Pm's empty now. I hit the purge button - I don't think it tells you that it is full, so I had no idea. None abusive
Coffee - favourite subject!
The parents (mine, not wife's) machine is great. I found the key (in addition to getting the right grind and making sure it was nice and hot) was not overfilling the basket - I've found it leads to variability because when you twist in the handle with too much coffee in there it further tamps the coffee.
Basically, I ended up setting it to quite a fine grind and taking care on filling/tamping - if I don't overfill this extracts a beautiful shot at 9 bar (they have a newer machine now - the "old" one went to their beachhouse). If I overfill it audibly struggles and the coffee is visibly over-extracted (it goes through at ~12 bar) and the crema is weak.
Huge difference between using the single basket and the double too - I can't figure out the single. It seems the smaller surface area makes it prone to over-extracting.
And, like you say, the steaming attachment is more than enough. Mmmmm, coffee...
The 911T is ok - it does run and has WOF/regn - but has hardly been driven in two years. It needs another dyno tune I think - it appears that all is not quite right. I'm shy about really opening it up until the dyno confirms it is running safely at high rpm (I'm scared of detonation I can't hear). Either way, it drives well at low/moderate revs (under 5k) and I just need to make the fender cooler more efficient. I might sell it, largely on the basis I don't drive it and somone else should. I'm spending too much time on my road bike (bicycle)...
Finally, the 2002 is also running/road legal, and running well. I've got a little cash earmarked for suspension upgrades. I might take it racing in the new year... Oh yeah, and the wife is fine, although its Med school exams at the moment and she's studying hard and hence boring.
Still riding the property wave down there?