We've arleady whined about the lack of "special-ness" to the Ford GT's key fob, but here's another item you might expect to be included with your $150,000 purchase price -- floor mats. The GT doesn't come with any from the factory, and aftermarket units remain few and far between (though a couple companies are starting to offer them). On the one hand it's not too big of a deal, because the car's floor boards are a combination of metal, plastic and rubber that seems pretty durable. But, with the "cooling holes" design (also used for the seats) you get to clean out each hole separately when they've filled up with mud and other crud...
Follow-Up on 1/3: My bad. It turns out the rubber flooring you see in this picture IS the floor mat. After checking with some other owners I've learned that these pieces, while feeling glued down and part of the floor, are actually removable. It takes some hard yanking, but you can get them out. At this point I'd still like to add carpeted floor mats, but my original statement that "no floor mats are included for $150K" is technically inaccurate.
desmolicious says:
04:40 PM, 01/ 2/07
If you let me come along shotgun for a day trip through Ojai to Santa Barbara and back, stopping at Cold Springs Tavern on Old Stage Coach Road for Santa Maria tri-tip sandwiches (so it'll hafta be a Sunday), I'll buy you some floor mats...
33 to 166 to Tepesquet Canyon, to Foxen Canyon to 154 would be a good route. Plus you could also see a bunch of those "Sideways" wineries...
editor_karl says:
05:23 PM, 01/ 2/07
Foxen Canyon is a remarkable road. Used it many a times (on two- and four-wheeled vehicles...).
desmolicious says:
01:11 AM, 01/ 3/07
Fine, you go, I'll chase on my Ducati....
Should make for some nice pics!
stingray454 says:
09:46 AM, 01/ 3/07
Shhhh!!!! You're not supposed to publish those roads! They need to be well kept secrets so all the yahoos don't ruin them like they did with Ortega Hwy, Angeles Crest, Topanga Canyon, etc.
I really miss those roads (had to move to the other coast for a new job). I'm not telling anyone where they are though. ;)
desmolicious says:
02:08 PM, 01/ 3/07
You don't have to worry about yahoos on roads like that as they are not locally accessible w/in 20 minutes. Yahoos like to stay closer to home.
editor_karl says:
12:29 PM, 01/ 4/07
It's true. The best roads are the ones people don't otherwise have a reason to use. What happened to Topanga is it became a major traffic artery for people going from The Valley to The West Side (after the 405 become an occasionally active parking lot on the Sepulveda Pass).