[Simon Linton]

Favourites:
1) Straight line acceleration - and acceleration - and acceleration (got it to 130 and it was STILL going)
2) Comfort at speed - keeps you focussed on the road rather than in the car
3) Loadability even on my saloon.

Dislikes:
1) Parking paranoia about kerbing the wheels (and I did it in a car wash -urgh!)
2) Slightly ponderous handling even with the R suspension and strut brace
3) Massive thirst for super unleaded makes it an expensive car to run in the UK where petrol is nearly £1 per litre.

Still, I wouldn't change it except for the convertible Jaguar.

 

[Simon Linton]

Jeff, your dealer was right about balancing - see my post about someone's vibration.

The low pros on the R are expensive and need lots of TLC to last any time - regular balancing and re-tracking say every 3 months really does pay off in tyre life and low NVH.

It also gives you the opportunity to check out the underside and the wheel well area to avoid loose connections that give false ABS fault indicators - another regular 850 problem.