I shot out to the yard this morning at 5:30 am so I could sand the
teak strips in the cockpit and re-seal them. The Portacable profile
sander is a great tool and I was done in a couple of hours. While it
dried I installed a new set of batteries and de-winterized the air
conditioner...just in time as the temp in the cabin was above 90 and
climbing. Flipped on the AC and then went about cleaning out the main
fresh water tank. All easy jobs. With the boat interior chilled down I
pulled a root beer from the fridge and listened to some Supertramp on
the Sirius radio...nice. Before I left I swapped out the topping lift
and hit the road.
I left the GT's throttle system in I mode which makes for about 195 HP
and better fuel economy. In this mode, staying mostly in top gear I
can get better than 27 MPG.
And then...I saw two pair of DRL's coming at me. They turned out to be
an Audi S4 and a sweet looking M3...both cars with considerably more
oomph than my baby and mostly unmodded GT. I was doing 75, which was
what the regular traffic was doing and they slid past me doing around
85. I flipped the SI system for maximum response and HP and caught up
to them. The fellow in the Audi looked over, noted the scoop on my
hood and dropped a gear and nailed it. I did the same and stayed right
with him and his 340 HP! I looked in the mirror and saw the M3 right
behind me, gaining. At about 120 MPH I jumped to 5th, still with the
Audi, but the M3 had us and passed me slowly (and the Audi), but
convincingly. I was doing just over 130 MPH. As we came into a
sweeping turn I really admired how the M3 looked so composed. Too bad
I'm too tall for it. My head grazes the liner.
With open road ahead we loafed along at 133, 135....the limiter stops
the fun at 140. I saw a pack of cars up ahead and we all backed down.
Nice little run and my MPG computer dropped my average all the way
down to 22.5 MPG for that little blast.
Well...back home now to take Thomas swimming and then a movie tonight.
We're sailing all weekend with friends.

See ya!



RB
35s5
NY