A week and 400 miles in.
What a fantastic jump it is going from "150" to "250" miles of range.
Driven carefully that's Edinburgh to Aberdeen and back without any anxiety.
The rear suspension seems a tad firmer (good) and the tyres have gone from 215/50x17 to 215/55x17 (also good) - whether they have added extra soundproofing or it's due to a more sensible set-up it seems even quieter on the go.
More pokey at higher speed: the previous car would drop from 100% to 80% power after 60mph while this keeps up 100% past 8X.
New motor is more efficient around town/suburban speeds (much the same on Mway) - lower nominal torque output but revs faster so more power - old one redlined at 10,200rpm - I expect this one is closer to 14,000rpm at Vmax.
Not a fan of vinyl/leather seats generally and these ones don't alter that opinion - microfibre seats on our 145k FRV show no signs of wear and are perfectly ok to sit on in winter.
In saying that, the new ZS has an app that lets you pre-heat/cool from your phone as well as monitor functions (and locate the car if the Alzheimer's is kicking in)
£26,650 from online broker - bargain!
Sold the old one to Cazoo - 69 plate white Excite ("Jock" spec) with 37.5k miles - 15 minutes after they arrived £18,250 landed on my account.
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