I have the Navigation system and i am looking for some help. I would like to replace the map with a map of Australia. Do you guys know how to hack this thing?
This is my story...
Back in November of 2011 I decided to move to Australia, sold my M3 and got my wife to accept ANY new car choice. As a Brit, I never really thought about American muscle cars but I had lived abroad for over ten years and was no longer at the mercy of the euro centric propaganda on car deity. So it was at this point I started looking at adverts for cars in Australia. The search took me down many paths ... Astons, Ferarris, Lambos. I test drove GTR's, considered Porsche etc.. but nothing stood out significantly. And then... I found a new religion. The Mustang
So... the journey started, looking into old and new. Boss, Roush, Saleen. I started watching films with mustangs in (I am Legend, gone in 60 seconds - original and remake). Researched like mad and weighed up the options of buying an already available classic, or new.
The religions are different... Euro metal got to where they are through refined handling and principally NA. Phases of high revving engines interspersed with turbo chargers. Displacement was luxury and rarely mainstream.
Rice metal always lacked the build quality of euro stuff. The body metal seemed thinner and the plastics cheap. One advantage that fed through these machines was the advanced tech (from rotary engines through to Godzilla).
American muscle took a different path, the brute force approach where there is no replacement for displacement. Sheer power and straight line speed for quarter mile runs and a history extending into oval racing. Simpler, but robust mechanics, to achieve what was necessary under these conditions.
Then there was the intersection between religions - the point where the lineage of all three, euro, ricer and muscle merged... The point where the choice between a Mustang, M3 and GTR was one of delectation without compromise.
By January, the Supercharged V8's and the legend of Shelby had drilled into my psyche so deep that there was only one choice. In Australia, this metal would be so unique the additional cost of conversion would be outweighed by its exclusivity unrivaled by cars four times the price. Whilst its singularity stood out, and the performance of the 2010's were at about where I desired, I still wanted more.
I then found the 2013. Obscene power delivery, upgraded in all the right places. In theory, nothing to mod and still with seats for the family! A car that eclipsed almost everything on the road through factory statistics. How do I get an entry ticket? By April, I had found an agent who told me the wait would be long unless I was prepared to pay dress circle prices.
In May I hit eBay and bought two cars and rustled a load of dealers... But ford had screwed the dealers in only selling to US based residents or losing their franchise (allegedly). This was surmountable and, by September, I had found method and product.
The Shelby was to come from California - 12,000 km from the land of the free to the land of the convicts. Down under rather than up top and driven on the LHS rather than the RHS. On the 18th of October I sat in the beast (red on black) and cranked the engine and listened to the purr and roar of the engine. I even took it for a test drive from 11km to 24km on the odometer within city traffic. Temporarily satiated, I gave the keys reluctantly back to the dealer. It was time to majorly modify the car.
Here in Aus, you can import a car under a scheme known as SEVS - the Specialist Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme. Small, designated, importers can bring in cars of interest that are not available here as long as it is on the government approved list. With only 22m people living here there was always going to be a niche business which global manufacturers would not pander to. Fortunately, the government had petrol heads partly covered.
The import process requires a car to be "complianced". Sound tests (yep, that exhaust fails), lighting, seatbelt tests, the list goes on. The major part of compliancing was the car needed to be RHD. And so, the car has gone to a second factory to be almost fully dismantled only to be re-built with the steering wheel situated on the right. New steering rack, fire wall, mirror image parts... not a job for the feint hearted.
I reckon, at most, 5 2013's may reach these shores and go through this process. The cost of the conversion resulting in a car still cheaper than a GTR, or an M3. Factory finished and almost a elusive as a Bugatti veyron.
There are still some small items that will still need some fixing. The nav system is a closed environment. And to physically convert this system alone would cost me close to $4,000 - somewhat obscene when a Tom Tom costs $200 and the maps are cheaper still.
The car is currently in its decomposed state and I expect final delivery around the middle of December - with the original exhaust and directions to San Jose built in.
This is my story...
Back in November of 2011 I decided to move to Australia, sold my M3 and got my wife to accept ANY new car choice. As a Brit, I never really thought about American muscle cars but I had lived abroad for over ten years and was no longer at the mercy of the euro centric propaganda on car deity. So it was at this point I started looking at adverts for cars in Australia. The search took me down many paths ... Astons, Ferarris, Lambos. I test drove GTR's, considered Porsche etc.. but nothing stood out significantly. And then... I found a new religion. The Mustang
So... the journey started, looking into old and new. Boss, Roush, Saleen. I started watching films with mustangs in (I am Legend, gone in 60 seconds - original and remake). Researched like mad and weighed up the options of buying an already available classic, or new.
The religions are different... Euro metal got to where they are through refined handling and principally NA. Phases of high revving engines interspersed with turbo chargers. Displacement was luxury and rarely mainstream.
Rice metal always lacked the build quality of euro stuff. The body metal seemed thinner and the plastics cheap. One advantage that fed through these machines was the advanced tech (from rotary engines through to Godzilla).
American muscle took a different path, the brute force approach where there is no replacement for displacement. Sheer power and straight line speed for quarter mile runs and a history extending into oval racing. Simpler, but robust mechanics, to achieve what was necessary under these conditions.
Then there was the intersection between religions - the point where the lineage of all three, euro, ricer and muscle merged... The point where the choice between a Mustang, M3 and GTR was one of delectation without compromise.
By January, the Supercharged V8's and the legend of Shelby had drilled into my psyche so deep that there was only one choice. In Australia, this metal would be so unique the additional cost of conversion would be outweighed by its exclusivity unrivaled by cars four times the price. Whilst its singularity stood out, and the performance of the 2010's were at about where I desired, I still wanted more.
I then found the 2013. Obscene power delivery, upgraded in all the right places. In theory, nothing to mod and still with seats for the family! A car that eclipsed almost everything on the road through factory statistics. How do I get an entry ticket? By April, I had found an agent who told me the wait would be long unless I was prepared to pay dress circle prices.
In May I hit eBay and bought two cars and rustled a load of dealers... But ford had screwed the dealers in only selling to US based residents or losing their franchise (allegedly). This was surmountable and, by September, I had found method and product.
The Shelby was to come from California - 12,000 km from the land of the free to the land of the convicts. Down under rather than up top and driven on the LHS rather than the RHS. On the 18th of October I sat in the beast (red on black) and cranked the engine and listened to the purr and roar of the engine. I even took it for a test drive from 11km to 24km on the odometer within city traffic. Temporarily satiated, I gave the keys reluctantly back to the dealer. It was time to majorly modify the car.
Here in Aus, you can import a car under a scheme known as SEVS - the Specialist Enthusiast Vehicle Scheme. Small, designated, importers can bring in cars of interest that are not available here as long as it is on the government approved list. With only 22m people living here there was always going to be a niche business which global manufacturers would not pander to. Fortunately, the government had petrol heads partly covered.
The import process requires a car to be "complianced". Sound tests (yep, that exhaust fails), lighting, seatbelt tests, the list goes on. The major part of compliancing was the car needed to be RHD. And so, the car has gone to a second factory to be almost fully dismantled only to be re-built with the steering wheel situated on the right. New steering rack, fire wall, mirror image parts... not a job for the feint hearted.
I reckon, at most, 5 2013's may reach these shores and go through this process. The cost of the conversion resulting in a car still cheaper than a GTR, or an M3. Factory finished and almost a elusive as a Bugatti veyron.
There are still some small items that will still need some fixing. The nav system is a closed environment. And to physically convert this system alone would cost me close to $4,000 - somewhat obscene when a Tom Tom costs $200 and the maps are cheaper still.
The car is currently in its decomposed state and I expect final delivery around the middle of December - with the original exhaust and directions to San Jose built in.
