I just had my new in-laws come over for a visit this weekend. It's the first time they have been to our house and of course the first time they had ever seen a Crossfire. I took my father in law for a little spin, he's like 84-85, but still doing well for himself. He managed to get in pretty easily with just a bit of help. I was telling him a little about the car as we headed south of where I live. It's like a two lane to no where with long straights and then a little curve then more long straights. It's not quite a mile to where the population ends and desertion begins. It gave the fluids just enough time to warm up and bring the temp gauge up to ready mode. I made a quick 40 to 100 run and then said that was about 40 to 100. He couldn't believe it was that quick and that smooth. I slowed and we cruised out a couple more miles with 1-2 more sprints to 90-100. I found a spot to turn around to head back and this time on a longer straight I let it wind to 120. He was grinning and giggly at the same time. He could still feel it pulling hard when I started to slow down. He said he'd never been that fast in a car in his life. I gave him one more burst before we got back, rolling about 20 or so and nailing it, it has such a jump as it downshifts to first as that supercharger is winding up and your gone... your doing 60 in a flash. We were back to civilization and then we cruised back to the house. After returning home, my wife took a pic of him next to my Crossfire. He wants a copy so that when he gets back home he can tell all his breakfast buddies about his ride.

 

Now his pace maker needs maintenance... jk... :-)

 

Car guys never get old, just the pipes hang a little lower.

Cruzinquick

 

Good story.
Glad he liked the ride.

 

My mom is 75 years old and I showed her what going 140 mph feels like. She said she knew we were going fast but not that fast. We were back cruising 70 mph and she said it felt as if we were stopping. She was impressed but told me she hoped I wouldn't do that again with her or without her in the car. I just smiled and said OK mom not with you in the car I promise. We got to town and enjoyed some lunch.

 

Does Boulekos make a Sprint Booster for the pacemaker??

 

Drove my mom around in my SRT6 and had a few situations where boost was called for. Also drove her from Minnesota to South Dakota to see friends and couldn't resist seeing how fast I could pull out of rest areas, pass trucks, etc. She smiled the whole time and I think she's beginning to understand why I bought the car. She also didn't think the car rode bad at all.