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Lovely car, but stupid money. The Holland and Holland one at auction this weekend should be considerably less, more rare, better finished and a far more sound investment. BTW, my wife is only about 5.2 and has been happily driving our Rangies for over a decade. And goes to Waitrose nearly...

Only started it about an hour ago, so still not actually taken it off the trailer or for a drive. That's a job for tomorrow (after I've got it insured!).

Other news. When buying the Peugeot 304, the auctioneer said the car would start, but not run. So I collected it on a low-loader and now have it back in the unit. I've managed to fix the non-running problem - by adding some fuel! (I would have thought the auction house, or seller, might have...

I believe the roof is carbon, but that the bonnet and roof rails are painted.

Though a V5 isn’t proof of ownership. Its just a bit of paper stating who the DVLA believes to be the registered keeper.

Agreed. A QPT is at least a £20k-per-year car in depreciation alone over its first three years. Though not impossible to justify as a good spend of money. It’s easy to spend that on a high level safari for a family of 4 in a week. Or the charter of a boat for a day. At least you get the Maser...

There are two Holland and Holland Rangies coming up at the next Historics auction. There’s a review of them both on their website (and YouTube). Personally I’d go for the newer of the two.

Very rare to see a Ghibli mk II in red that is not a Cup. Lovely.

Sucker for the Pininfarina styling. It’s just a lovely thing. Ideal for gently pottering around the lanes of Dorset on a sunny afternoon, a glass of Pimms in hand. (Me in the passenger seat, before anyone asks!)

Collected my new (non-runner) toy earlier today:

Nice to see a Urraco in silver.

I’ve good news for you. This one’s has very little work done on it for years, so no recent history to speak of. Needs thousands spent on it, and a full respray. Worth £5k tops. So it’s not a tempter.

Look on the bright side. With that car gone, you’re more likely to use one your Masers! So it’s a win!

On the pre face lift, there is a gap between the GT and the S, of Sport GT S. No badge on the glovebox. (But I fitted one on mine, just because I felt like it. Years from now someone will mistakenly think it’s original fit!)

Standard fit on the pre-face-lift QP V Sport GT-S. In mine, it was blue alcantara.

Surely the point of owning more than one Maser, is to be slightly more confident that at least one will work at any given moment. (That said, I’m down to two now, a 4 seat hard top and a two seat soft top. That covers most bases.)

Agreed. But perhaps not in Bahama Yellow.

I’d be amazed if they manage to sell 88 of those XJS jobs. And yes, an MCV is worth twice as much as a standard GS. And that’s not just me (as an ex owner of both) saying that, it’s the whole market place. I sold my MCV when I felt values had got too high - i.e. when i felt there were other...

Here’s the one picture I have of it so far, slightly hidden by the Karmann Ghia.