Anyone buying this beast, better have deep pockets. Not only to buy one, but to pay the insurance premiums too! I'd guess the average guy is going to pay upwards of six large a year. Ouch! That hurt!
Let's see if I get this correct. Similar to the ThunderBird, you build what sells like hotcakes, then you upgrade it to a 4 door. For a while, upscale buyers like it, and you make it much larger. Soon, gas prices and loss of customer base, you almost discontinue it. Then all at once, you turbo...
Starship is correct! I can easily remember the advent of seatbelt chimes, the idiotic, motorized cross-chest belts, and seatbelt latch switches that never worked from day one! Where it all started... I can just hear the bean counters... "If we replace the oil gauge and ammeter, we can save at...
There is an ad on this page as I write this, telling me to put a paper clip in my iPhone charging port tonight! That idea is about as effective as the video posted herein.
P. T. Barnum has always been credited with coining the phrase... (sic) A fool and his money are soon parted. Whether that is true or false isn't the issue, the phrase's validity is!
As alluded to, this type of information should be free of any charges. Free availability should be in any registration dealing with the right to repair.
If gas mileage is your biggest issue with the GT, then you should have purchased an Eco-Boost!
As a comparison...
My 24 Eco-Boost in town averages 19.5 to 20 MPG. On the highway at ≈70 MPH, it hovers around 35 to 36 MPG depending on terrain. This is with the FPT.
Or..... You debadge the car and go stealth! It seems to me, that performance cars already have too many clues giving them away. I've actually seen Ford RaptoRs which have been rebadged as F150s. Whomever those folks are, are sneaky little bastards and I love 'em!
As I reported, mine took the local dealer 4.5 days! It wasn't until I got involved, found out why the delay, and once started, it took less than 45 minutes. The issue was a dealership owner's rule NEVER to give out telephone numbers. Geez, one wonders how using a Google-based, internet phone...
You should be very thankful you didn't buy a GM product with a V8 engine! My neighbor waited over 6 months to get his engine replaced, only to have that one fail two month later. He's now driving a Ford F150 TT V6.
Depending on the configuration (rear axle ratio, auto, manual, etc) the 0 to 60 looks more like a tuned Eco-Boost than a GT.
While I agree with the above comment, the timer in my Eco-Boost is within a tenth or two of my Draggy and associated app. Doesn't matter really as we shouldn't be...