Just bought a roadster for my wife

[bronzee]

Nicely done Mr & Mrs Jetset. Two lots of mods??

[JetSet]

Took the roadster out to get a few things from the supermarket. A bit alarmed to see the computer reading 21.6 mpg, I'm hoping the last owner did a lot of town driving!! Car originated in Chelmsford so I'm guessing MPG will be better here in rural Wales. Main difference I noticed was lack of torque, came to a double filter junction at 65 in top and when I put my foot down to slot in..nothing much happened. Other than that, only minor differences that you'd get in any 2 cars of the same model. Just like my coupe it has a clunky first to second gear change, not as noticeable but definitely there. Sounds a bit sweeter than mine, especially with the top down Buzzed it up to 85 briefly and it felt rock solid, no vibrations, best thing was though it definitely drew more admiring glances

 

 

Pete

[Neilp]

21.6 ain't too bad. Mines is sitting at 15.6 just now lol

[Ebized]

Took the roadster out to get a few things from the supermarket. best thing was though it definitely drew more admiring glances

Pete

 

poser

 

but we love it

[Will370z]

Took the roadster out to get a few things from the supermarket. A bit alarmed to see the computer reading 21.6 mpg, I'm hoping the last owner did a lot of town driving!! Car originated in Chelmsford so I'm guessing MPG will be better here in rural Wales. Main difference I noticed was lack of torque, came to a double filter junction at 65 in top and when I put my foot down to slot in..nothing much happened. Other than that, only minor differences that you'd get in any 2 cars of the same model. Just like my coupe it has a clunky first to second gear change, not as noticeable but definitely there. Sounds a bit sweeter than mine, especially with the top down Buzzed it up to 85 briefly and it felt rock solid, no vibrations, best thing was though it definitely drew more admiring glances

 

 

Pete

 

Totally agree the exhaust note really does sound sweeter with the roof down and it's a Great car to pose it. Not that I do that at all honest.....I had the roof down on mine on the m4 at 9am this morning as it was so sunny. Any excuse lol. Hope you get a few nice days weather to enjoy it before the winter hits in

[stanski]

It's probably been stood for a while I used to get about 28 around town and 32-34 on motorway? How can you have less torque?? It was redesign to have more even spread of torque? Had shed loads more than Lucys 2002 import anyway?

Go for a few good blasts out in it to clear it's nose

[JetSet]

It's probably been stood for a while I used to get about 28 around town and 32-34 on motorway? How can you have less torque?? It was redesign to have more even spread of torque? Had shed loads more than Lucys 2002 import anyway?

Go for a few good blasts out in it to clear it's nose

 

Yeah, you could be right, when we first started it up it blew out lots of condensation, the amount you would expect on a cold winters morning, salesman said it had been standing "for a few days", yeah right. To be honest I need to drive the car a bit more to understand it ,a few thousand miles should do it

 

Cheers,

 

Pete

[Stew]

Get a tank of super unleaded through it.

 

That'll perk it up if it's been sitting.

[glrnet]

That car should have loads of "torque", it's from Essex

 

Took the roadster out to get a few things from the supermarket. A bit alarmed to see the computer reading 21.6 mpg, I'm hoping the last owner did a lot of town driving!! Car originated in Chelmsford so I'm guessing MPG will be better here in rural Wales. Main difference I noticed was lack of torque, came to a double filter junction at 65 in top and when I put my foot down to slot in..nothing much happened. Other than that, only minor differences that you'd get in any 2 cars of the same model. Just like my coupe it has a clunky first to second gear change, not as noticeable but definitely there. Sounds a bit sweeter than mine, especially with the top down Buzzed it up to 85 briefly and it felt rock solid, no vibrations, best thing was though it definitely drew more admiring glances

 

 

Pete

[shallowthought]

I tried to get a Z for my wife, but they insisted on money instead....

 

 

 

 

I'll get my coat....

[martinmac]

I tried to get a Z for my wife, but they insisted on money instead....

 

 

 

 

I'll get my coat....

 

 

Nice thinking. Wlcome to the forum btw.

[djrm]

Love seeing 2 Zeds together! Nice one buddy, hope one day I can afford 2 in the same house hold!