[rmackintosh]

I just got back from driving a Cadillac XLR with 600 miles on it.....the owner was my dad's neighbor....and was watching us set up my dad's new motorhome today to go to the races next week....he drives up in the thing I tell him "SWEET RIDE!" and he says...."Hey, go ahead and take it out! Take it for as long as you like!" (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

Well my wife is there with my daughter and 12 week old son, so I say to her..."....give the kids to grandma, lets GO!"

That car was NICE.......the interior was WAY nicer than I had thought it would have....very German car quality and finish.....leather seats that were firm and supportive but NOT uncomfortable like some....the suspension....VERY FIRM yet still smooth and luxury like...not great tires on it, but still a GREAT compromise for sport/luxury....the motor....Northstar....was peppy, more than I expect from a Caddy, but not Vette like either....

All in all a SWEET car! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Now if I could ONLY find $80,000 lying around..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

[35th_Anniversary...]

im all for advances in technology and a cleaner environment even, but just like i will not drive a Geo metro to save the environment, i will not drive a technologically advanced vehicle thats no better than some old school design. maybe thats just me.

My SS got 29 mpg this weekend on the highway towing a trailer with a bad/missing wheel bearing.

My daily driver IS a geo metro. Not for that environmental concern crap, but b/c it was $1000 and gets 40+ mpg on the cheap stuff (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) $1000 = 1 set of street tires for the SS. (I also got hit in the metro and the other person's insurance paid me $1150 and I got to keep the car)

It's got one of those overhaed camshaft things in the engine, you have to rev the piss out of it to get it to move anywhere. When I bought it with 70,000 miles on it the piston rings were already fried. (Where Karen's LT1 has 300,000+ miles on it and can still see the crosshatching in the cylinders)

I actually think V-TEC is a good idea, however there is NO substitution for displacement. The other fuel-saving feature coming to mainstream in the near future (I think) is CVT (Continously Variable Transmission). I can't keep up with whether it's dead or alive. It's definately difficult to get to work. Seeing the issues with that challenge firsthand I am all for old-school, dependable, proven designs. Honda stroked their engine in the S2000 and dropped the revs. Sounds like progress to me (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Now if they only knew what a pushrod V8 was......

You'll have to pry my pushrod V8 out of my cold, dead hands (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)