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ffrcobra_65 · 01-10-2010, 11:20 AM

Was at a ford dealer looking for a used truck and salesman recognized me from years before when traded in my M3 for a F150. He walked with me a bit and I he asked me if I was still into fast cars as he thought I might like to check out the new GT500 in the PDI area, I said sure. There it was, blue and menacing! I asked for a test drive and of course he said probably no, I said ask the manager so he did and the manager came out with the dealer plate!!!!
Right off the bat, you can fell the power but also the front heavy feeling. I liked the interior and the stuffed engine bay but what I found as a turn off was the ugly back end. I kept looking at it after the drive to try to get used to it but it just scremas ugly to me. More on the power... It will surely eat a stock Camaro SS and you can feel the raw power due to the live axle I thought. But I didn't feel much wheel hop as I do with my supercharged Camaro. I couldn't tell if the GT500 would be faster but it felt like it. I think the Camaro handles
just a tad better, again probably due to the GT500's heavy front. It felt and looked brute muscle. I wasn't allowed to take it longer than their normal 3 mile test drive route. Told the manager it was an awesome car but price tagged at $54k was in the park of a 2008 ZO6 and that would be a better buy IMO but I would think about it. I went there for a truck and walked away wanting a GT500.
I got home, took my SS for a rip on pacific coast highway and any trace of interest I had for the GT500 was all forgotten.

01-10-2010, 11:20 AM	#1
ffrcobra_65 Account Suspended Drives: SuperCharged 2SS/RS IOM MN6 Join Date: May 2009 Location: CA Posts: 5,094	Test Drove a GT500 Was at a ford dealer looking for a used truck and salesman recognized me from years before when traded in my M3 for a F150. He walked with me a bit and I he asked me if I was still into fast cars as he thought I might like to check out the new GT500 in the PDI area, I said sure. There it was, blue and menacing! I asked for a test drive and of course he said probably no, I said ask the manager so he did and the manager came out with the dealer plate!!!! Right off the bat, you can fell the power but also the front heavy feeling. I liked the interior and the stuffed engine bay but what I found as a turn off was the ugly back end. I kept looking at it after the drive to try to get used to it but it just scremas ugly to me. More on the power... It will surely eat a stock Camaro SS and you can feel the raw power due to the live axle I thought. But I didn't feel much wheel hop as I do with my supercharged Camaro. I couldn't tell if the GT500 would be faster but it felt like it. I think the Camaro handles just a tad better, again probably due to the GT500's heavy front. It felt and looked brute muscle. I wasn't allowed to take it longer than their normal 3 mile test drive route. Told the manager it was an awesome car but price tagged at $54k was in the park of a 2008 ZO6 and that would be a better buy IMO but I would think about it. I went there for a truck and walked away wanting a GT500. I got home, took my SS for a rip on pacific coast highway and any trace of interest I had for the GT500 was all forgotten.