Well, the PV Lusso will be off to a new home next week. Parting with it wasn't an easy decision; it does make a sweet cup of coffee. But its drawbacks outweighed its strengths, so it had to go.
I will be getting another lever machine at some point, but it will be a full-sized commercial machine, preferably a 1-group. Maybe I'll follow milo's example and latch onto a CMA, since it doesn't look like a Spanish Gaggia is going to pop up anytime soon.
For all of you with PV or Sama machines, my hat's off to you - they're great machines.