Nice, and a good read.
Good to know I made the wrong call
I'm really only driving it to/from work, and occasional weekends, so I think I'm okay with not having it. I keep telling myself that.
I don't think I'll be driving it at track days or anything like that, Belmont Road (A675) near here is the nicest road I've had it on, and that's now got about a thousand cameras on it, so I've not had any real chance to push it.
Had it slip on a couple mini-roundabouts and freshly salted corners, though but otherwise it's good for what I need it for at the moment.
But later on I'll be exploring my options, car's on finance so I need to be sure I can clear that (stupid PCP) before putting too much money into it. At that stage where I'd also like a house too but if/when I do something to the car I'll be sure to show progress.