After one week driving the Sol and enduring the gawking, starring, stranger approaches, stranger inquiries, finger pointing, etc., all I can say is... this must be what its like to own an expensive Masserotti or Ferrari- wow One other thought. For those of you with the Sol,, park it with the wheels turned slightly and walk about 120 feet away from the front and turn around and look at it. With topup or down, that car looks like one BAMF. (bad a$$ mother fer) Sorry, no other words to capture that aggresive look.
My wife and I went for a ride in northern New England this weekend and stopped to talk to a couple of guys who had stopped in a 1975 TR-6. I mentioned that I was anxiously awaiting my new Solstice. Both of them had no idea what I was talking about. I told them it is Pontiacs new little roadster. They still had no clue.
My wife and I went for a ride in northern New England this weekend and stopped to talk to a couple of guys who had stopped in a 1975 TR-6. I mentioned that I was anxiously awaiting my new Solstice. Both of them had no idea what I was talking about. I told them it is Pontiacs new little roadster. They still had no clue.
I'm in Mass.
Any word on your solstice.
Mine is due in anytime now.
My first few days have been amazing with every kind of gesture you can imagine.
Of course I still have not seen another one on the road to date, even though
I know others are around my area.
So far I am very pleased and love the car from the looks/feel point of view.
While stopped at a light the other day a guy and his kids in a van pulled next to me gave me the BIG YES NOD as he stared and I could tell he was dreaming (maybe some day when the kids are grown), he just had that look.
I just smiled nodded back and pulled away.
It was great.
I have really felt like a celebrity so far.
Nice to get attention.
My wife says she is going to get a nice scarf and BIG dark sunglasses
because she feels like a movie star in this car. I told her do it.
Let the warm days roll here in Pa, I need a little more top down time before
my solstice settles down for a long winters nap.
So far it has been perfect top down weather since I got the car, but I
know this will not last.
The question is, how long is this attitude from the public going to last?
Ferarris, Masseratis, Lambos, Aston Martens, etc... are so rare, that it's always a sight to behold...
...but I'm afraid by the time I get my Solstice or at least soon after, they will be moderately common-place.
I doubt people will mob Sol owners for too long, but I bet the double takes will keep happening with a car that looks this good. It is a mass produced car, but not at a really high volume. For instance, it will take 10 years for Solstice production to equal one year of Mustang production, and after one year people are still fawning over that car.
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After one week driving the Sol and enduring the gawking, starring, stranger approaches, stranger inquiries, finger pointing, etc., all I can say is... this must be what its like to own an expensive Masserotti or Ferrari- wow One other thought. For those of you with the Sol,, park it with the wheels turned slightly and walk about 120 feet away from the front and turn around and look at it. With topup or down, that car looks like one BAMF. (bad a$$ mother fer) Sorry, no other words to capture that aggresive look.
The newness factor will last awhile. Probably two model years at least.
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