[Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang

[Ron Porter]

Lemme get this straight. He's had the car for two years, and has three years
to go on a lease? A 5-year lease? He's virtually paid enough to buy the
car!!

For the chance to drive a Vette, he has to live at home, and still has no
money for tires? Sounds like he is someone that needs to take a serious look
at his priorities in life!! IMHO, no car is worth having to live at home
(assuming that someone is over the age of 21).

BTW, it isn't the bad road that is making the Vette make a lot of noises.
That what Vettes do once they get a few miles on them. Granted, the dirt
road may have hastened the process, but Vettes always have been, and always
will be, creaky cars. The build quality at Bowling Green is way better than
it ever was at St. Louis, but it still isn't that great. Some consider it to
be part of the "charm" (!!!!!) of owning a Vette.

Screening process for performance cars?? That's called your "credit
rating"!!

Ron Porter

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Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 2:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang


Well, the corvette I'm referring to is a 2000 or 2001 model, as the guy's
had it for two years now. The only option he got was Chromed wheels. I don't
know about the radio or anything, but it does have the HUD, traction control
and adjustable handling. No removable top of any type.

Sad thing is he lives down a really bad road. I warned him that he might
want to look at a Cobra for the extra ground clearance. He's ripped three
separate panels off the car, one of them three times. The corvette is
starting to make a lot of noises. The road is really stressing the body.
It's got mud on it everyday. What a waste of $42k. His insurance refuses to
pay for any more repairs due to damage caused by the road he lives on (with
his parents, mind you). For the money he's shelling out on the lease, he
could've put a whopping down-payment on a nice home on a better street, then
afford to buy a vette and keep it in good condition. Instead, he's got to
live with his parents three more years, and at the end will have no money
and no car. He's driving on bald tires because he can't afford to put on
even regular rubber. Oh, yeah, I beat him at the track in my SHO this
summer, twice. He won't take it to the strip.

They really need better screening processes before passing out performance
vehicles.

PS: HUD is nice, but doesn't really seem to have the usefullness that you
experience as a military pilot. The same effect could be achieved much
cheaper by simply placing a fluourescent display atop the dash. I found once
the novelty wore off (5 minutes), I checked the readings on the HUD less
often than the dash gauges (due to the harsh contrast of the text). It was
somewhat distracting, too, being so close to the line of vision. The only
usefullness I see for HUD applications in cars is to tag objects and the
road in poor visibility conditions (Although that would lead to people
driving at 90 mph in heavy fog. A good pilot knows that when it's time to
rely on gauges alone, it's time to be extra cautious). Other than displaying
obstructions, a small display of speed in the lower left hand corner of the
window, in red would be nice, especially if it would also serve as a highly
visible idiot light.

Which reminds me... I've found it would be feasible to use the socket 194
circuit boards I'm having printed to install both a white LED and a 12v
piezo-electric buzzer. Someone mentioned it would be nice to have an audible
alarm to go with the idiot lights, and I agree (oil, mainly). I can't always
see all the lights due to the steering wheel.


DP

----- Original Message -----
From: "SHO GOS" <shogos@earthlink.net>
To: "SHOTimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang


> That's more loaded than the T-Bird which has nothing except a removable
hard
> top. HUD and Fog lights and such use to be an option. I guess they're
> standard now, even more for your buck than the T-Bird.
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