Top down day?
My wife and I took the S to Gatlinburg and the Smokies this past weekend. The weather turned out better than the guessers said - so we got lots of top-down time in and I even got sunburned on Sunday
We made the whole drive back home without touching an Interstate - nothing but curvy backroads (hoo-hoo). We got 28-29mph on the highway going up, and averaged 23-24mpg in mountain driving.
The driveway at the chalet we rented was so steep (how steep was it?) that the poor S just about could not make it up. I think I burned $20 off the clutch on the first try. This baby was STEEP - maybe a 45 degree angle - the 2.0l motor just didn't have enough torgue to pull it from a standing start. All the other times I did a running start (just barely did not scrape the front dam) and we could zoom up the driveway.
I would feel bad for all the snow you are still getting, but the Weather channel said you folks are WAY BEHIND in moisture this Winter - so you probably need it.
Dennis
We made the whole drive back home without touching an Interstate - nothing but curvy backroads (hoo-hoo). We got 28-29mph on the highway going up, and averaged 23-24mpg in mountain driving.The driveway at the chalet we rented was so steep (how steep was it?) that the poor S just about could not make it up. I think I burned $20 off the clutch on the first try. This baby was STEEP - maybe a 45 degree angle - the 2.0l motor just didn't have enough torgue to pull it from a standing start. All the other times I did a running start (just barely did not scrape the front dam) and we could zoom up the driveway.
I would feel bad for all the snow you are still getting, but the Weather channel said you folks are WAY BEHIND in moisture this Winter - so you probably need it.
Dennis
I leave town for 2 days and look what happens.(it's cloudy and windy in Grand Junction)
I guess we had it coming after what everyone on the east coast had to put up with.
I just hope I can get back in town on Thursday to give my car a hug and go on a virtual drive on the computer(probably after shoveling for a week or so)
I guess we had it coming after what everyone on the east coast had to put up with.
I just hope I can get back in town on Thursday to give my car a hug and go on a virtual drive on the computer(probably after shoveling for a week or so)







