Rental Gran Prix = 30mpg small tank, 26.5 mpg big tank

[brickinthewind]

Did I say manual trans? Brain gaseous expulsion. Auto. It was pretty smooth doing P+G, but there was more lag than in the rental Focus I used earlier this summer. I like the Focus more, overall.

I wouldn't mind renting a performance car for a day if I didn't have to travel too far - in fact, I did! I did a rental Shelby GT-H in SoCal last year, and that was a hell of a lot of fun. Especially on mountainous roads. ;-)

The G8/GXP/V8 Gran Prix in general looks like a lot of fun, kind of like the big "saloon" muscle cars they have down in Australia. It would be fun to try one one of these days, but until then I'll just watch Top Gear. ;-)

[RH77]

Originally Posted by brickinthewind

I did a rental Shelby GT-H in SoCal last year, and that was a hell of a lot of fun. Especially on mountainous roads. ;-)

You lucky dog! Those look like a blast. I would get in way too much trouble for sure, especially on those roads!

I ended up with a Chrysler Crossfire in Indy once, but not nearly as fun as even a Mustang V-6. Any car that you can't fully disengage the stability control is waste of resources.

Next in line would be the Infinity M45. Doing some "non-ecodriving" maneuvers ended up engaging the seatbelt tensioners. I guess it thought we were going to crash. It definitely wins the "easiest rental burnout" award

RH77

[greenitup]

Originally Posted by TrikeKid

And just how many people does your truck comfortably seat? How much fun is it to drive?

it can fit 2 people but, and it is pretty nice to drive, it can really move on flats and downhills, just not uphills. Plus i can take it on dirt roads and fly.

[brickinthewind]

Originally Posted by RH77

You lucky dog! Those look like a blast. I would get in way too much trouble for sure, especially on those roads!

I ended up with a Chrysler Crossfire in Indy once, but not nearly as fun as even a Mustang V-6. Any car that you can't fully disengage the stability control is waste of resources.

Those Crossfires are beautiful. Yeah, the traction control was actually already disabled on mine! It was a sweet ride. It cornered in the hills much better than I actually thought. I was ready for the acceleration, which was impressive but I thought there would be a little more. I was very impressed with the braking and handling - the Shelby prep really tightens it up.

And there is a nice place to do donuts at the very top of Mt. Baldy, which, uh, somebody told me about. The girlfriend was not amused.

Ontario, California airport is one of the places you can rent it with unlimited miles, so we got the cheapest "Ding!" Southwest fare, flew down on the earliest flight, drove around, went to LA, came back, and then left on the very latest flight. Because you actually have to have a flight # to rent it from the airport.

[Ferr3t]

I know this is off-topic for this thread and that this thread was dead long ago...but because several of you seem to have experience with a multitude of cars/engine sizes I'm going to ask anyway :P. I have a 3.0l v6 vtec engine in my accord, that puts out about 200hp. I'm wondering if any of you have any experience with a similar engine size, and what you were able to get out of it fuel economy wise. I'm trying to judge the potential that my car has so that I can set reasonable goals for myself. Thanks