Hardwoods Test Drive Day

Hardwoods Test Drive Day

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ThunderSpook

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3,813 posts

226 months

Tuesday 11th February 2014
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Anyone else attend the Harwoods test drive day at Cowdray Park at the weekend? If so, what did you get to drive?

My list was:

F-Type S
XJR
XF Sportbrake
Evoque
Range Rover Vogue 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography
Bentley Continental GTC V8 /w sports pack

matc

4,730 posts

222 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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My brother went along and managed to have a drive in lots of nice kit - left absolutely raving about the F-Type!

ThunderSpook

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3,813 posts

226 months

Monday 17th February 2014
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I will admit it was rather fantastic!

V8 BYF

335 posts

238 months

Wednesday 5th March 2014
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I went and had a bit of fun

I drove the F-type 5.0 V8 and was a little disappointed, it was certainly quick but a bit too sterile. The Coupe looked very nice

The 2014 V8 Vantage was also disappointing due to the absolute abortion that is the sportshift 2 system. Apart from the gearbox the car was just about identical to mine, which is 7 years old now.

Now the Vantage V12S was a different story - wow that car is awesome! I have looked at the going rate for selling organs but still not sure how I will afford one.

The RR Sport was pretty cool too

For something completely different I also drove the Bentley Flying Spur W12 - I am sure that it is the closest I will get to driving a Veyron (same engine but with less Superchargers). My apologies to the other guys that came out with me as I was 'pressing on a bit' and didn't make allowance for the fact that it weighs about 15 tonnes.