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    Friend looking for Black GT

    Hello everyone! I've been away for a while, I decided to buy a LP640 and had no choice but to sell my GT but continue to monitor the forum. A good friend of mine from Westchester County NY is looking for a 05 or 06 in black. He found one at Elite in Arkansas but they want big money IMO for the...
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    2009 Acr

    This is the car I ordered from Chuck at Tator's Dodge albeit I'm not sure if the white driver's stripe will be available. Might do the stripe in either red (to match the calipers) or blue. Any thoughts...BD
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    tire replacement

    Just replaced rear rubber on my GT. For anyone in the NY/NJ area who is looking for a professional shop to do some mounting and balancing check out Paddock Performance in Haverstraw, NY. I dealt with Ken and Niles and they were great. They have the road force GSP9700 balancing machine and treat...
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    Tires are toast

    5k and the rears are done. Anyone gone away from the Goodyear F1's to a different type of tire. I was wondering if anyone has gone with the big lettered Goodyear DOT slicks. Thanks...
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    New England, New York and Jersey

    Hello northeasterners. How lucky have we been to be still driving our cars into mid January w/out any salt or sand on the roads. Anyway here is the reason for my post. On the weekend of January 26-28th my GT (and my Viper) will be in the Frank Marotta auto show in Hartford, CT. The website...
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    Don't make the same mistake I did

    Just so none of you guys repeat my mistake, here it is. I was driving along and the open door light kept flickering and the chime kept going off and on. Only at speed did this happen and I couldn't figure it out for the clam shell and doors were shut. Then I remembered that a few days before I...
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    Video 0-162 mph

    Check out the video on www.youtube.com posted about 40 hours ago of some impressive acceleration and disappearance. Type in Ford GT in the search bar and sort by date added in the left column. I'd attatch it myself if I knew how...
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    Female owners

    I haven't heard this question asked yet so I'll apologize in advance if it has been on this board. How many female GT owners are out there? I mean real female owners, not the guys who say I bought it for my wife and she let's me drive it all the time! I can't imagine their are many but I'd be...
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    Nitrogen fill in tires

    Guys, has anyone tried nitrogen in their GT tires yet? We just incorporated it at our car dealership and I am trying it in the GT. Basically you remove the air in the tires down to 3 psi and refill to the factory spec with nitrogen. Supposedly their are a lot of benefits including tire life...
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    Looking for Blue/White Stripes

    Hello everyone, A friend of mine is looking for an 05/06 (preferably an 06) blue/white stripes car and doesn't care about the mac or the painted calipers. Also east coast would help for he lives in CT but willing to listen. Thanks for any help offered...Dan
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    Oil change recap/ everyone read this

    Last week I posted "1st oil change" inquiry, here's the outcome. I'm a new car dealer and easily could have done the service at our store but wanted to have it in Ford's system as being done at 970 miles and also by a "certified" Ford GT tech. I requested that I be present during the service and...
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    1st Oil change

    Hey guys, I'm at 950 miles and ready for the first oil change! What has everyone been doing regarding oil changes, have you guys been doing them on your own or taking it to the dealer? If taking it to the dealer how much could I expect to pay? I'm figuring $150-200 including parts/oil! Does this...
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    Driver door handle release issue

    Hey guys, has anyone experienced a door handle problem? My driver side handle on occasion will not release/open the door. When I reach outside and hit the button opener it works fine. Just wondering if anyone else has has a similar issue. I hate tearing things apart unless it's absolutely...
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    Rev limiter

    Has anyone bounced the tach to the rev limiter and if so did the car have the typical sputtering type of response? Along the same lines would doing this on occassion (let's say doing a burnout in 1st gear) harm the engine, valves or supercharger in any way? Thanks for any feedback offered! :thumbsup
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    Clutch chatter

    Hey guys, has anybody experienced intermittent clutch chatter? My car has about 580 miles on it and seems to have this issue on occasion and has had since day one. I haven't pinpointed the reason yet and I know it's not me. I'm going to gauge the driving cycles (around town, stop and go etc.)...
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    Wake up call - Viper tragedy

    Hi Guys, I'm sorry to be the one to post this but it comes with good intentions! The Viper Forum is posting another "racing tragedy" on the streets of Canada involving an SRT Viper. We are all a community of sports car enthusiasts and should keep in our minds as well as our friends minds that we...
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    Hot Rod for Sale

    Hello guys! Is anyone interested in a custom built 1940 Willys roadster? The car has a fully chromed 528 cubic inch crate Hemi putting out 610 horse and 650 foot lbs. of torque. The paint is incredible as is the all custom leather interior and leather trunk as well as the fully polished or...
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    1st oil change

    Can anyone give me some feedback on the timing of the first oil change. I just reached 500 miles and was wondering if I should dump the oil now! Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!!! :confused
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    New GT purchase story...

    Hello everyone! I am the proud new owner of an '06 Tungsten GT that I literally fell into a couple of weeks ago. I am a CT resident and as any car respecting New Englander knows, don't break out the ride until they've swept the roads of all the sand from the winter. Anyway, I walk into the local...