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We need Ford/SVT to hear our voices... 2020 GT500 manual transmission petition/request/thread
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<blockquote data-quote="tt335ci03cobra" data-source="post: 16216593" data-attributes="member: 68944"><p>Not that he needs any backup but lay off the mod man, he’s just saying his opinion, and you’re saying yours. Why make it personal?</p><p></p><p>I have a 1200whp stick car and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.</p><p></p><p>Stick is fun in a gt350r with 4.56 gears and sticky a7 tires or similar.</p><p></p><p>I just spent 2 hours driving a 300whp daily driver with a close ratio 6spd stick around. Lots 3-4 shifts pulling well into 120mph. With a 750whp car, your lucky to get traction at 50mph, and you end up pansy footing it from a dig.</p><p></p><p>My point is I’m right there with you about liking to drive my own damn car, but at the power the car will make, the dct just makes more sense.</p><p></p><p>There’s a sliver market where you or I will buy even a 2000hp car with a stick, but ford can’t go through the cost to do that for such a small market.</p><p></p><p>I might have chest hair on my ball sack and more testosterone than a raging buffalo, but the average well heeled buyer getting a 750ho car is late middle aged and on irrectile disfunctjon medication, let’s be real. You think the vast majority of that segment wants to deal with a clutch? They can barely deal with walking up the stairs these days from blown knees to hernias and so on. Let’s say they have perfect health for 45-75yrs old, and no aches or pains. They’ve earned their money and want some semblance of ease in their hot rodding. They’re spending their hard earned cash on their gift to themself. Why is every demon an automatic only? Why isn’t there a manual mcClaren P1? Why isn’t there a manual Nissan GTR R35? Why isn’t there a manual Porsche 918? It doesn’t sell. </p><p></p><p>You want manual and 700-1500hp, current market options are dodge hellcats, Chevy stuff, and ford bullitts/gt350’s and adding upgrade boutique packages or building boost setups. That’s the market. Bashing mods and or ford for keeping with reality isn’t going to magically change anything. </p><p></p><p>I’m 30, when I’m 50 and comfortably able to buy an inflation adjusted $100000 car like it’s a magazine, I’ll probably be fine with an auto as I nurse a broken hip and bad knee or whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tt335ci03cobra, post: 16216593, member: 68944"] Not that he needs any backup but lay off the mod man, he’s just saying his opinion, and you’re saying yours. Why make it personal? I have a 1200whp stick car and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Stick is fun in a gt350r with 4.56 gears and sticky a7 tires or similar. I just spent 2 hours driving a 300whp daily driver with a close ratio 6spd stick around. Lots 3-4 shifts pulling well into 120mph. With a 750whp car, your lucky to get traction at 50mph, and you end up pansy footing it from a dig. My point is I’m right there with you about liking to drive my own damn car, but at the power the car will make, the dct just makes more sense. There’s a sliver market where you or I will buy even a 2000hp car with a stick, but ford can’t go through the cost to do that for such a small market. I might have chest hair on my ball sack and more testosterone than a raging buffalo, but the average well heeled buyer getting a 750ho car is late middle aged and on irrectile disfunctjon medication, let’s be real. You think the vast majority of that segment wants to deal with a clutch? They can barely deal with walking up the stairs these days from blown knees to hernias and so on. Let’s say they have perfect health for 45-75yrs old, and no aches or pains. They’ve earned their money and want some semblance of ease in their hot rodding. They’re spending their hard earned cash on their gift to themself. Why is every demon an automatic only? Why isn’t there a manual mcClaren P1? Why isn’t there a manual Nissan GTR R35? Why isn’t there a manual Porsche 918? It doesn’t sell. You want manual and 700-1500hp, current market options are dodge hellcats, Chevy stuff, and ford bullitts/gt350’s and adding upgrade boutique packages or building boost setups. That’s the market. Bashing mods and or ford for keeping with reality isn’t going to magically change anything. I’m 30, when I’m 50 and comfortably able to buy an inflation adjusted $100000 car like it’s a magazine, I’ll probably be fine with an auto as I nurse a broken hip and bad knee or whatever. [/QUOTE]
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