Ford GT

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Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

That can also be due to the torque. The GT engine is real torquey and the transmission not as lossy.

Whatever you do don't miss your throttle blip on a downshift. Don't downshift and stomp on the accelerator. Don't stomp on the accelerator in 3rd. I had my tires break loose in colder weather even shifting from 3rd to 4th! Oh, and don't feed it after midnight.

As for the Goodyear tires, there were a few at the Vegas rally (and very high caliber drivers, among them one of the test drivers) that said he preferred the Goodyears over the Bridgestones on the track. But you'll never get them warm enough to get that benefit. He confirmed that overall the Bridgestones are a better street tire.

Be sensible, and remember "A man's got to know his limitations".

No, that's not it. My GT feels way less torquey than some of my other rides, including the GT500 I mentioned.

Granted, this is just cut and paste from wiki, but this better states what I was trying to express:

"Mid engined cars are more dangerous than front-engined cars if the driver loses control - although this may be initially harder to provoke due to the superior balance - and the car begins to spin. The moment of inertia about the center of gravity is low due to the concentration of mass between the axles (similar to standing in the middle of a playground roundabout, rather than at the edge) and the spin will occur suddenly, the car will rotate faster and it will be harder to recover from. Conversely, a front-engined car is more likely to break away in a progressive and controllable manner as the tires lose traction."