BIG thanks to the guys at Ariel for their hospitality and the rides / drive in their 245bhp demonstrator.

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIN 'ELL what a machine!

and, get this... THEY DO GROUP DICOUNTS

Only problem? Their delivery time is currently October / November. Suits me

 

5% off for two or more, you said.... Call that a discount....

'Kin nice motors tho.... Thoughtful of them to put that ladder on the side to help Dazza climb in....

 

Took 'em ages to get it right for the little 'un. Whole seat unbolts, slides forwards, then bolts back into place. Even then he'd have been buggered if he hadn't had the kid's seat in the back of the Scenic to use as a booster

 

 

Looks like a fun day I was doing DIY all day

So, when's it being delivered

 

December 15th would be nice

 

Just wading through the options list, things are getting costly

 

How did you two get to go in one of these then?

 

so 245 bhp, that's about 450 per tonne with Dazza in it.................WOW.
Did you go to Somerset then? Bagsy a pax ride when you get one, pretty please.

Today I did a scary M62 jaunt in a monsoon

 

Daz. Ring the nice peoples at Ariel and say summat like 'Hello, I want a go, pleeeeease'

Actually not sure, as Minime did all the arranging, then phoned me at 5pm Monday and TOLD me what we were doing on Tuesday

Performance and handling are daft.

 

evo-slaying?

 

Thats almost exactly right... 460 bhp per tonne... including ME! **** me...
it just seem to gather pace relentlessly... but the big thing was they way it simply does like 9g aroung any bend without fuss.. no roll no drama it does it like a roller coaster... thats the best way to describe it... mental!

 

Any room for a decent stereo...?

 

If by stereo you mean induction BARK in one lug and the roar of the wind / road / whatever in the other, then yes.

The induction noise is, without exaggeration, painful. Group buy on earplugs required.

 

Airbags...?

 

Disclaimer. Hit anything and you're dead. Simple as.

Passed an X5 coming towards us, and if you were to hit something like that it would just drive over the chassis until it hit something solid enough to stop it, namely the roll-over hoop. The downside being that there's your head just in front of that.

 

so there are advantages to being Dazza-sized or you'll just have to wind in your neck at the opportune moment

 

Yup. The disadvantage being that he couldn't see over the side bars.

Chappie from Ariel was explaining that one of the main improvements between the Ariel 1 and the Ariel 2 was that the seats in the 2 are 2" lower, and one glance at Dazza revealed a face that was saying "WTF use is that to me?"

 

At least with a Cayenne, the air suspension would automatically compensate for the Atom-sized road hump that you'd just driven over....

Though at least the Atom's got side impact bars. Though not intentionally.....