The same place as last time. I won't be home until Saturday. (I have a show on Sunday.)

It's the same exact studio I was at last time. Sadly, they only have a few hours open. I'm even in the same hotel, but a different floor and (obviously) different room.

My M6 is the Gran Coupe. Basically a four door sedan that they called a giant coupe for no reason that I can fathom.

My PT is done and I've got some more studio time this afternoon.

I can't say that I recommend buying one.

There is nothing this car does as well as my M6, and certainly nothing it does better.

Well, it goes through more fuel, sounds bitchin', and looks pretty good.

It has Ram Air IV, and that's inferior to what I can get from sucking in more oxygen. The Ram Air just grabs what it can due to headway. The blower will suck in more, across the varied speed of travel.

I just saw the missus off, as she's headed home. The baby is still running a bit of a fever, nothing to worry about, but it means I don't have baby time today.

Later, I get to go out and get the car and return the loaner that I'm using.

I should change the gear ratio and stick a blower on it. Well, I should think about doing so.

Perfect timing by the missus, by the way. We got our first frost last night (back home). The last of the garden will be ready to harvest. All the squash and pumpkins will be done.

I haven't even burned rubber with it yet.

I will... Yes, I will... It's got the positrack rear end and the factory tires are nice and wide. So, I should be able to leave some impressive strips. ;-)

It could be a grand adventure. It's in great condition, so it shouldn't break down and screw with us.

It's also insanely loud, like near the absolute legal limit under even the slightest acceleration. I haven't really had it up at highway cruising speeds, but that's fine.

It's only got an AM/FM radio! LOL It doesn't even have an 8 track player, or anything like that. Everything is stock on it, as near as I can tell. It's a complete "numbers matching" car.

What's awesome is the condition. You can see the condition well enough, and the whole car is like that. Here's the kicker - it's unrestored. That's its condition. Not even the paint has been touched up. The only thing that might not be stock is the knob on the gear lever, and tires surely. I'm not sure if the gear lever knob is stock or not. I've never seen one like that in a GTO, but I'm not actually a GTO Encyclopedia.

I am technically the third owner and have all the paperwork with it. I haven't gone through the paperwork yet, but I'll give it a glance and organize it. My understanding is that it belonged to the seller's father and then they bought it from him and I'm the third owner. I'll figure out more when I have the paperwork to hand and have gone through it.

Given their level of honesty, I'm inclined to believe them. They indicated the driver's seat was in poor shape, and it's really not. It's just a little worn and there's a place where it split at the seam, so I can get that fixed pretty easily. It's nice enough so that I'll probably take it to a few car shows and let people see/touch it. Cars like this should be seen heard, and driven. It won't be a trailer queen, but will get driven to shows - if I go that route.

EH thinks she'd like to drive it frequently, but that's just silly. I mean, she can, but she has a much better car. This car is special, but it's not better than her 3 series. Her car is safer, more efficient, likely faster, handles better, etc... This is a classic car that does none of those things well - it just goes great in a straight line. It's a muscle car, not really a sportscar. They only handle well in the movies, or if you HEAVILY modified the suspension.

But, if you want to race stop light to stop light, it's really good at that.

Her current car is much, much better than this. She'll find that out in short order.

It's also powerful enough to really bite you, and safety was an afterthought. So, I'll have to make sure she understands all this when she splits the driving with me. We head out on Thursday and we will be back in Maine by Saturday afternoon. We'll be spending Friday in Cambridge, MA. I'm going to get some more studio time in, but it's going to be just her and I this time.

Yup. I'll have it tomorrow. It's getting reconditioned, basically, and then it'll be what we drive back to Maine. We're leaving on Thursday to head back home.

I'm pretty sure it's going to be a cop magnet, but that's fine.

Also, over the years, I've decided that Pontiac had the coolest names for their cars. It's a shame that they no longer exist. I wonder if they'll ever revive the brand?