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NefCanuck,Nov 29 2006, 12:15 PM Wrote:Okay, accepting that the presenter goofed up on his stats there but man, were those tires under inflated or what? :blink:  How in the hell could he be constantly making them howl like banshees around every freakin' corner like that? :ph34r:  I thought his objective was to drive the course, not punish the car...

NefCanuck
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Because stock V6's come equipped with 16" Rims with BF Goodrich Traction T/A's...which are absolute junk! I drove an 05 Coupe with the 4.0L and 5spd with those tires on it, and the car howled like that around every turn, under hard braking, or aggressive acceleration...I have no clue where "traction" was factored into the naming of that tire...lol

Mr Clarkson being an Avid Fordman, should have known that the folks off camera were using the wrong information...Also consider the fact that the GT will do over 140km's/hr in 3rd, and over 170 in 4th, and the V6 will do over 100 in 3rd, makes me wonder how they can call mustangs slow?