...."Magma or Dickinson". You must have been fresh off a delivery with a difficult Magma. No big deal, I simply wondered what I was missing when I was looking at the Magma. Now I am committed! We have been grilling everything we can on our little Newport for the past few days. So far it is remarkably like using the Parker we recently retired except hotter. It is a nice grill and we like cooking with it. Time will tell how it holds up. The 14 years you have on yours is a nice run for sure. Our Parker was finally defeated by a lack of availability of a new burner tube and diffuser plates.
Bruce