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Dadhawk · 05-13-2012, 03:07 PM

This was a bad weekend for me in terms of getting any seat time. Picked up car Friday evening, then had son's engagement party on Saturday and of course Mother's Day on Sunday. Pretty much any seat time was just normal commute stuff.

Here are some things I've noticed so far:

The AT is as good as I remembered it being in Long Beach, no regrets in getting it. In manual mode, the changes are quick and as fast or faster than if I did it myself. I like the gear up/down indicators next to the numbers that show its safe to go up or down. Keeping the revs under 4K makes the whole experience less thrilling than it could be. Still, no regrets.

Everywhere I go I'm getting thumbs up from random folks. Having the first one in Georgia I get lot of parking lot questions. In nearly every conversation I'm asked about price. I have not met anyone yet that was familar with the car in advance. Nearly everyone thought the car costs 5K to 15K more than it does.

The car is comfortable and like some have said, it feels like you are wearing it, not riding in it. It's taken a few miles for me to get "comfortable" but that's normal for me in just about any new car. It also hasn't helped that it's been raining pretty much all weekend.

More to come with photos.

05-13-2012, 03:07 PM	#2
Dadhawk 1st86 Driver! Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86) Location: Powder Springs, GA Posts: 19,838 Thanks: 38,888 Thanked 24,981 Times in 11,395 Posts Mentioned: 182 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	First Impressions This was a bad weekend for me in terms of getting any seat time. Picked up car Friday evening, then had son's engagement party on Saturday and of course Mother's Day on Sunday. Pretty much any seat time was just normal commute stuff. Here are some things I've noticed so far: The AT is as good as I remembered it being in Long Beach, no regrets in getting it. In manual mode, the changes are quick and as fast or faster than if I did it myself. I like the gear up/down indicators next to the numbers that show its safe to go up or down. Keeping the revs under 4K makes the whole experience less thrilling than it could be. Still, no regrets. Everywhere I go I'm getting thumbs up from random folks. Having the first one in Georgia I get lot of parking lot questions. In nearly every conversation I'm asked about price. I have not met anyone yet that was familar with the car in advance. Nearly everyone thought the car costs 5K to 15K more than it does. The car is comfortable and like some have said, it feels like you are wearing it, not riding in it. It's taken a few miles for me to get "comfortable" but that's normal for me in just about any new car. It also hasn't helped that it's been raining pretty much all weekend. More to come with photos.