ac427cobra
08-16-2006, 10:51 PM
She's here!!!!!
Meet Scarlett!:bna:
Here she gets pampered in the prep department:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8707/prepdeptsmtd4.jpg
Outside of my shop:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1182/rearqtrft3.jpg
And a shot of that glorious 5.4:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6603/engineqg0.jpg
My salesman (Peter) had the General Manager (John) drive the car from their remote lot to the dealership because he didn't want anyone else driving it. He commented on how slow it was. :cool: Turns out NOBODY at the dealer knew of the protection Ford put into this vehicle to prevent abuse before the owner gets it! That is a damn good idea if you ask me!??! :allhail: The General Manager drove the car right to the prep department and that's where I took delivery from. I drove the car up front and we did the paperwork.
So, I told my salesman he could drive the car to the gas station for the fill. He drove it pretty slow and he asked me to drive it back to the dealer to get my truck and take it back to my shop less than a mile from the dealer. So as I was giving my salesman a ride back to the dealer he asked me if I had some time to put some miles on to get the computer out of safe mode? I said sure. We hopped on the freeway (behind a State Trooper no less) and the car was still slow and had no boost. We drove about 4 miles to the turnaround and who is doing a u-turn along with us? Another State Trooper this time on a motorcycle. Does this car attract attention or was that just a coincidence? Who knows? Well as we get back onto the freeway I notice I now have boost! :bna: Quite the difference from what we had before! So, after I dropped my salesman off he ran in to get the GM and I gave him a ride. He was very impressed that it was even the same car.
My first impression is tightness. This car is rigid. Great platform. Nothing like my SN95 '00 R was before the chassis stiffening and roll cage! Power is smooth, constant and powerful. Nice powerband. Understand this is my first S/C vehicle. I've driven two of my wife's turboed cars but didn't really care for either? I did notice a bit of front end plow (giving the GM the ride of his life on my test track, read Industrial Park) similar to what you get in a Terminator which is understandable. The front could probably use wider wheels and maybe a lower profile tire if you really wanted to push it. This is just going to be a driver for me and it might see an exhaust system (way too quiet!) and a CAI or something like that? I'm not saying it will never be on track. Never say never! But I have already butchered one car for the track beyond all recognition! But I would like to take it to at least one event to pass some Z06's if nothing else!??! :p Have to see if any of my 18" track wheels from my "R" will fit?!
The car was built week of June 19 and it took until today to get the car! I know, that's sad. I ordered the car in March of '05 (one week before the car's debut at the New York Auto Show) and we didn't even know what to call it on the paperwork so we called it the 2006 (next) Cobra. My dealer asked I not disclose what I paid for the car so I'm honoring their wishes.
So that's my story. Tomorrow I get to drive the car some more! Woot!
:thumbs: :cool: :beer:
Meet Scarlett!:bna:
Here she gets pampered in the prep department:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/8707/prepdeptsmtd4.jpg
Outside of my shop:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1182/rearqtrft3.jpg
And a shot of that glorious 5.4:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6603/engineqg0.jpg
My salesman (Peter) had the General Manager (John) drive the car from their remote lot to the dealership because he didn't want anyone else driving it. He commented on how slow it was. :cool: Turns out NOBODY at the dealer knew of the protection Ford put into this vehicle to prevent abuse before the owner gets it! That is a damn good idea if you ask me!??! :allhail: The General Manager drove the car right to the prep department and that's where I took delivery from. I drove the car up front and we did the paperwork.
So, I told my salesman he could drive the car to the gas station for the fill. He drove it pretty slow and he asked me to drive it back to the dealer to get my truck and take it back to my shop less than a mile from the dealer. So as I was giving my salesman a ride back to the dealer he asked me if I had some time to put some miles on to get the computer out of safe mode? I said sure. We hopped on the freeway (behind a State Trooper no less) and the car was still slow and had no boost. We drove about 4 miles to the turnaround and who is doing a u-turn along with us? Another State Trooper this time on a motorcycle. Does this car attract attention or was that just a coincidence? Who knows? Well as we get back onto the freeway I notice I now have boost! :bna: Quite the difference from what we had before! So, after I dropped my salesman off he ran in to get the GM and I gave him a ride. He was very impressed that it was even the same car.
My first impression is tightness. This car is rigid. Great platform. Nothing like my SN95 '00 R was before the chassis stiffening and roll cage! Power is smooth, constant and powerful. Nice powerband. Understand this is my first S/C vehicle. I've driven two of my wife's turboed cars but didn't really care for either? I did notice a bit of front end plow (giving the GM the ride of his life on my test track, read Industrial Park) similar to what you get in a Terminator which is understandable. The front could probably use wider wheels and maybe a lower profile tire if you really wanted to push it. This is just going to be a driver for me and it might see an exhaust system (way too quiet!) and a CAI or something like that? I'm not saying it will never be on track. Never say never! But I have already butchered one car for the track beyond all recognition! But I would like to take it to at least one event to pass some Z06's if nothing else!??! :p Have to see if any of my 18" track wheels from my "R" will fit?!
The car was built week of June 19 and it took until today to get the car! I know, that's sad. I ordered the car in March of '05 (one week before the car's debut at the New York Auto Show) and we didn't even know what to call it on the paperwork so we called it the 2006 (next) Cobra. My dealer asked I not disclose what I paid for the car so I'm honoring their wishes.
So that's my story. Tomorrow I get to drive the car some more! Woot!
:thumbs: :cool: :beer: