Hi guys -- this is my first post here. I've had my car about six weeks and put 3,700 or so miles on it, including a 1500 mile spirited drive, a couple of track days and a couple of shorter spirited drives. I'm on my second set of brake pads for the steel brakes, and I've had the welcome v10 upgrade to the software.
I love the car, it is a fantastic driver, super light, super fast and lively, but not so robotically controlled as I was led to believe by the journos. I have no trouble pushing the back end out and having a little lively fun with the car, but it is also extremely composed on the track. Great stuff.
My one jaw-dropping moment with the car came when I realized that, while the car gets 22 mpg on the highway in Auto, it gets only 3.8 mpg on the track or under performance driving conditions. It makes spirited use of the car quite challenging in remote locations. You can literally watch the gas gauge drop at speed.
I've driven 12-cylinder Italian gas hogs that got far better mileage under performance conditions.
Yet I have not seen a single review mention this obvious characteristic of the vehicle. I had to become an owner to learn this?
Really?
I love the car, it is a fantastic driver, super light, super fast and lively, but not so robotically controlled as I was led to believe by the journos. I have no trouble pushing the back end out and having a little lively fun with the car, but it is also extremely composed on the track. Great stuff.
My one jaw-dropping moment with the car came when I realized that, while the car gets 22 mpg on the highway in Auto, it gets only 3.8 mpg on the track or under performance driving conditions. It makes spirited use of the car quite challenging in remote locations. You can literally watch the gas gauge drop at speed.
I've driven 12-cylinder Italian gas hogs that got far better mileage under performance conditions.
Yet I have not seen a single review mention this obvious characteristic of the vehicle. I had to become an owner to learn this?
Really?