TheDoctor wishes to confess his sins.
I have spent the afternoon on an airfield circuit, driving a
Lotus Elise, a
Caterham Seven and a
Ferrari 360 Modena.
The Elise was phenomenal - really grippy, capable of going round corners unbelievably fast and really good acceleration. Brilliant fun, and a lovely looking little car. I'd done a module on the Elise in my degree - bonded aluminium chassis, pedals made from alloy extrusions, Rover K-series engine - so it was good to drive one. A bit minimalist inside. Or so I thought...
The Seven - anyone who's seen 'The Prisoner' will recognise this. An engine, two seats and some bodywork. That's it. Heater, roof, windows, and doors are for wimps. Achieves good acceleration by virtue of weighing about as much as a Twix, and corners like it's on rails.Very sensitive to driver input, and so raw and communicative. I've never driven anything like it.
And the Ferrari. Very quick, very loud and very, very scary. The instructor was telling me to keep on the throttle - more power, more power, foot on the floor - but I just didn't dare. 400 bhp is too much on a track, so how anyone could drive this on the road I don't know.
That's blown my carbon allowance for the next decade or so. Still, I did get a cup of
Tea while I was there.
which justifies posting here. Perhaps...
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