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Solstice Part 2

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

I was interested in putting a luggage rack on my  Solstice and did a little reaserch. Someone suggested a website at kappasphere.com. I looked and was impressed with what I saw, they are a bit pricey, but some very nice products. I am ordering some things from them and will let you know the outcome. In the mean time, I had purchased a luggage rack for a Harley Davidson touring bike with a luggage rack. I looked things over and decided I cold install it on the Solstice, so I did. I started by drawing a template, measuring, measuring a second time, drilled the holes, mounted the rack and WOW!, does it look better, more sporty and gives a bit more carrying capacity. I am working on getting some pictures of it. Harley and other bike manufacturers all have these type racks, anyone who is mechanically inclined can istall it, check with the mechanics where you buy. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get some sheep skin seat covers for the Solstice? My car has leather seats and it gets very warm here in Atlanta, thank you.

Pontiac Solstice 2008

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

A few months ago I purchased a 2008 Pontiac solstice and I love it. I think it has the most stylish lines of all the 2 door sports coupes on the matket today. I recently went on a road trip to Deals Gap Tennessee/North Carolina. There is an eleven mile section of that road which has 318 turns in that 11 miles. I went on a week day so the traffic would be less and it was, the weather was also great and I was with an awesome friend. We put the top down and just cruised through the mountain side, sometimes along creeks and rivers,,, it was a spectacular journey. I had traveled the road a few times before on the Harley where you have to really watch the road, it was much more enjoyable on 4 wheels. Then everybody got behind some dingbat who only wanted to go 20 miles an hour with no regard for anyone else or the fact that traffic was backing up. Oh well, the world would certainly be a better place if all of the dingbats had to go ot the back of the line. Anyway, I love this car, many years ago in another life, I had an MGB while in school in San Diego. That was a fun car for the times. Today this Solstice is much more fun to drive and is an overall much better car with more options. Unfortunately, the car is basically more fun to drive when going about 15 to 20 miles an hour over the speed limit, so watch out all of you Solsticeites. I am going to put a luggage rack on the trunk deck, has anyone done that with any regrets. I did see a custom made luggage rack on a Solstice in northeast Arkansas that was purchased from the dealer where the car was purchased. I am researching that for more info later in this article. My car is Brazen Orange which sometimes looks red and other times looks orange,,, it also has a gold metal flake in the paint which shines very bright in the sunlight. I love this car and hope you love your Solstice as well.