How 'under the radar' is your Blackwing?

[bloominguez]

I encountered a CTS-V (I think?) driver yesterday who TOTALLY knew what I was driving. Modified, could hear the exhaust and he had various lighting installed. Just a good looking car.

Anyway, I see him up ahead on the interstate highway, he's driving fairly slowly. But as I pulled past, he sped up and matched me exactly. Also revved the engine a little bit, seeing if I wanted to play a little. I didn't, just got a plug in my tire earlier.

He slowed down on my passenger side, took a look. Then slowed down, went behind me, pulled alongside my driver's side, so his passenger could get a closer look. The passenger took pictures, gave me a thumbs up. Then they took off.

I was amused, so I snapped some (bad) pictures.

Also had a guy in a nicely modified Audi (not sure which) pull alongside me at a stoplight, roll down his window and ask about the Blackwing. He didn't know exactly what the Blackwing was, but I think he heard the exhaust note. When he saw it was a manual, his mind was blown. I don't think he had any idea Cadillac was making a car with a manual transmission.

Interesting coincidence: All three cars mentioned in this post, mine and the two cars whose occupants ogled my car, were black.

 

[ArgentWing]

It is funny how some people get a lot of attention (relatively speaking) and some people seem to get none. Not sure if it has anything to do with paint color, location, or what.
Like I said it doesn't get as much attention on the road as the Lotuses (Lotii?) that I have owned, but it got way more interest at the Cars & Coffee show I took my Blackwing to. A lot of people wanted to talk to me about it, almost no one ever wanted to talk to me about the Lotus. My guess is this has something to do with knowledge of the car. Most people just aren't familiar enough or in the market for a Lotus compared to the Blackwing is my guess.

Somehow I doubt my Argent Silver 4bw will get the kind of attention this did!