There still should be a handful out there, though.
Rs are not being built in the winter, due to the tires cannot be left out in the cold or the compound could be compromised and crack. Chevy experienced this with the corvette ZR1 a few years ago.
I believe R production resumes mid or late March.
This tire excuse seems a little bogus. There are many cars with extreme performance summer tires that are built year round.
None of those came with pilot sport cup 2 tires like the R does
You can think what you wish, but its a real concern/issue. GM lost their ass on replacing $2000+ sets of tires that cracked while in transit.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2013/11/chevrolet-suspends-orders-on-2014-camaro-zl1-and-1le-models/
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2015/03...er-corvette-owners-complain-of-cracked-tires/
http://corvettec7fiasco.blogspot.com/2015/03/buyers-of-2015-corvette-c7-z06-with.html
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/c...lem-explained-by-michelin-engineer-93114.html
Luckily your opinion doesnt trump the facts that the tires can and will crack and/or the expertise of Ford and Michelin engineers. Just because GM chooses to piss away money, doesnt mean Ford should follow suitIt's not about what I think. I'm simply stating a fact. That fact is there's another car known to have the same tire, and it's produced year round. Citing articles doesn't change that fact. And with the way folks are drooling over R's I'm sure none would sit around long enough to have any issue with cracking tires, before owners took delivery. This issue was cars sitting around outside in freezing temps. Not a reason to halt production in my opinion.
The production pause for winter was already known of 7+ months ago, so its not some ploy by Ford to delay things further.[/QUOTE
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Luckily your opinion doesnt trump the facts that the tires can and will crack and/or the expertise of Ford and Michelin engineers. Just because GM chooses to piss away money, doesnt mean Ford should follow suit
Ford already learned its lesson with the good years on the GT500 track pack cars. The production pause for winter was already known of 7+ months ago, so its not some ploy by Ford to delay things further.
This is how threads go to s**t. Who said anything about a ploy to delay things further?
Exactly :dw::dw:If you don't believe the tire reason, then what reason are you looking for?