Thank you Heinz, over the years on here I really feel that you too are a purist in the way you appreciate the foibles of our cars and adjust driver input accordingly, in many ways to me this is the challenge to get the very best from what the car has to offer rather than change everything out to make it feel better suited to Audi V10 handling characteristics formidable as they might be.

I have always been a believer in buying the car you actually want and not the one you wished it was as I believe this is totally illogical and expensive (Button had a like mind).

Reading the "real world" driving reports on here not the journalists they are merely paid to spew out words not get involved in the experience, some of the driver experiences on here have been very illuminating and the Plus Six is I believe for very few people that possess the talent to keep it on the road, certainly not me.

The Plus Four sounds like the sweet spot with the autobox but it really isn't the car I'm after I've realised, I really enjoy the old fashioned qualities of our traditionals now more than ever and as you rightly point out they have ceased production I don't think you and I will be unique in our thinking that we will hang onto our bits of delightful history.

As in most things it's always worth reminding yourself what you fell in love with all those years ago smile

2009 4/4 Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Connaught Green +8 prev