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Whoops, car is not in AZ anymore
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MikeFleming
After 35 years and a few weeks, I am now without an SVO. An empty, silent space sits in the garage. An assortment of decades-old collected spare SVO parts cry out in the night.
It made the trip to its new home in Boulder consuming a respectable ~24 MPG average.
Pics soon.
Hello SVOCOP,
I'm happy to be a (new) SVO member and owner. I've been a fan of the work Mike has done to this (and many other cars) for many years prior to the founding of SVOCOP, and after driving this thing from Tucson to Erie, CO, I have a lot of respect for what a '2010 SVO' might perform like. It's light, fast, and certainly not cheap.
I've delved into the Creation of the Red Baron series and most of the posts over the past year or so; Mike has a LOT to complete to bring this series up to date, IMHO. Hear that, Mikie? Paying attention?
Highlights of the drive: 5200 rpm in 5th across the 'Safety Corridor' in NM; 24mpg door to door and 4.10s are quite the fun gear!
Prior to leaving we dropped in new T5, new skins, thorough eval of the car and gas. Dude at the station gave Mike and the SVO the 'thumbs up'.
Pic number 5 below is the first known pic of the RED SVO in the wild, at Wagon Mound, NM (really, a town named Wagon Mound?).
Previous cars include a 92 and 93 NSX, 89 930 and 88 M5...we're show winners with the 93 NSX and the 89 930 here in Denver, and I suspect we'll enjoy similar success with the RED SVO
I'll be working on detailing the drive from Tucson to its new home, but I wanted to share a couple pics with you.
Please reach out and introduce yourselves; our idea of a cool car is something with 3 or 4 wheels.
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