I told you the cry babies would come out. There are more accidents in the U.S. with speed limits, than Germany with no speed limits.To show just how stupid that sounds,100% of people that speed don't get into accidents 100%of the time. Some people do it some don't.
I don't see it as being dangerous either. It's just in good fun. People will cry about it, but some people will cry over anything.
I told you the cry babies would come out. There are more accidents in the U.S. with speed limits, than Germany with no speed limits.To show just how stupid that sounds,100% of people that speed don't get into accidents 100%of the time. Some people do it some don't.
Clearly everything is dictated by specific circumstance, context and environment. If there are localized expectations of extreme speed differences, that obviously, sets up a __different__ expectation, and even with a specific scenario such as the Autobahn, it's not a total free-for-all, there are speed limited sections, posted advisory limits, it's pretty well structured to provide some really clear open sections and some very controlled stretches.
Do you read what was said? I see that you don't. I never said anyone was an asshole for driving fast.
I don't see anything in your Forbes article that still isn't true. Doesn't mention 200 mph anywhere. It will still be the fastest mustang 0-60, 1/4 mile and on the track.
Yea, but that's a different animal. A 526HP NA engine is not the same as a near 800HP engine (I know you know that). Everyone had expectations based upon the previous 500 and what the extra HP might bring. I get that the focus of the car has changed from previous models, however so far, I still have not heard a plausible reason to speed limit the new 500. I'm not bitching, I would simply like to know why it was decided to go that route. I'm still leaning towards my theory that the wing is the issue. John Strauss' FP350S had lid damage from the downforce of his wing last December at Daytona. Maybe an instability due to differential aerodynamic forces above 180? Maybe they just decided to limit the track wing car speed to Vne or Vno, and make all the GT500 models equal in top speed. That's my theory, but what do I know?
It could be Ford believes track focused owners will feel compelled to get a tune and x% of the rest might get a tune just to SAY their GT500 can go over 180. Ford has zero power-train warranty exposure for those cars which have a very expensive power-train. If their experts realize these engines are more fragile than expected, pushing owners to tune reduces that risk to Ford. Ford woudn't even get much flak over it. Blown engine stories typically get responses along the lines of, you mod, you take your chances.
no its not, no one is buying this car because "it could do 200mph" We are buying because of what it is, and how fast it can get to XXXmph, not maximum MPH
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Because the GT350 is power/aero limited to that speed not artificially limited to it. It would be wise for Ford to better explain why 180MPH other than because downforce or we didn't want the base car to be faster.
I believe it's the same story with the ZL1 (coupe) vs. the ZL1 1LE, the latter having less top end, but clearly being faster around a track due to aero/downforce/etc.
I get the feeling this is Ford Performance's product marketing team saying we can't have the Carbon Fiber Track Pack be slower in any way to the less expensive GT500 variant than a technical or safety reason. Hopefully Ford will give us some actual clarity around the top speed soon.