Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Now sat in Scarborough after the longest drive in the VRS (in my short ownership). 2 hellish hours to get from Croydon to the M25 (Friday afternoon was never going to be a good time), short stop and refuel (of the driver, with much KFC) then 4 hour smash to Scarborough including sunset Humber Bridge and Moors crossings, which were lovely. I didn't miss or think at any point "I wish I had cruise control". Auto wipers and lights however were very much out in force with a few biblical microbursts (I desperately need new wiper blades). One thing that was obvious with the VRS Vs the C Max it replaced is that I probably never got over 50% throttle the whole journey, and that was even with mrs_com having a go at me for hitting a "spirited 70" when joining the M108. I genuinely didn't feel I was gunning it or doing anything stupid but when she protested and I looked at the dash it said "96". Passing anything on the way was just so low drama and effortless. The difference in tyre/wind/road noise over the C Max is game changing. I didn't touch the volume knob at all on the whole journey. In the C Max we had to shout over either the road noise or whatever we were listening to (or both) to be heard on the motorway. Got pretty bad numb arse towards the end but I get that in any seat/chair after a couple of hours so I can't really blame the VRS seats. Plus, I still have 1/3 of a tank left (after there also being about 30 miles of Croydon driving between last full up and today) so was WAAAAYYYY cheaper than the train for the 3 of us.

This trip was a bit of a test of wills of the car and the three of us for future trips back to NI via the Hollyhead-Dublin ferry, which bodes well.