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Ok, quick initial car thoughts, before it's fully run in!
770 miles now.
V6 manual, First Edition.
Sports Suspension / Chassis
Goodyear tyres
Obviously it looks insane, I love it. I don't need to talk about that as we all know what it looks like.
The engine is starting to loosen up as the miles are done, the exhaust is sounding a little better also. Overall it's not 'loud' but Sport driving mode is needed to give the burbles and the sound I'd expect. In the next few hundred miles it might sound a little better, but overall it's great. Not loud and obnoxious, it's definitely toned down however to meet regulations and such. I imagine you could make it a little louder easily.
It revs great, obviously I'm to be keeping it under 4000/4500 for most of the time so I'm not red lining it to get max power at the moment, but it's very progressive power band is an absolute joy to drive and shifts so so nicely, and smoothly. The gearbox is rewarding, and inspires confidence, quick snappy shifts and rev matching is pretty easy. I'm no expert, I'm used to DCT M cars and haven't owned a manual for years, but this makes light work of it. You can get a lot of out this car.
Road holding is incredible. In Tour or Sports mode it just grips to levels I can't quite get my head around. My M4 wheel spins and is mad. This just grips and goes. It handles on rails. It's absolutely sublime. Sports is firm, but no harsher than a lowered M car, and is much more planted. I think Tour would make more sense if you were in town a lot or dailying it on rough roads, but Sports suits me perfectly.
Speed bumps aren't much of an issue either, ground clearance is pretty good (vs lowered M4)
I took it to the first 'cars and coffee' style meet I could on Sunday, and it attracted a lot of folk, and a LOT of pictures were taken (my instagram has most of these shared in the stories, along with videos of the car revving while driving past etc) The attention it gets (especially in such an in your face colour) is pretty special to be honest.
770 miles now.
V6 manual, First Edition.
Sports Suspension / Chassis
Goodyear tyres
Obviously it looks insane, I love it. I don't need to talk about that as we all know what it looks like.
The engine is starting to loosen up as the miles are done, the exhaust is sounding a little better also. Overall it's not 'loud' but Sport driving mode is needed to give the burbles and the sound I'd expect. In the next few hundred miles it might sound a little better, but overall it's great. Not loud and obnoxious, it's definitely toned down however to meet regulations and such. I imagine you could make it a little louder easily.
It revs great, obviously I'm to be keeping it under 4000/4500 for most of the time so I'm not red lining it to get max power at the moment, but it's very progressive power band is an absolute joy to drive and shifts so so nicely, and smoothly. The gearbox is rewarding, and inspires confidence, quick snappy shifts and rev matching is pretty easy. I'm no expert, I'm used to DCT M cars and haven't owned a manual for years, but this makes light work of it. You can get a lot of out this car.
Road holding is incredible. In Tour or Sports mode it just grips to levels I can't quite get my head around. My M4 wheel spins and is mad. This just grips and goes. It handles on rails. It's absolutely sublime. Sports is firm, but no harsher than a lowered M car, and is much more planted. I think Tour would make more sense if you were in town a lot or dailying it on rough roads, but Sports suits me perfectly.
Speed bumps aren't much of an issue either, ground clearance is pretty good (vs lowered M4)
I took it to the first 'cars and coffee' style meet I could on Sunday, and it attracted a lot of folk, and a LOT of pictures were taken (my instagram has most of these shared in the stories, along with videos of the car revving while driving past etc) The attention it gets (especially in such an in your face colour) is pretty special to be honest.
