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Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
My guess is that Clarkson got stars in his eyes when he drove the GT during his tests, where the car is set up to shine, and the reality of ownership wasn't going to rear its head until he'd had to live with the car, warts and all, for a while.
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
My guess is that Clarkson got stars in his eyes when he drove the GT during his tests, where the car is set up to shine, and the reality of ownership wasn't going to rear its head until he'd had to live with the car, warts and all, for a while.
Well he should have stars - nice car! Additionally, the car he drove was likely U.S. spec and the kind of vehicle you'd get from a dealer from the U.S. market. Adding all the do-dads, required or not, was what brought on the trouble. Compounded by Roushes inability to correct the faults in the system setup, it made the ownership a difficulty rather than a joy. I don't recall him making a single complaint about the performance or mechanical reliability of the car. Just the add on systems. I see no direct fault to Ford on this one.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by TourDeForce:
Originally posted by Jeb Hoge:
My guess is that Clarkson got stars in his eyes when he drove the GT during his tests, where the car is set up to shine, and the reality of ownership wasn't going to rear its head until he'd had to live with the car, warts and all, for a while.
Well he should have stars - nice car! Additionally, the car he drove was likely U.S. spec and the kind of vehicle you'd get from a dealer from the U.S. market. Adding all the do-dads, required or not, was what brought on the trouble. Compounded by Roushes inability to correct the faults in the system setup, it made the ownership a difficulty rather than a joy. I don't recall him making a single complaint about the performance or mechanical reliability of the car. Just the add on systems. I see no direct fault to Ford on this one.
Well, there *is* the turning circle, width, and fuel consumption, and at least one CEL in his possession even discounting the add-on gubbins. Believe me, I'm as enthusiastic about the PROMISE of the GT as he is...was...still is, I guess. But at the price... 
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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At what price? The car is a bargain compared to it's competition.
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Didn't he say that it'd hit 126K pounds before he took possession? That's $218,358 US dollars according to the currency converter I just tried online, and more importantly, that's more than a new Ferrari F430 would run him in the UK. You're kind of running out of "bargain" arguments when you get into that territory.
"Think of it, if you like, as a librarian with a G-string under the tweed." Clarkson on the Mondeo.
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I guess if you were to have it imported to the UK and had to pay that to own one then yes. In the US it is a bargain.
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