What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[Robby5323]

The tire down photo looks like the tread is pulled back from rim, stretched a bit. Itl fill in perfect with 285

Yes exactly... the original tires on the 9.5 inch rims are stretched just a tad. The 285s will be perfect. But, since this is my weekend/hobby car and is never daily driven I’m going to get a few miles out of the 255s and see how tire prices fluctuate this summer with maybe some good promotional sales and what not.

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[FreePenguin]

Yes exactly... the original tires on the 9.5 inch rims are stretched just a tad. The 285s will be perfect. But, since this is my weekend/hobby car and is never daily driven I’m going to get a few miles out of the 255s and see how tire prices fluctuate this summer with maybe some good promotional sales and what not.

exactly same thing happened to my car. I put 255/40/19 on my new 19x9.5 and looked same. I put 285's and it filled em in nice and fat.

 

[Michael_vroomvroom]

Booked an oil change at the dealer.

Was there today for a first service (one and a half year old at 20,000 km/12,000 miles), so I could get a stamp in my book that shows things, except possibly oil since I asked them to not change that, and they remember me buying oil filters there regularly, are in order to help possible future warranty issues.

There were no complaints about lack of changing oil from what I guess you call the service writer (?), especially since he remembers me coming buy frequently to buy oil filters, but when I came back to pick up the car again the old issue about oil changes done by myself came up. How I obviously care a lot about the car and could be a great mechanic for all he knows, but it might be better for me to have an official stamp from them documenting the oil changes so there are "no problems if something happens."

I'm not sure it's necessary, but guy has given me a good impression as I've been going to him/this dealer to get my oil filters and other minor parts for a while now, so quite possibly does have me best interest at heart. If it can save me from a lot of hassle if the engine or transmission blows up, and possibly even having to "lawyer up", perhaps it's a decent idea?

In the end I decided to go with having my oil change done there, and booked it for next week (mechanic did not have time at that moment, as it was near closing time and he was busy with another car. Perhaps it was rude of me to not offer to help and do my own oil change in their garage?).

It's less than two months since I changed my oil last time, but the oil life monitor is down to 30% already, so the timing is not too terrible.

Guess I'll be adding a yearly/10,000 miles dealer oil change as a yearly expense from now on, to have an official record of it, and keep doing my own oil changes in between them and logging them as I've done so far. :-/

At least the mechanic will get to see my Ronin oil drain plug in operation, which I suspect will be a new thing for him.

 

[tangguy]

Booked an oil change at the dealer.

Was there today for a first service (one and a half year old at 20,000 km/12,000 miles), so I could get a stamp in my book that shows things, except possibly oil since I asked them to not change that, and they remember me buying oil filters there regularly, are in order to help possible future warranty issues.

There were no complaints about lack of changing oil from what I guess you call the service writer (?), especially since he remembers me coming buy frequently to buy oil filters, but when I came back to pick up the car again the old issue about oil changes done by myself came up. How I obviously care a lot about the car and could be a great mechanic for all he knows, but it might be better for me to have an official stamp from them documenting the oil changes so there are "no problems if something happens."

I'm not sure it's necessary, but guy has given me a good impression as I've been going to him/this dealer to get my oil filters and other minor parts for a while now, so quite possibly does have me best interest at heart. If it can save me from a lot of hassle if the engine or transmission blows up, and possibly even having to "lawyer up", perhaps it's a decent idea?

In the end I decided to go with having my oil change done there, and booked it for next week (mechanic did not have time at that moment, as it was near closing time and he was busy with another car. Perhaps it was rude of me to not offer to help and do my own oil change in their garage?).

It's less than two months since I changed my oil last time, but the oil life monitor is down to 30% already, so the timing is not too terrible.

Guess I'll be adding a yearly/10,000 miles dealer oil change as a yearly expense from now on, to have an official record of it, and keep doing my own oil changes in between them and logging them as I've done so far. :-/

At least the mechanic will get to see my Ronin oil drain plug in operation, which I suspect will be a new thing for him.

Absolutely no harm in changing your “own” oil and documenting the receipts. Also, I am pretty show they forgot to reset the oil life monitor and hence you’re down to 30% in such short amount of time. Just visiting your dealer so that oil changes are recorded for your car does not mean Ford will honor all possible warranty claims for that engine. Just my opinion!

 

[Michael_vroomvroom]

Absolutely no harm in changing your “own” oil and documenting the receipts. Also, I am pretty show they forgot to reset the oil life monitor and hence you’re down to 30% in such short amount of time. Just visiting your dealer so that oil changes are recorded for your car does not mean Ford will honor all possible warranty claims for that engine. Just my opinion!

Thanks. I'm not thinking they'll honour all and everything, but assuming this guy is honest about this (and I can't imagine me doing a oil change there once a year or not will matter anything to him financially or otherwise), perhaps there is something in it as far as Ford Spain is concerned.

The 30% oil life remaining was after my own reset one and a half month ago. Most of the oil life disappeared after my trackday last Sunday.

 

[MikeMr305]

got any pictures of the wind visors from "wellvisors" ? I noticed the buffeting weekend just gone, its quite bad when you get higher in the speeds!

Took a few before leaving for work

 

[12g]

Tires are the original 255/40r19s. They only have 400 miles on them, so decided to use them for a while. I will eventually switch out to a 285/35r19 set. Wheels are 19x9.5... no rubbing at all. Here’s a few pics of the poke...

255/40r19 up front.
275/40r19 at rear???
or 255/40r19 on all 4 corners.

 

[Decanes]

To wife to get her a Mach 1 at Glockner Ford but they decided it was $5,000.00 over sticker to buy it. F*CK that. So we came home empty handed

 

[shogun32]

To wife to get her a Mach 1 at Glockner Ford but they decided it was $5,000.00 over sticker to buy it. F*CK that. So we came home empty handed

just a small road trip.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/iro...de3b9f0239b655!2m2!1d-93.8243923!2d41.7610984

 

[Chef jpd]

255/40r19 up front.
275/40r19 at rear???
or 255/40r19 on all 4 corners.

275/40/19 on all 4 corners

 

[raptor17GT]

Took a few before leaving for work

cheers, much appreciated. They look not bad and they work well ?

 

[Decanes]

just a small road trip.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/iro...de3b9f0239b655!2m2!1d-93.8243923!2d41.7610984

what am I going to do when I get there lol

 

[DrZed]

saw a grown adult almost get hit walking into a street looking into his phone, I am 100% positive he was playing Pokemon go during that fad.

I dont do the go stuff, but the original games was a lot of fun, really was.

Not too long ago local police chased with helicopter, at night, through infrared an erratic driver, stop and go on main roads etc... . They showed the chopper video following with FLIR cam. It was hella cool to see the brakes glowing etc... they surmised it was a "high end car". Once the driver got into a residential neighbourhood, more erratic driving into drive ways etc... the police got to where the car was and stopped it finally, it was a high end car. The driver: was playing pokemon go.

Here is the story and cool chopper footage:

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/...ks-pokemon-go-player-driving-erratically.html

 

[Crayon]

 

[GT Pony]

Not too long ago local police chased with helicopter, at night, through infrared an erratic driver, stop and go on main roads etc... . They showed the chopper video following with FLIR cam. It was hella cool to see the brakes glowing etc... they surmised it was a "high end car". Once the driver got into a residential neighbourhood, more erratic driving into drive ways etc... the police got to where the car was and stopped it finally, it was a high end car. The driver: was playing pokemon go.

Here is the story and cool chopper footage:

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/...ks-pokemon-go-player-driving-erratically.html

That was 3 years ago, and hopefully idiots aren't still driving around on the roads looking for Pokemons.

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