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So crazy story about this.
The Ford Performance team brought 6 GT500s with them to test at various tracks a few weeks ago. They wanted short road course (<1.5 mile), medium (1.5-2.5 miles) and long (2.5 miles). Then, after spending a few days doing such, they turned their attention to the drag strip. They ran all 6 GT500s in the 1/8 and in the 1/4, exploring their capabilities and what to expect. They even brought in some freelance "non-professional" drivers to get real world times. Their only complaint they had was the altitude, so they decided to run at 3 different drag strips, all varying in altitude. After they were satisfied that they had compiled a very complete data set on its performance, they took it the NHTSA to get it tested for fuel mileage, safety, etc. They ran the updated fuel mileage test, which I heard it outperformed expectations, followed by a few crash testing to make sure it met at least the minimum requirements set forth by the NHTSA.
After all of these tests, the engineers were satisfied that they knew all of the car's boundaries, limitations, and strengths. They went back to Dearborn to report the findings and present them in a way that would be released to the public. Obviously they had trailer-ed the GT500s from Michigan to the various tracks across the country as to not draw attention to them. Well on the way back to Dearborn, the head data analyst was crunching final numbers and preparing their presentation. They stopped at a gas station to fuel up on more time before finishing their trek. Some time between getting out of the truck, and then back in... @DepWraith had snuck in the cabin and stolen all of the data that was collected.
Ford Motor Company reached out to him and basically begged for it back. Guaranteed him all sorts of crazy things, etc. They wanted it back, it had cost them millions to get it.
I'm sure you're wondering what @DepWraith did with it? Well, he decided to circle jerk with @Kaneda at a princess pinball machine party, and they used the paperwork to clean up the mess.
I bet information will be released within the next 4-6 weeks.
I know I’m several weeks behind, I’ve been wrapped up in my own world. But that might be the best post I’ve ever read!
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