Originally Posted by
ZR
Ross and I headed over to Heritage after lunch to strap our butts into a PP2 and put a few miles on. I fully expected it to be a bit of a handful on the rutted city streets, which it is. Plan from minute one was to replace stock wheels and tires so no biggy. Hill assist is nice for take offs everywhere, blip on downshift is cool but could see me shutting it off for normal driving. No active exhaust but found the note from out back pleasing at all speeds. Power exceeded my expectations, damm that engine is smooth as butter. The shifter and clutch are nice, very nice. Steering wheel with tilt and telescopic are a cool touch, well done. Combo of styling plus splitters and small rear wing on top of wheel color, stunning n cool. Switching between suspension modes is quick and easy. Amazed how well the mag ride eats the ruts n cracks up especially considering it's on super short sidewall 19" tires. Suspension modes themselves give it exactly the feel I would have hoped for, well dialed in me thinks.
Although I really liked so much of the car, underwhelmed with the radio / nav screen, graphics and layout, radio volume and tuning knobs, not sure where happened there either. Sound quality of the system fell well short of what I'd consider enjoyable. Previously driven PP1 and PP2 with standard power seats and found I could adjust to exactly what feels good to me. Recaro's in this one, seats themselves are off the charts cool but without power the basic mounting position is no where close to what I'm looking for. As in many vehicles these days, more tailored to drivers that prefer a laid back / more reclined seating position. To me that puts too much pressure on the backs of my legs to comfortabley work the pedals and has my butt positioned far too low.
I came away saying it's a really really really nice car but for me it just didn't push the wow factor button.
Thank you again to Bill from Heritage for setting me up, great seeing you.
If anyone is in the market for a 6 spd PP2, Bill has a green one in stock (PP2 Recaro's and Nav), white one (PP2 Recaro's Active exhaust Nav) plus a blue one (PP2 Recaro's Active Exhaust not sure about Nav) shortly after that.