Wednesday, September 30, 2009

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion (New Inventory)


(Except maybe that Black on Black E500 in the background)

It's no secret that the Chevrolet Corvette is the sweetest ride outside of Europe, and while this might not be the super high performance Zo6, it still packs 400 horsepower and 400 ft/lbs of torque. I took this car to the gas station to put a little premium fuel in it, and it just begged to be driven, but alas I could not go faster than the posted 35 mph limit between the lot and pump. The seats were surprisingly comfortable, and it certainly rode better than my expectations of such a high performance vehicle(though it didn't exactly ride like an STS, which we just so happen to have in stock).

The title of this blog refers to the color of the car, Atomic Orange Metallic. On a Cobalt or a Malibu, I think it would look silly, but on a sharp car like the Corvette, I think that offbeat color really accents the slightly exaggerated wheel wells and sleek lines of this true sports car. A lot of people will only buy black or silver cars, because black looks great all shined up(though it's difficult to keep clean), and silver is unassuming and always looks good, even when dirty. However, if you're going to buy a car like a Corvette, you can't play it safe and get a boring color, you've got to get yellow or red, or orange, something that stands out and is worthy of the performance under the hood.

We also got a few more Altimas, a Murano SL with leather seats and a moon roof, and a 2008 Hummer H3 that is an absolute blast to drive.

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