My Ford 107E Prefect had a "dealer fit" optional heater, I fitted screen washers, a radio and seatbelts...
According to Motor Magazine in the day the 0-60mph was 27.2 seconds....
Seemed fast at the time... xmaswowespecially on ice and snow...!

Back on thread, I went out to Tesco this morning, 4 miles there and 15 miles back...
This was the result...

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To be honest, it wasn't very clean before!

The Michelin Cross Climate tyres make a massive difference, without any "nanny electronics" there is more grip than the C63 has with all the driver aids.
I had a play with the Plus 8 on some wet and muddy roads..lots of feedback through the steering and I could sense the back end starting to be unhappy before anything actually happened. As soon as it started to move simply easing off the power brought it back into line.
The Plus 8 on winter tyres is as good a car for the winter as it is for the summer.
I'm going to leave the Cross Climates on until they start to seem unhappy as temperature rises. From the Michelin web information I won't notice any loss. It could be that unless you want to do track days Michelin Cross Climate tyres are all an Aero S4 based car needs.

As an aside, I'm beginning to really dislike turbocharged engines where the turbo and engine computers are set to deliver maximum boost and torque at less than 2000 rpm.
Natural aspiration gives much more driver control, but probably at the expense of emissions.

I wish Ford did a Mustang Waggon... the C63 Estate would be gone in a heart beat!

Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...