Ive just had a run around North Wales in mine to get a few miles on ready for its first service in the first week of June . It is booked in at the Factory for the hand brake mod and emissions re map along with one or two other things . The engine is getting better but still no low down pull yet as Im sticking to the 3,000 rpm limit even though I was humiliated by a youth in a 1.2 Clio near Bala. My parking LOG has been used on a regular basis. The noise level I find OK and not at all intrusive but I have given one or two pedestrians a near heart attack in built up areas as it pops and bangs on over run.