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Old May 12, 2015 | 04:14 AM
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I'd like to know exactly how many 'fans wanted them'


I've known about them in the older cars, and not once was it something that I ever thought "hey, that'd be awesome on the new car"
If something old school is being brought back, make it a foot operated high beam button on the floor!!!!!
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Old May 12, 2015 | 05:26 AM
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Fans have been 'clamoring' for the hood mounted turn signals? This is the first i have seen or read anything about the 'hood mounted turn signals'. I like them in a way but, i don't like them in a way
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Old May 12, 2015 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by TripleBlack14
If something old school is being brought back, make it a foot operated high beam button on the floor!!!!!
This

I remember the 79 jeep waggoneer I drove once had that feature. I thought it was super cool.

May only be useful for autos though.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by SouthernStang79
This

I remember the 79 jeep waggoneer I drove once had that feature. I thought it was super cool.

May only be useful for autos though.
How does the transmission affect turn signals?
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Old May 12, 2015 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by AWmustang
How does the transmission affect turn signals?
I think he means clutching at the same time you need to dim your highs if your high beam control was on the floor. But there's no difference than if you need to shift and work your high beams from the stalk.

How often does the occasion arise when you have to do both simultaneously?
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Old May 12, 2015 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleBlack14
I think he means clutching at the same time you need to dim your highs if your high beam control was on the floor. But there's no difference than if you need to shift and work your high beams from the stalk.

How often does the occasion arise when you have to do both simultaneously?
Well more likely than that having the button on the floor might make things a bit crowded with the clutch operation so you may end up hitting the switch while operating the clutch.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleBlack14
If something old school is being brought back, make it a foot operated high beam button on the floor!!!!!
Originally Posted by SouthernStang79
This I remember the 79 jeep waggoneer I drove once had that feature. I thought it was super cool. May only be useful for autos though.
Agree!!!
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Old May 12, 2015 | 07:00 PM
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My '65 Corvair has the foot operated dimmer switch and is also a manual transmission car. I have never had an issue with the dimmer switch while shifting gears.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleBlack14
If something old school is being brought back, make it a foot operated high beam button on the floor!!!!!
There's an old joke there, but I can't tell it on a public forum as its not politically correct these days.
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Old May 12, 2015 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SplitSecond
Well more likely than that having the button on the floor might make things a bit crowded with the clutch operation so you may end up hitting the switch while operating the clutch.
Had an 84 Jeep CJ-7 with the dimmer on the floor, you won't hit it by accident. Or atleast, I never did. I've been told that some old Lincolns had a floor switch for the radio scan button that was a very rare thing. Dad said he loved convincing the girls from his HS that the car was haunted by ghosts. Ah the 70's!
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Old May 13, 2015 | 04:17 AM
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My 1991 F150 with a 5 speed manual has the dimmer switch on the floor, never has been a problem.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 04:52 AM
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You are right nothing beats the '07-09 GTCS. The more i see the modern Mustangs on the streets the best looking seem to be the '10-'12.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown
There's an old joke there, but I can't tell it on a public forum as its not politically correct these days.
And when did you start worring about being PC?
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Old May 13, 2015 | 09:10 AM
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I was hoping for the PP to be available with the automatic, come on Ford you did it already with the 50th anniversary cars?
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...Thought for sure they'd expand the availablity of the GT PP to AT cars (the hardware already exists...)....
So that's at least 2 other people who want the GT PP on the AT. Two things Ford could do to get me to trade out my 2014 Track Pack is put the PP on the AT and offer that Liquid Blue color. Everyone write Ford telling them you want the PP with the AT.

Originally Posted by RedCandy5.0
You are right nothing beats the '07-09 GTCS. The more i see the modern Mustangs on the streets the best looking seem to be the '10-'12.
I actually kind of like the '13-'14 CS as well but the best looking Mustang to me would be with '13-'14 tail lights and '11-'12 front end and hood. Although the aftermarket options from Roush and Saleen in '13-'14 were pretty good. To each their own though.

I do however agree that the hood mounted turn signal is worthless.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by TripleBlack14
And when did you start worring about being PC?
I'll pm it.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown
I'll pm it.

What the hell, nothing happening around here lately anyway. Maybe getting banned might stir some up some action, lol.


Did you hear that car companies are going to start putting the dimmer switch back on the floor board instead of on the column?





Polacks keep getting their feet tangled up in the steering wheel.







Apologies to our Polish members.
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Old May 13, 2015 | 02:25 PM
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LOLLOLLOL!!!!!
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Old May 13, 2015 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown

Polacks keep getting their feet tangled up in the steering wheel.







Apologies to our Polish members.
are these the same folks that put ejection seats in helicopters or screen doors in submarines?
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Old May 15, 2015 | 09:15 AM
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The hood mounted signals are a retro feature that would have been much better suited and appropriate for the early S197's than the redesigned S550. Worse yet, it's one more thing to clean, and it disrupts the hood lines. As much as I love my '14 GT, the air extractors, though necessary, are dirt magnets and a pain to keep clean, as well as trapping wax, compounds and water spots. It takes me longer to detail my vents than it does to do the entire hood and fenders. I fear that it'll be too gimmicky, and perhaps even a driving distraction.
Agree vents are a pain to clean, the louvers on the '13 are even worse. The turn signals won't be a distraction though. It'll help keep 'eyes outside the cockpit'. VFR term, but it's the same reason we should have HUD like the Camaro, Corvette, BMW, MB, Audi.

Ford is very quickly falling behind in the tech dept.
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Old May 15, 2015 | 10:58 AM
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Hey they where great on the older Cadillac. I even like the little turn signal indicators above the rear view window so when you look in the mirror you could see that they where on. You know in Cadillac the signal device is really extra quite.

The Mustang planners are running out of things to market so the easy thing to do A peace of plastic and really ugly wheels.
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