another 500 miles these 2 days .. today was delightful, sun, blue skies and sea.
and utterly stunning scenery. NI is stunningly beautiful.
the engine is a masterpiece .. in 3rd from 4000rpm onwards, it screams and hammers away with abandon, and the car flies along. It is very quick, very responsive and really suits the car. 5th is very much a motorway steady cruise gear .. you need to change down to 4th or sometimes 3rd to accelerate with any vigour at all.
on much improved NI roads, the suspension is much more resolved, and I can cover the ground at quite 'alarming' speeds.
steering is much better too on the smoother roads, much less tiring physically and mentally
the car has been a hit here ..
One thing I find very odd is that with the side screens off, the car feels more flighty and floaty .. it makes no sense to me, but it seems quite a different car. Having said that, the feeling mostly goes away after 30 minutes or so.
am now at 2100 miles, and completely run in.
I have changed my mind about the exhaust .. it's OK for me, not too loud as I originally thought. It has a lot of character, it's not just loud, it is different under load, when off throttle
and when under maximum attack towards the red line; this has to be experienced, it's difficult to describe .. it's like a very loud sewing machine with increasing pulsations. wonderful.
the car also hisses and makes sucking air sounds when coming off throttle quickly in 3rd at high revs .. it's completely amazing and fun. Like a turbo waste gate!
choose one
this was a highlight
more gratuitous pics
gave me the bag she wants to take on the trip, thinking it wouldn't fit in the boot, and it did! Plus two other soft ones. So I may not need a bootbag after all.