With the company sending a few of us to DC today for a scoping exercise, I decided to come in a bit early and get as much real work done as I could beforehand. (Okay, finally having the TT in the driveway again may have contributed to my motivation).

One of the amazing things about CT's Merritt parkway is how different the traffic is before 7am. What a fluid drive! And, happily, I am again driving a car that I don't need to brake before tackling an exit ramp.

I looped into Starbucks (at about 40mph), still half in disbelief that the CD player actually wasn't whining. (The fog lights actually work again, too). A middle aged man was --not even discretely -- leering at the car from a shiny F150 idling at the curb.

Coming out, bagel and grande hazelnut in hand, I had the opportunity to approach the car from teh rear 3/4 angle (my favoite, because you can easily see the symmetry between the curves at the front, the roof, and the curves at the rear. God, I love denim blue.

It's really sad that I find this car's powertrain so dissappointing and eletrical systems so unreliable. With reliable electronics, an exhaust note that isn't so flat, and a set of real cams (hey, fuel economy couldn't possible get any worse, could it?), I really believe this would be a perfect car.

We'll see how it behaves over the next few weeks. Maybe it'll be worth holding on to after all....

Okay... Off to prepare my notes. Have a good day, everyone!

 

<p>David
Desert Green TTQ, H&R Springs, BBS wheels, Borla