Quote Originally Posted by cktsi View Post
Congrats!

What tyres did they fit your your car? Would you recommend those?

I took one for a test drive today and must say I am impressed (and forgot to check out the tyres). For me, i am not looking for outright performance, but this has all the grunt i would need for my purposes. I love the warbling sound the exhaust makes on the downshift!! Also love listening to the wastegate... No reason to close the roof except very high temps and rain!!

I decided to buy this month's wheels mag, and yes whilst the numbers are behind the others... so what. Look at all the equipment they give you!! Also, the car's ergonomics are fantastic AND it is quiet like the Golf.

The A250 to the other hot hatches, are like the wrx and sti to these hot hatches. Different priorities in a spectrum of vehicles that put priorities on different attributes. I value comfort, functionality and ergonomics above outright speed and pick the A250 over the bunch personally.

I have no idea why some reviews are panning their twinclutch low speed operation. To me it was as smooth as any torque converter... And definitely better than the DQ200 at low speed!!
thanks cksti, mine came with standard tyres which are the continental contisport SP's lovely tyres great blend of grip and traction vs comfort. where I absolutely hated the orginal tyres on the golf gti which were the michelin primacy and couldnt wait till could swap them out, with the conti's on the merc am very pleased to point if had to replace down the track would go with the same.

we came back from a couple of hours drive and must say this is a very comfortable car to be in over distance

love the exhaust sound indeed. ps I understand with the pana roof the dealer mentioned the rain sensor is always active and if detects rain will shut the roof. plus did you notice it has anti buffetting so no buffetting if open the roof right up !