Watching BBC's Top Gear is not conducive for safe and non-aggressive driving. Tonight's episode had not only a Lamborghini Murcielago vs. McLaren SLR race on a 4-mile stretch of Dubai highway, but also featured a Bugatti Veyron vs. McLaren F1 on a 1-mile stretch of that same road to see if the former fastest production car in the world (the F1) can still keep up with the new champion (the Veyron). The Veyron won by a good car length, but it had to punch it to 230mph in order to do so.
Couple those visions (which basically amount to vehicular pornography) with music provided by The Prodigy on "Invaders Must Die" and you have a speeding ticket just waiting to happen. Thankfully, Gavin's place is closer to my home now and there were enough people still out on the roads at 1am to keep me from having a clear straightaway on which to open up the G35's 285hp V-6. In my current economic state, a $300 speeding ticket is just plain bad for bidness.
But someday....someday....I will take the G to a place where I can open her up and let her run full out. And, hopefully, I'll be able to take on KWall's 500hp Mustang Cobra and see how long I can keep up with it. Mmmmm....high speed.....
