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Heel and toe its just practice. Missing the RPM target won't affect the synchros, It will just slip the clutch more and shake the car. In some cars the pedals don't help so you have to accomodate. Once you master it you can start practicing shifting w/o clutch. Might cost you 1 or 2...

Nothing is analog anymore. I think the last analog gauges I saw were from the 80s. In the 90's they all moved to stepper motors for accuracy. The S550 gauges are fed by can bus so all the signals are pre filtered by the ECU and the cluster logic.

This is the whole problem behind it. Numbers scare people most of the time and drives them to the dealer to complain under warranty. Tach RPM and Engine RPM are different values. Modern tachs anticipate RPM fluctuations to make it look like the engine is faster / sportier. (In a downshift the...

It's probably much simpler than that. Get a S550 analog clutster and connect it to the S650. It probably uses Can Bus and 12v power like any other modern dash. I bet the Can bus addresses are the same for speed and rpm. If not you can intercept them with arduino or use the 18 to 1 converter that...

I always wonder if they know there is a 5.7 and a 6.4, and that they have the 5.7, and the mustang is a 5.0, but the camaro is 6.2.

And you know that number is cooked also. It is probably much more. 8.2M cars sold in the last 5 years. 2.3B in recall and warranty. at least $280 per car sold. Wild...

Every new car has a something wrong. Thousands of pieces coming from all over the world with no QC at all. I'd say they will be able to fix it. Make sure to take pics of the exterior and interior. Just in case the mechanic they have just started its first / last week on the job. 🤣 For piece...

The new game is to tap into that 30 billion market. Not sell cars to peasants. 95% of that 30 billion is old cars that are stored in warehouses. If they can trick those guys and convince them the "new corvette, GTD or whaterver" will appreciate over time, then they get a chunk of the cake. Like...

It will be a 350k car most probably. Their target customer are lambo, ferrari, and GT3 owners with warranties about to expire... 🤣

I think it will be the same ZR1 engine, with the added Electric motor in the front. If they want to blow it out of the water, they would probalby use the combined Electric turbos that porsche just released. Instead of opening the wastegate, they use the electric motor in the turbo to generate...

And you're talking the official inflation, which is nowhere near the actual inflation. We had more than 100% on most things over 3 years. But following modern economics, I won't defend Ford or any other manufacturer. It is all supply and demand. They can cry inflation and margin compression all...

The '25 is the terminator. It terminates you financially 🤣

I think the manual will die alltogether, and sooner than we expect. BMW will part ways with it in 2025 and mercedes dropped it long time ago.

Agree, maybe the mustang as we knew it died too, and they're just using the same name and logo to "transition" it to be something else. I think this is the plan, and the old mustang crowd will help and pay the transitioning. With the corvette was day and night with the C7/C8. I wanted a C7 but...

I digress, we're in the era of big data. They know too much about consumers and preferences. They model these things and it has worked perfect so far. Marketing at some point is legal deception. With the massive influence of media / social media, and the disconnection of reality the population...

I've read that the CEO is a Porsche guy and It's commited to turn the Mustang into a niche sportscar, somewhat exclusive. Seems to be aiming in that direction. Looking only at what's happening. It will also hurt depreciation, since a 65k - 70k car bought at 7%, when it hits the lot again in 2...

Conflict of interests. Apply some bearing grease in the glovebox. Next time the passenger or wife tries to scratch it they will get stains either in the purse or shoes. Now that's their problem. :like:

I think it is a market wide problem. Anything that's not 1st necessity will get hit baldly. The sweet spot will be just before the election. '25 on the lot, remaining '24s, high interest rates. Hopefully we can get a nice GT in the mid 30k range.

I think it might get better when the 25's hit the lots.... 20% off? Hopefully

When you don't have OTA or a a cheap deployment system in place you put more effort in making sure the software works as intended. In such a complex car, these glitches are no fun. What if it happens while driving?