
There’s something thrilling about being stopped by Sussex horseriders to tell you how good your soft-top looks. Or there certainly is when you’re a car-less Londoner used to driving a clunky old Polo, anyway.
The subject of our equestrian friends’ envy: a sleek black Jaguar F-Type, courtesy of hot new car hire app THE OUT, whose friendly team delivered our sexy set of wheels to my front door first thing on Thursday morning, ready for a long weekend zooming (carefully) around the country lanes of the South Downs.