Sounds like you've experienced it at its best...
While I had a 3 also drove a 1.5 sport 2 fairly extensively. On your own on a clear road they make sense, the controls are generally nicely set up, rowing the gearbox is nice, steering is nice, the slightly firm suspension smoothes out above 50mph and they are an enjoyable drive.
Obviously the flip side is...when you've got a combination of children and grandparents and wife on board on and you need to do some sedate travel somewhere and they think you're hooligan as you're going up at 60 limit hill in 3rd as 4th or 5th would just have it dying on its face and they are being jiggled about by the sports suspension having fallen into the bucket seat on entry and then get blasted with a little bit too much road noise.
I'd still have one...but much as the C3 is a worse car in all top gear road test metrics except outright speed...it's much easier to get on with pottering about. This probably applies to most modern turbos.
While I had a 3 also drove a 1.5 sport 2 fairly extensively. On your own on a clear road they make sense, the controls are generally nicely set up, rowing the gearbox is nice, steering is nice, the slightly firm suspension smoothes out above 50mph and they are an enjoyable drive.
Obviously the flip side is...when you've got a combination of children and grandparents and wife on board on and you need to do some sedate travel somewhere and they think you're hooligan as you're going up at 60 limit hill in 3rd as 4th or 5th would just have it dying on its face and they are being jiggled about by the sports suspension having fallen into the bucket seat on entry and then get blasted with a little bit too much road noise.
I'd still have one...but much as the C3 is a worse car in all top gear road test metrics except outright speed...it's much easier to get on with pottering about. This probably applies to most modern turbos.
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