It is hard to say that about a car, but it is true. Today is the 3 week anniversary of buying my 2013 Base, I have really enjoyed the past 3 weeks but I didn't really fall in love till this past Saturday. My wife was having a bunch of ladies over for a Scentsy party so the last place I wanted to be was anyplace near our house, so I decided to go for a little drive, it was about time that I was able to spend more then a couple miles at a time behind the wheel.
I left my house in Redlands, went through Oak Glen,had lunch in Banning, headed down to Thermal, went up to 29 Palms and took Old Woman Springs across Lucerne Valley to Hwy 18, up to Big Bear and Hwy 38 over Onyx Summit and back to Redlands. I stayed off from any major freeways if possible and covered 220 Miles in 4 hours. In this drive I went from 1500ft elevation down to sea level, up to 8500ft and back down to 1500ft. From suburban neighborhoods to lonely desert roads and up mountain switch backs. Through all of this my little Ginny averaged 22.3 MPG and 57 MPH, but I won't tell you how far up the speedo the needle traveled on several sections, after all you never kiss and tell.
I have never owned a car that was so satisfying over a fun drive like this. I have had plenty of performance cars that were awesome in the corners and driving through mountain passes, but they were annoying in the day to day. I have also had several commuter cars that were all but useless in any form of performance driving. But the Ginny was nothing but satisfying over every aspect, the perfect GT car with out the price of the perfect GT car, I can't believe that this cost less then 20K. Not only was the performance wonderful when I needed it but I was also not tired or worn down after a great drive. Really, what more could you ask for?
I left my house in Redlands, went through Oak Glen,had lunch in Banning, headed down to Thermal, went up to 29 Palms and took Old Woman Springs across Lucerne Valley to Hwy 18, up to Big Bear and Hwy 38 over Onyx Summit and back to Redlands. I stayed off from any major freeways if possible and covered 220 Miles in 4 hours. In this drive I went from 1500ft elevation down to sea level, up to 8500ft and back down to 1500ft. From suburban neighborhoods to lonely desert roads and up mountain switch backs. Through all of this my little Ginny averaged 22.3 MPG and 57 MPH, but I won't tell you how far up the speedo the needle traveled on several sections, after all you never kiss and tell.
I have never owned a car that was so satisfying over a fun drive like this. I have had plenty of performance cars that were awesome in the corners and driving through mountain passes, but they were annoying in the day to day. I have also had several commuter cars that were all but useless in any form of performance driving. But the Ginny was nothing but satisfying over every aspect, the perfect GT car with out the price of the perfect GT car, I can't believe that this cost less then 20K. Not only was the performance wonderful when I needed it but I was also not tired or worn down after a great drive. Really, what more could you ask for?
