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I thought I was closer to high 30's when the engine is running, but it's been a while since I did a trip like that.

Good choice leaving the UP. Welcome.

If it's surface streets with a max speed of 45-50 mph you will be ok in summer, but not in the winter. If you drive on the freeway you'll have to have a plug at work if you want to stay all EV.

The gas tank is sealed and premium is required.

Production cars? Everything mentioned, plus the original Chrysler turbo 4's. Race eninges? I would nominate the Offenhauser.

This is not Fisker's best work.

The interesting thing Cordell mentioned is that the 12V battery powers all modules and accessories. If your 12V battery gets drained the car is a brick, even if you have a full charge on the drive battery. One time I shut the car off and went in the house for the night, but something in the car must have not shut down because the 12V was dead in the morning. I had to jump start it.

Essentially what they said is correct about the issue I have experienced. In hybrids the brake controller is blending regen with friction braking, so stepping on the pedal isn't necessarily putting pressure in your calipers. It is building master cylinder pressure though. However, as I said, I drive with the shifter in L all the time because I like to one-foot drive as much as possible and I feel they let the car coast too much when you release the "gas pedal" using D, which may make matters worse. In this situation I have a fair amount of regen causing a fair amount of deceleration when I remove my foot from the gas with zero pressure in the master cylinder. When I put my foot on the brake lightly I'm probably only building 5 bar or less of brake pressure. If I hit a bump in this condition (could be as small as a crack in the pavement where there is a height difference) the regen will immediately exit and brake pressure may dump. Regen was doing a majority of braking so now I'm coasting. Master cylinder pressure was low so ABS is increasing pressure very slowly (what do you think it's mu estimation is if the wheels slipped at 5 bar of brake pressure?). This is all conjecture on my part. I have no idea if that's what's actually happens inside this shitty TRW ECU. The bottom line is, the ABS is too sensitive over bumps, and too slow to detect high mu after it does enter ABS. There may a good reason that they tuned it this way, but I honestly have no idea.

A lot of good info in this thread. We have been happy with ours, but had a few problems covered under warranty. There are some really good lease deals out there, but also be aware that my insurance went up $60/month, so you may want to check rates. We have a 2012, but it looks like in 2013 they added an armrest in the rear, which may be nice for people in the back. However there may not be that much leg room for them. We have two child seats in the back now and we think we need something bigger if it's hauling the whole family. You'll want heated seats, and we don't have a back up camera, but it would be really nice to have. I don't find the dash as distracting as the earlier poster, but they are right, the ABS SUCKS on this car. I always drive the car in "L" because you can 1-foot drive more often and I like the 'engine braking' feeling when I take my foot off the gas. If you are very lightly touching the brakes and you hit a small bump you will lose all deceleration. It's very unnerving. Even so, we like the car and my wife wants another when her lease is up in April, but we don't think it's big enough for us anymore. Let me know if you have any specific questions that haven't already been answered.

Nope

Kzoo has Bell's brewery, so at least it's worth something.

Nice work! Anyone have links to more info on that 2.3L Cossie?

I'm with ya. Plus he's not an only child, so I'm sure there were funds for his siblings too. Either he doesn't have as much as he peacocks, or his dad put all his money in Microsoft in the beginning. I honestly don't care how much money he has and how he's made it though. He's a giant douche bag and that's all that matters.

As someone else said, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce a GT350R at Detroit in Jan that is a stripped out, track focused version of this for Z/28 pricing. But this is their "volume" performance model.

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And change the floorpan.

If they we make a Hellcat for under $60k, why must this be $75k?

Well, it was a HEMI Summit, so we had to stop for gas a few times. But I loaded the wife and kid in the back at night, he went to sleep in Ohio and woke up in Florida, and I didn't drive us into a ditch! Getting 30 mpg hwy in the diesel doesn't seem that hard. As I said before, I get 29 mpg doing 80 mph to the proving grounds and back.

Those are nice. Drove one from Columbus to Orlando in one shot and was comfortable the whole way.

I just got done telling a friend of mine who is a Mustang fan that this GT350 is the first one that has me drooling, and that with the ATSV, Hellcat, and Z06 it's a great time to collect cars if you're sitting on a pile of cash. Personally, I must be getting old because I want something extremely fast and streetable. This would lead me to the Hellcat and the ATS. I've driven a 3.6L ATS and was impressed with the dynamics, but the CUE is awful compared to UCONNECT. Also, the ATS is too small for me to use as a family car. The Hellcat Charger would be my choice, although the GT350 would be close if I didn't have to consider the kids.

I know. That was more tongue-in-cheek than anything.

1 lap of Manhattan.

I asked the question on Allpar and Automotive News picked it up.... http://www.autonews.com/article/20141117/OEM01/141119852?template=mobile&X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

I got a bigger bonor over this than those Kim K pics, and I usually hate Mustangs.

+1 I'm tired of seeing and hearing about her. Who knew you could get so rich and famous from sucking a dick.