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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
They have to speculate because Ford chose not to answer why they capped it. There is no reason to cap a vehicle at 180 MPH if it is capable of safely going 200 or more. The fact that this car costs what it does and is the only one that had to be limited to such a low comparative speed without any logical reason is outrageous. $60K Base C8 goes 194 MPH. $94K GT500 is limited to 180 MPH.
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I agree it is odd, but it is pure speculation and you are spouting it as fact. And Ford's official answer was not hitting that speed on any of the tracks they tested at which I agree is a dumb reason if that is the reason.
Those articles are nothing but journalism speculation - which by the way none of them mentioned stability or safety and you are out here saying it must be because it's not safe with no mention of anything, no hint of anything just nothing but a guess.
All I am saying is it's not fair to spout something as fact when there has been 0 evidence to support what you are saying. And like I said you may be 100% right and I will say bravo Blaq you called it. I would be willing to bet one of the shops once they get their shop car will unlock the ECU to see how fast it really can go
It reminds me of when Jay Cutler came out of the 2010 NFC Championship game, people blasted him for not going back in, blasted him for not making an effort to get back in the game. Everyone called him soft. Few leeks later comes out that he had torn ligaments in his knee, got a shot at half time tried to go and the medical staff said no.
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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole
People always think these cars are going to magically increase in value and they don't. The Hellcat didn't, the Demon is desperately holding on, the Redeye won't, the GT350 and GT350R didn't, the last GT500s didn't, and the next GT500s won't either. People pay these ridiculous markups thinking the car is going to be some sort of investment. Which is why I enjoy laughing at them when the car plummets. Or when they frantically try to sell it off as the value is dropping in hopes of not losing more money than they already did. All that talk 2-3 years ago about how the GT350 and GT350R was an investment and now the GT350 can be had for low $40K and the R is not too much more than that with around 10K miles. People are stupid.
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Agreed I have no idea why people think some of these modern cars will turn out like the classics. Barret Jackson is 100% to blame, for the most part it's the baby boomers buying them up to relive their youth, and it made everyone think their car was worth mega bucks, but really it was only the rarest of the rare that fetched huge money. And that is what gets lost on people. It's the rare option cars that are worth the big money now. Because back then you could order a la cart options.
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Originally Posted by whiteboyblues2001
The problem is that it is very diffucult to predict what will be a trend 20-30 years from now. Let me give you one of the biggest examples.
I watch some of the classic car auctions, and noticed that the Mopar products tend to command higher prices to their Ford and Chevy counterparts due to the fact that they are much more rare. BUT, they are more rare, because they didn't sell nearly as many as their competition. So, it turns out that the least popluar car back in the day commands the most money today. How can someone predict which car that not many folks want will all of a sudden be desireable?
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This ^