Sunday Drive

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[4WheelDrifter]

Ah yes. The infamous '07 MRC open day convoy If you're near Bristol and need a 5 cylinder hit then give me a shout

Cheers, Andy. I may have to take you up on that sometime. Although surely I'll get my own car finished this year.

For those that weren't there. The convoy moment involved me trying to follow a small group of S2s on an overtaking maneuver, including an oncoming car initially at some distance. But by the time I pulled out, put my foot down, got a poor response, realised I was in the S3, not the A3, so dropped down 2 gears, foot down again, wait for boost, wait for revs increase, wait for some power to appear. The oncoming car was a lot closer than when I originally started.

Not funny at the time, but funny in hindsight.

[Greg_S]

LOL, bit of a brownpants moment stu?

[Jack4688]

Ha I had moments like that when I had an 86bhp Polo I swear I even dropped it down to first to get the ruddy thing moving on an overtake on the A49

[Greg_S]

Its scary when I think back to my mk1 astra 1.2 I had as a first car and what I use to overtake. Generally made gaps, looking back on it wouldnt want to try now

[Jack4688]

I know exactly what you mean, my polo wasn't the best car to attempt overtaking for someone with my lack of patience. Older and wiser now but starting to find my Alfa 147 1.6 too slow. I'm yearning for another S2 and being able to do what I did with my first one and overtake without even having to drop a cog!

[Rusty]

I demonstrated the performance of the S2R to my Dad the other day and he just laughed at how easy it was. A mate described it as "naughty"

[4WheelDrifter]

LOL, bit of a brownpants moment stu?

It wasn't that bad. I think it looked worse from Andy's angle.

It's the swapping between the A3 and S3 that catches me out all the time. Similar to sit in, but very different cars to drive. I almost always nearly turn straight into the hedge at the first corner, when I go from A3 to S3. The extra width doesn't help either.

I still miss the double kickdown on the S8. Dividing and conquering queues of cars wasn't an option in that.
At least the Lupo slips into little gaps. But with 60 PS it needs to! I normally get loads of friendly people waving and flashing their lights at me. I always and back.

[Rusty]

A bright yellow Lupo 3L is quite a statement

[Jamo]

Stu likes making statements especially with rear opening windows on the s2