OOOOps, yeah I read something too about output, oh well still should be a gas even with only 150ish, thats what the old 2.5rs Sub-a-rat had but it was what 1000lbs heavier.
Pat has said he's wondering a bit about the steering wheel being mis-placed, and shifting with the left, but I said that shifts are planned things, you actually have to think about them however minimally, so there should be no problems there, and unplanned reflexive things like mashing on the brakes after a driving error should be fine, brake pedal is still where its supposed to be an you use the same foot.
Still you guys just wouldn't believe how narrow some of the lanes and roads used for stages are. Very narrow, with nasty hedges and little room for error or the sort of er 'vigourous' driving we generally see from Pat. Narrow even for little grocery getter cars, I find those roads nerve racking at the legal speeds except at night. I was often the designated driver coming home from real ale pubs driving Minis
and theres is often barely room for two Minis to meet and pass.
Pat'll get the hang of it though, but I think that will be the biggest challenge.
John Vanlandingham