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Well fellow GXPers, my car passed 500 miles a couple days ago, so I had the dealer change the trans and diff fluids this morning (to the tune of $240.00. At least they could have kissed me first ). Anyway, drove it for around 10 minutes to get all the fluids up to temp. Left a stop sign and at around 2000RPM, finally dropped the hammer. Let's just say first gear is real short!!!! Grabbed second, and I was near red line in a couple of seconds. Hit third, and was at 80MPH and still going strongly in what seemed like an instant. The power delivery is strong and linear right to red line. Rolling acceleration in 2ND and third gears from around 3000 RPM on up is particularly impressive. Because of the linear power delivery combined with the great suspension, the sensation isn't scary in the least (darn it. Gotta add more power ). It is very addicting, however !!!! For those waiting on delivery, all I can say is the wait will be worth it!!!!!

The only sour note I have to report is the "soot" in the exhaust outlets that others have reported (and I observed as well). The dealer said it was normal. Horse hockey. At this rate, the exhaust system will look like a couple of straw-diameter outlets in a couple thousand miles. Oh well. I made sure they noted on the work order that their assessment was crap, and assume GM will take a nice big warranty hit once they get it sorted out. The good news is at this point, the performance is more than "adequate"