Simon- I have a thing about driving other people's cars- I let Dennis take me out and he piloted. There are no twisties in Santa Monica but he did some hard cornering and then ramped up onto the freeway and let it loose. I know this is not a stoplight dragster, but was somewhat surprised at its "giddyup," as they say in Texas. While wearing a helmet it did not have a face bubble, and I was cold! (It was about 70 degrees in LA). I'm going to order a Hedon open face helmet with brim and face bubble and have lined up a driving instructor who has access to the tracks here-- not for learning track driving (I've done some of that in Ferraris, those little Formula Jr.type cars that Skip Barber ran and the Porsche CGT, among others). I want to learn the dynamics, get a sense of the limits (the vehicle and my own --the latter no doubt considerable)-- and get back into heel and toeing. My plan is to take it easy on the roads here. I expect delivery in a couple weeks. My original plan was to drive it back from LA taking state roads, not the interstate, but I concluded it was too grueling, especially given the heat here in the southwest. (Austin is typically over 100F now and will be for the next several months so I don't expect to need to the heater). If I do, I can add it, along with the seat heating pads.
