BTW love your write up.
I have other cars, but been very taken by the w8 and its refinement and power delivery, plus the comfort. A manual conversion maybe?
And whether you like an underdog, or a q car, or just the technicals behind it and the w8 / 12 / 16 story is i guess what defines us.
I suspect I may be making a museum of 'dont know and dont care cars, rather than 'i had one of those