Brotality

Thanks for the suggestions guys. 'Give it the beans' really reminds me why I bought this car. A few drives since my first post and I am much more 'in sync' with the car. I get what she is trying to do. A bit more practice and I'll see if I can change the gearbox behavior a little bit with the gas pedal (slight gradual pressing to hold a gear, lift off to up shift, etc...) I think this where the car gets it's most negative feedback from. It is not something that you can jump in and start perfecting right away. Maybe why ZF gearboxes are getting more attention. I like what was said here that this car has character. She almost feel alive at times. I quite enjoy that. There was never a relationship without issues to be worked through, it makes the total bigger than the sum of its parts. It help us grow and understand. It is like she is saying, "I'm not easy, but I will be fun if you are willing to put in the effort, do you have what it takes?" I know that after a short while, this car will be my best friend.

WOAAH!!! It's like I used to drive a tank!!! Even though the Clio has firmer suspension (sport), it feels much nicer on the road. I honestly don't know what kind of magic Renault used when they built it. Seats are the next things that are new to me. Never had bucket seats before. It pretty much feels like I'm driving a spaceship. The gearbox is taking sometime to get used to (any tips?), I figured out that it doesn't like to crawl. Start stop traffic today was horrendous, I thought I was about to get rear ended quite a few times. The pedals on the Clio are also taking sometime to get used to. Brakes are incredibly soft (I needed to stand on the Ford brakes) and the Gas pedal seems to have a bit of a dead zone, 1-2 cm where nothing happens. Is this normal? Quite happy with the car, but still feel a bit scared every time i get in because I know I don't have 100% control over the car yet. Thanks for reading!