avm, excellently story and brilliantly written I might add.
I envy your fuel ecomony on the highway as HEMI 57 never got close to breaking into the single figures, although that was on 110 Klm/hr highways and I did notice appreciably better economy at 100 Klm/hr where the average started to count down markedly.
It is quite amazing how the 300C still commands so much attention even after being on Aussie roads for 6 months now. I had another person ask if SRT61 was a "Bentley", then when I said "no", the next guess was, "Rolls".
Looking forward to meeting you at the "meet & greet"