Drove a Redline Sky today

[nyrm98]

Drove an "Automatic" Redline Sky today. Have to say that even though the car was an automatic it was sure fast. I have driven automatic Subaru Legacy GTs before and they feel like dogs off the line. You floor the pedal on the Legacy expecting acceleration and speed and all you get is a slow take off. It was a let down. BUT, with the Redline, it is a different story. You floor that sucker and you will lay down two nice patches of rubber. Floor it at like 20moph and you shoot off like a slingshot. I am very impressed with that engine. There is hardly any turbo lag at all. Very, very nice. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you. If you have a chance to drive one, DO IT!

[bc3tech]

ditto on pretty much everything - only thing i wish mine had was a boost gauge so i could know

did you put it into "competition mode"? i hope so else you really missed out.

[007 redline]

i drove one that was stick and it has about the same if not better pull than my car so i was impressed, i tried to buy it but im upside down on my car, so they wanted 850 for 6 years

[Ahriman]

Originally Posted by 007 redline

i drove one that was stick and it has about the same if not better pull than my car so i was impressed, i tried to buy it but im upside down on my car, so they wanted 850 for 6 years

ouch 850 for six years!!!!!!!!!!! you could drive pretty much anything within reason for that much man... i would still go with the sky RL

[IONTOP]

Originally Posted by Ahriman

ouch 850 for six years!!!!!!!!!!! you could drive pretty much anything within reason for that much man...

Damn that's $56,300, you could put a nice down payment on any car that doesn't start with Mclar....

[burlap1980]

nice hope to test one soon i am tring to see the sales manager driving his so a can run him cause hes always giving me shit about how i need one and how soon enough i will have one

[Tibbett]

Btw..payments on a Gallardo that I peeked at not too long ago were only $988 (it was used..3k miles on it)....

[LUKassZ32]

Originally Posted by Tibbett

Btw..payments on a Gallardo that I peeked at not too long ago were only $988 (it was used..3k miles on it)....

True that but I would like to see the cost to insure and more importantly maintain a gallardo! I used to see gallardos on the daily in Kuwait. I wish I was paid a couple million a year for being born in a country with oil. The VERY first day I got there I saw a diablo. That is the first and likely ONLY one I will ever see in my life!!

[thedubsack85]

Originally Posted by 007 redline

i drove one that was stick and it has about the same if not better pull than my car so i was impressed, i tried to buy it but im upside down on my car, so they wanted 850 for 6 years

kinda like my car when we both had knock and i had a lean code? on full tanks??... we need to meet up again.

[Tibbett]

Originally Posted by LUKassZ32

True that but I would like to see the cost to insure and more importantly maintain a gallardo! I used to see gallardos on the daily in Kuwait. I wish I was paid a couple million a year for being born in a country with oil. The VERY first day I got there I saw a diablo. That is the first and likely ONLY one I will ever see in my life!!

the only part about one I'd be worried about would be parts avaliability..otherwise I wouldn't be scared to use that car as a daily driver. Really exotics are no different than your every day cars, just with higher parts replacement costs.

And insurance is one of those things you have to know where to go to get.