My first weekend with the M400

[Ash M400]

Fantastic but frustrating.

Have been overtaken by an M3 , Audi this that and the other. Also, a Ford Fiesta, not an XR2, I had to pull into the inside lane to let him past!

Oh, the joys of running a car in, not!

The car is gorgeous, pics will follow, awaiting for the new camera batteries to charge.

Grip levels, even when running in, are unbelievable. Totally different from the M12(I thought I had reached the pinnacle, how wrong was I?). Now I know what all the M400 owners were talking about :-)

Gear change is slick and precise, can change using one finger rather than brute force now.

Anyway, 454 miles so far, should be ready for first service next week and then I can begin to gently open the throttle.

The attention the car gets is just unbelievable, people stop and take photos all the time!

Thanks for reading, couldn't keep it to myself.

[AMG Merc]

Ash, you'd better get that profile photo updated too - instead of that slow M12 thingy! :-)

[V6GTO]

Ash M400 said:

Fantastic but frustrating. Have been overtaken by an M3 , Audi this that and the other. Also, a Ford Fiesta, not an XR2, I had to pull into the inside lane to let him past! Oh, the joys of running a car in, not!

Ash...rise above it...your car is FAR superior, so why should you demean yourself by recognising such inferior cars even exist?

Ash M400 said:

Gear change is slick and precise, can change using one finger rather than brute force now.

Welcome to the real world (My car is the first 3R to have this, plus a few other little titbits I'm not allowed to talk about )

Ash M400 said:

The attention the car gets is just unbelievable, people stop and take photos all the time!

You should try driving over here where a Pug 206 with a WRC spoiler stops traffic!

Martin.

[joust]

Welcome on board!

Trust me, the wait is worth it to hit that pedal all the way down in 3rd.......

J

[Mr Noble]

Still have my fingers in my ears!! The M400 can't be that much better can it!!

Please don't make me get my wallet out just yet, I've only had the 3R for 3 months!!

[TomB]

I tested a M400 but then someone said why not try the 3R they had for sale, so I did!!

I can tell you the 3R was gutless and had a very bad gear change and felt dull compared to the M400 that I had tried.

NO CONTEST!

But consider that the M400 was almost new with less than 2k miles (demo from a Noble dealer) and while the 3R s showed less than 3k (on the clocks) and I think was about 2 years old. If that car was ANYTHING like it should be then there is NO CONTEST. But I suspect the 3R was in need of some TLC.

Still I just HAD to HAVE the M400

I am sure Ash will love every drive.

TomB

[m12_nathan]

LOL at calling the 3R gutless, 0-100 in 8.8 suggests that it isn't!

As I said before Andy W was going into eau rouge at 145 in a GTO3, quicker than you in a 400, which just goes to show, it ain't what you got but what you do with it.

[V6GTO]

It's funny how, in my "gutless 3R", I didn't get overtaken all day, and that includes Chris Harris.

Martin.

[m12_nathan]

V6GTO said:

It's funny how, in my "gutless 3R", I didn't get overtaken all day, and that includes Chris Harris. Martin.

Because you can drive?

[Ash M400]

Its raining!

Tucked up all cosey in the garage.

[V6GTO]

m12_nathan said:

V6GTO said: It's funny how, in my "gutless 3R", I didn't get overtaken all day, and that includes Chris Harris. Martin. Because you can drive?

You tell me, Nathan... you had 4 or 5 laps in the car, can't quite remember what you said...
Martin.



>> Edited by V6GTO on Wednesday 20th April 17:56

[joust]

More like no-one would want to go near that thing for fear of crashing due to blindness......

J

[m12_nathan]

V6GTO said:

You tell me, Nathan... you had 4 or 5 laps in the car, can't quite remember what you said... Martin.

I think it went: "Ow, ow, my eyes, my eyes, I'm blind, let me out"

[Ash M400]

Sunny

Guess what I am in today

[jifen]

Wet underpant's no doubt !

Does the M400 have a more FFS move horn, rather than the femme GT3R noise ?

>> Edited by jifen on Thursday 21st April 10:36

[Ash M400]

Still female I am afraid!