Back to the dark side

[GregorJP]

Lots of pontification and um'ing and ah'ing on the car front in the last few months, but headlines are:

- Selling the CSL in the next couple of weeks. Love her and she's tight as a drum, but increasing values and paucity of parts mean that I don't drive her as much as I should, and I worry about putting the miles on. Silly, I know, after 4 great years, but better that she goes to a good home. She's getting a couple of niggles sorted and will then be up for sale.

- I was a pussy on buying the GT3. Test drove a lovely 997.2 in the perfect spec, and boy was it impressive. Much more of a car than I am a driver. But ultimately, hard to justify spending £85k on a car when I am supposed to be buying a new house. Plus I have a suspicion that prices have topped out. Watch now as they soar inexorably upward.

- To cheer myself up, just agreed terms on another GTR from Litchfield. This one is stage 4, LM suspension, bigger Alcons, tranny cooler and downpipes. It won't be elegant or stylish, but it will be practical and can just about destroy anything else on the road. I also will have no concerns in ragging the pants off it.