WaveyDavey
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My new year's resolution was to stop driving boring cars. Last weekend I finally achieved this goal thanks to the following:
(This is Richard Grace's photo, I haven't had a chance to take a picture in the daylight yet.)
I've had some fun cars in the past, and I currently have a heavily modified 200SX track car that I don't have time to drive, but day-to-day I've lately been losing the will to live in boring diesels.
A change in workplace meant I no longer needed a car for work, meaning I should have one for fun instead. Weirdly, my wife was completely supportive of the idea, too. But it had to have 4 seats so that she and my 5yo son could enjoy it with me.
I never dreamed I would be able to afford to buy something as exotic, charismatic and jaw-droppingly gorgeous as a GranTurismo, and running it may very well ruin me ... but it will be a lot of fun on the way down.
The keen-eyed may recognise this GTS MC Shift as Mr Felonious Crud's previous car (though I bought if off Richard Grace); that the car was known on a forum like this, and cared for by such an enthusiastic owner for a long time, was one of the factors that made me realise this was the car to buy. I think I had called Richard within 30mins of him listing the advert last Friday, and it was only the snow that prevented me travelling to Chester to take a look before Sunday. I drove it home that night.
I've since put a few hundred miles on her and have been grinning every minute.
Inevitably, it's already been a bit Italian: the internal movement sensor for the alarm appears to be defective (which Richard is dealing with very promptly), and I've noticed a very rapid squeak from (I think) the rear of the car over road undulations (not even necessarily proper bumps). It comes and goes, generally only when warmed up, and it's not wheel-speed related. I suspect it needs a squirt of WD into the ARB bushes or something - I will have a poke this weekend.
Anyway, I've already found this forum to be welcoming, educational and entertaining; I hope to be able to contribute in the same vein.
-Dave
(This is Richard Grace's photo, I haven't had a chance to take a picture in the daylight yet.)
I've had some fun cars in the past, and I currently have a heavily modified 200SX track car that I don't have time to drive, but day-to-day I've lately been losing the will to live in boring diesels.
A change in workplace meant I no longer needed a car for work, meaning I should have one for fun instead. Weirdly, my wife was completely supportive of the idea, too. But it had to have 4 seats so that she and my 5yo son could enjoy it with me.
I never dreamed I would be able to afford to buy something as exotic, charismatic and jaw-droppingly gorgeous as a GranTurismo, and running it may very well ruin me ... but it will be a lot of fun on the way down.
The keen-eyed may recognise this GTS MC Shift as Mr Felonious Crud's previous car (though I bought if off Richard Grace); that the car was known on a forum like this, and cared for by such an enthusiastic owner for a long time, was one of the factors that made me realise this was the car to buy. I think I had called Richard within 30mins of him listing the advert last Friday, and it was only the snow that prevented me travelling to Chester to take a look before Sunday. I drove it home that night.
I've since put a few hundred miles on her and have been grinning every minute.
Inevitably, it's already been a bit Italian: the internal movement sensor for the alarm appears to be defective (which Richard is dealing with very promptly), and I've noticed a very rapid squeak from (I think) the rear of the car over road undulations (not even necessarily proper bumps). It comes and goes, generally only when warmed up, and it's not wheel-speed related. I suspect it needs a squirt of WD into the ARB bushes or something - I will have a poke this weekend.
Anyway, I've already found this forum to be welcoming, educational and entertaining; I hope to be able to contribute in the same vein.
-Dave