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Picked up a 13 NA ISP Nightfall Blue over Ivory with all options except for the powerfold mirrors which I will be adding shortly. Drove it about 500 miles back and observed the following:
-Handling is, as expected, amazing
-Steering feedback is phenomenal. The steering wheel literally dances in your hands.
-Factory valved exhaust from '12 up sounds much better than anticipated.
-IPS is good but not great. Dealer says I am running the latest firmware.
-Cruise control works great. Very comfortable ride.
-Blindspots are some of the worst I have ever observed. Without the back up camera it would basically need to be backed like a Countach (hanging out of the car sitting on the door sill looking backwards).
-While I am no audiophile, tech package sound system is extremely good imo.
-Rained on me most of the drive and it did not leak a drop. However, when washing the car after getting home, the windows leaked when barely sprayed. I should be on the latest revision of the door and window weather striping. Perhaps this is why the manual essentially tells you to expect leaks and disclaims them as normal despite the fact that all other automakers figured out of to waterproof their cars decades ago.
-LED accent lighting with the premium pack is very nice but I wish I could control it and have it on at low brightness while driving along.
-My DRL harness was wrapped with some tape above the fuse panel in the passenger floorboard. I am a small guy and had trouble contorting my body to get under there and unplug it. If I were much above average height it would have been impossible.
-Heat/heated seats work well but there is a draft of cold air coming in the passenger floorboard whenever the car is going at a decent clip.
-Dealer checked the battery before I took delivery and gave it the ok but it has been charging overnight and still isn't charged fully.
-Radio is very annoying as how almost all functionality is disabled when parking brake is not engaged fully.
-I realized after going through all of the trinkets when I got home that I have no way to take the wheels off. All that came with the car as far as tools is the tow eye in a cloth pouch. On the "vehicle/despatch inspection report" both the towing eye and tool kit are checked as having come with the car. Seems like the tool kit really only consists of the wheel bolt key.
So with that said, here are my questions
What is that cold air draft in the passenger footwell? Any way to reduce it?
I have seen references on here to wiring mods that allow the radio to be used fully while the car is in motion. Is there any way to do this aside from pulling the radio? On other cars I have pulled the parking brake up one click to activate the parking brake light but not engage the brake itself. I may try this at some point but was hesitant to do so on my new car whilst at interstate speeds.
What all comes in the toolkit? Father had a V8 Esprit for awhile and it had a legitimate toolkit.
-Handling is, as expected, amazing
-Steering feedback is phenomenal. The steering wheel literally dances in your hands.
-Factory valved exhaust from '12 up sounds much better than anticipated.
-IPS is good but not great. Dealer says I am running the latest firmware.
-Cruise control works great. Very comfortable ride.
-Blindspots are some of the worst I have ever observed. Without the back up camera it would basically need to be backed like a Countach (hanging out of the car sitting on the door sill looking backwards).
-While I am no audiophile, tech package sound system is extremely good imo.
-Rained on me most of the drive and it did not leak a drop. However, when washing the car after getting home, the windows leaked when barely sprayed. I should be on the latest revision of the door and window weather striping. Perhaps this is why the manual essentially tells you to expect leaks and disclaims them as normal despite the fact that all other automakers figured out of to waterproof their cars decades ago.
-LED accent lighting with the premium pack is very nice but I wish I could control it and have it on at low brightness while driving along.
-My DRL harness was wrapped with some tape above the fuse panel in the passenger floorboard. I am a small guy and had trouble contorting my body to get under there and unplug it. If I were much above average height it would have been impossible.
-Heat/heated seats work well but there is a draft of cold air coming in the passenger floorboard whenever the car is going at a decent clip.
-Dealer checked the battery before I took delivery and gave it the ok but it has been charging overnight and still isn't charged fully.
-Radio is very annoying as how almost all functionality is disabled when parking brake is not engaged fully.
-I realized after going through all of the trinkets when I got home that I have no way to take the wheels off. All that came with the car as far as tools is the tow eye in a cloth pouch. On the "vehicle/despatch inspection report" both the towing eye and tool kit are checked as having come with the car. Seems like the tool kit really only consists of the wheel bolt key.
So with that said, here are my questions
What is that cold air draft in the passenger footwell? Any way to reduce it?
I have seen references on here to wiring mods that allow the radio to be used fully while the car is in motion. Is there any way to do this aside from pulling the radio? On other cars I have pulled the parking brake up one click to activate the parking brake light but not engage the brake itself. I may try this at some point but was hesitant to do so on my new car whilst at interstate speeds.
What all comes in the toolkit? Father had a V8 Esprit for awhile and it had a legitimate toolkit.