I just wanted to post my experience with the 8 on a trip to Vegas/ Henderson NV this weekend.

I had my GF and 2 of my friends with me going there. obviously I was doing the driving, and I have no complaints. The clutch was so light and easy, that i had no complaints when the inevitable traffic would get heavy. I would be cursing at anyone and everyone if I was stuck in traffic with the FD. As for the center console getting hot, I did not notice it. the AC did its job, but I only had it on a few times during the trip since the weather was nice and cold already.

More importantly, the car still drove well when fully loaded with occupants and luggage. When i mean fully loaded, I mean that the rear was sitting low enough--with everyone/ everything in it--that the rear seemed as if it was lowered an a good inch at least. I felt a little uneasy with that sight, but fortunately the car behaved well during curves. The car never bottomed out when bumps appeared, which was a concern of mine after seeing the height decrease. You can feel the weight difference though. Once I had dropped everyone home, and I drove back with just me and my bag in the car, the car seemed to fly around the corners once again. It makes me wonder what the 8 would feel like if another 200 lbs were hacked off. The gas mileage was pretty surprising. I believe my average for the trip--fully loaded and average speed of 85MPH, 100 was my max with passengers--was 23 MPG. Not too bad.

As for the occupants, they had little to complain about. My two buddies--both close to 6 feet tall--did not mind sitting in the back...at least until the traffic came to a crawl. But when we were cruising, my friend said the back was pretty comfy.

Overall I was quite impressed with the car. It accelerated quickly--even when completely full--it was comfortable enough that my clutch leg did not get sore, passengers had little to complain about, and the stares you get from the other cars!:D

I normally hate the drive to Vegas...but with the 8, I was actually looking forward to it. Maybe the next long trip will be to the Bay Area. I think my sister needs a little checking up!

take care, and thanks for reading. And sorry, I cannot give you back those minutes that you lost reading this.

Santino

 

good story thanks

 

I agree, in my two round-trip jaunts between SD and LV, no problems with the car.

Just for clarification, did your two back-seat friends say that they were more comfortable when the car was going fast than when you were in stop-and-go?

 

Definitely more comfortable when we were going fast. Only one of the back seat occupants made a little complaint during the stop and go. the other was knocked out from the weekend.

santino

 

I'm going to vegas for new years
but I dont wanna drive the 8
only because I dont have to
My friends have offered to drive

 

Thats awesome... good gas mileage and no problems... how many miles did you drive ?

 

well...if that question was for me, then...i drove 500 something miles round trip.

santino

 

I also drove from Irvine to SEMA in Vegas a few weeks ago... 530 miles about. It was fun though! However my damn tire pressure warning kept going off

 

Did you check your tire pressure (cold)?

Perhaps the warning light is going off because the tire pressure is actually out of spec?