i can tell you right now thats 100% placebo the reason it feels off is because the trigger for the A10 is you pressing the gas vs you pressing the clutch in the M6, if you compare them side by side the time it takes you to press the cluctch, move the stick from 6 to 4, and depress the cluch thus...
in fairness, Ford is giving information to their customers regarding these cars, its just that their customers are dealerships, not you, you arent buying a car from ford, youre telling the dealership if they order that exact spec, youll buy their allocation off them.
Ordered: GT premium 401a, grabber blue w/ black and red stripes, space gray interior, PP, bronze pack, A10, magneride, active valve.
401a: planning on keeping this car long term so I wanted all the bells and whistles
Grabber blue w/ stripe: wanted a bright color with some decent accents...
imma be real here, i never really liked the looks of the S550. Dont get me wrong, its not a bad car design, but its not a Mustang design, it looked more like a European style sportscar went on a McDonalds diet and wrapped itself around a coyote. to me the S650 is ford putting the 'Mustang' back...
i dont account for government incentives due mainly to the fact that oil and gas is way more subsidized than renewables are so to me, a simple push in the other direction was enough for the market to adopt a new approach to an age old idea.
looks great, i like the fading they did with it. btw if anyone is looking you can find that here: https://displate.com/displate/6507788?ref=1617
im also kind of liking the look of the black/white one:
https://displate.com/displate/6014409?ref=1636
i mean, the GT350, GT350R, GT350 GT4, Dark Horse, Dark Horse R, GT4, and GT3 should be enough to tell you what ford is wanting out of the S550/650, and it aint a drag car. i do wonder if its a soft limiter or just an optimal shift point marker though? if it were a marker it would make sense to...
Ford moving away from the boomers makes perfect sense imo, theyre in their 60s and 70s, have mostly retired and already have their "forever cars" Ford might as well be throwing money into a fire if they were to focus on them.
kind of a shame that its both a heavy uptick and price and priced in line with current inflation. Really a lose/lose here, either raise the price a lot and make consumers mad or dont raise the price as much and start losing money on the car. For me at least, the price is easily justifiable...
i will say, as much as i want to upgrade to the '24 for its improvement in basically every category, my 2010 is no slouch in the lower end, especially with the boost in power and redline to 6500 on the 3.73, that thing launches amazingly.
Yeah I worded that badly, the point I was trying to get across was for every 1 miles worth of rotation the larger tire does, the smaller one only completes .95 miles, so you'll need to push the tire that 5% longer to achieve the goal of the larger tire.
Yes, about 4.1 inches less, which equates to about .05 mile less for ever 1 mile on the odometer or about 5 miles every 100 as can be seen with the speed chart under the tire images
I always get a nice chuckle when people accuse the government of wanting to control you after a shift in the free market, especially when those complaints are done over the internet...that was created BY the actual government via DARPA.
no its still relevant lets say you have 100 cars, Ford for this year can only make 13 cars with black roofs, but there are 41 cars that are ordered with black roofs, that means there will inevitably be 28 cars that do not get scheduled for this year, and will have to roll over into next years...
i think what makes this wait easy for me is the fact that i have so many things going on for the next few months.
im waiting on my 2010 to get its repairs complete for trade when the 24 comes.
im waiting for a load of videogames i want to play this fall.
im waiting on a pay raise coming close to...