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I drove it a few miles.
DIC indicated 20.0 mpg for about the first 36 miles - dropped to 19.5 as I was going up a hill.
DIC indicated coolant temp of 207 degrees after a few miles of mixed highway and regular roads.
You do have to give the trunk a bit of a slam to get it to close with the top down.
VIN# is something like 3302 or 3203 - I forget exactly - the dealer said that the tranny was checked - it seemed to have the extra button in the wheel well to prevent rub - two different people at the dealer warned against closing the hood with the doors open - regardless of how far they are open.
We took it to the local pontiac dealer - every single person there said they liked the styling of the Sky better and thinks that Pointiac missed the boat with the Solstice.
Dealer said it is the first with the Red on Black interior delivered by either of the dealers in the Northeast Ohio area - and everyone who has seen it agrees that it looks good that way.
Short movie - plan to get some better shots with tri-pod and by using another convertible to get better camera angles while driving etc.
http://homepage.mac.com/mattwolanski/DadsSky.mov (file size = 9MB, might take some time to load)
Ride still seems a bit too stiff to me - but not so bad as the test drive I took (neither car with teh upgraded suspension) - and maybe after I lose some more weight and tighten up my abs it will get even better.
Personally I would prefer manual tranny and I wil definitely wait for Red Line.
There was a couple there who had driven from Pennsylvania to look at the Sky - they agreed that dual exhaust would be better (at least the husband did).
He paid MSRP - put $5000 down-payment plus title etc - monthyl payment about $330 or so - 5 year lease with residual of just under $10,000.
