I was heading home from a meeting yesterday and passed by a Chrysler dealer between Baltimore and DC...having a few minutes on my hands, I decided to see if they had any XF's sitting on the lot. Indeed, a nice black SRT was there all alone. Well, having read the reviews and posts on this site, I figured "why not give it a go" and see what the difference was for myself.

WOW!

Fortunately this dealer is situated in a perfect spot with easy access to a very nice highway (lightly traveled in mid day) and a series of "country roads" which gave me the perfect opportunity to let it rip and then test the grip.

It was absolutely fantastic, not much traffic on the highway and got to see/feel the grunt this baby has...which is a lot! I ran it down about 4 miles of the open high way...just a beautiful stable run with hard acceleration and a quick exit off the ramp. Brakes fantastic, turning on to some nicely maintained back roads which had interesting rolling hills, sharp corners and no traffic, I got to push it hard (no where near the limits) within reason for public streets. I did a bit of a break test, assuring the sales guy that I would not be doing anything untoward to life or limb, and it was just beautiful.

I was just stunned...it was like this car was built just for me!

What an afternoon! I counting my pennies now and figuring out a good story I can tell my girl why I need this car!