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Old 02-22-2018, 07:40 PM
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Hi guys. Just bought my first Factory Five A/C Cobra. I can’t wait to take delivery of the car and see what I’ve been missing out on. I’m unsure if I’m more excited to drive it our scared it’s going to kill me!
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I'm new here too but still welcome! Sounds fun!
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Welcome, Yes please proceed slowly, you will have many years of Happy Cobra ownership, as long as you give it the respect it deserves. Tom.
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Congratulations and as stated above, just take it easy until you get used to the car and its quirks. These cars are unlike any you have driven before and take soime getting used to. But you will have a ton of enjoyment and answering questions, so just enjoy your dream car.

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Yep. Always treat it like a loaded shotgun. Be sure it's pointed in a safe direction before pulling the trigger.
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Welcome and don't forget the pictures.
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Find an empty parking lot with no poles to hit to turn it loose the first time. Let me tell you up front, a 90" wheel base makes things happen real fast. The street is no place to loose control.

I have had my Cobra since 2007. My goal has been to learn how to put down maximum power without breaking the tires loose. I have never once put the tires up is smoke, and I only came close to loosing it on an auto cross course. I don't hammer it in lower gears on the street, and I have never lost control on the street.

The one time on the auto cross, I got out of the throttle instantly. The car recovered on its own. Another half second on the throttle and it wouldn't have been recoverable, in my opinion. Stay scared of it, because it is deadly. Never doubt that for an instant.
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Find an empty parking lot with no poles to hit to turn it loose the first time. Let me tell you up front, a 90" wheel base makes things happen real fast. The street is no place to loose control.

I have had my Cobra since 2007. My goal has been to learn how to put down maximum power without breaking the tires loose. I have never once put the tires up is smoke, and I only came close to loosing it on an auto cross course. I don't hammer it in lower gears on the street, and I have never lost control on the street.

The one time on the auto cross, I got out of the throttle instantly. The car recovered on its own. Another half second on the throttle and it wouldn't have been recoverable, in my opinion. Stay scared of it, because it is deadly. Never doubt that for an instant.
"Another half second"? Probably even less than that.

As you said, these things happen real fast - way faster than understood by the uninitiated! Big horsepower, light weight and a short wheelbase have bit a lot of people hard - really hard.
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The parking lot is a great place to start romping. Practice turning onto a street & dropping the hammer and other moves. As you will one day get the bug when pulling out of a car show or the like. If your not ready as to how your AC responds, you will be heading for real trouble. The others here are right to say this is not your fathers hot rod! Cobra's will KILL !
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