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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 03:09 AM
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Top Gear Ford GT video ***DUW***

I want one.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/i...C-1D4634751C8A
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:13 AM
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WOW!!! me too!!!
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:30 AM
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wow...did the video cut-off for anyone else:

"It's all very civilized...I was expecting.." END.

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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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Finally! A car that has worse fuel economy than ours! :o
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:07 AM
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was this the one where clarkson is driving around Detroit? I bought a motown best of cd because that episode was that good
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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This car is a wild drive. It may have worse economy, but it has more than twice the power....Which would you choose?

I remember putting it to the floor in 4th gear at 35mph and it stepped out on me. This is an incredibly powerful car....probably the most powerful I have ever driven.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:13 AM
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Here's a pic of the one I drove....
Attached Thumbnails Top Gear Ford GT video  ***DUW***-img_0199.jpg  
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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Maolin is that a new one? that rear bumper looks weird for some reason...

That is friggin amazing you got to drive one though. how did you pull that off???
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 10:51 AM
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This was a pre-production test model. The production models were essentially the same, and yes the rear bumper was mounted further out on this one than the production version.

My stepfather works for Ford, and I have been lucky enought o drive a few cars before their debute, and certainly cars that I may never be able to afford... I get to see quite a lot of new cars in pre-production, and production form, as well as talk to alot of engineers....but lets just say there are many on this board that would prefer to argue every point made, despite whether they have valid information themselves to counter. Here's another pic.
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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Maolin34
Here's a pic of the one I drove....
You lucky Bastid! :D

Tell us more about the drive, noise, comfort, anything!!!!
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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"Ron and Ken" did good.
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Old Mar 20, 2005 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dmp
wow...did the video cut-off for anyone else:

"It's all very civilized...I was expecting.." END.


"I was expecting it to sou..."
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