The salesman was fairly young and new. He was a tech down in FL for Porsche so was actually knowledgeable about how cars actually worked as opposed to most of the salesmen.
He said that I was the fourth customer they had had and it was around 4pm!
So, I didn't feel bad about taking it out with very little intentions.
Initial impressions:
Steering was much easier than my G, which I did not like.
Coupe felt floaty, which I didn't like.
Overall, out of the box, the G feels much more connected to the road.
I think for $300 you could fix this with a set of Steeda Sport Springs, but the steering would still feel light.
But,
5.0 had POWER!!!!! Scary power!!
I have to admit, I miss the POWER!!This one had the 3.73 gears and driving around town in 4th felt like I was in 3rd.
We cruised by my wife's work location and I called her to tell her to look out the window.
I cruised in front of her work and revved the engine!
She just said 'NOOOOOOOO!!!'
So, we went back to the dealership and next I wanted to drive an AUTO.
Only autos they had were converts, so we took one out.
Body flex was awefull!
Under hard excelleration, the front end would drift left and back right.
They are supposed to call when they get an auto coupe in.
Bottom line is I need to go back and do some more extensive research.....
The salesman was very cool....didn't mind when I came to a complete stop in the middle of the road and went thru the gears, so will go back when he is there. My foot only found the firewall in 2nd (I showed some respect), I need to see what she will do in 1st.
Leaving the dealership, driving my G home, I just kept thinking how well my G fit me and how much more connected to the road it felt!!! It just needs about 100HP more.....
And, there is a low mileage 08 G37S 6MT within spitting distance that they just marked down to $26K+....I think I might go test drive it for comparions.
