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The Daytone Coupe was auctioned off by Mecum, to my knowledge the only U.S. auction house that charges a mere 6%. Still, $870,000 in commissions (buyers and sellers both pay 6%), unless the fees were negotiated down. That also means Barrett-Jackson collected $30,000, not $15,000, for the...

Lot 1059 with 294 miles sold for $169,000. Lot 1236 with 5,000 miles brought $165,000. Both were Tungsten Gray, presumably in pristine condition, and auction results included a 10% buyer's premium. The fact that the price difference between the two cars was less than $5,000 surprised the hell...

Thanks guys, for all the help. Since delaminating horn buttons seem to be a recurring problem on the GT, I think I'll wait with the repair until just before the warranty runs out. Maybe by then, Ford will have a better handle on it. Or else, they'll have run out of horn buttons! Appreciate the...

This is how the horn button on my 2006 GT looked as far back as I can remember. My explanation always was, "yeah guys, I'm gonna take off the plastic when I get 'round to it." Well, today was the day. After peeling off the protective blue plastic from the door sills, the horn button was next on...

No charge, the battery is still sitting in the box. The Service Manager personally carried it some 50 yards and put it into the trunk of my grocery-getter. Does that count? Pitts Ford-Mercury is a small dealership out in the boonies. They happened to win the Ford lottery just as I was looking...

Black, with "Ford GT" lettering, just like the OEM. Having seen generic red top Optima batteries advertised for around $175, I was surprised the OEM sold for only $125. You'd think the Ford GT logo alone would have been good for a $50 premium. Thanks for the advice. Makes sense. So, how old is...

Thanks, Snaproll. Cars are so much better now, in a technical sense. There isn't a Sixties Cobra or Seventies muscle car that will outrun a Ford GT. It's like comparing a Stearman to an F-16. But while the GT is every bit as hard-edged as Jezebel, something is missing in today's rides - all the...

Same problem, so last week I bought a new OEM battery ($128.94 with core charge) from Pitts Ford, the local Ford dealer who sold me the GT. The original battery no longer takes a charge from the Battery Tender, nor will it hold a charge for more than a couple of days, but it will start the car...

Ditto. Black with silver stripes, all options except for that hideous subwoofer. Don't listen to the radio much in that car anyway. Interferes with the exhaust note.

Thank you for that!

Wow, Blue Moose, not many people would spot that bike, much less recognize it! 79, red. Had five bikes at one time, now down to two. The CBX is a keeper. Hal http://www.printshopmakeover.com

Would someone of authority (if there is someone here of authority) please relay to Ford that I think they've been less than articulate about naming their cars. For thirty-nine years I've had to explain that the small-block Cobra I owned wasn't actually a Mustang. Then, in 2006, I sold the...

Bony, every day is a good day to be an American. Today will be better than most. I may even watch the parade! This time, I'll leave home the camera. Still have an image burned into my head from a Memorial Day Parade years ago. An old black man with a scrawny, silver-streaked beard standing next...

Amen to that. Here's another thought, why not Jay Leno for President and Clarkson as his running mate? Oh crap, I forgot, he probably wasn't born here.

He'd get my vote if I were eligible. An absentee ballot, maybe? In Chicago they tell you to vote early, vote often. Think they'd notice in the UK? Then again, we have our hands full with elections here at the moment. You must have read about it. It's in all the papers. And here I was really...