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Join the Lotus Forums, very good friendly forum and there are members with the 70s 80s 90s stuff who are very knowledgeable. Run by a very nice guy that goes by the nickname Bibs

Having had numerous Gransports with the supposedly 35% quicker gear change and now a 2005 QP5 Duoselect, I would say there is very little difference in the way either shifts, whether in normal or sport. I have never driven a pre-facelift Sport GT, but I can say the earlier Duoselect drives very...

The only way this farce ends with any credibility is if Mercedes take this all the way, and win, to ensure the FIA cannot get away with this kind of nonsense in the future. If Mercedes back down or get bought off, it will be the end of F1 as a respected, aspirational motor sport.

Sadly, all this means is that the vast majority of people who follow F1 will see Vercrashen as a false champion, because he is, and even worse on this occasion it’s not even actually his fault

^Correct

Personally, F1 is over for me if the FIA choose to ignore the rule book and allow Massi his forced “entertaining” finish

Had one for 18 months, very nice car, and economical when charged at home for short journeys within the pure electric range. But not so economical once you are hybrid or purely petrol as the 2.0L is working hard to shift 2.5 tons of un-aerodynamic SUV. Found we were not using enough to justify...

It’s easy to find reasons not to do things, but if you can afford the likely real running costs…..rather than the worst case scenario running costs that everybody loves to focus on here…… why wouldn’t you? All my Maseratis have cost me bugger all beyond routine servicing and petrol

But Lisbon in Portugal is not ;)

Just not been my experience with 10 or so low mileage/low use 2005-2011 Maseratis over the last 10 year (not to mention the numerous other similar cars I know of) but then opinions are much more powerful than facts these days, as we know…..;)

Really, living close to the sea in a humid environment? I thought that they would also rust here? ;)

Not sure this is always true, or even often true. I know of and have owned quite a lot of low mileage Maseratis of this generation and not a single one of them has ever suffered from their low miles/lack of use. My current QP5 is 16 years old and has done only 10k miles. It also only had around...

Arriving and berthing at Vilamoura yesterday evening

MarkMas, you never fail to surprise me. Tell us more about your motor boating history….

Well, sea trial was very good and hull inspection revealed only some minor jobs to be done, so after a little further negotiation, the boat is mine. Hopefully will have the keys before the weekend. Very excited and looking forward to making it even better over the coming winter months here.

It’s easy to be put off by the collective experience of what can go wrong with these cars, but buy a good one with a positive inspection and you will experience few of these problems, and will be rewarded by a car that is both intoxicating and practical

I think that’s the point, it depends very much on your circumstances. We live in the Algarve where we can use the boat pretty much all year round. We’re also mostly retired, so we can use the boat several times a week. And here, you tend to cruise for an hour to a nice spot, anchor, and then...

I did my ICC for powerboats up to 15m two years ago out here. You cannot drive any boat here without a licence. I then initially had a 5m boat to gain some experience, and then an 8m boat to gain a bit more. This is the next logical step because we mostly enjoy going out with family/friend...

By “popular” demand! Subject to sea trial and hull inspection on Tuesday, this is what I am likely to buy (although I’m also weighing up a 1998 Cranchi Smeraldo 37). It’s a 34’ Gobbi 335 SC, but with a swim platform added (effectively making it a 345SC). It was a freshwater boat its whole...

Well, I’m a little over 7 weeks into using the QP5. Touching wood, nothing has broken and it drives beautifully. It’s not a daily driver, but I’m using it very regularly and have put on about 1500kms in that time. It really is a joy to drive, and on the low traffic roads here the Duoselect...