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Picked up my new car on Tuesday after only a pretty short wait and super pleased with it, even if it isn't a proper wheel drive car
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Probably one of the most publicised cars of recent times so shan't bore any of you with the finer details.
The spec is very much poverty, no options at all, not even any extra for the paint but you do get a decent amount as standard e.g. HIDs/LED DRLs, Dual Zone Climate, touch screen headunit w/ bluetooth and usb input, Cruise Control and probably some other bits I can't think of right now.
The unexpected good bits about it:
The looks, I really liked the concept I saw in Geneva in 2010 but as it neared production it was tamed down massively, now I have it I really do like it, even the wheels have grown on me a bit but ideally would be different.
The fuel economy, had a bit of a motorway run yesterday morning and achieved 44.2mpg at a steady 70mph, short morning town commutes are about 25mpg and overall I'm currently averaging 37.8mpg, of course this is all via trip computer and will be able to give a more accurate figure once I brim again.
The sound, I appreciate it won't be everyones cup of tea but from reviews a lot of people seem to dislike the sound which I personally think it's pretty good. It's certainly no S2000 in the noise stakes, but after my Megane which is one of the most dreary sounding engines around in a performance car I think the GT86 is alright.
The rubbish bits:
The speedo, might aswell not have it on there, it's quite odd anyway in that it starts from the 5 o clock position so 30mph is approx 6 o clock etc (as you'll see from the pics), it's quite small too so I've pretty much exclusively been using the digital one in the rev counter.
The back seats, in my seating position the seat behind me is useless unless the passengers legs are like slices of ham.
The cruise control, it's on a very afterthought type stick coming out of the steering column and isn't very intuitive, really liked the one in my old Clio but I think this will take some getting used to.
I'm sure there are more things which will annoy me as I use the car more!
It's such a brilliant car to drive though which is why you buy one more than anything, shame the weather has been pants this past week so I've not had a lot of chance to drive it 'properly' (I know some people will be relishing this weather with a RWD car to hang the back out 99% of the time but not for me just yet)
The financial nitty gritty, being a new car I know there'll be the usual questions so the black and white is I got 7.8k as p/x for my Clio and managed to negotiate 2.5k/10% off, so 22.5k for the car. It'll no doubt depreciate like all new cars do but at least I got enough off to offset a decent amount.
Anyway, here's a few pictures I managed to get earlier, not the best in the world but hopefully over the course of my ownership I'll get some more interesting ones!
Picked up my new car on Tuesday after only a pretty short wait and super pleased with it, even if it isn't a proper wheel drive car
.Probably one of the most publicised cars of recent times so shan't bore any of you with the finer details.
The spec is very much poverty, no options at all, not even any extra for the paint but you do get a decent amount as standard e.g. HIDs/LED DRLs, Dual Zone Climate, touch screen headunit w/ bluetooth and usb input, Cruise Control and probably some other bits I can't think of right now.
The unexpected good bits about it:
The looks, I really liked the concept I saw in Geneva in 2010 but as it neared production it was tamed down massively, now I have it I really do like it, even the wheels have grown on me a bit but ideally would be different.
The fuel economy, had a bit of a motorway run yesterday morning and achieved 44.2mpg at a steady 70mph, short morning town commutes are about 25mpg and overall I'm currently averaging 37.8mpg, of course this is all via trip computer and will be able to give a more accurate figure once I brim again.
The sound, I appreciate it won't be everyones cup of tea but from reviews a lot of people seem to dislike the sound which I personally think it's pretty good. It's certainly no S2000 in the noise stakes, but after my Megane which is one of the most dreary sounding engines around in a performance car I think the GT86 is alright.
The rubbish bits:
The speedo, might aswell not have it on there, it's quite odd anyway in that it starts from the 5 o clock position so 30mph is approx 6 o clock etc (as you'll see from the pics), it's quite small too so I've pretty much exclusively been using the digital one in the rev counter.
The back seats, in my seating position the seat behind me is useless unless the passengers legs are like slices of ham.
The cruise control, it's on a very afterthought type stick coming out of the steering column and isn't very intuitive, really liked the one in my old Clio but I think this will take some getting used to.
I'm sure there are more things which will annoy me as I use the car more!
It's such a brilliant car to drive though which is why you buy one more than anything, shame the weather has been pants this past week so I've not had a lot of chance to drive it 'properly' (I know some people will be relishing this weather with a RWD car to hang the back out 99% of the time but not for me just yet)
The financial nitty gritty, being a new car I know there'll be the usual questions so the black and white is I got 7.8k as p/x for my Clio and managed to negotiate 2.5k/10% off, so 22.5k for the car. It'll no doubt depreciate like all new cars do but at least I got enough off to offset a decent amount.
Anyway, here's a few pictures I managed to get earlier, not the best in the world but hopefully over the course of my ownership I'll get some more interesting ones!
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does it only come in red?
), i dont have a dog (yet) but when i do itll be wrapped in clingfilm if it goes in the car 
