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Old 01-08-2014, 09:38 PM
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http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages...0Showdown.aspx
I'm not sure what their test criteria was but the conclusions were interesting, to say the least.
Old 01-08-2014, 10:23 PM
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Somehow, I don't see canceling my TTS order and getting a Fiesta instead.



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Old 01-09-2014, 12:31 AM
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Back in the 80s those were decent performance numbers for a street car ... 6.x to 60 and 15.2 1/4 mile ... Their calculation of bang/buck must tip severely toward the buck side of the equation however ...
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I certainly wouldn't be reading to much into that load of nonsense.
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Must be April Fools day already.
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I am not showing up to my high school reunion in a Fiesta.
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Originally Posted by Overdraft
I am not showing up to my high school reunion in a Fiesta.


Reminds me of a quote I read here on RL: "Life is too short to drive a sh*tbox."
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I'm canceling my Cab order
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Of course, no GTR in the test.
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Originally Posted by Overdraft
I am not showing up to my high school reunion in a Fiesta.
Ha.
When I went to mine, no one was standing in the parking lot to see what I was driving (which happened to be a new Corvette; I worked for GM at the time).
My advice is to drive a beater to the reunion as to protect your Turbo and buy a nice Armani suit to impress your classmates with.
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"@ford.com". What else would you expect from that site?
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Originally Posted by Porsche 25th


Reminds me of a quote I read here on RL: "Life is too short to drive a sh*tbox."
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