Its pretty hard not to like that!  Man, if only...

Too much Japanese influence in the styling. I prefer the DNA of the previous model, and there is no substitute to the sound of a V8

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RV6 wrote:

Carolyn and I saw a 2005/2006 Ford GT on hwy 285 Saturday morning. First one I have seen driving around.

 
Wow, you guys salt the roads this time of year. If it were mine no way it would see the tarmac til May.

Bearing Bob wrote:

I don't think Colorado salts the roads.

Nope, Colorado uses Magnesium Chloride most of the time and I hate the stuff (A liquid SALT). Really icy conditions may get a sand/salt mixture on bridges, etc. 

As for the 2005/6 GT we saw, it has not snowed for 3 weeks so the roads are pretty salt/sand free. Oh, the snow plow just went up the street while I type. We also saw a 69 Camaro as we pulled out of Costco.

My Mustang is in the heated stables till sometime in the spring. 


 

Hornman wrote:

Colorado started using salt on the roads in 2016, with predictable results: melted ice and lots of complaints about vehicle corrosion. They have tested molasses and beet juice but they failed the “killing the fish in the streams” test. The preferred road salt is now magnesium chloride, less corrosive than sodium chloride. They like the MgCl so much they spray it on dirt roads in the summer to hold down the dust. 

Even the city of Dallas spreads salt on the roads to prevent icing (remember the icy Super Bowl at Jerry World?). If it’s cold and you see a tank truck in the DFW area dropping liquid on the roads, it’s salt brine, so take the good car home and get out the beater until it rains. 

I'm not sure where you got your information, but Colorado has been using mag chloride on state highways since the early 2000's. If it's turns really cold they sand/salt the roads.

 

RV6 wrote:

Hornman wrote:

Colorado started using salt on the roads in 2016, with predictable results: melted ice and lots of complaints about vehicle corrosion. They have tested molasses and beet juice but they failed the “killing the fish in the streams” test. The preferred road salt is now magnesium chloride, less corrosive than sodium chloride. They like the MgCl so much they spray it on dirt roads in the summer to hold down the dust. 

Even the city of Dallas spreads salt on the roads to prevent icing (remember the icy Super Bowl at Jerry World?). If it’s cold and you see a tank truck in the DFW area dropping liquid on the roads, it’s salt brine, so take the good car home and get out the beater until it rains. 

I'm not sure where you got your information, but Colorado has been using mag chloride on state highways since the early 2000's. If it's turns really cold they sand/salt the roads.

 

Colorado Department Of Transportation web site stated they began using salt on roads in 2016. Maybe they used it earlier and quit using it, then started using it again in 2016? My research is only as good as my sources and CDOT is a government agency, so I’m playing my Get Out Of Jail Free card on this one.

Broke my heart not seeing Ford GT's racing at Daytona, Rolex24
I'd thought fer sure there would be last years cars, in the GTD class

Tubo