Few more thoughts after driving this thing for a little over a week...
-Every day I am amazed at the handling...I constantly find myself underestimating what the car can do. I've not gotten on it hard yet, but when I take an offramp, I find that 10 mph above what I could do on 255/295 T1Rs is not yet the limit....
-I also love the neutral balance....not like the car needs it, since you can power-on oversteer whenever you want...but the constant push in most cars get old. So nice driving something that feels like a car should.
-Still really enjoying the feel of the shifter/trans. Clear engagement feeling when getting into gear, and a nice tight shift pattern.
-Sync is awesome. Also learned that the car downloads the turn-by-turn directions, which is pretty cool. It is neat to get directions without needing to spring for the NAV. The voice control of everything is really neat too.
- Braking...finished bedding procedure for the pads today. The car stops like no ones business. I still don't know how they get it to stop faster than the sport package Z...but they somehow managed it, and damn it inspires confidence (see blade's dyno chart for importance of confidence)
- The interior has grown on me. I got the 400A, and the seats are comfy and look nice. Dash is cool too. Not sure what's up with the ricer pedal lights, but at least I can turn them off.
- They musta done a helluva job on the SRA, because I haven't noticed it upset the car once... Haven't put it through the ringer yet, but drove a road the Z would bottom out and hit full extension on, and everything stayed in line out back...I was very impressed.
-MY GOD IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOME F
UCKING TORQUE! This car is a beast. I feel like I could start in 6th gear if the mood struck.