Dave Pericak to Vacate Head of Ford Performance

[302BOB]

BTW Dave's last name is spelled Pericak..Can any one of our fine moderators adjust the title of this thread?

 

[302BOB]

All the moderators seem to be out right now enjoying their cars I assume. That means the inmates are in charge.............YA HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......LOL

 

[302BOB]

Everybody be careful....they may be back soon...

 

[TMSBOSS]

They are off playing at Laguna Seca

 

[Big Black]

The last 3 posts are off topic. Watch it, fellas!

signed,
mod wannabe

 

[302BOB]

You're skatin on very thin ice...rookie.........

 

[TMSBOSS]

They ain’t at Laguna Seca??

 

[302BOB]

Anybody gonna fix that spelling of Dave's last name? This is why he's leaving!!!!

 

[JDee]

Anybody gonna fix that spelling of Dave's last name? This is why he's leaving!!!!

No respect, he gets no respect!

 

[302BOB]

Who invited Rodney Dangerfield?......."When I was born, the doctor slapped my face instead of my butt to get me to cry.....he couldn't tell which was which"

 

[302BOB]

Mustang II was a joke back in the day....Hope they never try that crap again in the future! Let the Mustang be a Mustang!.....as in GIDDY UP!

 

[302BOB]

Dave just called, He said if his name spelling isn't corrected there will a massive Mustang recall for a defective hinge pin in the trunk....potentially devastating effects............

 

[302BOB]

Dave thanks everybody who got his name spelled right!!!! He's recalling that recall for all those Mustangs! All is good...He hopes everyone enjoys their ride & peace.....................

 

[Big Black]

Can the OP please spell the name phonetically?

 

[302BOB]

Dave's happy..All is good...time to move on...

 

[ChrisM]

I despise the electric car trend. I understand why Ford is moving that direction, it's where the money is, but it's so disheartening to see it. I won't be surprised if we start seeing Ford "Performance" stuff slapped on electric Fiestas for a mark-up with no actual performance goals. I hope not, but looking at the foreign turnout at places like the Tokyo Auto Show recently, I'm not optimistic about the sports car's future.

 

[dabossinnne]

I despise the electric car trend. I understand why Ford is moving that direction, it's where the money is, but it's so disheartening to see it. I won't be surprised if we start seeing Ford "Performance" stuff slapped on electric Fiestas for a mark-up with no actual performance goals. I hope not, but looking at the foreign turnout at places like the Tokyo Auto Show recently, I'm not optimistic about the sports car's future.

I'd respectfully disagree. Have you driven a Tesla? I recently drove a friend's Model S and it is ungodly fast. In "Ludicrous" mode, 760+ HP, and 100% of 600+ lb ft of torque available at zero RPM. Per multiple road tests and Youtube vides it'll run a legit 10 sec 1/4 mile @ well over 120mph. "Electrifying" to say the least.

Sure, with electric cars we'll miss the internal combustion sound we all know and love, but for sheer performance I don't think we'll be disappointed, and surely Ford will offer performance-oriented electric cars to keep up with the competition.

 

[ChrisM]

That's fine, but electric cars are mostly a gimmick. The batteries are a toxic waste nightmare from the time the cobalt is mined to make them to the time they die and have to be disposed of. I dread seeing what a battery dump and the area around it is going to look like 20 years from now. ICEs might be pretty dirty, but at least you can work on them with minimal training and recycle a lot of the parts that are used.

 

[dabossinnne]

No question there are many problems with current battery technology. And it's fair to say that electric cars are really "coal-powered" so long as our electricity mostly comes from coal-fired plants. But with all the auto manufacturers and many other companies, not to mention universities and other research labs, shifting far more resources into electric vehicle R&D, as they become more mainstream over time presumably many of these problems will be mitigated or solved.

That said, there's plenty of life left and efficiency improvements to be made in the good old ICE, which will not be going away anytime soon, and probably not in our lifetime. We'll be enjoying ICE-powered Mustangs for years to come.

 

[302BOB]

Battery technology will continue to improve and get perfected as time goes on but I still love my gasoline powered N/A (ICE) Boss to move me along for the time being....