OK, picked up my 2011 SHO: Kona Blue, 402A, Performance Pack, nav system, multi contour seats (this seems to be a standard configuration). Drove it from Reno to San Francisco Macworld, then to San Jose, then back to Reno. Some observations:
* It has three windshield washer nozzles. Cool.
* It is very large, but feels smaller under way. In heavy SF traffic around Moscone Center, it feels gargantuan.
* I really could do without the chrome trim around what seems to be every vent, ****, gauge, and control.
* I call call up Sirius radio channels by speaking the channel name (i.e. "CNN Headline News"), but listing the presets just shows the channel number. Quick, what's "131"?
* You know that commercial where the smug SOB in the SHO blows past the guy in the Audi? Yeah, it's like that.
* The front seat lower cushions are too short. I say this as a 5'10", 170 pound male of normal proportions. However, the "multi-contour" massagers rock.
* Yes, it really can stream music off my iPhone over Bluetooth. Also cool.
* OK, default operation when you press the voice command button:
[bong bong]
"Please say a command"
[bing]
So I turn off the voice prompts because after only a few dozen times, I realize I'm supposed to, you know, say a command after I press the button. Now I get:
[bong bong]
...pause...
[bing]
And I find that I start speaking after the "bong bong" part. Perhaps when you turn off the voice prompts, you should just hear one set of tonal prompts.
Reno->SF->SJ, about 27.5mpg. SJ->Reno, 23mpg. This is with cruise control set to 72 and only occasional forays into boost.
H&R springs go on next week.
* It has three windshield washer nozzles. Cool.
* It is very large, but feels smaller under way. In heavy SF traffic around Moscone Center, it feels gargantuan.
* I really could do without the chrome trim around what seems to be every vent, ****, gauge, and control.
* I call call up Sirius radio channels by speaking the channel name (i.e. "CNN Headline News"), but listing the presets just shows the channel number. Quick, what's "131"?
* You know that commercial where the smug SOB in the SHO blows past the guy in the Audi? Yeah, it's like that.
* The front seat lower cushions are too short. I say this as a 5'10", 170 pound male of normal proportions. However, the "multi-contour" massagers rock.
* Yes, it really can stream music off my iPhone over Bluetooth. Also cool.
* OK, default operation when you press the voice command button:
[bong bong]
"Please say a command"
[bing]
So I turn off the voice prompts because after only a few dozen times, I realize I'm supposed to, you know, say a command after I press the button. Now I get:
[bong bong]
...pause...
[bing]
And I find that I start speaking after the "bong bong" part. Perhaps when you turn off the voice prompts, you should just hear one set of tonal prompts.
Reno->SF->SJ, about 27.5mpg. SJ->Reno, 23mpg. This is with cruise control set to 72 and only occasional forays into boost.
H&R springs go on next week.
