So ... I drove up to 2 hours ago are now in boxes waiting for the flight to Rome . So impressions warmer so you die .
The project manager , along with two others have asked me to warm a judgment on the car, I thought about it a bit ' and I said, "It is a victory of humanity ! " and then I explained why I think that. Let's see if I can even here
The thing that characterizes most of the car is the monocoque . Lightweight, but especially stiff as ever , led to a suspension settings all in all soft . You can switch on speed bumps even in second without much regard , you do not feel like raps on certain compact with 19 and the trim board and you do not hear noises like the Exige . Passes over calmly and absorbs very naturally .
At the same time the roll is very content , as well as the pitching . The car lies down in the corners just enough to make you understand what's going on beneath you . And you know how to explain very well . I'll explain through the vibrations in the seat under your butt , I'll explain through the steering wheel , which is alive and sensitive in his hands , and I will explain with the brake pedal , the running short and rather hard.
The impact is strong , I get next to test that starts immediately with a trip to bomb in the mixed Alfa . We get almost to 240 and pulls a staccatona absurd , I remember a similar deceleration only on the 360 modena challenge with slicks ... makes a clean lap and then a dirty, putting it sideways at each input curve . I sense a progressive and exemplary behavior sincere. Even in a corner where I thought we were going to shoot , with a counter- almost to the stop on the other side , the 4C has set itself back straight in a moment.
It's up to me, giving birth in dynamic and try to get a feel for the car. Now I feel the lightness and communicative , they are bombarded with information , and I immediately feel in tune with the car. There are signs with meters for detached and some skittles placed outside to remind the trajectories . We do immediately inside and discover a gear shift fast , but not direct steering and braking to embarrassing levels that define powerful is an understatement. I have to reparameterized in a hurry because the first three detached arrival short of at least 40/50 meters. I follow the advice of the tester to the trajectories , speeds increase and the steering becomes more precise.
When you go plan or has a bright central point slightly dead, so as not to keep you always apprehensive , since it tends a little ' to follow the contours of the road. But the more you go the more he becomes strong and sharp the deadlock disappears. From 190 up, especially when cornering , it should be held firmly in his hands and 4C row away on two tracks .
Second and final round , I ask permission and put in race . Objective: transoms ! In inclusion I give up , too little confidence and too much risk (I'm still working on it ... ), but the output of the second and third , pesto and advance all the realignment ... 4C is happy to leave the ass, very happy, counter-steering is easy and instinctive . The self-locking is only simulated ( q2 e ), the tester told me that with a little weight and a lot of traction does not feel the need for the block. In fact I quite agree with him ..
Chapter noise never heard another standard car puffing and screaming so much. "My" , like the others, had the sports exhaust . In the 2 hours of driving around WATCH (100 km) I heard a range of sounds , hissing , whistling, puffs just fantastic. At 2,800 rpm resonates with the monocoque and vibrates everything so it can not be gloomier . Never mind those fags English .. the sound of the 4C is almost masturbatory !
Turbo- lag? I for one did not arrive . Even at 2,000 rpm the engine is , the turbo wakes up to 2,300 , to 2,500 starts to fill the lungs and six 3,000 projected towards the hyper - space! If one wants to find a flaw is that by 5500 there could be up well over evil . But the first three gears go away so fast that you miss it and if you are in fourth at 5,500 , it means that you already at 180 .
Slow change ? Another crazy shit . Yes, maybe not in climbing " fucila " like a Ferrari, but we're really looking for a nit but bad .
The carry -over ? I personally like it, as I liked the levers of 127 on the 308. Then they do it all .. and then is a amended , makes you realize that the car belongs to a group and that there is a bit ' of other machines in her too . Call me stupid but I like it .
The interior skinny ? And thank goodness ! I broke the Maronites of the sti -pad with four wheels. Long live the full guide ! Do you think I remembered to turn on the radio 2 km before you return it !
I have to run they call the flight !
Ah ! The record was done with 17-18 rims and tires pirelli trophy ( homologated for the road) but they are not those of the kit performance . As soon as I get home facilitated photo
And now ... on with the questions!