Know how you felt. I ,too, was getting a bit stiff for the Elise and I felt like a change from the Porsche. Can't knock a 911 and I wouldn't say the F type is better - just different! Very happy with my choice.

I traded in my Lotus Elise and my 911 for my S coupe. Bit of a wrench at the time to loose two great sports cars but at 73 I thought it was about time for an old man's car! The other alternative was a Nissan Micra.

I take back what I posted earlier. It doesn't make a scrap of difference. On normal start up the rev counter swings round all the way to 8000 but that is not the true engine speed - that would be horrific!. Using the other method the engine revs up to 2500 and then falls back. The noise is just the ...

Thanks for that tip. It just revs up to about 2500 and falls back to idle. I always thought the full revs was a bit unneccessary.

Why not take it to a Jaguar approved Body shop?

Why do you need to remove it? That would be a simple repair in situ.

The passengers are protected by airbags. The styrene foam is designed to prevent low speed impact damage (around 5 mph) to the vehicle.

I've just checked and it's there on my S. Does not interfere with the air flow over the radiator but it appears to be there for a reason. Perhaps it's part of the cushioning in the event of a collision. All modern cars seem to have something like this both front and rear.

Stop/start will restart the engine if there is a demand for power - usually the air conditioning at this time of the year.