Yessssss, Finally!!!
07-21-2013, 11:43 AM
#1
Le Mans Master
Thread Starter
Yessssss, Finally!!!
I purchased my new '13 GS several months ago. Unfortunately with rain, often heavy, nearly every day for months. I haven't been able to drive it nearly as much as I'd like.
It's been killin' me, following the Owner's Manual break-in protocol, which isn't completed until 1,500 miles.
This morning, with 1,173 miles on the clock, and glorious sunshine every where, I decided I was close enough to that 1,500 mile mark.
My wife and I took a ride out to a state road, just a few miles out of town. This road is 4 wide lanes, two in each direction, separated by a 60' wide grass median. It is totally flat, straight, and dry, with sugar cane fields on either side, and you can see for a mile in the front & rear.
It's early Sunday morning, and there are literally no other cars on the road. Not wanting to burn off a lot of expensive rubber, I nailed first gear from a 10 MPH roll, and then ran it through the gears up to 110 or so MPH, shifting at 6,000 rpm each time.
Freakin' WOW!!!
I never got out of 4th gear....the car was stable, and felt like it was on rails the entire time. I would have loved to take it to at least 140 mph, but couldn't, because I knew I'd be in trouble, if an animal came out of the sugar cane fields across the road.
I repeated this procedure 4 or 5 times. Got a real Adrenalin rush each time. Even bone stock, this LS3 GS is just a beast of a car!
For those of you who've seen posts like this many times before, and are bored with seeing it yet again, I'm sorry, but I'm sure you'll get over it.
For those of you with a new 'vette, still limited by the break-in instructions, I say....you have a real thrill waiting for you.
Yessssss!
It's been killin' me, following the Owner's Manual break-in protocol, which isn't completed until 1,500 miles.
This morning, with 1,173 miles on the clock, and glorious sunshine every where, I decided I was close enough to that 1,500 mile mark.
My wife and I took a ride out to a state road, just a few miles out of town. This road is 4 wide lanes, two in each direction, separated by a 60' wide grass median. It is totally flat, straight, and dry, with sugar cane fields on either side, and you can see for a mile in the front & rear.
It's early Sunday morning, and there are literally no other cars on the road. Not wanting to burn off a lot of expensive rubber, I nailed first gear from a 10 MPH roll, and then ran it through the gears up to 110 or so MPH, shifting at 6,000 rpm each time.
Freakin' WOW!!!
I never got out of 4th gear....the car was stable, and felt like it was on rails the entire time. I would have loved to take it to at least 140 mph, but couldn't, because I knew I'd be in trouble, if an animal came out of the sugar cane fields across the road.
I repeated this procedure 4 or 5 times. Got a real Adrenalin rush each time. Even bone stock, this LS3 GS is just a beast of a car!
For those of you who've seen posts like this many times before, and are bored with seeing it yet again, I'm sorry, but I'm sure you'll get over it.
For those of you with a new 'vette, still limited by the break-in instructions, I say....you have a real thrill waiting for you.
Yessssss!
07-21-2013, 11:54 AM
#2
Racer
LOVE THIS!
So awesome man!
I remember when i first stepped on it in an 05 whooooooooooooo! Awesome!
Hope my carfax stuff is cleared up soon and I can take delivery of my 13 GS!
1500 mile break in! What the!! I hope I break it in before I put it away!
So awesome man!
I remember when i first stepped on it in an 05 whooooooooooooo! Awesome!
Hope my carfax stuff is cleared up soon and I can take delivery of my 13 GS!
1500 mile break in! What the!! I hope I break it in before I put it away!
07-21-2013, 12:12 PM
#4
Miller Time Wisconsin 🍺
Member Since: Oct 2012
Location: The only thing we have to beer is beer itself 🍺
Posts: 9,603
Received 1,440 Likes
on
940 Posts
2022 C7 of the Year Finalist - Modified
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
Finalist 2020 C7 of the Year -- Modified
2018 C7 of Year Winner
2017 C7 of Year Finalist
St. Jude Donor '13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-'20-'21-'22
Cool story.
It still amazes me how smooth the GS rides at triple digit speeds. I hit 153 mph (closed course track) and if the HUD didnt show 153, I would have never known I was going anywhere close to that speed.
It still amazes me how smooth the GS rides at triple digit speeds. I hit 153 mph (closed course track) and if the HUD didnt show 153, I would have never known I was going anywhere close to that speed.
07-21-2013, 01:24 PM
#10
Law Dawg Moderator
