npole
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Yo everyone, so I've collect few KM's but enough to have some fresh impressions.
I bought a 2019 Bullitt with around 5K Km on it (Ford owned, used as exposition and test for potential buyers), it's basically "new", the price here in Europe is damn expensive (if compared with you in the US) and I managed to save a big chunk of money. Forgot my production number (it's in the garage.. will edit the post later..
). Most of my impressions can be translated to every GT, posting here coz I own a Bullitt.
First impression: I weren't used to drive a car with this kind of engine, I always owned "sports" cars whit little torque on the low, so used to maintain very high rpm's to maintain the optimal performance. I had a RX8 before this (wankel engine), it was like driving a motor-bike, switching to the V8 the first minutes it was like driving a super-truck. Was a little disoriented at the first, now more I drive more a like the fact that while the engine is not that "reactive", the power (the torque) is everywhere, no matter which gear I'm using, it pushes on my back by just hitting the gas.
What I like (random order):
- The driving aids: honestly I never liked this kind of stuff on a car that is meant to be driven by the pilot (that is the reason of why i chosen a MT82), but I had to reconsider it. The adaptive cruise control works so good, that I end every trip (on highways) much more relaxed than before. Same for the lane aid, at the start it feel so odd (trying to push me outside of a corner when I intentionally wanted to "cut" it!) but few KMs has been enough to get used of it, and the added safety (in example when you may get distracted to pick some something...), after have tried it, it's something I wouldn't give up on a new vehicle.
- Magneride: i've heard it isn't the best for the bucks, but I never had a car with active suspensions before so I have nothing to compare with, however I didn't thought that the difference between normal/sport was that perceptible, but it is! Now I have soft rides when I drive in a broken city floor, and stiff sporty rides when I do my fun driving.
- The look: I was so in love for the Mustang (not just the Bullitt) that I bought this car without even seeing it in real life before. Loved the specs, loved the pictures... but in real life it's another story. It's so damn beautiful, I believe the pictures doesn't give to it enough justice (that is the opinion of everyone else I shown it in the photos but then have looked at it in person). I've chosen the HG as color, for the added uniqueness. I love it!
- The smart lights: this should have fallen in the driving aids category, however I'm mentioning it separately because whenever many modern car has it, it amazed me how well they works. Having it switching the high beams on/off magically put me a smile on my face (I live in a place where you have lights discontinuity and believe me.. that click clack on the lever is so annoying!).
- The sound: I don't think I have to spend more than a few words about it.. you know about it already. The added bonus of having the active exhaust make it perfect.
What I don't like (or not used of it yet):
- Size and weight: as I mentioned before, I were used to drive more "agile" cars. I'm not sure how well I will cope withe the kind of "small" roads we have here in EU, so I have to put much more attention in my driving. I'm not enjoying much fun on those mountain roads but I may eventually get some when I'll get used of its mass.
- Trunk access size: the whole car is huge (for what we're used to drive here), the trunk is very spacious, but the access is so tiny? I don't think they couldn't developed a different solution to make it bigger. There's a lot of space.. why Ford?
- No sensors on the front while parking: this doesn't make much sense to me, the bonnet is so long and high that you can't really see what's going on there. There's this awesome technology already aboard, but I have "guess" the space on my front while parking? I wanted something better. I've had the experience of testing the camera system in the Nissan's, and man that's a great technology!
I'm sure I will "discover" many other aspects while driving it... but for now that's it!
I bought a 2019 Bullitt with around 5K Km on it (Ford owned, used as exposition and test for potential buyers), it's basically "new", the price here in Europe is damn expensive (if compared with you in the US) and I managed to save a big chunk of money. Forgot my production number (it's in the garage.. will edit the post later..
). Most of my impressions can be translated to every GT, posting here coz I own a Bullitt.First impression: I weren't used to drive a car with this kind of engine, I always owned "sports" cars whit little torque on the low, so used to maintain very high rpm's to maintain the optimal performance. I had a RX8 before this (wankel engine), it was like driving a motor-bike, switching to the V8 the first minutes it was like driving a super-truck. Was a little disoriented at the first, now more I drive more a like the fact that while the engine is not that "reactive", the power (the torque) is everywhere, no matter which gear I'm using, it pushes on my back by just hitting the gas.
What I like (random order):
- The driving aids: honestly I never liked this kind of stuff on a car that is meant to be driven by the pilot (that is the reason of why i chosen a MT82), but I had to reconsider it. The adaptive cruise control works so good, that I end every trip (on highways) much more relaxed than before. Same for the lane aid, at the start it feel so odd (trying to push me outside of a corner when I intentionally wanted to "cut" it!) but few KMs has been enough to get used of it, and the added safety (in example when you may get distracted to pick some something...), after have tried it, it's something I wouldn't give up on a new vehicle.
- Magneride: i've heard it isn't the best for the bucks, but I never had a car with active suspensions before so I have nothing to compare with, however I didn't thought that the difference between normal/sport was that perceptible, but it is! Now I have soft rides when I drive in a broken city floor, and stiff sporty rides when I do my fun driving.
- The look: I was so in love for the Mustang (not just the Bullitt) that I bought this car without even seeing it in real life before. Loved the specs, loved the pictures... but in real life it's another story. It's so damn beautiful, I believe the pictures doesn't give to it enough justice (that is the opinion of everyone else I shown it in the photos but then have looked at it in person). I've chosen the HG as color, for the added uniqueness. I love it!
- The smart lights: this should have fallen in the driving aids category, however I'm mentioning it separately because whenever many modern car has it, it amazed me how well they works. Having it switching the high beams on/off magically put me a smile on my face (I live in a place where you have lights discontinuity and believe me.. that click clack on the lever is so annoying!).
- The sound: I don't think I have to spend more than a few words about it.. you know about it already. The added bonus of having the active exhaust make it perfect.
What I don't like (or not used of it yet):
- Size and weight: as I mentioned before, I were used to drive more "agile" cars. I'm not sure how well I will cope withe the kind of "small" roads we have here in EU, so I have to put much more attention in my driving. I'm not enjoying much fun on those mountain roads but I may eventually get some when I'll get used of its mass.
- Trunk access size: the whole car is huge (for what we're used to drive here), the trunk is very spacious, but the access is so tiny? I don't think they couldn't developed a different solution to make it bigger. There's a lot of space.. why Ford?
- No sensors on the front while parking: this doesn't make much sense to me, the bonnet is so long and high that you can't really see what's going on there. There's this awesome technology already aboard, but I have "guess" the space on my front while parking? I wanted something better. I've had the experience of testing the camera system in the Nissan's, and man that's a great technology!
I'm sure I will "discover" many other aspects while driving it... but for now that's it!
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