I struggled with the Omega, simply because I am used to small cars and thrashing them to absolute death, rather than cruising about, half asleep.
The most fun you can have with any vehicle is driving it right up to (and sometimes beyond) its limits: in a 2CV this happens within the national speed limit and you can scream with laughter watching the reactions of others around you.
I got to learn how to get the very best out of mine-tuned, specific tyre choice, suspension wound down a few turns-and I have no fear at all.
Even my 2.5V6 Alfa 156 owning friend had to admit defeat on trying to chase me from Clee Hill to Tenbury down the very twisty back road
Speed hump? What speed hump?
Straight OVER the island? No problems!
With 28 bhp and 4 gears, fun comes immediately, not trying to find the progressive breakaway point of low profile tyres at 100mph.
Oh-the gears:
There is no better shift pattern or layout in my eyes; there is a ball on an umbrella handle poking out of the dash-
Hand on with weight of your arm, push away-reverse
Hand on with weight of your arm, pull to you-1st
Hand no weight, push away 2nd
Hand no weight, pull to you 3rd
Push (like going into 5th on H box) right, 4th
Reverse and 1st opposite for maneuvering
2nd and 3rd oppsite for most of your racing-change needs
4th like overdrive-a good one will do 70 all day once wound up
Simples!
No power steering, but no need-it is set up to be full of feel forwards (light car anyway) and very light going backwards-so once you have learnt the car, you just do most tight turns in reverse-parallel park is simple. This is one example of having to know the car properly to appreciate it better-it is not idiot-proof like most cars are now.
The whole car is full of mechanical feel-no servo, no power anything-so much less to go wrong, especially when you drive as hard as I do
God, I want another one
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