VIP
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It was a nice car though, was a 4.2 sport, so it had the spokey wheels and leather Recaros (my favourite part of the whole car!), I paid £650 to tranplant an entire black Sport interior into mine to replace the nasty light grey that was in there. Spent an entire day in a barn in Harrogate switching the parts over, including upgrading the stereo to the Bose system, and putting all of the optional extra in [electric rear blind, side rear window blinds, etc] Those Recaros are VERY comfy.
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don't be soft and get a W12!
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VIP
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Won't find one of those for a grand though...
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Managed to blag an extended test drive of a 2.8 V6 version a few months ago, and was expecting to be underwhelmed, but came away really, really impressed. I figured the 2.8 would be weedy in such a big car, but it felt surprisingly sprightly. I also expected nasty FWD torque steer, lacking quattro, but no, it steered nicely. I was pretty impressed with the handling, really nimble for a car its size (this coming from someone who drives an MX5), and the gearbox is so flexible and smooth, you can see why they never bothered offer a manual in the UK. There's a real sense of rigidity to the car, no sense of it being shaken by b road bumps. Really liked it, and if I could justify two cars, I think I'd have bought it. It was a particularly well looked after example, but I reckon, go for it, even the 2.8 is good.
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