First drive - Liphook to London

Today was a logistics day for me. I had to travel 1 hour from London to pick up my roadster. My man in the UK had been extremely helpfulin assisting me to purchase a car, and the time had come to pick it up.

As soon as I started driving the car, I had recollections from my previous NC model about how different they are from the newer ND model. The clutch and steering felt very different, and the indicator stalk was on the wrong side. At the first corner, I turned the wipers on instead of indicating that I was turning left. The speedometer was all ilk in miles, though it does show kilometres on the inner ring. It didn't take me long to acclimatise myself to the differences in the car. I was soon on the road with the roof down, heading back to London.

The roadster was easy to drive at 70 miles/hr on the A3 motorway, though a 6-speed would make motorway cruising a little but easier. It also doesn't have cruíse control, but given most of our driving won’t be on motorways, then it won't be an issue.

Now that I have had a chance to drive the car, my first impressions are positive. I think we have a car that is suited to the trip.Read more