@rox You sound like me, there’s nothing better than pootling through towns and villages at 30, once that national speed limit sign appears I’m in sport mode, then it’s flick over the gearstick to m/s and floor it.
Yep i sure do.. only near me the A roads are all 50 mph now and most have speed cameras tracking you over a distance, so I need to drive to the dales, which just the otherside of the m1 from me.. for a joyful drive.
I drove up to chatsworth house yesterday and then around abit and then back home. Best drive i’ve had for many a year.. effortless
When i had the golf it had the slide the stick to the left option as you say for manual mode. The honda don’t it has the paddles but they work good enough and if you don’t change up or down it will do it automatically so you don’t wreck the engine.. When road conditions allow for it of course, pedal to the metal and often i don’t get out of 3rd gear.
Many years go when i had a 205 gti you could do 80 mph in 3rd easy in it..
I reckon they should increase the speed limits not be decrease them like they seem to be doing.. when it’s safe to do so of course.. speed imo don’t kill idiots speeding at the wrong times do imo.. or where they don’t know the roads.
I used to drive for a living and when they reduced all the major roads around and into london to 50 mph from 70 mph that was 20 miles per hour i could not do anymore over say an 8 hour day that’s 160 miles a day less.. My boss was like how come you cannot do all the drops you could anymore. I was like the speed limits and pretty much every points i have ever had has been when i was working driving a van..