Congratulations on your new purchase and adventures to come.
As a relative youth - in my 60s - I am also delighting in top down - and ideally side-screens off - driving my 2025 Plus Four. After some adjustment to the auto-transmission, I now drive it exclusively in semi-auto mode: after firing up the engine I push the stick to the left to move over to S, pull down to select gear 2 S/manual, then stay in S/manual, and only use the stick (i.e. not paddles) to shift up and down (by staying in S/manual this avoids the accidental throw into N that you can get when you use the stick in D/manual) - and I only use gears 2-8; plenty enough torque to move off in 2 and avoids unnecessary early gear change from 1 when pulling away from junctions etc. I lift part or fully off the accelerator while changing up or down and this makes it behave more 'rationally' - almost feels like the box / ECU has been learning as well. Driving it this way has soon become very intuitive and engaging, with entertaining engine / exhaust notes, if desired, or very composed and quiet if not. The torque profile is very accommodating. The fuel economy takes a hit on shorter or 'enthusiastic' journeys, but on longer journeys and motorways etc., mostly in 6/7/8, it returns to its astonishingly reliable 50-55 mpg. It has also proved very comfortable on long journeys, and the 4-cycl 2.0 twin scroll has plenty enough for me / UK roads.
| 
