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Never fails that people conflate a Ford OEM'd Shelby (i.e. 2010-2014 GT500, 2015-2020 GT350, 2020-2023 GT500) with cars put out by Shelby American. Shelby American is just a tuner shop loosely affiliated with Ford, much in the same vein as Roush or RTR.

I don't know about consensus, but back when I was a poor teenager I had a 95 Toyota Tercel on full Tein coilovers, Whiteline swaybars, and sticky rubber. But most importantly, under 2000 pounds. You could essentially change lanes telepathically. The steering was just on a different level from...

By the way you worded this, it sounds like you think the S550 is steer by wire (which could have the wheels turn in a varying proportion to the steering wheel, with different steering "maps" or whatever.) This is not the case, the steering wheel is mechanically connected to the wheels. The E...

It's like they had a corporate standard that you don't feel anything at all through the steering wheel. It's what I would imagine steer-by-wire would largely feel like. I could push the car I drove (a 2016 Hellcat manual, not widebody, but with wider-than-factory rubber) through corners, but I...

Well let's be clear, there are levels to this stuff. How does a basic GT compare to say... a Challenger? Extremely well. You'd think Chrysler/Staleanus/WhateverTheyHellTheyCallThemselvesOnWednesdays could find a steering setup that didn't come out of a truck, but you'd be wrong. A GT is a...

I had GT350 rubber on my GTPP and didn't notice the tramlining. Honestly with the roads around here, tramlining in the GT350 is pretty rare (but does happen.) Take my comments as my estimation of what changes would have resulted in steering feel more similar to the GT350 in the GT. Before I...

I had a GTPP before the GT350. I feel like the GT350 steering still isn't fantastic for a modern car, but the best thing I can say about it is that I don't notice it on track. My impression is that the GT350's improvements are down mostly to toe alignment, spring rate, and swaybar. The GTPP...

I think you're missing the point - a bit. But also hitting the nail on the head without even realizing it. If you're driving flat-out on a track, the car in any given corner is right on the edge of having an off. Not everyone drives this hard. I don't drive that hard all the time, but I try...

Let's push that further: all of the drive modes should be customizable. I'd like to semi-permanently (indefinitely?) disable the varying steering feel and throttle mapping on every single one of them. There's no reason this can't be done, it would be a very simple thing to do in the firmware.

I was on board with basically everything S650 until this. I specifically do not use the "track", "race", or "sport" modes on my car because they fool with the throttle response making it unpredictable, which in turn fools with my ability to rev match and put down the exact amount of power that...

You realize we can still see your old posts right? 🤣

The first portable GPS unit was released by Garmin in 1998 and the US government didn't unscramble GPS signal to allow better than 100 yard accuracy until 2000. You're off by a decade my guy.

I really like the simplicity of the dash in my GT350. I even like that Ford omitted "My Color" from the GT350 - you get whatever illumination color you want as long as it's red needles on white numbers. They also omitted the extra "Ground Speed" and whatever else. The gauges are just plain...

Edit your post to clarify that you were talking about the GT350 then. Still doesn't make sense, because the GT350 (technically) came out the same model year as the other S550 Mustangs. Yes, I know that they weren't generally available until 16MY.

How do you figure they always come late? S197 was all new for the 05 model year, and S197 GT500 was introduced for the 07 model year. And they built it for nine straight model years. 82% of the model years that the S197 was produced.

I dig it. That badge on the side looks like it starts with a 4... might not be a bad thing if the redline starts with an 8.