Car And Driver 2005 GT road test

snipped-for-privacy@tpol.snet.net (Bill Jones) wrote in :

I read that article, too. Overall, the writer was very enthusiastic about the car.

I noticed that, when compared to the three other cars, it had the longest braking distance by far. What is it with Ford and brakes? They almost always fare poorly against other brands in braking distance. I've owned nothing but Fords since 1979, and only one had decent brakes, IMO. That one was a 1988 Festiva, which would almost pop your eyeballs out when you slammed on the brakes (and no ABS!). Even my current '03 Lightning takes way too long to stop in a panic, and it's supposed to be a performance vehicle!

-- Jim

The weight might be an issue perhaps ??? Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying

snipped-for-privacy@NO-SPAMyahoo.com (Rein) wrote in :

In all of them? Not just the Lightning, but also the '79 Mustang, '79 Fiesta, '83 EXP, '86 Aerostar, '90 Probe GT, '94 Ranger and 2001 Sport Trac? And in nearly every Car and Driver article in which a Ford's braking performance is listed? I'm not bashing Fords -- obviously, I like them -- but they don't seem to do brakes very well.

-- Jim

I think he was referring to the lightning. You're stopping a truck, not a Ferrari.

The rest of the cars, I'd agree, have pretty poor braking, but the '90 Probe GT? I had an '89 PGT and that thing stopped pretty well. It wasn't as good as, say, my '97 Cobra, but it stopped a whole lot better than any Fox Mustang I've ever driven.

But, then again, the Probe is a Mazda product with a blue oval on it... maybe it should be excluded... lol.

JS