It was my first commute today up I-55 to I-270, then exit to McDonnell Blvd. in St. Louis.
After that ride, I'm not quite sure I want this car and I may have to sell it. I don't want to seem like a wuss or anything, but JHC, I've never driven anything with this much power!!! I cracked the owners manual this afternoon and I think it said to avoid full-throttle acceleration for the first 500 miles. No problem!!! Damn...I'm going to have to contact my doctor to make sure it is OK for me to drive this car. I just....well, I ....don't know what the hell to say. I will say this for sure...I thought with getting the black one, I would not draw attention. WRONG.
Apparently, there's a few people who know the goat. Can I assume the cops know?
As far as the break-in instruction goes, somone must surely was stoned when they wrote that. If I drove that car 55 on my way to work today, I'd have arrive plastered to the front of a Kenworth. 55??? Break in an engine by lugging it? I don't think so.
If anyone else went down McDonnell from 270 in St. Louis like I did at 6:00 AM this morning, you will understand how pissed I was. Fresh bituminus (if that's what the black sticky stuff is), with a BAD mix. It sounded like i hit a hail storm. There was nowhere to go but the left lane, and I still heard and felt every pebble. It would have been terribly painful to drive my '96 Bonnie through that, so you can imagine what I felt like with a new car. Not bad....the WORST I've ever gone through.
The good news? It matches the black.
Gerry
After that ride, I'm not quite sure I want this car and I may have to sell it. I don't want to seem like a wuss or anything, but JHC, I've never driven anything with this much power!!! I cracked the owners manual this afternoon and I think it said to avoid full-throttle acceleration for the first 500 miles. No problem!!! Damn...I'm going to have to contact my doctor to make sure it is OK for me to drive this car. I just....well, I ....don't know what the hell to say. I will say this for sure...I thought with getting the black one, I would not draw attention. WRONG.
Apparently, there's a few people who know the goat. Can I assume the cops know?
As far as the break-in instruction goes, somone must surely was stoned when they wrote that. If I drove that car 55 on my way to work today, I'd have arrive plastered to the front of a Kenworth. 55??? Break in an engine by lugging it? I don't think so.
If anyone else went down McDonnell from 270 in St. Louis like I did at 6:00 AM this morning, you will understand how pissed I was. Fresh bituminus (if that's what the black sticky stuff is), with a BAD mix. It sounded like i hit a hail storm. There was nowhere to go but the left lane, and I still heard and felt every pebble. It would have been terribly painful to drive my '96 Bonnie through that, so you can imagine what I felt like with a new car. Not bad....the WORST I've ever gone through.
The good news? It matches the black.
Gerry