[Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang

[D Potter]

It's not Ford that asks too much, it's the dealers.



----- Original Message -----
From: "SHO GOS" <shogos@earthlink.net>
To: "SHOTimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Spy pics of 2005 Mustang


> 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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