This passsed week end my wife and I drove the car to a show in Pinetop Az. It's about a 200 mile trip one way. It is through the Salt River canyon and the roads are made for a GT40. Winding and twisting for many miles.
This car handles so good that not once did I feel that it was ready to break loose in a sharp curve. I do have to wonder where that break point is because I really pushed it through some of those sweepers and I got no complaint or noise from the Yokohama's. In third gear this thing turns into a rocket. It actually plasters you to the seat when you stab the throttle to pass on a single lane.
We arrived at the show 3 hours late due to a slow moving parade in town and an accident that we were routed around.
The show is a participates only voting and many had voted already before I arrived. There were 24 classes of cars and 570 cars in attendance. I was still able to aquire sufficent amount of votes to get third place. Then I was called to the podium again as my car was selected for the Mayor's choice trophy. I must say that I was totally overwhelmed by the huge crowds around the GT.
It was non-stop from the time I parked until I left. It really was nice to get all those compliments from the people and the participates.
Going home was just as fun as coming . The road is really a fun drive for a car like this. I had no problems with the car. It has
no rattles or squeeks and very little air leaks at high speed. The best thing about this car is the comfort you have while driving. I tell people that it's like driving in your lazy boy lounger. There is a lot of extra room which is nice for arm placement on long trips. My feet were busy most of the time in the twisties but I never once felt they were in a bad position.
Even though my muffler is open with very little baffling the conversation level at speed was very good. Much better than my cobra. To me a radio would be worthless with this type of muffler. However if you choose to put on a quieter system possibly a radio would be OK.
The air conditioning worked very well. I did have a circuit breaker kick off for some reason but it reset itself and has been fine since.
As I have said before I can't begin to say how happy I am with the outcome of this car. It is much more than I expected. I look forward to many miles of pleasurable driving on and off the track.
Hersh
This car handles so good that not once did I feel that it was ready to break loose in a sharp curve. I do have to wonder where that break point is because I really pushed it through some of those sweepers and I got no complaint or noise from the Yokohama's. In third gear this thing turns into a rocket. It actually plasters you to the seat when you stab the throttle to pass on a single lane.
We arrived at the show 3 hours late due to a slow moving parade in town and an accident that we were routed around.
The show is a participates only voting and many had voted already before I arrived. There were 24 classes of cars and 570 cars in attendance. I was still able to aquire sufficent amount of votes to get third place. Then I was called to the podium again as my car was selected for the Mayor's choice trophy. I must say that I was totally overwhelmed by the huge crowds around the GT.
It was non-stop from the time I parked until I left. It really was nice to get all those compliments from the people and the participates.
Going home was just as fun as coming . The road is really a fun drive for a car like this. I had no problems with the car. It has
no rattles or squeeks and very little air leaks at high speed. The best thing about this car is the comfort you have while driving. I tell people that it's like driving in your lazy boy lounger. There is a lot of extra room which is nice for arm placement on long trips. My feet were busy most of the time in the twisties but I never once felt they were in a bad position.
Even though my muffler is open with very little baffling the conversation level at speed was very good. Much better than my cobra. To me a radio would be worthless with this type of muffler. However if you choose to put on a quieter system possibly a radio would be OK.
The air conditioning worked very well. I did have a circuit breaker kick off for some reason but it reset itself and has been fine since.
As I have said before I can't begin to say how happy I am with the outcome of this car. It is much more than I expected. I look forward to many miles of pleasurable driving on and off the track.
Hersh
