Called the dealer yesterday, they said the MSO had arrived, and to show up at 5pm to pick 'er up. I show up about 30 minutes early, and there she is, with a couple beads of water still on her, on the showroom floor.. Must have just been put there.. I walk up, stand there with a few other people admiring my baby, mumble "nice car".. A salesman walks up, asks if I've been helped.. Jokingly, I say "I want this car.".. He says a bit sarcasticly, "Sure - just let me grab the keys and then open up the window on the floor for you so you can just drive it away".. I then told him who I was, and that I was actually here to pick it up.. He grabbed my salesman, and about 45 minutes later (after having to sit through excruciating readings of sections of the owner's manual), I was driving off the lot..
OH MY GOD. These first 500 miles are going to be torture. First thing I noticed, on my Chevy S10 - I have to give a decent amount of throttle before engaging first gear from a stop.. I did something similar in the Z, and the thing about broke my neck. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Then, I guess this is funny.. I've never driven a six speed, so I've always had a clear feel of where reverse would be.. So I'm driving home, get up about 50 mph, and then I had fear rush over me as I threw it into 5th gear thinking - OH CRAP! What if this is actually reverse? How do I know!?!? PANIC! So I just threw it back into 4th and drove home.. Only about 2100rpms.. When I got home in the driveway, then I messed around a bit getting reverse in, and I guess there's some kinda lockout happening automatically.. I'd hope so! Later on, I went out crusing and was slamming it into 5th without fear, tho. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif Man, I'm green.
And, for the breakin period, I think the owner's manual is insane.. Stay below 55mph? No WOT? I was actually looking for some better guidelines, like : Vary RPMS for the first 500 miles, but do not exceed 3500rpms for the first 250, and 4500rpms for the 2nd 250 miles. Does anyone have any advice here? I'm just trying to keep it under 3500rpms for now, and making sure all changes are really smooth. I'm also avoiding 6th gear like the plague - have heard it puts too much stress on the car during breakin.
And I tell you what - the exhaust from within the car sounds AWESOME! And that's at low RPMS! I can't imagine the pull and sound of this car up around 5000-6000rpms.. I have to make these 500 miles go FAST!!!!
So, after a day where I could hardly talk from being so nervous/excited/anxious/etc and my stomache was in about 600 knots, I'd have to say that this car just ROCKS. I have taken some pictures, when I get them online I'll definitely post them up here..
(Sorry for the long post!)
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dimer0
'01 Torch Red Z06 (yeAa!!#@#(&[email protected])
'01 Audi S4
OH MY GOD. These first 500 miles are going to be torture. First thing I noticed, on my Chevy S10 - I have to give a decent amount of throttle before engaging first gear from a stop.. I did something similar in the Z, and the thing about broke my neck. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
Then, I guess this is funny.. I've never driven a six speed, so I've always had a clear feel of where reverse would be.. So I'm driving home, get up about 50 mph, and then I had fear rush over me as I threw it into 5th gear thinking - OH CRAP! What if this is actually reverse? How do I know!?!? PANIC! So I just threw it back into 4th and drove home.. Only about 2100rpms.. When I got home in the driveway, then I messed around a bit getting reverse in, and I guess there's some kinda lockout happening automatically.. I'd hope so! Later on, I went out crusing and was slamming it into 5th without fear, tho. /phpBB/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif Man, I'm green.
And, for the breakin period, I think the owner's manual is insane.. Stay below 55mph? No WOT? I was actually looking for some better guidelines, like : Vary RPMS for the first 500 miles, but do not exceed 3500rpms for the first 250, and 4500rpms for the 2nd 250 miles. Does anyone have any advice here? I'm just trying to keep it under 3500rpms for now, and making sure all changes are really smooth. I'm also avoiding 6th gear like the plague - have heard it puts too much stress on the car during breakin.
And I tell you what - the exhaust from within the car sounds AWESOME! And that's at low RPMS! I can't imagine the pull and sound of this car up around 5000-6000rpms.. I have to make these 500 miles go FAST!!!!
So, after a day where I could hardly talk from being so nervous/excited/anxious/etc and my stomache was in about 600 knots, I'd have to say that this car just ROCKS. I have taken some pictures, when I get them online I'll definitely post them up here..
(Sorry for the long post!)
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dimer0
'01 Torch Red Z06 (yeAa!!#@#(&[email protected])
'01 Audi S4
