Originally Posted by justdenny
I want to wish everyone a belated Happy Thanksgiving, and tell you how I spent my holiday. I picked up my car Wednesday afternoon and brought it home, then went to work in my girlfriend's Honda Civic. Thursday, we went for a short drive after I activated Onstar, so they could show me the Directions/Connections thing. Showed off the car to the skeleton staff at work, then drove into town to try and get comfortable driving it in traffic. I've been driving my gf's Civic for over a year, so shifting is, as you might imagine, significantly different. She suggested we drive west out the 299, a road we'd never been on being recent transplants to this area, so we did. You can Google map it of you like..lots of "S" turns and near 180s through the mountains..very cool. We went about 120 miles round trip, mostly after dark...deer and traffic. Turned around just past Weaverville and came home. The gf complained a few times about how I should slow down, as I was throwing her into the middle of the car and against the door, but, overall, she seemed excited. On the way back, she was quieter than usual, so I finally asked her if she was OK. Her response "My palms are sweating!" I apologized for making her nervous, but I wanted to check my limitations as well as the car's. She replied "I'm not nervous, this is exhilarating! It's like a roller coaster. My car could never do this. I can't believe how exciting this is! What an awesome car! You scared me once or twice, but now it's just great!" I just laughed, and realized that I hadn't yet quit smiling since we first headed out of Redding. Every time I figured out something new on the radio, or the DIC, or any new feature, I just said "What a GREAT f***ing car!" Anyway, she's in the garage now, which I spent Friday cleaning out for her, and the gf is, surprisingly...more excited every time I open the garage door than I am. I'm 57, by the way, and she's 47..fun for an old guy. Anyway, that was my holiday...hope you all had a good day, too!
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