HB,
Thank you very much for your thoughts on the matter and you make some very valid points which I hear.
I think the big one's for me are the pure rawness/brutishness of the power delivery and handling of the Plus 8 totally unmodified other than the Librands dual sports exhaust which of course is also a real stumbling point.
Heather's GTI has more power and delivers it faultlessly but it is nowhere near as engaging, well I mean it brakes an inside wheel for you if you enter a bend too quickly and that is subjected to ABS as well which of course is all highly efficient but not the feeling I want when I want to let my (very long Covid style) hair down.
I most certainly will test drive the Plus Four at some stage but I'm not feeling the urge after my 100 mile cabin fever squirt down the roads yesterday (naughty but nice). I sat in the garage when I returned thinking to myself why on earth do you want to swap this car..
If the test drive blew my socks off I'm open minded enough to change my mind.
As I said before I think these Plus Four cars really are the future for MMC and they will delight a newer type of owner as well as some that have come up through the traditional range, but not so many of the later I feel, I could well be wrong again..
You and Mrs HB are going to love yours with enthusiasm I know
Take care up there both of you.
