Dave64 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Last Wednesday, I finally took delivery of my 2020 Accelerate Yellow Metallic Coupe (not a Z51) at the National Corvette Museum. My brother met me there to help with the return trip driving chores. My plan was to start out on Thursday driving south to Birmingham, then take the 20 west to Wichita Falls, TX to visit with old car buddies I'd not seen in over 30 years. Then, we were going to drive to Amarillo, so my brother could experience the Big Texan steak house. We would then drive SSW thru New Mexico to enjoy the beautiful country side and mountain drive to north of El Paso, then home. Wednesday afternoon, after my great Museum experience, we went back to the hotel and applied track tape to the front of the car for protection. Thursday, we set out for Birmingham and my brother's house for overnight. Within an hour of being on the road, God had the nerve to rain on us for the remainder of the day. Friday was a nice drive to Wichita Falls, watching the odometer move toward 500 miles to signify the initial break-in was complete (got it on video). Well, when we woke up Saturday morning, the Weather Channel was showing all the snow-covered roads right where we had planned on going on. No problem. We decided it best to drive south to miss the snow, to San Antonio, catch the 20 and head west. Everyone knows about best played plans and how they can turn to shit in a heart beat. Not half an hour on the road and it started snowing on us. It quickly turned into a damned all-out snow storm, complete with all kinds of cars & trucks spinning off the road into ditches. We drove for nearly five hours in the snow, in my brand new car! (Note: I did not know that the car has a Weather mode until this morning) We made it unscathed, thank God. This car is wonderful and has far exceeded all my expectations so far. It is very quick, but subtle. I got it with the optional exhaust, so I can open the baffles for more aggressive sound. It averaged over 31 mpg @ 80~85 driving across New Mexico and into Phoenix. The overall was 27.5 mpg @ 68.5 mph. I know...mileage is not a reason to get this car - it just seems so hard to believe that a 495 hp car that can do 60 in 3 seconds flat can do that. I could go on & on...probably will when we all get to get together again. VID_20210110_102033.mp4 VID_20210108_110302.mp4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnU Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Dave, That's a trip you'll never forget... Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extender32 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Congrats and for having the balls to drive a new vette in snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Definitely cool. Learning to drive a new car in the snow without using the weather mode. Fantastic. Now get that oil change and have some fun where it's warm and dry. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theChad Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 That's awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Ape Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Congrats on the purchase. That trip looks like a few I've done also. White knuckles and all...Glad you made it thru the snow. I actually saw one of those in the delivery staging area in that color when I was there last month, pretty neat shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Congrats to ya Dave, she's a beaut! YELLER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roneva Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Congrats on a beautiful machine! I was all ready to suggest taking the Southern route(I-10) until I read all of your post. Enjoy that great ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 ALL the BEST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRYHEAT Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Very cool, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Sweet ride 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Congratulations Dave! Awesome car and epic trip home!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94transamgt Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 That's an awesome adventure. Congrats on the new ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Awesome, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2krtaf Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk n Blu Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Nice new ride Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvettech Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I dig that color, good driving through the snow, I would have chickened out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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