Looks great! I really like the Wimbledon White color and the interior of the 60th Anniversary cars. I wish they had offered a version with the performance package.
Sounds like a great drive. Last year we came up through Colorado on our way to the Sturgis Mustang Rally. We hit million dollar highway, drove along the blue mesa reservoir, went through cottonwood pass (must have driven along the taylor river to get there), and took the peak to peak scenic...
With my '26 GT, Ford offers something called Ford Connectivity that requires a subscription. Besides navigation, it makes your vehicle a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to 10 devices and allows you to use streaming apps without your phone. I didn't subscribe to it.
Before I installed the H pipe I found myself using sport and track mode almost all the time. After the H pipe I alternate between normal and sport mode most of the time. Track mode is for when I'm in the mood to be loudest. It seems pretty loud until I'm around the guys with long tube headers on...
I get the logic but there are plenty of us happy with the H or X pipe with the stock active exhaust who won't go beyond that step.
With the non active exhaust, you left out the step many are taking to replace or cut their diffuser to accommodate quad tips. I agree with getting a good axle back...
I think it's worth the money because the quad tips look better and because the active exhaust sounds good with a resonator delete X or H pipe, a fairly inexpensive mod. With S550s the non active exhaust doesn't sound as good with an H or X pipe, so many owners change out the whole catback. I'm...
GTD replicas from Factory Reproductions. 19x10 +35 offset square. Tires are Continental Extreme Contact Sport 02, 275/40. (I'll probably go with 285/35 next time.)
Car is lowered on Steeda Magneride Sport Progressive springs. It's about a 0.8 inch drop.
Another factor is the tall gear ratios of the manual transmission itself. In the S550 the ratios changed with the 2018 refresh and I understand they're the same in the S650. In the 15-17 GTs the 1/1 ratio is 5th and the only overdrive gear is 6th. In the 2018+ 4th is 1/1 and both 5th and 6th are...
My wife rode in the back seat of my S550 one time about 5-6 years ago. We picked up her brother who was visiting our area on business. She is 5'5" and said seat comfort and head room were better than she expected. BUT her brother (who is 5'9") had to move the seat up a lot to give her enough leg...
If I was in your situation I would wait and do a few more track days to learn better how the car behaves before doing any more mods. Right now you probably have a lot of room for improvement with the car as is. The goal should be to reach a point where you can recognize what seems lacking. For...