I think the car is sick! I could care less about the manual, I just want performance!
--Joe
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I think the car is sick! I could care less about the manual, I just want performance!
--Joe
damn it! I was looking to get a viper in the next couple years, now I might have to change those plans for a gt500.
Thanks to Mr Shaun Day for his work on that transmission
How much is the new GT500? I quickly looked but probably missed it.
Will probably have my "man card" taken away for saying this but it's hard for me to get excited about a car that i will never be able to afford.
The deal with the DCT in the GT500 is that you can pick your own gears, or just set the dial to "Auto" and it will act just like the trans in your F150 or whatever.
If you put it in "M", this bastard shifts faster than you can blink. No hyperbole. I understand the guys who prefer a manual. I like mine for the cruiser. But there are virtually NO high-end performance cars left with a true manual option. A professional racer, with the reflexes of a cat, has no hope of shifting this car as fast as the electronics can.
I've put over 2 years into this program. All the stuff you guys are reading is toned down and homogenized. This thing truly is a beast.
When you start getting old (not that I am), you start thinking, man, driving a stick every day sure sounds like a pain in the ass. Throw in a bad knee and/or a bad hip, and driving a stick quickly becomes a thing you used to do when you were young. And lets face it, who has the money for a new car like that except for mostly old timers anyways?
I am still surprised that in the era of EBIT, profit margins, and 10% margin that the US car companies can still make cars like this. Big cheers to Ford for carrying the torch!
-Geoff