[Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang

[SHO GOS]

It sounds like your friend is lacking in the skill of driving to tear up any
car. Maybe he should just park the car  at the beginning of this road and
drive a tractor back to his house.

As for the HUD, I'm interested in just the speed that I'm going, not the
Tach or of the other things that you can display in that box. You can dim
the box and move it out of your line of sight or even shut it off. My point
is Ford is asking way too much for a stripped down car compared to other
things that are out there for the same amount of money.

Look at our SHO's. Mine is a 95 and every month someone is posting a message
that Ford isn't carrying this part or that part, fuel pumps, the DIS is
here, then it's not, then it's back. Power steering pump is hard to get.
I've got 90K on my SHO. In three years will I have to junk it because I
can't find any major part that I need? Some of the other cars are not like
that and you can get parts for them even if they are 10 - 18 years old.

----- Original Message -----
From: "D Potter" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>
To: "SHOTimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 11:29 AM
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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