Felt nervous driving a car with a sequential gearbox on an unknown circuit on r888s in the damp, but Danny was great at showing me how to drive the car and also the circuit. When he drove the car it was a pleasure to be a passenger sitting right next to the exhaust which screamed up through the gears and popped and crackled on overrun - the bikers were clapping when he drove back in at the end of the session.
When I drove I started to get the hang of it near the end, comfortably passing all the other cars on the track. I found being able to see the front wheels helped me to miss a wide eyed squirrel deciding the negotiate the worlds most dangerous crossing in front of a line of cars heading into one of the corners.
First impressions of the car is that its a very precise instrument that needs to be treated well - seemed to really like being fed a constant steering angle through the corners, as I span making a steering correction when going into one corner sightly too quick in the damp. I have softened the rear slightly to be a little less prone to oversteer from my driving though - i'll put it back when i'm used to the car.
Only other comment worth noting is that the accelerator in particular is so sensitive - good thin shoes are a must, and even then i find it difficult to keep the power on the right foot smooth, especially pulling away in first gear. May look at extending the pedal travel at some point.
Only hiccup I had was the shift cable coming off from the shift lever inside the tunnel between the seats while I was in sixth gear on the way home, and had to get a recovery truck to take me back the rest of the way. Rang MK up this morning and they came up to me in York right away to fix it, and they also went over the whole car to check if anything else was loose, what great service.
All in all, I'm absolutely delighted with the car, it's even better than i'd expected it to be, well worth the wait.
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