I didnt give it 'the full beans' being mindful of the instructor [who i think was also the owner of the car] who sat next to me and kept asking me to change up at 5.5k revs, and its a £200k car also focussed the mind a little...
I've been out with MSO in a 12C Spider and he showed me what the car can do acceleration-wise. On that drive we mixed A and B roads with motorway and the car was [an over-rated word but it just fits in this scenario] epic. I was very quiet as I was amazed at the pace of the thing and the civility of it at the same time. It's a very capable car - capable of being very rapid when you want it to be and also capable of being a village cruiser all within the same drive.
Taking this one out yesterday was just as much fun despite going slower. I had the control. I could manually do the gear changes [when advised], I could set the speed around the corners [Hammerhead was a great corner...] and accelerate as much as the instructor would allow [and that was quite a lot
] but the length of the straights, the inclement weather [drying track, so on the lap board I would have had a 'MM' - mildly moist - next to my time] and the owner / instructor next to me tempered my enthusiastic right foot a little.
If I had £200k to buy one would I? Yes, it'd be a spider to get the best of both worlds, and in 7.5/10 grey / black.