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  1. rivarama

    Does anyone know this GS

    Looks very clean and looked after https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/2007-maserati-gransport-4aWQ9g
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    Roads to Padstow

    Hi guys, I booked a romantic getaway week end to Padstow at the Pig Hotel for the wife and I next week end. I was planning to take the F12 to make this trip a little more special. However a co-worker told me today that the roads around there are horrible and I was going to ruin my car. I was...
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    Back in the fold

    Hi guys, It’s been a long while since I have been on the forum. i have been very busy with my Land Rover series and defender addiction, which has been all consuming for the past 18months… So much so that even my F430 and recently acquired F12 have been getting very little attention. I have been...
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    Safe payment method for car bought remote

    Hello, I have bought a 1971 series 2a a couple of weeks ago, which the vendor told me he would want me to come pick up until lock down was over (his wife works for the NHS). With the growing rumours of lockdown being extended beyond Feb half term, I am starting to look at alternatives ways of...
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    Classic car in London

    Quick Q I am about to buy an old Land Rover series. The one I am looking at is over 40 years old and is MOT and road tax exempt. I read that over 40 classics aren’t subject to congestion charge or Ulez. But is that also valid for diesel car or just petrol? Thanks Paul
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    Porsche 356 - What do you think this is worth

    It is so hard to find what those cars are worth. Having spent time online, asking price ranges from £40-150k, but they don’t seem to be shifting very often... I would appreciate your view on what you think is a good price for a car like that given its patchy history / files, the change of...
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    Anyone know this car? Auction

    Interesting as it is a manual https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1291457
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    Cars that should do well over the next 10years

    Reading @slay response on the car crowd thread, made me think of the next man-math question for this forum. “At current valuation, what car do you think will do well over the next 10years?” I know it’s a total **** shoot, nobody really knows, especially given the ICE/EV regulations coming to...
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    Car crowd funding

    This is amazing !! Can’t believe people invest in these average cars thinking they will make money. Their whole marketing spill is based on the bubble we’ve seen over the past 10 years. https://thecarcrowd.co.uk/ Seems to me like a brilliant way to pay for the owners’ private collection...
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    Tax per mile

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55358100 Discuss...
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    Best rallies across the UK / Europe

    The lockdowns have definitely taught me that I am not making the best of my cars, and should take them out for drives way more often. Go on adventures on the open roads. To remedy that, I decided to sign up to some sort of rallies across the country / across Europe. I have been doing a bit of...
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    Lancia Fulvia 1800 project

    Right, so I am looking for a little project on a car I always liked - Lancia fulvia 1800 coupe. To be perfectly honest, I have always preferred its richer cousin, the Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 but accepted I could never afford the £350-400k entry ticket. I just came across this project, which will...
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    JayEmm review on the GTS

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    Such a cool Alfa!

    https://themarket.co.uk/listings/alfa-romeo/2600-sprint-coupe/4e6006bf-674a-4e47-b137-512623fff228
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    Am I allowed to continue renovation work

    I am currently in the process of renovated all my bathrooms. We got the master bathroom completed almost 2 weeks ago, and we literally started both the kids and guest bathrooms the day before yesterday. All the material (bulky as you can imagine) is either on site or being delivered. Following...
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    Is that legal?

    Hi folks- I am after a bit of advice here. I got back from holiday 2 weeks ago to find that the ceiling of my office downstairs had come down because of a leak and completely ruined everything in that room. Turns out the suction cups holding a shower shelf in the bathroom right above the...
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    Small cam cover weep and engine degreaser

    Hi All, After 9 super happy months of ownership of the 550, and using it regularly, I noticed a small weep of oil under the cam cover a couple of days ago as I was doing an inspection of the engine bay. The leak feels very small (nothing on the floor, not very wet looking etc...) I am going...
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    Tyre thread question

    When I got my 430 serviced 2 years ago, the main dealer advised I changed one of the front tyres that had been damaged slightly. I accepted and they changed 1 only that tyre, as the other still 8mm life left. I just noticed while detailing the car this morning that although both tyres are...
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    Supercars depreciation

    I know Mclarens have come with their lot of reliability issues and lack of Indy network, but I wouldn’t want to be the First owner of that car... that’s about 80-90k of depreciation over 3 years https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-03-07/cars/ref-108-2016-mclaren-570s-mrp/
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    Whaley noise after shut down

    Hi all - I have been noticing that the engine of my 550 is making a whale noise after I turn the engine off and it’s hot. No idea what it is, it lasts about 3 second and it is recurring every 10-15sec until the car temperature drops down. It could be that she is begging me to go for another...