Favorite GT Quote


GTdrummer

GTdrummer

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I had some long plane trips this week, and I took along some historical articles/reviews I had pulled from the net to read about my "new" car. (about 300 pages worth)

I think my favorite quote ( which I am sure you all are familiar with) was in an Automobile Magazine comparison awhile back. In comparing the looks of a Murcielago, Mercedes McLaren and GT it was said:

"In sum, the Italian car looks German, the German car looks Italian, and the Ford makes the dead rise up and walk again."
 
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mine was posted here a while ago and was not written by a fancy automotive journalist but rather by one of our own patrons, so here is the conversation that took place:

guy driving a gt pulls up to red light, guy in the car next to him says

"Maaaaan what is that?"

its a ford!

"Maaaan what kind of fooord is that?

"ITS THE FASTEST MOTH** FU***ING FORD YOU'LL EVER SEE!"

I agree not very polished but gets right to the point.:biggrin
 
soroush said:
mine was posted here a while ago and was not written by a fancy automotive journalist but rather by one of our own patrons, so here is the conversation that took place:

guy driving a gt pulls up to red light, guy in the car next to him says

"Maaaaan what is that?"

its a ford!

"Maaaan what kind of fooord is that?

"ITS THE FASTEST MOTH** FU***ING FORD YOU'LL EVER SEE!"

I agree not very polished but gets right to the point.:biggrin
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:biggrin:lol:banana
 
Driving a GT, Guy pulls up to me with his girlfriend beside me. He says, man is that the new Lamborghini?? I point down out the window towards the sticker in the corner of the door and say yeah, it's their new model, the FORD GT - hahaha! Pulled away laughing...:rofl:rofl
 
So the guys girlfriend didn't get in the GT for a "pleasure" ride?
 
GTdrummer said:
"In sum, the Italian car looks German, the German car looks Italian, and the Ford makes the dead rise up and walk again."
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YES!!!!! Right on!

'Has been my favorite since I first read it about 4(?) years ago! :thumbsup:thumbsup :cheers
 
Car Show

About a year ago I had the GT entered in a local car show and guy walked up and asked me "What kind of car is that?" I replied "It's a FORD".

He looked at the car again, then turned back to me and said "ARE YOU SURE?"
 
DLKGT said:
About a year ago I had the GT entered in a local car show and guy walked up and asked me "What kind of car is that?" I replied "It's a FORD".

He looked at the car again, then turned back to me and said "ARE YOU SURE?"
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In the mid 90s a friend and I took our Vipers to a car show. A guy came up to us and looking at the bumper asked , "so what kind of Dodge Viper RT10 is that?"--Darwinism
 
GTdrummer said:
In the mid 90s a friend and I took our Vipers to a car show. A guy came up to us and looking at the bumper asked , "so what kind of Dodge Viper RT10 is that?"--Darwinism
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Wait 'til you go to your local Ford dealer & ask the parts counter guy for this or that, "for a 2006(05) Ford GT", and he asks you if your Mustang is a stick or automatic. :frown:frown:frown

I've mentioned 100 times that sorta stuff is wunna the main reasons I wish Ford had called the car the "GT44". 'Sure wudda nipped all the "mustang?" crapola in the bud right from the get-go...:rolleyes
 
empty pockets said:
wait 'til you go to your local ford dealer & ask the parts counter guy for this or that, "for a 2006(05) ford gt", and he asks you if your mustang is a stick or automatic. :frown:frown:frown

i've mentioned 100 times that sorta stuff is wunna the main reasons i wish ford had called the car the "gt44". 'sure wudda nipped all the "mustang?" crapola in the bud right from the get-go...:rolleyes
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+100
 
BlackICE said:
+100
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I guess all it took was money and Ford did not like being taken advantage of. It does not seem to stop kitcar companies from using GT40--maybe they cut a better deal or are just using it.
 
GTdrummer said:
I guess all it took was money and Ford did not like being taken advantage of. It does not seem to stop kitcar companies from using GT40--maybe they cut a better deal or are just using it.
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Ford wouldn't have had to pay anything to go with GT44, drummer. :wink
 
I was looking at a cobra replica close to my house and the guy took me for a spin and when we were done he said are you interested and I said I might be but the FORD GT I just bought put me back a little , he said that FORD GT must have set you back 40K , I just looked at him and said to myself why even bother explaining this again

I also just returned from the Vancouver auto expo and when I asked the salesman in the FORD area why didnt they have a FORD GT there just for a conversation piece and to draw some attention , he pointed at the 3 mustangs and said I think one of those is a GT . OK then I said

I have had the same isuse at the FORD parts counter
 
Empty Pockets said:
Ford wouldn't have had to pay anything to go with GT44, drummer. :wink
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You are likely correct, and I need new glasses.
 
Ditto on the GT being confused with some incarnation of a Mustang. Even at the Ford dealership for an oil change, I had to go through two people before I got to a service person who understood what the GT was. When I brought it in it, every one from the service area stopped working to look at it. In retrospect, naming it the GT-44 wouldn't have been a bad idea.....
 
was invited to a saturday afternoon car show. wearing Rally 2 t-shirt and Ford racing hat. guy walks up, walks around the car, asks me about the engine, peeks inside at all the pretty stuff. admires the tires/wheels .. then looks me right in the eye and says "excuse me for asking... but, can you tell me how much this feeeraaarrrri set you back?"

to which I responded ... "nothing." and walked over to talk to the smart people.
 
S592R said:
was invited to a saturday afternoon car show. wearing Rally 2 t-shirt and Ford racing hat. guy walks up, walks around the car, asks me about the engine, peeks inside at all the pretty stuff. admires the tires/wheels .. then looks me right in the eye and says "excuse me for asking... but, can you tell me how much this feeeraaarrrri set you back?"

to which I responded ... "nothing." and walked over to talk to the smart people.
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'Bit too mercenary IMO, there, '92. Ya kudda at least pointed to the FORD GT logo on the side stripe before you walked way! :wink :cheers (You hafta remember that not all people who tour a car show are "car people", or even know a Prius from a VW bug.)

I still favor the reply: "Let's just say it cost more than your average Buick." The issue was never pressed any further after having said that. :biggrin
 
my favorite was at the last Rally, when four of us stopped in Goliad on our way to the Mile. We pulled up outside of a grocery store, complete with a pair of good ole' boys sitting outside complete with bib overlalls. As we walked into the store to buy water, I heard one of the guys say " will you look at that, its says Ford on those ve-hicles. That caint be right"
 
On the way home from picking up my new to me GT, I stopped at the drug store to get some odds and ends. When I came out, a young man asked several times if it was a "Mach III" even though I answered him on query #1 that it was a Ford GT. :frown

What is a Mach III? Is it "Speed Racer's" car? :confused

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2112 said:
On the way home from picking up my new to me GT, I stopped at the drug store to get some odds and ends. When I came out, a young man asked several times if it was a "Mach III" even though I answered him on query #1 that it was a Ford GT. :frown

What is a Mach III? Is it "Speed Racer's" car? :confused
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This is the only Mach III I've seen/heard of as far as the Ford brand is concerned:

http://mustangs.about.com/od/mustan...he-Ford-Mustang.--5z/FordMustangMachIII-c.htm
 
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