Recent content by Ewan

The Holland and Holland L322 went for about £47k, which is a lot more than I expected. Nice though.

Last week I added the Peugeot 304 Cabrio to my policy. £50 for the year, fully comp, including the admin fee. Across the fleet, it averages at about £200 per car (even including the Rangie, which if you choose to believe internet nonsense, is all but uninsurable). I’m with Chubb.

So Andy, the question becomes which does a client with a budget of circa £180k buy - the new AM Vantage or the new Maser GT? Of course, if you need the rear seats it has to be the Maser, but if that one feature is not important, surely the Vantage wins? A year or two from now it’ll be...

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.