Ford GT

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by Bernica

I am no expert, but there appear to be a LOT of GT's that were wrecked pretty fast after purchased. Seems like the first thing some inexperienced persons want to do is pulley them before they even learn do drive them. That results in the inevitable.

How many of the 4,000 produced have been totaled

Unfortunately, having the money to buy one does not correlate with having the ability to drive one although some folks seem to equate their earning ability with all sorts of other skills. In stock form they are very safe in that they have all kinds of safety features like roll under steer and wheel rates heavily biased toward under steer. On cold days a stock GT can make 550 wheel horsepower.
High performance summer tires have very little traction as temperatures drop combine those factors with an inexperienced driver and you have an accident waiting to happen. They are still orders of magnitudes safer than any Cobra because of construction, occupant protection systems, wheel base and
vehicle dynamics. A Cobra can kill you, a GT can be destroyed in a big crash but the occupants will most likely survive. Although there have been lots of Cobra crashes I think the owners as a group are more aware of the dangers of inappropriate throttle application than GT owners were when the car came out. The GT forum did a lot to educate people as to the dangers of driving them in an unsafe manner, similar to what this forum has done for years with Cobra owners.

[Bernica]

Originally Posted by Cobra #3170

Unfortunately, having the money to buy one does not correlate with having the ability to drive one although some folks seem to equate their earning ability with all sorts of other skills. In stock form they are very safe in that they have all kinds of safety features like roll under steer and wheel rates heavily biased toward under steer. On cold days a stock GT can make 550 wheel horsepower.
High performance summer tires have very little traction as temperatures drop combine those factors with an inexperienced driver and you have an accident waiting to happen. They are still orders of magnitudes safer than any Cobra because of construction, occupant protection systems, wheel base and
vehicle dynamics. A Cobra can kill you, a GT can be destroyed in a big crash but the occupants will most likely survive. Although there have been lots of Cobra crashes I think the owners as a group are more aware of the dangers of inappropriate throttle application than GT owners were when the car came out. The GT forum did a lot to educate people as to the dangers of driving them in an unsafe manner, similar to what this forum has done for years with Cobra owners.

Very well put Sir!

[LMH]

Originally Posted by Cobra #3170

Unfortunately, having the money to buy one does not correlate with having the ability to drive one although some folks seem to equate their earning ability with all sorts of other skills. In stock form they are very safe in that they have all kinds of safety features like roll under steer and wheel rates heavily biased toward under steer. On cold days a stock GT can make 550 wheel horsepower.
High performance summer tires have very little traction as temperatures drop combine those factors with an inexperienced driver and you have an accident waiting to happen. They are still orders of magnitudes safer than any Cobra because of construction, occupant protection systems, wheel base and
vehicle dynamics. A Cobra can kill you, a GT can be destroyed in a big crash but the occupants will most likely survive. Although there have been lots of Cobra crashes I think the owners as a group are more aware of the dangers of inappropriate throttle application than GT owners were when the car came out. The GT forum did a lot to educate people as to the dangers of driving them in an unsafe manner, similar to what this forum has done for years with Cobra owners.

That's for sure! They come out to track events and cause a whole host of problems yet to listen to them talk, they just raced the 24 at Le Mans. On the track, they're more like bumper-cars!
Larry

[Bernica]

Yup. A friend of mine talked me into going to a show with him to meet this kid with an '06 GT. Rich kid, no brains. All he kept telling me is how he had spooled it up and thought he had almost 1,000 hp now. I asked him if he had gone to driving school yet and how much seat time he had and he said "no man, I know how to drive". Well, that car is one of the ones that is now a total wreck two weeks after I met him. But, you are right...he was safe and walked away to go find something else.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Cobra #3170

Unfortunately, having the money to buy one does not correlate with having the ability to drive one although some folks seem to equate their earning ability with all sorts of other skills. In stock form they are very safe in that they have all kinds of safety features like roll under steer and wheel rates heavily biased toward under steer. On cold days a stock GT can make 550 wheel horsepower.
High performance summer tires have very little traction as temperatures drop combine those factors with an inexperienced driver and you have an accident waiting to happen. They are still orders of magnitudes safer than any Cobra because of construction, occupant protection systems, wheel base and
vehicle dynamics. A Cobra can kill you, a GT can be destroyed in a big crash but the occupants will most likely survive. Although there have been lots of Cobra crashes I think the owners as a group are more aware of the dangers of inappropriate throttle application than GT owners were when the car came out. The GT forum did a lot to educate people as to the dangers of driving them in an unsafe manner, similar to what this forum has done for years with Cobra owners.

If you can drive a Cobra competently in all conditions the GT will not be a problem. It's a very good driver training experience !!! They actually handle very similarly.

But don't for an instant think that a driving a Z06 or a McLaren or a Ferrari is relevant experience. On a track maybe, but with all the nannies on the others the FGT will bite you.