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Congrats on your imminent retirement Watts!
Keep the TCR as there’s literally nothing significantly better out there at almost any price.
Spend your millions on some pottery instead.

Had a puncture repaired. Was in Norfolk visiting family, left and got about 1/2 mile when the low pressure warning pinged on. Very impressed with the chaps at Kwikfit Kings Lynn. 30 mins and all sorted. They checked all four tyres plus reset the computer. When I went to get in the car though the fob battery had given up, luckily I keep spares in the car.

I'm retiring soon and fancy something different but everytime I go out in the TCR I keep thinking I'd be mad to get rid. So many positives with the only negative the gearbox and most of the time it's very good.

Maybe some dodgy man maths at play there Doc as it’d take a lot of fuel to equate to the cost of a Yeti 😁 but I get your thinking, sometimes it’s nice to have a contrast of vehicles to use.
I do love the Yeti, good looking in a Dinky Toy sort of way and tough as a Tonka! (Showing my age there!)

I'd personally just respray the entire caliper. You'll never get a paint match on that, as the paint will have faded with heat over time and if you touch it in, it will just annoy you when you look at it next.

High temp paint - got it! Any ideas what brand would do the job? And I think you’re right with the “badly prepped and re-painted” theory. See the picture below, it’s starting to bubble across so might need to strip the callipers out and repaint the unit.

I think I’d give TechniQ Brake Caliper paint a try as recommended by @watchdog. It withstands high temperatures and is available either in a tin to brush on or in aerosol form to spray on.