[GregUK]

Originally Posted by Dave Brand

I once drove a DAF! I needed a pool car for a business trip, but all the pool cars (mainly A60s, plus the odd Ford) were out, so I had to borrow a car from the test fleet, which had some very interesting cars, from an E-type down. . . I was given the Daffodil!

Seamless acceleration? Acceleration wasn't really part of its repertoire! Pressing hard on the accelerator produced an increase in noise from under the bonnet & an almost imperceptible increase in speed. Pulling out from a t-junction, even in a 30 limit, was something of an adventure.

To optimum engine braking you pulled out a knob on the dash - that raised the noise level to a cacophony.

Ah, the Daffodil; the only car I've ever driven that had me yearning for an A60!

IIRC the Daf Variomatic rubber band transmission was used on an F3 car in period.