Jeremy C got his GT back!
10/16/05 | 05:48 PM
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From: Proudly in NJ...bite it FL
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0...1805419,00.html
Good on him! 
The first three weeks of Ford GT ownership were not happy. Its alarm went off constantly, the anti-theft tracker cried wolf every five minutes and the satellite navigation system caused the engine to think it might be a dishwasher of some kind. So I sent it away and demanded my money back.
This didn’t go down well with the readership of The Sunday Times. Every day my in-box was choked with more and more missives from angry people saying I’d been too rash, that I’d waited 40 years for this car and shouldn’t have given up because of some small electronic glitches.
You were right, of course, so I’m delighted to say that it’s back, sitting in my drive looking all blue and huge.
They’ve fixed the alarm by winding down the sensitivity of the sensors. Now you could host a showjumping competition in there and the siren would remain mute. They’ve fixed the tracker by turning it off. And I don’t know how they fixed the sat nav, but whatever they did it only lasted a mile before the engine warning light came on again.
Who cares? This sort of thing is bound to happen on a car that’s right out there at the technical limits of what’s possible. The mistake I made before is thinking the big Ford could be an everyday car, and it can’t. It’s for when the sun is shining and the roads are quiet. It’s a car for high days and holy days. For Tuesdays and wet November days and negotiating-mini-roundabout days I needed some back-up. I needed something else.
This didn’t go down well with the readership of The Sunday Times. Every day my in-box was choked with more and more missives from angry people saying I’d been too rash, that I’d waited 40 years for this car and shouldn’t have given up because of some small electronic glitches.
You were right, of course, so I’m delighted to say that it’s back, sitting in my drive looking all blue and huge.
They’ve fixed the alarm by winding down the sensitivity of the sensors. Now you could host a showjumping competition in there and the siren would remain mute. They’ve fixed the tracker by turning it off. And I don’t know how they fixed the sat nav, but whatever they did it only lasted a mile before the engine warning light came on again.
Who cares? This sort of thing is bound to happen on a car that’s right out there at the technical limits of what’s possible. The mistake I made before is thinking the big Ford could be an everyday car, and it can’t. It’s for when the sun is shining and the roads are quiet. It’s a car for high days and holy days. For Tuesdays and wet November days and negotiating-mini-roundabout days I needed some back-up. I needed something else.
10/17/05 | 06:51 AM
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Glad to see that Clarkson finally came to his bloody (U.K speak) senses. 
. For the life of me, I could not accept that he would give back a car that he waited 40 years for, just because of some aftermarket alarm being a PITA. This shpws he has some sense afterall. 
. For the life of me, I could not accept that he would give back a car that he waited 40 years for, just because of some aftermarket alarm being a PITA. This shpws he has some sense afterall.
10/17/05 | 01:03 PM
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hey thanks for the heads up doug. I hadn't bothered looking at this article cause the SLK doesn't turn my crank much. gotta remember that only about half of his articles are actually about the car in question.
Glad he got that thing back, i think he just wanted some attention...
Glad he got that thing back, i think he just wanted some attention...
10/21/05 | 06:45 AM
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Im glad he got it back and is happy. I'm sad for the new season, because I doubt we see it here 
10/21/05 | 07:14 AM
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Originally posted by jgsmuzzy@October 21, 2005, 8:11 AM
all cause of that article?? that's sad
all cause of that article?? that's sad
10/21/05 | 10:23 AM
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Originally posted by Scothew@October 21, 2005, 7:17 AM
Who knows, but I havent seen TG anywhere in any of the line ups.
Who knows, but I havent seen TG anywhere in any of the line ups.
10/21/05 | 03:34 PM
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Originally posted by Scothew@October 21, 2005, 6:48 AM
Im glad he got it back and is happy. I'm sad for the new season, because I doubt we see it here
Im glad he got it back and is happy. I'm sad for the new season, because I doubt we see it here
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