On the first point, the brakes on Po are better than Pinky's. There is none of the spongyness I felt through the pedal with Po (this could be due to the fact Po's had just been overhauled when I first drove him). Katie is coping fine although the Panda would not be her first choice, her instructors car is a diesel so no clutch control required for slow speed stuff and has power steering. Once she's passed her test and driving it evey day she'll be fine. She's already talking about saving up for her own car so Po will be mine sooner rather than later!
On the second, Stephen has not driven Po yet but its only a matter of time, when I find a nice big open private field I'm sure he will have a go.
I actually find my brakes pretty good, though I had to renew my rear wheel cylinders and front brake pads and brake fluid. I also filed down corrosion on the front sliders. Up till then I had next to no brakes at all. Pretty scary when driving 90 miles back to prestwick from five in the snow having never driven one before
