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sideeki -- lol -- and thx

gonna end up being 21 months in the making, all told, from the initial definition of the concept of the build and go-ahead -- good ride, not at all harsh -- smooth idle, very easy to drive, very well-mannered, throttle's very nicely progressive (the C5 [mine's an '02] was I believe the first car with a 'fly-by-wire' throttle), take it nice and easy and it's totally predictable, nothing untoward happens -- clutch pedal's not at all heavy, actually surprisingly light (triple-disk with 7 friction surfaces rated to over 1700 HP) -- in all, perfectly fine for just running around town doing errands, no real bother even getting stuck in creep-and-crawl traffic -- and should do aoa 25 mpg just easing down the highway at about 1700 rpm at 70 mph -- great over-the-road machine -- absolutely effortless cruise -- and the 'just knowing it's there' part, of course; if I can see it, I can do it -- . . .

and it just sounds so damned good -- probably my favorite part of all, lol

there are gonna be times coming up when I'm pretty much just gone -- checking in from time to time to keep my schoolmarm's eye on the proceedings, but on the road -- got friends to see and places to go all over the lower 48 -- including my third time up and down Pike's Peak, and my second time ( http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=25625348 ) taking the Going to the Sun Road ( http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=65740525 ) from west to east