I havent posted or lurked in this section for a while, but now I am back as I have something hopefully interesting/fun to share with you.
After posting a thread recently, asking the good folks of ocuk which rental car I should get I promptly ignored most of their suggestions to be sensible and ordered this.
Ford Mustang GT Premium
Specs
Speed
After picking it up at the airport after an 18 hour trip I was dreading the drive to the hotel, new surroundings new car and new side of the road to drive on. It was fine, I needn't have worried (however I will get on to that in a bit)
My first interaction with a human was when I stopped at the valet of the hotel and was greeted by Rodger, the conversation went something like this
What was it like to drive?
It was lovely the engine sounded awesome and made a lovely noise as you can hear in the video later, it pulled surprisingly well through the rev range for a V8. Of course being a big V8 it was happy to pootle around the strip with minimal effort.
The automatic transmission seemed old school though and was a little slow to react, a gentle prod of the accelerator either got you moving a bit quicker or if you pushed a little too hard two gear drops and you were butting the horizon. It also seemed to want to chuck you in the highest gear possible all the time, I guess it helps with mileage but can mean you are forever changing gears between lights.
The traction control also seemed a little liberal, in the video below I do a gentle start as I was in a national park and would have been in lots of trouble. However from the lights even with the tc turned on it was eager to spin the rear tyres, it even gave a little squirm when accelerating at 50mph which was interesting!!
Driving in the US
In nearly every single way better than the UK, roads were smoother the lanes wider (and far more of them) and the parking bays huge so less worry of car park dings. The quality of driving seemed better to me which is odd as it was in Vegas ad full of tourists driving.
Being able to turn right on a red light is also the single greatest thing ever, I do not know why we dont have the same here (left though of course).
Interior
Nice, had all the usual mod cons. Air Con, bluetooth for phone, cruise and leather etc. It also had a decent boot which fit 3 medium suitcases fine. No back doors so the back seats where a little smaller than usual but not uncomfortable. Between the rev counter and speedo it had a cool computer that told you cylinder head temp, oil pressure, oil temp, air fuel ratio etc. It was a fun toy which I changed the view of every day.
After posting a thread recently, asking the good folks of ocuk which rental car I should get I promptly ignored most of their suggestions to be sensible and ordered this.
Ford Mustang GT Premium
Specs
Speed
After picking it up at the airport after an 18 hour trip I was dreading the drive to the hotel, new surroundings new car and new side of the road to drive on. It was fine, I needn't have worried (however I will get on to that in a bit)
My first interaction with a human was when I stopped at the valet of the hotel and was greeted by Rodger, the conversation went something like this
What was it like to drive?
It was lovely the engine sounded awesome and made a lovely noise as you can hear in the video later, it pulled surprisingly well through the rev range for a V8. Of course being a big V8 it was happy to pootle around the strip with minimal effort.
The automatic transmission seemed old school though and was a little slow to react, a gentle prod of the accelerator either got you moving a bit quicker or if you pushed a little too hard two gear drops and you were butting the horizon. It also seemed to want to chuck you in the highest gear possible all the time, I guess it helps with mileage but can mean you are forever changing gears between lights.
The traction control also seemed a little liberal, in the video below I do a gentle start as I was in a national park and would have been in lots of trouble. However from the lights even with the tc turned on it was eager to spin the rear tyres, it even gave a little squirm when accelerating at 50mph which was interesting!!
Driving in the US
In nearly every single way better than the UK, roads were smoother the lanes wider (and far more of them) and the parking bays huge so less worry of car park dings. The quality of driving seemed better to me which is odd as it was in Vegas ad full of tourists driving.
Being able to turn right on a red light is also the single greatest thing ever, I do not know why we dont have the same here (left though of course).
Interior
Nice, had all the usual mod cons. Air Con, bluetooth for phone, cruise and leather etc. It also had a decent boot which fit 3 medium suitcases fine. No back doors so the back seats where a little smaller than usual but not uncomfortable. Between the rev counter and speedo it had a cool computer that told you cylinder head temp, oil pressure, oil temp, air fuel ratio etc. It was a fun toy which I changed the view of every day.
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