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How does a heat cycle, notice it's singular, take multiple tanks of gas. A heat cycle is literally that, taking engine/trans/tires/etc from cold, up to the optimum operating temperature, and letting it cool back down to ambient. That's literally all it is. The dearth of basic...

If $2k in options is a deciding factor on a $40k car, I feel like it's possible you are pushing your budget a bit too hard.

Do they do something else other than salt/brine on the roads up there? That would be my main concern.

I can't imagine buying a GT350 and putting snow tires on it. Why not just buy a cheap beater for winter? Hell we don't have covered parking at work, so if a severe storm is supposed to come in, my boss and I both just leave and work from home to avoid any possible hail damage.

They used the same driver for both cars when it came to the timed laps. Most club tracks in the country aren't huge power tracks like Road America or VIR.

That's pretty cheap! Just guessing based on what I've seen advertised locally and how much off I got when I bought my last Mustang years ago. I haven't actually gone in and tried to buy one yet.

It changes the shape, the relative size stays pretty constant.

And you can get them down around $41k out the door.

[ame] Tight, but still not an AutoX course.

Cold start is about lighting off the cats as quickly as possible, hence the increased RPM and louder exhaust (richer fuel mixture and retarded ignition timing to put more heat into the exhaust). Driving the car is the best way to warm it up. Idling to operating temp causes much more wear. Get...

Yeah, I'm waiting til my first round of RSU's vest next year. So depending on value, and my tax returns, is going to determine what I'll buy or if I'll be patient and keep saving my shekels.

Get prepared to mod then. The M2, stock, matches the GT350 on tighter tracks with the same driver. Add 100hp with the Dinan bits and wider, stickier tires and you have a seriously fast car on your hands.

It seems like some of you think "deal" means the dealership should just pay you thousands of dollars to take the car off the lot. OK.

That's a legit question. However, as someone still paying off his student loans (12 years later), I'd really suggest her not buying a $20k+ car while still a student and either working extra hours to pay for it, or using student loans to pay for it. If you're paying for it, then by all...

^I would not want to be with a car girl.

If she wants to make a money wise purchase, she'll keep driving the (I assume paid for) beater Fusion until she graduates.

All seat time helps. That said, I've never bothered with AutoX. My local track is relatively affordable compared to most in the country so the $$$/seat time ratio just isn't worth it to me. Then I'd have to stand and shag cones half the day, no thanks. But I'll probably do it at some point...

Internet car forums are no place for logic goodly sir.

167 track weekends is pretty impressive.

They could probably make the V6s sound decent if they'd remove the fuel restriction and let them REV! With the fuel flow restrictions they are typically staying below 11.5k