OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
So, as per the Subaru thread, we were advised by my buddy, who is the sales manager, that they had just got this car in on a trade. Car has been undercoated, not a spot on the body, and only has 118,000Km on it
It is loaded with leather, Navigation (Alpine factory setup), tint...etc.
It has the 5.7L "HEMI" with MDS, which, in application (we put around 500Km on it last weekend) yields excellent fuel economy, which surprised the pants off of both myself and my wife. This one is automatic, something I had not planned on getting, but then I hadn't planned on replacing the Subaru either. Based on Steve and Clevy's notes on the transmissions in these cars, I wasn't bothered by this fact. In application, the transmission has absolutely incredible programming; the best automatic programming I've ever experienced.
The high belt-line took a bit to get used to for my wife in terms of visibility. She is quite short (4'11") and so it took some tweaking with the seat to get it where she needed to be.
The engine has fantastic power. And since the shift programming is what I would describe as brilliant, it just makes it feel that much stronger.
After spending all of last weekend in it, we were very comfortable moving ahead with it as the replacement for the Subaru. As part of the deal it is being dressed in 4 new Michelin Pilot A/S2's and I'm ordering steelies and some decent snows for it next month, as I will be driving it (wife still wants to drive the Expedition for the winter) and the M5 will be hibernating in the garage.
And the obligatory pic:
(with my wife in the drivers seat)
It is loaded with leather, Navigation (Alpine factory setup), tint...etc.
It has the 5.7L "HEMI" with MDS, which, in application (we put around 500Km on it last weekend) yields excellent fuel economy, which surprised the pants off of both myself and my wife. This one is automatic, something I had not planned on getting, but then I hadn't planned on replacing the Subaru either. Based on Steve and Clevy's notes on the transmissions in these cars, I wasn't bothered by this fact. In application, the transmission has absolutely incredible programming; the best automatic programming I've ever experienced.
The high belt-line took a bit to get used to for my wife in terms of visibility. She is quite short (4'11") and so it took some tweaking with the seat to get it where she needed to be.
The engine has fantastic power. And since the shift programming is what I would describe as brilliant, it just makes it feel that much stronger.
After spending all of last weekend in it, we were very comfortable moving ahead with it as the replacement for the Subaru. As part of the deal it is being dressed in 4 new Michelin Pilot A/S2's and I'm ordering steelies and some decent snows for it next month, as I will be driving it (wife still wants to drive the Expedition for the winter) and the M5 will be hibernating in the garage.
And the obligatory pic:
(with my wife in the drivers seat)