Man crashed Ford GT with only 9 miles

[FlippiN.af]

Originally Posted by BlackGT2000

When I took a look at a GT this past summer the guy told me it had 500 HP, I told him I could have sworn it was 550....he insisted it was only 500. I guess dealers always know best.

When the GT first came out, in magazines it said it only had 500 horses, and then nowadays its 550. Thats the only thing I know about that.

[TheStang00]

the GT is rated at 550hp... but it is under rated and is closer to 600 (atleast the one car&driver had or whatever the mag was)

[BlackGT2000]

Yeah I remember that also but this was just a few months back when they were definately rated to 550 (at least according to the Ford brochures in the dealership)

[-The Stig-]

Well, they've got to leave some room for improvement.

Just incase they run the car for a few more years, they can 'up' the power to help stur interests in the car. By saying they upped the power to 575hp or something like that, when, the car had 575 or whatever to begin with.

I mean, they can do some minor tweaking with ECU... intake manifold runners.. something small, to make people go.. "oooo... they made it faster!" when, all they did was slap more horsepower on paper.

Just like the new C6 Z06, we all know it makes 505hp, and we've all seen the dyno sheets of what a few minor tweaks can do to them. Basically all Chevrolet has to do is tweak it just a tad to get more power out of it.


Or, I could have the whole industry wrong.

[Chiquae07]

lol....sounds like what every car maufactor does..dont they do that with every car basiclly....but if u get a pure track car from the dealership, then there is no problem....

[JekylandHyde]

I would like to buy the engine for Jekyl please ... thank you.

[Igovert500]

Originally Posted by CBFryman

9mi? dont they have some sort of required break in

Judging by the pictures I think he took the term entirely too literally.

[GForce957]

^hahah

[TheStang00]

Originally Posted by JekylandHyde

I would like to buy the engine for Jekyl please ... thank you.

heh... that would be awesome

[2000LS1Z28]

The damage to the car looks repairable, though extremely costly. I doubt it will be considered totalled. Dude is a tard though.

[nikita7]

It doesn't look destroyed. Engine is in the back anyways, seems like a lot of plastic broke on the nose, maybe some frame damage. I am 100% sure that he could have started it back up and drove to the nearest garage (if not deplyoed air bags).

[deadbolt_35]

Originally Posted by RedNeck383

But, this guy was going to a local Ford dealership to buy a Ford GT and when he got to talking to a sales rep. about a particular GT he was looking at the Sales rep. thought it'd be cool to boast that he'd personally taken that car up to 65mph in 1st gear. He was proud of it, trying to use it as a sales pitch ya know... which a Ford GT doesn't need a sales pitch, if you're buying the car you probably already know it's fast.

Anywho, the dude looking to buy said something along the lines of "I'm glad you guys know about proper break-in periods..." and left. I think he went elsewhere and bought his GT.

i remember reading this story too...i think it was a letter that someone had mailed to car and driver...anywho, that's really funny.

if had the money to buy a supercar, i would definitely take the time to be in some race driving classes first, so i could really learn how to control a mid engined, 550hp beast