Today I've done a fair few miles (200?) over lots of short journeys and a couple of longer ones. (and made two visits to my favourite V-Power emporium!  )
No embarrassing "lack of power when pulling out" sessions I'm glad to say. And generally the car feels very sprightly, my right foot has been much lighter than recently but with better effect. 
Had a couple of odd moments, but they were just moments and when I was doing out-of-the-ordinary things. I think they were the typical "confused ECU" events that I've experienced on many automatic cars where with sudden changes of turning, braking and accelerating the electronics can't quite decide what you're actually trying to do and change into the wrong gear at the wrong time then change again quite quickly to what you really need.
As an aside I wasn't 100% sure on my kickdown switch, so I checked it's "click" and decided clockwise was "on", then tested it as I joined the M25. Straight past 6000rpm in a flash! 
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 4th August 2014 at 09:04 PM.
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