thank you Darren!
That's a nice tub, too bad they don't produce these anymore. You're very lucky to own one! It's a good looking machine. You would think more manufacturers would jump on the solid tub bandwagon especially in light of Miele's honeycomb® drum which has so few perforations. I hear Miele has the patent on that until 2017, but this is equally gentle on fabrics esp for the high speed spins.
Eddy