01-21-2019, 07:28 PM | #11 |
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Nicely spec’d car,
wish my dad would splurge and get something similar. His biggest splurge was a Chrysler Sebring convertible |
01-21-2019, 08:01 PM | #12 |
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That color is great.
Or at least the color my phone thinks it is is great. |
01-21-2019, 08:11 PM | #13 | |
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The trips are great fun. Highly recommend. Wish I'd started the daddy-daughter trips at earlier ages. We've had plenty of long distance family road trips since they were babies, but there's something different when it's just two of you.
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01-21-2019, 08:18 PM | #14 |
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Thanks, yeah—it was a cool trip and a neat experience.
The color is really nice in person, too—much more subtle than the brighter reds, but it goes well with the black top and wheels. And it looks a little more mature than the ones with stripes, at least until you start drifting. |
01-21-2019, 08:32 PM | #15 |
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Sounds fun.
Feedback on the car is a good read.
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01-22-2019, 08:05 AM | #16 | |
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My youngest has received the lion's share of the 1:1 road trips with me because of her travel lacrosse. I love these trips because we talk, joke, and listen to music in the car. No stress, no reservations, no drama. I hope that my kids feel the same way that my mom did. |
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01-22-2019, 08:12 AM | #17 |
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Aside from the deep gears, that sounds like a pretty excellent road trip car.
Did you take any mental notes on how the trip would have been different in the hamburger? |
01-22-2019, 11:40 AM | #18 | |
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01-22-2019, 11:48 AM | #19 | |
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But there are enough superchargers on 95 now that it wouldn't have dramatically changed the trip. We'd have needed to stop in Lumberton or Fayetteville for a charge on Day One, which would have increased our time en route, but if we'd been able to charge overnight in Rocky Mount (or supercharge at the supercharger that was coincidentally in the parking lot of where we had dinner) we probably wouldn't have had to stop at all on the second day. That would have deprived me of my gas stop at the Slip In, though, which is a little Americana that I'd be sad to lose. The Mustang is a good trip car for two people. More than that you'd run out of luggage space, but it was relatively comfortable and not loud by the standards of a convertible. It's better on the highway than my Boxster is. |
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01-22-2019, 11:44 PM | #20 |
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Wow- very cool. Wish my dad had that kind of taste in cars! I'd love a Mustang GT one day
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