This rocked my world

[greenlake]

Saab dash boards are like a qwerty keyboard!

Ah yes, PEBKAC.

[Dactylion]

Anything from a pod is a waste of time, plain and simple get a Bialetti moka pot for the perfect espresso, if you want a full range of milky coffee's has to be the Gaggia Brera (or the Gaggia Accademia if money is no object)

WTF are you on!?!?!?!

A moka pot doesn't make anything even approaching an espresso.
Gaggia is very much on the toytown end of espresso machines - not to mention the two you mention are bean to cup machines, no hipster barista would be seen dead using a bean to cup machine.
FFS Money no object!!! at about £1300 HA!

Look up Speedster, Elektra Belle Epoque or Slayer if you want a real espresso machine.
Oh and a decent grinder could cost circa £2000+ on its own.

AYSYACOTBAC

[MrMarkyMark]

I owned a white Allegro for several years.

Did it have go faster stripes, what was the spec like, we need more detail, please

[cojak]

WTF are you on!?!?!?!

A moka pot doesn't make anything even approaching an espresso.
Gaggia is very much on the toytown end of espresso machines - not to mention the two you mention are bean to cup machines, no hipster barista would be seen dead using a bean to cup machine.
FFS Money no object!!! at about £1300 HA!

Look up Speedster, Elektra Belle Epoque or Slayer if you want a real espresso machine.
Oh and a decent grinder could cost circa £2000+ on its own.

AYSYACOTBAC

I've found a very nice grinder for £35 in Lakeland, but I can get a fiver off that with a voucher.

It'll do for me.

[LondonManc]

Saab dash boards are only of use if you have a plastic fetish!

FTFY

[vetran]

FTFY

wipe clean for a reason.

[SimonMac]

WTF are you on!?!?!?!

A moka pot doesn't make anything even approaching an espresso.
Gaggia is very much on the toytown end of espresso machines - not to mention the two you mention are bean to cup machines, no hipster barista would be seen dead using a bean to cup machine.
FFS Money no object!!! at about £1300 HA!

Look up Speedster, Elektra Belle Epoque or Slayer if you want a real espresso machine.
Oh and a decent grinder could cost circa £2000+ on its own.

AYSYACOTBAC

If you want the full blown hipster just get some Kopi Luwak, although to be fair when I tried it I was disappointed, its good but not "Worlds Most Expensive Coffee" good.

Ignoring the Elektra Belle as that is just naff, the other two are professional coffee shop models, a bit OTT for someones kitchen, remember always use the right tool for the job

[DimPrawn]

And a square steering wheel?

1.3 A-Series engine. I changed the steering wheel to a "sporty one". I added a blue stripe down the side and fitted some alloys from a scrap yard.

Motoring heaven!

[MrMarkyMark]

1.3 A-Series engine. I changed the steering wheel to a "sporty one". I added a blue stripe down the side and fitted some alloys from a scrap yard.

Motoring heaven!

No body kit?
You should have got this Metro, instead, Pukka:-

[LondonManc]

Wifey had a Rover 114GSi at one point. A 1.4 engine in a Metro and it was still pants.