GT first impressions (very first)

[mwillems]

I have had my DH for over two years and I agree with you that who ever designed the screen"UI" should have gone to school on UI-designs.

No kidding! And as I pointed out in a later addition, one of the worst things is the volume control. Every time I turn my volume slightly up or slightly down, half my map is covered for two seconds with a giant box. A box that tells me that I just turned up or down the volume. Which I already know, because it was me…

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[hal26]

@Starship Enterprise The GT Ragtop should already have the strut brace and it is tied to the firewall IIRC

Ford took the phone charger out, another reduction in items to keep the profit up. 2024 cars had them

And the rear end, I have found that unless you are going straight ahead, any stomping on it while turning is going to give you an unexpected reason to go change your underwear. The back end slides on mine with very little notice, to the point I now won't lay into it because I an afraid the car will come around on me.

Turn off any and all telematics, Ford does not need any more info on you than it already has


GT cars, in the Euro definition are supposed to be comfy long distance cars with a good amount of power under the hood/bonnet

I do not have any traction problems at all. I drive in Standard or Sport mode in my 6 speed car. I have come from a 392 Scat Pack automatic with 470 ft. lbs. of torque right off the bot

tom of the tach. My GT feels like a 2 stroke dirt bike in comparison to that car. Nobody home under 4K rpm. It was almost impossible to drive my Challenger without constant wheel spin. This car is much easier to drive like a civilized person.....if you should ever want to!

 

[robvas]

I do not have any traction problems at all. I drive in Standard or Sport mode in my 6 speed car. I have come from a 392 Scat Pack automatic with 470 ft. lbs. of torque right off the bot

tom of the tach. My GT feels like a 2 stroke dirt bike in comparison to that car. Nobody home under 4K rpm. It was almost impossible to drive my Challenger without constant wheel spin. This car is much easier to drive like a civilized person.....if you should ever want to!

You didn't get traction in that car because of those crappy 245's

 

[Alex381]

Try a strut tower brace...might tighten up your front end.

Enjoy your new car!

GT performance package has it stock, even non PP convertible GT has it stock. Strut tower and k brace.

 

[Zig]

My first impressions, in bullet form.

• Does rev matching actually work? I’ve turned it on, and I don’t notice it doing anything. This may well be because I rev match instinctively myself, having been driving standard transmission cars for almost half a century. Still, it would be nice to actually see it do something.

It should rev just by tickling the gate during a downshift, you don’t even need to fully enter the gear to get it to respond. Try from third to second, lift off accelerator, depress clutch, move gear shift to second (tap the gate but don’t enter it) - rpms should automatically rev.

 

[LouG]

I agree with nearly all you say. But I prefer Fords infotainment set up to the VAG system.
And, on quiet start, I have the garage door closed until fast idle drops, then open the door.
Having two noisy cars now means I have to be extra nice to the neighbours.

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