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Sure, we can certainly take a look at it for you. Please try Bill at our Service Centre, so that he can do some research with our technicians.

Quite right, and now that Harry has also bought himself a good Esprit, the pro-Lotus stance of our best journalists might continue. We will certainly need them all on-side, once the next crop of Lotus cars is launched. The market is so competitive in just about every sector. Lotus cars with a unique story to tell, 'the first of ...', 'the last of ...', 'owned by an ex-F1 driver...' etc., and limited-number products are always going to hold real interest for collectors. The Porsche 997 series is to young to be called 'classic', or maybe even 'modern classic', but its interesting that 997 prices for good cars and low-production variants have stabilised, whereas the 991 series are continuing to depreciate. Those of us with long memories have seen this all before when the 996 series fell below 993 series levels. It's all about the public's perception of the model.

Henry Catchpole was booked in by a PR company to review our classic cars and restorations. That is why he wasn't reviewing modern Lotus on his last visit. EVO magazine always seem very generous when reviewing Lotus Cars, so I wouldn't be too concerned about any bias there.

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Terrific day at the 75th Goodwood Members Meeting yesterday. All incarnations of Lotus cars in the car park, paddock and on track.

I find the brakes extremely disappointing on these older Astons, and believe me, I am moving them or driving them regularly. It shows the fantastic progression of disc brakes and ceramic braking technology, which we've all become accustomed to.

I'm afraid that I must admit that we are also guilty of some unorthodox advertising in past years...

It's always the quality of the masking around the headlights that separates a professional spray job from the average.

We will be raising money once again for our two chosen charities on Tuesday 5th July, 7:30pm start. It promises to be another fantastic event, with a chance to speak to Le Mans winning drivers, as well as supporting 2 great causes.Our panel of Le Mans drivers will include Derek Bell, Richard Attwood and Mark Blundell. Sky F1's Natalie Pinkham will be hosting for us again.Last year's "The Life of Ayrton Sienna" evening raised more than £72,000 for Great Ormond Street and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals!Tickets are £195.00 and include canapés, a full table service dinner, drinks, and a special motorsport memorabilia auction.Please RSVP to :- [email protected] , Tel. 07711 169111

We will try to drop by The Ace tonight in something tasty. Hopefully the sun will stay out this evening.