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callen · 07-11-2005, 03:09 PM

179,000 Pounds for a Ford GT that has been publicly announced as faulty!?! hehe isnt 179,000 about the list price of a Ford GT in Canadian Dollars, let along british pounds?I knew shipping was costly, but WHOA! 8)

Toronto · 07-11-2005, 03:19 PM

is he going back to the sl55?
or mayb he will get a ferrari 430

(don't think he likes the new looks tho)

No.1 · 07-11-2005, 05:03 PM

^^^

Still has the SL55 AFAIK

and the 430... it's got to be top of his list. He raves about it in TG Mag

07-11-2005, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by callen

179,000 Pounds for a Ford GT that has been publicly announced as faulty!?! hehe isnt 179,000 about the list price of a Ford GT in Canadian Dollars, let along british pounds?I knew shipping was costly, but WHOA! 8)

Nope its just market forces, its what people are prepared to pay. Jeremy returned it, knowing that he could sell it for a considerable profit (he said £25,000) But he classed that as profiting from his postion as a top motoring journo. lets face it, thats the only reason he got one.

Nemisis8u · 07-11-2005, 07:48 PM

Should they really be advertising the "cruddy alarm system", without saying that it has been fixed? Or did I miss that part? There is a nice £63,000 markup on that car too.

RC45 · 07-11-2005, 09:31 PM

Well, besides the fact that JC and the TG crew severely exaggerated their fuel experience, because to sustain 7mpg you would have to maintain redline rpm the whole time - it is over priced and rather a single purpose car.

Even more single purpose than the Viper. Almost like a Countach for the new Millennium hehehe

Current pricing trends :arrow: http://www.fordgtprices.com/pages/9/index.htm

Toronto · 07-11-2005, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by bmw06m6

I would never have ordered one in the first place - its a terrible car - 7 MPG, a range of only 74 miles, useless doors - not worth it, at least a Ferrari is useful.

ya the 7mpg isn't really honest, many mags have rated it has having a higher mpg on their total for the test (track, highway, and city driving all in one)

and it is half the price of an 360cs, and can keep up with it on the track, and in a couple of month/years, it would be a 1/4 of the price

and what is wrong with the doors?? they have been like that for years and I guess the old drivers never really complained about them

RC45 · 07-11-2005, 11:08 PM

^^ he is refering to the fact that while the doors are cool and allow easy entry when you have space to swing them full open, but they are very impractical if you wanted to daily drive a GT and need to try squeeze into the car.

sentra_dude · 07-11-2005, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by bmw06m6

I would never have ordered one in the first place - its a terrible car - 7 MPG, a range of only 74 miles, useless doors - not worth it, at least a Ferrari is useful.

If Top Gear bothered to quote the race mpg of all the cars they tested, the Ford GT probably wouldn't look too bad.

I seem to remember a pic "got gas" posted by a certain Z06 owning JW member...where the instantaneous mpg was "4 mpg". Not to mention that an SLR will empty its 21gal tank in 19 min at full throttle according to JC...

I wouldn't even want to know what mpg a F360CS would get on the track, considering it only manages 10mpg in normal city driving.

Toronto · 07-11-2005, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by RC45

^^ he is refering to the fact that while the doors are cool and allow easy entry when you have space to swing them full open, but they are very impractical if you wanted to daily drive a GT and need to try squeeze into the car.

not in a corner spot

and they over exaggerated it on top gear JC just didn't want to crouch,
in montreal I saw a guy get out of the car in a casino parking lot space, and just had to bend @ the knee's and he got out fine.

RC45 · 07-11-2005, 11:56 PM

Well, I park in an undergound garage everyday, and unless I get an end spot, even with my long doors I am bending back and sliding out... actually a pain the arse because the car is a lot lower than a sedan or heaven forbid I drove an SUV.

I should imagine the GT would get real old real fast if you tried to commute.

I would really like a GT in the future, but it would have to be my daily driver

SFDMALEX · 07-12-2005, 12:11 AM

Originally Posted by sentra_dude

considering it only manages 10mpg in normal city driving.

WTF? Really? Thats horrible. How can it drop so much from the 360M? It only has 25 more bhp...how much of the engine did they change???

RC45 · 07-12-2005, 12:16 AM

^ it's all a function of what rpm you are driving at. The amount of fuel consumed per combusiton cycle is constant, you just do more cycles.

So when ever you have a car that is "more highly strung" and requires living higher up the rpm band to make things happen, you suck more gas.

Add this to the fact that no F-Car has an overdrive gear to select when you want to cruise, you are always spinning 5,000rpm + and youget 10mpg.

SFDMALEX · 07-12-2005, 12:54 AM

YEa but still what kind of city driving is it? Overdrive or not. At 55mph in 6th you be reving at how many rpms?....Anybody have the gear ratios for the CS?

RC45 · 07-12-2005, 01:16 AM

I am sure it is more than my 1200rpm at 55mph... I would guess about 4000rpm.