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Just to update everyone I had the car booked into the dealers on Friday and they replaced both rear lights and that’s fixed fixed the issue.

I was thinking it could be that. I've just had an oil change and the garage put 0w-20 oil in it, i'm thinking it's a bit thin so that's probably not helping.

Crikey that is thin must be almost water like,

Indeed! Retraining muscle memory by driving a slower and less responsive car for a while works wonders.

How does the 500 stack up against the old Lupo in driving dynamics Watts?

It's faster! It also stops. It was very difficult to get the Lupo up to any kind of pace to be able to assess any dynamics but it was a decent car to drive due to the solidity. The 500 does feel vaguely nippy and holds on well on tight bends although I find it necessary to brace myself with my leg against the centre console! I've actually been quite enjoying driving it, the gear change is pretty good and given the power available, you find yourself using it a fair bit. It loosened up noticeably around the 600 mile mark and is now more willing to rev. All in all, given how cheap it was, I'm quite impressed.

Before I had HUD I thought it was the best idea ever.
All the vital info you need projected onto the windscreen right in the line of sight.

I then had HUD in a BMW, and it was pretty useful, plus the digital dials were ugly as sin and I hardly ever had to divert my gaze from the windscreen.

Shortly afterwards I got a mk8 Golf with no HUD. And did I miss it? Hell no! I really like the digital dash display in the mk8.
Another mk8 followed, and now an 8.5, none of which have had HUD. Still don’t remotely miss it.

If you’ve never had it, then why not treat yourself, it’s only £600 or so.

Thanks for the suggestions. Dry weather probably not helped