I just shocked the heck out a neighbor/friend. We were coming home from the same place and he was following me.
We have been in each others cars several times and talk cars all the time. He knows my car is faster than his, but didn't believe me when I've told him that it can actually handle well also. Firm setting on the dampners and it's pretty impressive. He has a Civic Si Coupe with sticky tires so he just always rolls his eyes and tries to agree.
Well, the street we live off of is a VERY curvy mountain road. Just like all the roads around here.
He tried, but couldn't keep up with me. He said by the third turn he feared I had gone off the road because he could no longer see my taillights in the next bend. By the 6th turn I hung it wide open and onto the short straight. I finally saw his headlights at the end of the straight as I pulled into the neighborhood.
It truly is amazing what electronics and AWD can do.
Now if I could just find a brake solution. They were garbage by the time I was pulling in and the stench was worse than ever. The ESC just wears out these brakes something fierce. Granted I was asking them to haul a heavy car down from what was possibly slightly over the speed limit after taking multiple up and down tight curves. The first owner trashed the front brakes driving in this same area and I can tell that I'm going to trash the PP brakes as well. Just not a car built for the aggressive mountain driving I suppose.
