New GT Owner with Questions
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Xcentric
GT Owner
He will whack the back of his head the first time he reaches inside for something he forgot and stands up. It's a rite of passage. It may even happen twice. After that, it won't happen again. Muscle memory is your friend.
GT Tech
Ford GT Team Alumni
Welcome to the greatest forum, for the greatest car ever made. You are in for the ride of your life.
Ecentric, I've gotten in and out of countless thousands of GTs. I still whack my head from time to time. You do learn to duck, but you tend to forget from time to time.
Ecentric, I've gotten in and out of countless thousands of GTs. I still whack my head from time to time. You do learn to duck, but you tend to forget from time to time.
RPM217
2005 white/blue stripe
Great advice. I did hit my head twice. I think that the more you hit you head, the more likely you'll forget in the future.
PeteK
GT Owner
In addition to all the other recommendations, let me add this: Cup holders. Seriously.
If you plan to drive this car (and I drive mine, 28Kmi and counting), eventually you WILL want to take something to drink with you. Coffee, cold soft drink, even just water. There is no place to store or set anything in the cockpit, so you will need something to stick your cup into. Even a cheap holder with a bean bag base that you can set on the floor under your right knee works wonders. BTDT.
Definitely thumbs up on the clear film paint protector, on the front and leading surfaces, and the wheel arches and rocker panels. Stillen mud flaps help a lot too.
But after you get it fully inspected, just drive the damn thing. It's a car, and the most fun one I've ever driven. It's the last of its kind--a car that you manually operate and control without all the automatic electronic wizardry. If you can turn a hot lap or power slide the car around a corner it's because you learned and executed it with the sensors in the seat of your pants and your cerebral synapses, not with a computer looking over your shoulder. It's also surprisingly comfortable for a racing seat. Get out and be seen in it (I hope you're an extrovert, because you won't be able to avoid talking to people about it). As my byline says, cars are for driving. If you want art, get something to hang on the wall!
If you plan to drive this car (and I drive mine, 28Kmi and counting), eventually you WILL want to take something to drink with you. Coffee, cold soft drink, even just water. There is no place to store or set anything in the cockpit, so you will need something to stick your cup into. Even a cheap holder with a bean bag base that you can set on the floor under your right knee works wonders. BTDT.
Definitely thumbs up on the clear film paint protector, on the front and leading surfaces, and the wheel arches and rocker panels. Stillen mud flaps help a lot too.
But after you get it fully inspected, just drive the damn thing. It's a car, and the most fun one I've ever driven. It's the last of its kind--a car that you manually operate and control without all the automatic electronic wizardry. If you can turn a hot lap or power slide the car around a corner it's because you learned and executed it with the sensors in the seat of your pants and your cerebral synapses, not with a computer looking over your shoulder. It's also surprisingly comfortable for a racing seat. Get out and be seen in it (I hope you're an extrovert, because you won't be able to avoid talking to people about it). As my byline says, cars are for driving. If you want art, get something to hang on the wall!
Wwabbit
GT Owner
Welcome and enjoy. Fun cars, everyone you meet will love it. There are lots of answers here, so have fun.
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stephen_becker
Permanent Vacation
i bought my FGT brand new and it looks like yours - I just turned 4,000 miles on it - Good times!!!!
SGB
SGB
debtdrives
GT Owner
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
It has come to my attention that a couple people are wondering what happened to this post:
"Before you drive the car another foot, have a sheet of protective film installed on the windshield. 'Reason?
If you ever need to replace the windshield, the front fenders have to come off the car to do that job right.
'Dead serious."
Short answer: I deleted it!
Why? That's a longer story:
I posted the comment...then decided to make some additions...that morphed into editing it a LOT...so, for various reasons, I decided to just delete the O.P. for simplicity's sake and make a whole new post. I then composed 'same. 'Went back to post my 'revision' and noticed that Tony had already referenced the now deleted O.P....so, rather than posting what was to a great degree a 'repeat' of my earlier post, I just said 'screw it' and left things as they were rather than make a post that was 'out of sequence', if you will.
An' dat's all whut went down thar, muh bros... :biggrin
"Before you drive the car another foot, have a sheet of protective film installed on the windshield. 'Reason?
If you ever need to replace the windshield, the front fenders have to come off the car to do that job right.
'Dead serious."
Short answer: I deleted it!
Why? That's a longer story:
I posted the comment...then decided to make some additions...that morphed into editing it a LOT...so, for various reasons, I decided to just delete the O.P. for simplicity's sake and make a whole new post. I then composed 'same. 'Went back to post my 'revision' and noticed that Tony had already referenced the now deleted O.P....so, rather than posting what was to a great degree a 'repeat' of my earlier post, I just said 'screw it' and left things as they were rather than make a post that was 'out of sequence', if you will.
An' dat's all whut went down thar, muh bros... :biggrin
Kingman
GT Owner
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????????
Mr. Pockets, that was a whole helluva lot of nuthin my friend. Have you already broken into that nice Pinot you've been saving???
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
No, Ron Zacapa Centenario XO 'Gran Reserva Especial...
Hey...'couple of people evidently wanted to know what the deal was. I obliged 'em. End of story...yuh ole goat! :tap:
Hey...'couple of people evidently wanted to know what the deal was. I obliged 'em. End of story...yuh ole goat! :tap:
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As mentioned, he deleted it himself. This happens frequently. In a different thread on the same day, three successive posts were deleted by the same user. Nobody else sees it, but when a user deletes his own posts, I see it as the below. That's just an FYI because I know there are people that think "why did that post get deleted?"
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MAD IN NC
Proud Owner/ BOD blah bla
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
What's "dysmnesia"??? Dysfunctional amnesia? 'Sounds terminal whatever 'tis. :willy
BTW, who are you...and what forum is this again?
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
The "Delete" box is right beside the "Go Advanced" box. It's pretty evident I should know.
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That's funny - I only have "Save," "Go Advanced" and "Cancel" buttons. Do Mark IV Lifetime's get more options than Mark II's?
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
Some forums don't let posts be deleted but the author can go in and edit it to null (or something like "oops").
Some forums don't allow editing after a time period, e.g., after one day the content is locked. I disagree with that since one frequent use is to use the original post as a "census" (as is frequently done here).
Some forums don't allow editing after a time period, e.g., after one day the content is locked. I disagree with that since one frequent use is to use the original post as a "census" (as is frequently done here).