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EXCUSE definition a reason that you give to explain why you have done something bad, or why you have not done something that you should have done

Don't need excuses, need solutions.

Because turbos are cool

Harvick will move on. Danica is not that good in NASCAR. Bush, well, Bush is Bush could go either way. Clint is a good guy wish him well. You're right about Doug Yates, still not as good as Robert. Ford needs another engine builder maybe Penske or Hass can convince Ford to do this. It's never good to have all your eggs in one basket. Engine building competition would be good for Ford I think. Just as chassis builders are better than some teams. Take Penske vs Roush for example. Same Yates engines with very different results because of different chassis. Good thing the Ford teams don't all use Roush chassis that's for sure.

Some people don't have a lot of money.

So do you think it's braking going into the corner or not enough torque coming out?

Doesn't Ford have their own test track they can use to work the bugs out? Or I know they could easily rent a track somewhere.

Anyone know if Ford going to have only 2 GT's at Le Mans?

So does GM claim it's WiFi is better in the truck?

“We certainly had our share of reliability issues, and that is not uncommon in a brand new car’s debut,” said Raj Nair, executive vice president, global product development, and chief technical officer, Ford Motor Company. “As we have said, the first time these two particular cars hit the road was literally at the Roar (Before the Rolex 24) test here a couple weeks ago. Aspects of our total testing program had gone very well, so I think we’re a little surprised at some of the reliability issues we have had. As we get into diagnosing the issues, some of them are very specific to what is going on in a race…coming in for a tire change and the wheel hitting a brake line and breaking it. Running three hours under our caution engine calibration (when the car is under yellow flag), and then finding out that is actually causing a problem. We’re still diagnosing some of the stuff that was happening. Maybe even the aspect of the way the in-car TV cameras were wired, which we obviously don’t run during testing, and that may have impacted some of our power feeds and noise in the system. Those kinds of things you aren’t going to find except in a race environment. “The good thing about it all, and the thing we are pleased about, is the car is showing some pace, it is showing some opportunity, and overall we are happy that we have a fast car and we need to work on reliability. That’s a lot better than having a slow car that’s reliable, but you don’t know how to get speed out of it. Overall, this is racing and this is what can happen in racing. If we don’t win every race, we are disappointed, but at the same time we know how to fix our issues and we’ll be better the next time we come out.” “I don’t think anyone should think of this race as a failure,” said Dave Pericak, global director, Ford Performance. “It’s not the Cinderella story we were hoping for, but this is racing. I’d rather work the bugs out now, then later. Our team has been doing an amazing job of staying laser-focused during this race, and not getting discouraged. I can’t even believe how hard they were working. We will re-group, we will fix it, and then we will go out at Sebring and show what we can do. That’s what this is all about. “I think one of the great things is…that at its core…this is a race machine. Our drivers have confirmed it. Our results when we have been on track have confirmed it. Our engineering analysis has confirmed it. These nagging things are frustrating as hell, but at the end of the day, we have an amazing machine and that is a victory in itself. We will get it durable, and then we will race the hell out of it.” Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/imsa/gearbox-issues-dog-ford-gt-debut-rolex-24-daytona#ixzz3yvutl96K

It depends if Ford is willing to spend the money necessary to fix the problems, and win Le Mans like Henry Ford did back in the 60's to beat Enzo.

They are teething problems, both with the cars and the teams. They will get it sorted, but the competition is very strong. Ferrari did well for a new car.

Unfortunately it's not a beauty contest LOL.

Weight and or more air restriction for sure on the Shelby's. To bad the Ford GT's aren't doing as well in GTLM. Looks like they have some work to do if they want to be competitive at Le Mans.

It's all about price and quality isn't it?

GTLM Practice #7 Corvette 1 and 4 Ford GT 2 and 5

That looks pretty nice.

I was following it a little bit. The Ford GT's were doing okay. Not as well as I had hoped though. I think the BMW was faster than one of them. Forget where the 2nd GT was.

Unfortunately the damage has already been done. This DCT has left a bad taste in the mouths of the consumer. It's really to bad the Focus is a real nice car and Ford took to long to get the transmission right. Most people that are not loyal Ford consumers will not buy another Ford (at least not a Focus) they will shop at Kia and Hyundai instead at this price point.

Yes at the bottom. Funny mine is a 2012 and yours is a 2014 and they still don't have it fixed. I though the had to use a gauge to measure them (go, no-go). Maybe the inspector is a tall dude / dudet and can't bend down that far. LOL

My 2012 has the passenger side front door alignment issue also. The dash rattle I fixed myself with a small piece of rubber. My transmission is a manual,, but the clutch has chatter on takeoff in first gear, 72K miles on it.

Don't worry pretty soon we won't be driving these cars anyway. Can you say autonomous driving. That's where we are headed folks. Just wonder what the insurance companies are going to do.

I have to disagree 2012 -2014 grill is the same. I'm pretty sure.

Refresh in 2013?

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