[Scimdaz]

Chaps, to be clear, the new car delivers very smoothly and I havn't tried it yet on the only road where I ever seem to have a need for get up an go - the Snake, where I don't want to follow the sort of driver that brakes down to 30 on every bend and puts his (or her, let's not be 'ist about it) foot down again to the legal 50 on every straight. My old car, which was bought cheap and, to be honest, was as rough as a badgers' rough bits did however show a turn of "oomph" when asked. It just delivered in the manner of a 1980s-style turbo. I couldn't care less what the figures are on a rolling road I just "think" the car would be improved with a bit more "get up and - gone" on the few occasions that I ask it to, but not at the expense of pushing it to the limit, reliability, or day-to-day driving. I had a diesel mondeo a few years ago that was quick enough but the powerband was about as wide a fag paper. I also had a non-turbo escort van and you had to plan your overtakes in that with a calendar so my badly phrased question was simply trying to eek out any compromises that might have to be made is diverging from "factory".