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The car is great for several reasons:

1) It has White Clean Air Vehicle stickers - This means you can drive it in HOV lanes through at least 2018. A huge bonus if you're a commuter.

2) CNG is cheap - The fuel cost ranges from $1.99-$2.89 per gallon equivalent, which in my experience leads to around $0.15 per mile. (It gets around 17 mpge.) Compared to the cost of gasoline these days, cost per mile is similar to other cars with $0.15 per mile like the Honda Accord.

3) It looks like a bad ass police/detective/CHP car - Other drivers generally give you the right of way everywhere you drive. Even cops think you're a cop most of the time.

4) It is very tough and reliable - It's a big American car with a simple engine and transmission. This is a P71 Police Interceptor model, which means an additional oil cooler, reinforced frame and body mounts, upgraded driveshaft and more aggressive transmission shift points. (Police and CHP drive them for a reason.) I learned that it was originally used as a detective car for the Azusa Police Department and have taken it back to the same mechanic who worked on it for them (Economy Auto Center in Azusa) since purchasing it. I have all of the maintenance records and you are welcome to call Jack at Economy Auto Center and ask about the car's condition.

5) Extra electronics - I installed a Pioneer touchscreen in-dash stereo with navigation with a rear-view camera, along with automatic door locks and and alarm.

The car is less than great for a few reasons:

1) Range is around 220 miles - This means you'll need to fuel up more often than most other cars.

2) CNG stations aren't everywhere - They are more prevalent than you'd think, they just aren't at street corners with snack shops. They are typically close to highways in commercial areas. (For a map with CNG station locations and prices, Google "cng prices station map." eBay's link policy isn't allowing my provide the link.) I've driven the car almost 60,000 miles over three years and have never run out of fuel.

3) Trunk space is compromised - This car comes with the extended range tank, which reduces the usable trunk space by about 40%.

The accident report on eBay shows three accidents. The first happened before I owned it so not sure what happened there. The second, on 4/21/12, was a minor rear-end fender bender. I had the rear bumper repainted. Total cost was around $800. I don't know why there is a third incident listed on 12/4/13. Must be a mistake because nothing else has happened to the vehicle since the second incident.

All in all, it's a great car. Very reliable, convenient for the carpool lane and fun being mistaken for a cop. It has been my daily driver for three years and I am only selling it because I'm moving on to an electric car.

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This is what a 3D-printed liquid metal Ford Torino looks like

Sat, 12 Oct 2013

Artist Ioan Florea has encapsulated a 1971 Ford Torino with 3-D-printed liquid metal transferred onto the car using technology that he developed, and the result is a stunningly shiny, seamless design.
"The surface has the highest coefficient of reflectivity never achieved before," Florea told us in an e-mail, using "nano-materials and nano-pigments that create an internal three-dimensional structure and dictate the polymer how to behave." Sure... We'll leave it to him to make any more 3-D-printed liquid metal-transferred art pieces.
Florea grew up in Romania, and the motivation behind picking the old Ford as his canvas came from his childhood memories of what an American car is - "big and wide and fascinating," he says - and the European name of the car itself, which it shares with an Italian city.

Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R-C set to storm Watkins Glen

Wed, Jun 24 2015

Ford is bringing its latest high-performance Mustang back to the track with the new 2016 GT350R-C, which will debut and race in this weekend's IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Watkins Glen. The spiritual successor to the Boss 302R that's still taking part in the Continental Tire series today, the first GT350R-C will be campaigned by Multimatic Motorsports. It's had its fully independent suspension completely revised for the track, and it gets everything from new spring rates to new anti-roll bars to a lowered ride height. Like the road-going GT350, a 5.2-liter, flat-plane-crank V8 sits under the hood, although Ford didn't release any specifics on power output. In fact, details are in short supply. We're expecting some sort of sequential racing transmission, wildly enhanced brakes, and a thoroughly race-prepared cabin, although Ford hasn't released any info on that stuff. The Blue Oval also hasn't said anything about the aerodynamic package, but strangely, it looks more or less like what's featured on the standard GT350R. The front fascia and rear wing are pretty much identical, and even the side sills seem roughly similar to the production model. "Like so many Mustangs before it, the Shelby GT350R is a car born to race," Ford's director of global performance, Dave Pericak, said in the attached press release. "We're taking it to the track as the GT350R-C and we're ready to see what it can do against the best competition in the world." Scroll down for the official press release from Ford. And if you're so inclined, you can check out the GT350R-C's debut race this weekend at IMSA.com, with coverage starting at 12:25 P.M. If you prefer normal TV, Fox Sports 1 will get around to re-broadcasting the race on July 5 at 10:00 A.M. Related Video: Ford Performance Shelby GT350R-C to Make IMSA Competition Debut at Watkins Glen • All-new ShelbyÂ® GT350R-C embodies Ford innovation through performance as race car makes its competition debut this weekend at Watkins Glen Â• Shelby GT350R-C to compete in the remainder of the 2015 IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge with Multimatic Motorsports Â• Competition version of Shelby GT350R features all-new 5.2-liter flat-plane crankshaft V8 created to extend on-track performance DEARBORN, Mich., June 24, 2015 Â– There's no mistaking the wicked sound or aggressive looks of the all-new ShelbyÂ® GT350R-C that Ford announced today would see its first official track time at Watkins Glen this weekend.

Chip Foose tastefully enhances his personal Ford GT

Wed, 05 Nov 2014

Typically, we'd expect a vehicle from 2006 to fall well short of a more modern vehicle, both in terms of performance and style. Of course, the Ford GT is not your average offering from the Bush era. That's doubly true when the 2006 GT in question belongs to one Chip Foose.
Purchased by his wife as a 50th birthday present, Foose is showing his custom, personalized GT at the 2014 SEMA Show. The 5.4-liter supercharged V8 breathes a bit easier thanks to a full Magnaflow Performance exhaust, but Foose's GT isn't all about the performance.
Instead, the car customizer extraordinaire has focused on tasteful aesthetic enhancement, tweaking the rear end by removing the bumper and trimming the frame extensions. The wheels, meanwhile, are one-off aluminum alloys, designed by Foose himself. Like the stripes, the wheels feature orange accenting.

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