Picked up the Octy yesterday

First impressions:

It's rapid :eek: Third gear in particular is awesome! As Mondeo man discovered on the Dunblane bypass yesterday :P

Boot is huge

Xenons are feckin powerful

So if you're in the Stirling/Dunblane area and you see a grinning lunatic in a SK54 reg Octy, give me a wave

not bothering to run it in first then ??

not bothering to run it in first then ??

I'm taking it relatively easy for the first 1000 miles - trying to keep it under 5000 rpm and avoiding full throttle where possible. :(

I tend to be a fairly mechanically sympathetic driver anyway

Never took it over the ton yesterday

Weather yesterday here was -4C with freezing fog. Ideal day to pick up a 180bhp, 150 mph car

It's the effortless surge of power available at almost any speed in 3rd gear that impresses the most :eek: :eek:

Off to play

2nd gear has to be my personnal fave. Masses of power and good for about 80mph (once its run in!)

2nd gear has to be my personnal fave. Masses of power and good for about 80mph (once its run in!)

God your car must sound like a strangled moose by the time you get to 80mph in 2nd.

not since the re-map, induction kit and full miltek exhaust it doesnt!

was going to say mine is standard (apart from the jabba induction kit+ DV) but only gets to 70 in 2nd..

matchmaker - i wasnt trying to say you were ragging the car, just wanted to make you aware of the running in period required... its good though isnt it?

i think 3rd is my favourite too atm...

Mine clips the limiter at about 77 mph. Pulls all the way up there though!