Initial thoughts: at first I wasn't impressed. The acceleration wasn't there and it was noisy. On day two my opinion changed. I actually gave it more than 20‰ throttle and I was impressed. I was used to my V8 that makes a lot of noisy when it goes. This doesn't. It just spins up and goes. My son says it sounds like a race car. You can hear the blower when you give it gas. It accelerates like a bat out of hell. I haven't given it full throttle yet. There has been no need to. I am at Highway speeds before I even hit the end of the on ramp.
I was worried that it would be loud at cruise speeds. It's is there but not bothersome at all. With the stereo going you can't even hear it.
Pros:
Wicked acceleration
Sounds cool
Power band is where I drive.
Cons:
Fuel economy - about 12-14 mpg. It was 16+.
Burns premium
I think the fuel economy will get better. The current program tends to have the transmission shift at 5k. I have noticed that I can tap the shift lever and make it shift at lower rpm which should help. I will track that more when I get home.
It is 5 o'clock. So we all know of what that means.
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