well that was a rather nice day. Sucks I got NOTHING job hunting accomplished but did have some a good day. Ran across a black C5 on my way from vandenburg to pismo. At first, I kinda just was gonna cruise by at my usual speed of 10 mph over but as I passed I noticed some sort of weird emblem on the right rear bumper. When I looked in my mirror, he had a funky hood. So I went into the slow lane, he crept up, I looked at his fender, couldn't make it out, slowed, looked at his bumper, and I made it out "Mallete" w/ the mallet pic in their logo. Rolled up next to him, gave him a thumbs up. And I saw him drop from 6th into 3rd I think, and romped it. I think he spun 3rd+ gear at 70 mph. LoL pretty cool. Slowed down, gave the grins, and we rolled our own way.
Then in Pismo, the car got more attention than pamela. Too bad it was a sausage fest that always happens around the car. But that's the norm. I think I pick up more women in my stock 93 ranger and 94 ranger p/u than anything flashy or fast that I've ever owned.
Now the best part of the drive, HIGHWAY 41 between the highway 46 and the 101. The short 25 miles jaunt or so. I averaged about 70 mph, with my top speed being kept down to a conservative 70. After all, it's the corners that makes this car SO damn amazing. Loved it. I did get a funny feeling making 2 corners though. The road heaves upward about 2 feet in rise, then immediately there would be a hard turn. Talk about interesting, because you'd go over the rise, crank the wheel over, and there would be a dead pause for about 1/2 second, then a scratching of the tires, then it'd grab and pull away. Really cool. One hell of a way to cut 25+ miles off a trip AND have lots of fun AND have a much higher average speed AND avoid all that nasty highway 46 traffic! I passed maybe 5 cars going to pismo and maybe 5 coming back!
I also encountered what I thought was a P boxster on that same streth of 41. It railed the corners great, but had no acceleration power. It was the latest MR2. Not bad, not bad at all. Just needs like an extra 75+ hp.
I don't feel like going all the way to oxnard at the moment though. Supposed to be a day trip from merced/fresno. Was hoping to stay north of Santa Barbara, but hell! I'm flexible. This Fiesta thing sounds kick ass!
