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    Ppi Charlotte...

    Give Jean Robitelle at Automotive International a call. They are at Old Pineville road in Charlotte, he does PPI's on a lot of European Cars but is also familiar with American Muscle. Also has done good work on my GT. 704 564-3603, Jack
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    New owner. Looking forward to joining the community!

    Hello from Charlotte and welcome. Several GT's in the area, hope to see you at a local event. Good luck with the gages. Many of us have been through several replacements; as stated here many times it is important to leave the car on a tender if not driven often. Good luck with a great car Jack
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    McLaren MP4-12C vs Ferrari 458 Italia at the Drag Strip

    Many mags have tested these two. McLaren is quicker under normal track conditions, but hard to think that's two stock cars with equal drivers based on previous comments and published results.
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    Atlanta area owners GT Guys in the spring ???

    I would be interested from Charlotte.
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    Amelia Island Concours 2013

    I know the Ritz is full...have a home in Hilton Head I could drive the GT there for the day or overnight; is there a recommendaton on safe parking there or in the evening?
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    2009 SL 65 (Not Black Series)

    I had two SL55's and came close to buying a 2008 SL65 but bought the 55 instead. Enjoyed the cars. I have driven a couple of 65's. Good solid, all around, comfortable car. Very fast once rolling. I actually had a guy in a modified 65 get me pretty good when I had the GT in stock form...
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    Ford GT road test

    Motor trend Dec. '05. Said output was close to 600 HP.
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    Audi R8 TT and Mercedes SL Black Series coming this year

    R8/black series I saw the R8 V12 diesel at the show in Detroit, very nice, but I think the V10 will come out first, and the current models will go down in value. Still can't buy an R8 for less than $20K over sticker, at least in Charlotte, and when they load them up it is $160K total. The...
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    Advice for new owner please

    Just an update- After talking to the dealer, the service advisor, and the technician I decided to let them change the oil. The tech was the only one there that they let work on the GT's, and they have serviced about 6 of them. I asked about the priming procedure which he knew well, and a few...
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    Advice for new owner please

    Thanks Thanks to all of you. One easy one down (spoiler) maybe two to go....the instructions and response on this forum are wonderful. Lift helps Maybe manuals in the future although I don't think I'll be changing transaxles. ... Jack
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    Advice for new owner please

    I have to take my GT to a local dealer next week to get the state inspection done. Car is a 2006 with 2400 miles, I bought it from a dealer and am the first to title it, have had the car a few weeks, no problems so far except nicking the chin spoiler the first day I had it- my fault.. I think...