Florida Ford GT Owner Crashes Because He's "Unfamiliar" With Manual Transmission. $740,000 car

[Best_man23]

18. He's really citing a "fresh detailing" as a contributor to his losing control?

Last time I checked, most detailers do not touch the tire treads on a car going back on the street. The only time they "detail" the tire treads is on a car to be statically displayed at an indoor show.

I blame his incompetence with driving a stick and underestimating the torque on a 500+ horsepower engine, along with not being familiar with how a mid-engine car handles (the handing is quite different from a front-engine, rear axle car). Mid-engine cars tend to push the front end as you steer into corners.

Perhaps he should have bought a four-cylinder or V-6 Fiero with a stick and learned how to drive that mid-engine car before getting behind the wheel of this GT40. Of course, I would recommend he get his license reinstated BEFORE getting behind the wheel of anything.

Clear case of more money than common sense.