F - the Peak District

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F - the Peak District

Post by HYFR » Sun Dec 06, 2015 5:48 pm

Thought I'd catch a little bit of dry weather today, but looked out of the window at 1030 and the rain was coming down, but thought what the heck !

did a 100 mile return run into the base of peak district and back.

scoped out a route, and wow, the B5056 from just north of Ashbourne up to where is meets the A6 is just amazing !

its 16 miles of pure B road blast. did it both ways, so 32 miles of pure enjoyment (except when you are behind a Vectra!)

Will be a great route to do at 6/7am when its quiet.

Great road, tight twists and lots of elevation and interesting road. Definitely a new favourite of mine I'll be returning to.

Only down side was its a 50mph road. to be fair, with 550PS through the rear wheels I wasn't going much over that but I can imagine in the dry you will be at risk of unwanted attention. a break of dawn run would be advised.

The F is really quite surprising in the wet. You can really hustle it along without it tying to kill you, but rest assured it will gladly do so with a small prod of the right foot at the wrong time.

anyhow, time for some pics

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by 535dboy » Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:06 pm

Nice pics.
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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by marc1 » Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:12 pm

Car looks amazing, roads look amazing!

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by MikeFish » Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:31 pm

Stunning!

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Post by S4WON » Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:09 pm

Looks great mate.

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by chunky79 » Mon Dec 07, 2015 7:35 am

Still love it, but wonder if the calipers would look better in a different colour?
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Post by W8PMC » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:55 am

Looks good.

Are you going to chuck some Winters on it or see how you get on?
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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by HYFR » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:38 pm

W8PMC wrote:Looks good.

Are you going to chuck some Winters on it or see how you get on?
I'll be OK on P Zero's I'll just wear my winter slippers

I just won't use it in the snow or minus temps which isn't a hardship in England

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by HYFR » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:40 pm

chunky79 wrote:Still love it, but wonder if the calipers would look better in a different colour?

cheers dude

no way, i love the yellow cali's .... makes the ceramics stand out a mile and they are super rare as no one in their right mind has spec'd the £8.5k ceramic & forged wheel option, so only JLR cars seem to have this option, so makes them really rare in the wild

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by wrekka » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:36 pm

Loving this car!
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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by HYFR » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:46 pm

wrekka wrote:Loving this car!

:beerchug:

you should hear it !!!

:bowdown:

machine guns !

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by will1981 » Mon Dec 07, 2015 11:06 pm

HYFR wrote:
wrekka wrote:Loving this car!

:beerchug:

you should hear it !!!

:bowdown:

machine guns !

:rocker:
Cracking pictures! Look forward to hearing it on Friday. :thumbs:
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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by chunky79 » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:41 am

HYFR wrote:
chunky79 wrote:Still love it, but wonder if the calipers would look better in a different colour?

cheers dude

no way, i love the yellow cali's .... makes the ceramics stand out a mile and they are super rare as no one in their right mind has spec'd the £8.5k ceramic & forged wheel option, so only JLR cars seem to have this option, so makes them really rare in the wild

:beerchug:
The yellow just makes me think of piss though, and i'm external of the ''piss & slippers'' brigade.
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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by HYFR » Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:23 pm

what colour would you go for Chunk ?

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Re: F - the Peak District

Post by S4Player » Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:28 pm

I really like the yellow tbh but think red would look good also
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