and , perhaps , encourages corning speeds that may be deemed unnecessary by some ... even a relaxed , elder statesman like myself , who ’ s quite prone to cruising , experienced some wheel spin on the way out of some turns . That ’ s not an everyday occurrence for me on a dry road with sticky rubber . Clearly , the DTC in Dynamic allows a good old fashioned initial “ light up ” before kicking in and stopping things from getting right out of hand . Yip , such is the awesome mid-range grunt and wonderful chassis and electronics that the heart rate was unaffected .
OH MY FARKING GOD ! The power delivery is quite linear , but it snow balls quickly and progressively to 8000rpm . From there on up it keeps growing from wild to seriously Oh-My-Farking God stuff , where you ’ d better know what you ’ re doing . This is acceleration that truly feels from another world . But the fact remains that the lower half of the rev range delivers amazing ease of use and everyday capability . The engine does not disappoint at any stage . With anything that goes quickly it ’ s of great benefit that it can be stopped bloody quickly
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