[Daveymaclad]

Well the good news is it's already been to MRC with invoices and maps to prove. 700 bhp thank you very much!

Drove 120 miles home last night and averaged 26.3mpg, mainly due to four sections of 50 mph road on the M3 and driving an obscenely powerful car on unfamiliar roads.

How does it drive? Phenominal in a word.

Docile at low town speeds and a comfortable cruiser but it constantly feels like 'an excited puppy on a lead' as my wife perfectly summed it up. It's when you bury the throttle that it comes alive and its ability to pick up speed is like nothing I've ever driven (which includes 911 GT2, rx7 twin turbo, S6, E90 m3, AMG SL55 etc). In fact it's the only car I've physically laughed out loud when driving!

I did a fair bit of research on these cars and they're night and day between these and the C5. No known issues to date, so as long as I keep up the preventative maintenance and do things like let the oil temp get up before ragging it that should help.

I've got another long drive this weekend to Plymouth on roads I know like the back of my hand so I'll have a better idea then but so far it's overwhelmingly positive.

Oh and the sound when it fires up from cold could wake the dead - finally something to rival my neighbours 1100cc bike that he fires up at 5.45 each morning!