As the truckers used to say during the CB craze: YOU GOT THAT SHIT RIGHT!

 

Nope. She hated it - it is brutally powerful, and requires manly inputs to drive - the shift action requires strong moves, and the clutch is the heaviest I can recall, including my old 1966 Road Runner Hemi. It is just crazy - I will bet the next Cobra, in 2006, will have a hydraulic unit. Plus, the stall problem that affects many of the cars still has not been sorted out, and she was deathly afraid (as was I for her) of losing the power steering in a corner and crashing. She is only 108 pounds or so, and the car weighs 3665 curb.

 

My oil burning tapered off significantly after 10K miles also. And I am still using regular Penzoil 10w-30.