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Also note that from what I've read here, it takes a rather long time, more than one full fuel tank, for the system to adjust to take full advantage of the higher octane fuel. So just putting in premium fuel on your way to track will not do it, if you've up until then been running lower octane...

I think before doing any further speculation one would need to have an estimate of the number of GT 350s and GT500s sold by Ford. If the number of GT500s sold by Ford is twice that of GT350s sold, the strange thing would be if there was not twice as many GT500s available second hand.

Sometimes I too feel the horn is too wimpy and priusy. Would nice to have something deeper, more growling, more fitting. Like the growl of a rottweiler rather than a poodle. A train horn is overdoing it a bit, though there has been one or two cases where I would not have minded that option.

Join the club. If careful and you know what you're doing by having watched pictures of how it looks inside first, it's possible to do carefully. After a couple take off/put back on repetitions mine broke too though. Instead of buying a new housing I used velcro tape however. Glued two pieces...

What a brilliant idea. Will take a bit more space when parking I guess, but I feel an immediate need to order something like that. Going to keep it in the trunk, ready to use whenever I'm parking in the city, or anywhere but my garage.

What would these people say if they actually went racing one day, rather than having a hpde trackday? They participated in the F1 grand prix? Luc nailed it: anyone who goes to track, for hpde or other things, has no illusions that they are participating in a race when on a hpde.

The arbitrator seems to have been hung up on "use of a vehicle at very high speeds on a track is not covered [because that is racing]". I'm sure that most of us will disagree with that, as we know there's a world of difference between wheel-to-wheel racing and HPDE, but that is how it was...

Sorry, but, what? Above made no sense to me. Is it because english is my third language?

What a sad decision. News for Ford owners: using Ford vehicles marked as "track ready" on track, HPDE included, is not covered by warranty. Get a Camaro instead. Would be too much to hope that some journalist would pick this up I guess. :-/ Next trackday: March 30.

The rev hang is annoying, but this does not at all sound like the rev hang.

Sounds like something is wrong with your car. I'd have a mechanic check it out before spending time and money on upgraded parts.

You can tell from those vinyl stripes on the hood it would be nothing but problems. Only thing missing is a faux snake to replace the Ford logo.

I'd not mess with anything on a Mach1 for my first trackday, except for cosmetic protection. You may well be a faster learner than me, but I think I had at least 3-4 trackdays before I upgraded from stock braking fluid and stock braking pads to something better for track, and even at that time...

It's not strange as if they had said that the whole "track-ready" spiel for gt350/gt500/mach1 would be impossible to maintain. So unlike that warranty-dofus, they obviously understood they could not say anything but that he's fine taking the car to the track. You do have a good point...

Unfortunately it's just this one, single, country: Germany, with the "ring" and their highways. Afaik, there are no other countries in Europe that have roads without speed limits, and most of them probably lower than you have in the USA. Fines also include jail time if going too much over the...

First request OBDX to refund the full amount. Once they decline or do not respond, request a charge back from the bank that issued your credit card.

As I'm sure you realise, that makes a lot of sense for Ford of course. As long as they are deciding to deny your claim, it can only affect them adversely to communicate anything more than the required minimum to you. They would not want you to know more than necessary about how they plan to...

In that case I would note that Ford in their reply seem to differentiate between the two, as we would expect them to. While their reply does not directly say track use is ok, it does insinuate it by indicating that you did not simply attend HPDE events, but were actually racing. I may be wrong...

I hope I'm wrong, but with arguments like this I think you will be on the losing end of this arbitration, unless the arbitrator/arbitrators happen to be car people who really want to understand your lengthy response. IMO, short and concise is the key here. It's not a court case where judge and...

Unless I happened on some particularly convenient opportunity to have another dealer's mechanic inspect it now, I'd probably wait and see what the response to the BBB will be. If the clutch issue becomes the crust of the matter I'd try to arrange for another Ford dealer's mechanic come and...