composed and capable. It sounded good but the performance felt lacking to me. Also, the gearshift was not...

Yup that’s the political agenda. If it were my own money we would have got something else, but when you are choosing between £700 a year tax and £3500-£5k a year company car tax what am I to do. There is a degree of feeling left out, as a company car user we are quite late to the party. Then...

The car to buy on paper was a Tesla - but that’s just too much like a white good/too conformist for me. One of the great ironies of the ULEZ is the awful levels of pollution on the Tube - why is more not being done about the shockingly bad air quality there?

Fitting the rear boxes today. One of those jobs that always takes longer than you allow for. Needed care not to shear any bolts off and then the fiddly adjusting bit. Lasted a few hours today before for I though F it and went home to open a cider. Have taken as sound video for before and after...

I think the ipace is quite a good looking car. Surprised if it’s viewed by people as ugly, each to their own. I’m confused why some people are so hostile to an EV. They have their purpose and I will now have more money to put towards other projects. My friends all commented that I would be...