We decided to take the SS on vacation this time because I'm having an awful time fixing the squeaking suspension on my Firehawk.
So I detailed the car top to bottom the day before we left (because I'm anal about it) and it promptly poured that night and it didn't stop until after we got the the Philly Zoo.
I've said it before but the trunk is huge! We also know how to pack. The kids share a suitcase and my wife & I do the same. We had room for a kid in the trunk after packing. We came home with some wine and beer.
We spent the night in Philly, missed the fireworks on July 4th because they were so delayed we left to get our overtired daughter to bed. I tipped the Valet well to take care of Bee for me.
We zoomed (and I mean zoomed) off the next day to Virginia and decided to take the long and winding road called Skyline Drive. THIS was my wife's idea
If you have not had a chance to visit Skyline Drive, do so. The views are amazing and the $20 pass is good for a week. If you camp you can also do that.
So we kept to the 35 mph limit because they will ticket you for speeding...I've lost count of the number of times I've driven this road but it's always fun! SO it turned out to be not the best day for it. One side of the mountains was foggy and the other overcast but we still had fun.
Kids and wife taking in the view.
Our final destination was Massanutten VA.
I did manage to catch a brewery tour which was great because the wife & kids didn't go and we had a bus. The flight attendant was on duty
All I can say is this car just gets so much attention. Kids are the best though!
We managed to get 22.75 mpg on the way to Philly despite the speeds I kept on the highway. I haven't checked the other few tanks of gas yet.
7 days, 6 states, 1075 miles.
Overall the comfort of this car is great and that is from someone with a bad back. I still prefer the Hawk for a trip though but my wife likes the Camaro better because the Hawk has a hump in the passenger floor for the cat, well where the cat used to be before GM moved it closer to the engine.
As always, I get the biggest kick out of the 4 of us vacationing in a sports car and seeing 3 or 4 people get out of an SUV with a rooftop carrier; the father usually looks at us , back at his SUV, back at us, shakes his head in disbelief and walks away wondering how we do it. My wife is awesome at packing the bags and I am at packing the car.
If you care to see the story and pics Google created for me go here
https://goo.gl/photos/y93RJSHhUzMGKU6t7