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2005 Ford GT: "Piering" into the Night

   Over the holiday weekend I got a chance to drive the Ford GT with the better half. That rarely happens because it's a two seater, which means we can't bring the kids. Which means we have to arrange a baby sitter, which means making phone calls and aranging schedules, which--

 "Oh, you go and I'll just stay home!"

Yeah, that's about how the process usually goes when discussing a ride in the GT. But with my folks in for the holiday all we had to do was say, "We're going out for a drive...

Don't let the kids kill themselves or each other." We drove up the coast to Santa Barbara and then headed out onto the pier. It was late, and the pier was almost totally deserted, but that made getting this shot very easy.

There was also the occasional seagull wandering the boardwalk. Every time I stopped to let one cross in front of me the bird would invariably stop and hang out in the glow of the HID headlights. Maybe they liked the heat? That or the feeling of being in the spotlight (gulls have always struck me as self absorbed). Either way, it was a great reminder of how much fun the GT can be -- if you've got a babysitter.

Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief, Edmunds.com @ 6,225 miles

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