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The 2014 Shelby GT500–A Review

As some of you may know, back in March I traded my 2012 GT500 in on a 2014 GT500. I’ve now had the car for a little over two months, and put about 4,000 miles on it (including a trip to the track), so I wanted to give the car a proper review. Additionally, I […]

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Second Trip to the Track with the GT500

Well, my first trip to the track with the GT500 was pretty much a bust. I couldn’t get out of the 13’s, and only got three runs in total. For the second trip, instead of going to Infineon, we went up to Sacremento Raceway, and boy what a difference! Sac is a lot more ‘blue […]

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Wonderful Birthday Present from the Wife

This year, Beth really outdid herself with my birthday present. GT500 Book VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL     Since I got the GT500, she’s been taking lots of pictures of it at all of the scenic locations we’ve driven it to. Turns out, she used a lot of my favorite shots of the car […]

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Injury Update, First Track Run in the GT500, Other Random Stuff

Well, this week was the first week I was allowed to do ‘limited training’, which basically means nothing that loads my cervical spine. Since I am really concerned about breaking the instrumentation (screws and the titanium plate) loose, I stuck with benching alone this week. On that front, things felt mostly good. I had some […]

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Thanks to James Ford

Just wanted to drop a note to say thanks to James Ford for their excellent customer service. When I bought my GT500, I noticed that the black paint had a number of swirls and light scratches already in it. This has been the case with pretty much every black car I’ve ever owned, so I […]

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The 2012 Shelby GT500 – A Review

For those of you who don’t know me personally, about 3 weeks ago I bought a 2012 Shelby GT500. At this point, I’ve driven the car over 3500 miles, including two 1,000 mile road trips and several days worth of commuting 90 miles to and from work in traffic. I’ve also dynoed the car, taken […]

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