@Glos Guy When I had company cars they were mainly Fords. The advice given by the Ford mechanics was thrash the hell out of it from day 1!
Well that reminds me of the first brand new car I bought when I was just 21 years old. It was a 1.4 Astra. I ‘drove it liked I’d nicked it’ from day 1 and when it went in for a service the mechanic said “surely that’s a 1.6? It doesn’t drive like any other 1.4” ?