dj_efk
A2OC Donor
Update: The eagle has landed!
Merlin was delivered half an hour ago to my parents’ place near Maidenhead!
I couldn’t resist taking him for a quick blez up the (private) road and back - first impressions are
Merlin was delivered half an hour ago to my parents’ place near Maidenhead!
I couldn’t resist taking him for a quick blez up the (private) road and back - first impressions are
- You sit very low down in an A2, I know I’m used to a Touran / MPV but even so I was surprised by how sporty the driving position is;
- I’ve often read comments on the A pillars blocking vision at junctions, but I didn’t find it an issue at all (although it must be said that the Touran also has this quirk, the A2 is certainly no worse in this respect;
- It’s a very quick car! Hardly any throttle needed to make the Rev counter whizz round the dial - it’s definitely much quicker off the mark than my Touran, which is both 1 1/2 times heavier and 1 1/2 times as powerful.
- The PTW gearbox has a lovely, direct change, it almost feels like a quick shift in the way it snicks into gear with relatively little movement of the lever.
- I went up the gears and popped it into sixth at 45mph - the revs dropped to not far above tick over, I can see why others with this mod say the engine noise is totally absent - even at that low road speed you can barely hear the engine.
- As I was getting in for one last look before I parked it away, I noted that one of the LED interior lights in the back was flickering - dodgy connection perhaps.
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