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First of all, I want to thank Chris who told me about the car (who I didn't get to call because I left his number at my office) and the folks at Bob Allen Ford in Overland Park (KC suburb) Kansas. ( I think I'll write a separate thread just to tell this forum our great these folks were.
After being screwed and strangled by my local Ford dealer I found
the Torch Red vert I wanted, made the deal over the phone & fax and flew out Friday morning from Florida to KC and picked up the car from the showroom. Made the deal @ MSRP. I left Friday about 3:30 pm with 61 miles on the car and headed east through Missouri and Illinois to Kentucky where I stopped for the night.
I fgured the best way to break one in is to vary the speeds and keep everything else consistent (shifter and clutch useage etc).
I didn't take it above 4500 until after 350 miles into the trip.
The car ran great. After I crossed the 1000 mile mark on the second day I ran it up to 120 and it was smooth and steady and pulling strong to go faster, however, since the three things I forgot to pack included my radar detector (cell phone charger & Chris's number were the other two) I didn't stay up there long.
The car impressed me more with it's handling than with it's straightline kick ass power. The faster she goes, the better she handles. Coming down through the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee were a blast. Having owned three Porsche, I appreciate great handling. The Cobra is definitely a good handling car but does not feel quite as precise as the Porsches did. I do hope the wonderful "tight" feeling stays that way as the car gets some miles on it. Our last Porsche, a 1991 S2 had 107,000 miles on it after 7 years, when we sold it (yes -we drive our cars) but it still felt very tight and precise.
Anyway the trip was fantastic. I did 75% of it with the top down soaking up the sun and the smell of America in summer.
I spent three hours today cleaning the Cobra after the trip and took some pics. I will try to figure out how to download them to this forum when I've done here.
The car looks awesome but is understated. Going down the road it is hard to tell the $ 39,000 Mustang from the $ 23,000 Mustang but, I didn't buy the car to impress anyone else but my bride and she loves it (She will be driving it more than I will). The exhaust is too quiet outside the car. It sounds better inside the car than it does out. I will be looking to change that as soon as I find a mod that doesn't jeopardize the warranty.
The fit and finish are good. The convertible top is beautiful inside and out and the car is relatively wind noise free with the top up.
We are in the Tampa/St. Pete area of Florida and would like to talk to other Cobra enthusiasts in out area.
Keep testing the mods guys. These are fast motors begging to have more of their potential used.
First of all, I want to thank Chris who told me about the car (who I didn't get to call because I left his number at my office) and the folks at Bob Allen Ford in Overland Park (KC suburb) Kansas. ( I think I'll write a separate thread just to tell this forum our great these folks were.
After being screwed and strangled by my local Ford dealer I found
the Torch Red vert I wanted, made the deal over the phone & fax and flew out Friday morning from Florida to KC and picked up the car from the showroom. Made the deal @ MSRP. I left Friday about 3:30 pm with 61 miles on the car and headed east through Missouri and Illinois to Kentucky where I stopped for the night.
I fgured the best way to break one in is to vary the speeds and keep everything else consistent (shifter and clutch useage etc).
I didn't take it above 4500 until after 350 miles into the trip.
The car ran great. After I crossed the 1000 mile mark on the second day I ran it up to 120 and it was smooth and steady and pulling strong to go faster, however, since the three things I forgot to pack included my radar detector (cell phone charger & Chris's number were the other two) I didn't stay up there long.
The car impressed me more with it's handling than with it's straightline kick ass power. The faster she goes, the better she handles. Coming down through the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee were a blast. Having owned three Porsche, I appreciate great handling. The Cobra is definitely a good handling car but does not feel quite as precise as the Porsches did. I do hope the wonderful "tight" feeling stays that way as the car gets some miles on it. Our last Porsche, a 1991 S2 had 107,000 miles on it after 7 years, when we sold it (yes -we drive our cars) but it still felt very tight and precise.
Anyway the trip was fantastic. I did 75% of it with the top down soaking up the sun and the smell of America in summer.
I spent three hours today cleaning the Cobra after the trip and took some pics. I will try to figure out how to download them to this forum when I've done here.
The car looks awesome but is understated. Going down the road it is hard to tell the $ 39,000 Mustang from the $ 23,000 Mustang but, I didn't buy the car to impress anyone else but my bride and she loves it (She will be driving it more than I will). The exhaust is too quiet outside the car. It sounds better inside the car than it does out. I will be looking to change that as soon as I find a mod that doesn't jeopardize the warranty.
The fit and finish are good. The convertible top is beautiful inside and out and the car is relatively wind noise free with the top up.
We are in the Tampa/St. Pete area of Florida and would like to talk to other Cobra enthusiasts in out area.
Keep testing the mods guys. These are fast motors begging to have more of their potential used.
