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The spare tire still goes there. My GT convertible came with the spare. It’s a wonderful thing to have.

I‘d love to see the crown Vic make a return. Those cars were great!

True, but hybrids are running off the high voltage battery while the motor is off. So while the engine and starter will be just fine thanks to all the upgrades, you’re still putting a ton of extra cycles on the low voltage battery. While it’s a significantly better battery, it won’t last as long...

The battery is beefed up to be able to handle all the ASS. It will still fail earlier from all the extra charge/discharge cycles, but it is a significantly better battery than you’d have otherwise.

Yep. Now add on disabling that crap and the engine will last even longer still while benefiting from all the enhancements needed to keep it from breaking things. The only component that will absolutely fail earlier from ASS is the battery.

Good write up. I went with these to preserve the oem wiring in case I wanted to restore to stock. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089Q9K9Z6?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title It was a pain free setup and I’ve been very pleased with pioneer sub.

My last car was a Model 3 Performance. It was faster, more efficient, handled better, and was utterly more convenient. If I’d wanted any of that I’d have kept my model 3. I bought my GT for the fun of it. I want to enjoy my drives more and take a little more time getting places. I’ve found it...

The 10r80 is good no question, but it’s not even remotely as fast as a dual clutch transmission. Go test drive a GTI or a golf R if you want to understand how fast an “instant” shift can be.

It seems incredibly unlikely that they would significantly upgrade the hardware in vehicles already manufactured. It would be fantastic if they did though. My center screen has to be restarted about once every 3 days as it won’t respond to touch inputs until I reboot it.

This is why CarPlay is such a wonderful thing. It doesn’t matter if the head units tech is wildly out of date so long as the touch screen works. Any time you upgrade your phone, you get a better infotainment experience.

I don’t follow. They’re overdrive gears because the ratio is less than 1:1. How does the governor play into that?

It’s 3 overdrive gears on the 10 speed, 2 on the MT82 and 1 on the Tremec.

it’s just easier to drive. The car is rev matching on upshits and downshifts. They’re applying throttle as well as you lift off the clutch which makes it simpler too. Perhaps more to do with computer enhancements than the actual transmission. I know it’s on the 3rd gen since my 14, but...

I had a 14 GT with the MT82 and now a 24 with it. They are not even remotely similar to drive. It’s not perfect, but I don’t have any issues with mine.

this is how I felt with the Model 3 Performance. I’ve never had a car that was so easy and predictable to drive hard or just cruise in. And yet I bought a 6 speed manual GT to replace it. It isn’t always about ease of use. Sometimes it’s more about the fun.

I owned a 2014 GT with a manual and I have a 24 GT/CS vert with the manual today. They are night and day different to drive. The current manual they’re using is so simple to drive and at no point have I regretted it. I commute about 26 miles per day in heavy traffic. Having the automatic cruise...

Oh I agree. Even in quiet mode I’ll get loud pops when I let off the gas As I slowly roll through my neighborhood. Maybe the automatic just runs quieter.

my last car was a Model 3 Performance. My opinion of what is or is not loud is probably different than yours.

Even in quiet mode on the active valve exhaust my car is loud enough to get attention. Even shifting up around 2k rpm and down around 1200 it’s still quite loud. It’s significantly louder in any other mode. I am curious what you’re driving if you feel it doesn’t make any noise under normal driving.

I can only assume this is done for some fuel efficiency or emissions compliance reasons. Manual rev freely in neutral while almost all autos rev slow and only about half way to redline in neutral. you should just buy a manual next time :-)