Its the first time I've properly driven a 7 on the road and it was great fun - a couple of minor wheelspins on the way down as the roads were still drying but I was taking it very easy.
I made a complete arse of myself in the paddock at Goodwood with multiple stalls - still not used to the clutch and was too nervous of all the people standing around to give it enough revs to pull away smoothly.
There were quite a few other 7s there, including a lovely carbon Westfield turbo megablade.
The theme today was 'Minis and small sportscars' and there was a great selection of not just minis but obscure Subarus, Fiat Abarths and various hot hatches. It also served to confirm how fat and ugly the MINI is
We had a good hot breakfast care of Lord March and headed back. I was a bit more condfident with the car and did a few overtakes on the A285 and A283 - third and fouth gear are simply brilliant.
I'm still hugely lacking in confidence in the corners (the same as I was at Brands) and I think I'm taking them as slowly, or possibly even slower than I would in my 3-series.
I had an STi right up my backside through the 30 in Chiddingfold, he was quite obviously itching to overtake - the look on his face when I got to the NSL sign and gave it the full beans was priceless - there was just no way he could keep up. I hauled it in at 60 (I'm very law abiding...) and he took several seconds to catch up and overtake, obviously very cross
Does anyone know if there was an accident on the A283/285 later during the day? There was a huge number of emergency vehicles heading through Wormley to Petworth mid-afternoon.
Nick
