"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
03/21/2016 at 19:15 • Filed to: Australia, Police, Mustang | 1 | 9 |
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This was surprising, I thought it would be almost assured to be a pick for the Highway Patrol here.
I suppose there’s nothing stopping Ford from making tweaks and sending it back for the next round of testing. They’ve already lost some ground to the Volvo S60R’s which I have already seen on the mean streets of Canberra.
bob and john
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/21/2016 at 19:25 | 0 |
‘over heating trans’
wow. that doesnt bod well.
Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/21/2016 at 19:26 | 2 |
It took them 3 minutes to overheat the transmission. That has to be some kind of defect, so Ford kind of shot themselves in the foot with this one.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
03/21/2016 at 19:35 | 0 |
the weird thing is, the Mustang uses essentially the same auto trans as the Falcon (ZF 6HP26)
and they already know that it needs a trans cooler to meet the grade.
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> bob and john
03/21/2016 at 19:38 | 1 |
I bet all it needs is a cooler and a different tune. If they’re still anything like the ZF 6HP26 they’re based on it won’t be a lot of work. Weird that Ford dropped the ball.
Slant6
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/21/2016 at 19:44 | 0 |
MFP
Amoore100
> Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
03/21/2016 at 19:47 | 0 |
As I commented on CT, if the tester has a defect, what does that say about buyers who are looking to purchase an entire fleet? I do think the Mustang is a perfect patrol car for Australia, but this first impression does not bode well.
Jayhawk Jake
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/21/2016 at 21:00 | 0 |
Not surprised, Mustangs suck
wiffleballtony
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
03/21/2016 at 21:25 | 0 |
Im calling shenanigans. Plenty of people track their autos.
Flavien Vidal
> Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
03/21/2016 at 21:42 | 0 |
You have to keep in mind how “police testings” go... They really destroy those things and gearbox take one hell of a beating (ie, reverse at 10mph, striaght into 1st gear, j-turn...etc etc etc)