as title states? n e one test drive it yet or plan on testing it?

havent driven an redline yet i have drivin the ion tho and it wasnt to special in any way. but im sure i can take a trip to my moms dealership and go test one out 8)

Yes, and then i bought it :P

Yes, and then i bought it :P

Wow, sweet car! I really like your interior.

BDW,
5 spd + girls = :ccol :

I did this last weekend.

It didn't feel as fast as I hoped, but I had a really really fat salesman sitting in the car with me, so that didn't help anything. The guy drove it for a bit before he handed it over to me and he bagged it pretty good. Very impressive brakes! (He did a panic stop from 120km/h.. oh yeah, and he was going 120 in a 50 )

The shifter and clutch felt awesome. Short movements in both, and the shifter is the tightest shifter I've ever felt on a domestic. I pushed it pretty hard into a couple corners, and it took em like a champ. Im sure I could have gone faster, but my brain was telling me not too because it realized that already at the speed I was going my Alero would be on its roof in the ditch.

Engine sound is wierd... it'll take some getting used to. Turbos deffinately sound way cooler :(

I did this last weekend.

It didn't feel as fast as I hoped, but I had a really really fat salesman sitting in the car with me, so that didn't help anything. The guy drove it for a bit before he handed it over to me and he bagged it pretty good. Very impressive brakes! (He did a panic stop from 120km/h.. oh yeah, and he was going 120 in a 50 )

The shifter and clutch felt awesome. Short movements in both, and the shifter is the tightest shifter I've ever felt on a domestic. I pushed it pretty hard into a couple corners, and it took em like a champ. Im sure I could have gone faster, but my brain was telling me not too because it realized that already at the speed I was going my Alero would be on its roof in the ditch.

Engine sound is wierd... it'll take some getting used to. Turbos deffinately sound way cooler :(


Hell yeah. It handles awesome on curves and corners.

I like the engine sound and the s/c whine. It doesn't "roar" but it sure as hell growls!!! :P

Definitly feels faster after your break-in period and first oil change :mrgreen:

Mine didnt feel THAT fast on the first test drive either... but when i bought it a few months later and took it home, felt a lot faster. Duno if it was the test drive or if i just got a good one :twisted:

Definitly feels faster after your break-in period and first oil change :mrgreen:

Mine didnt feel THAT fast on the first test drive either... but when i bought it a few months later and took it home, felt a lot faster. Duno if it was the test drive or if i just got a good one :twisted:

No, after hearing that it makes total sense. I drive an alero with the 2.2 ECO in it right now, and after break in gas mileage went way up, and it got alot quicker. Good call. :thumb:

Aren't the RL's RPM's limited by the ECU for the first little while as a break-in procedure? I'm sure I read that somewhere. If so that would definitely explain why it would get faster!