HERTZ II Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 The photo and paragraph below come from an article in a 2007 issue of Car & Driver magazine. The article is about the 2007 running of the annual "Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America", a one week long endurance test for car and driver, in which this GT-H participated. (The GT-H is incorrectly identified as a 2007) I was wondering if anyone knows any more of the story behind the car's involvement and what Florida car it was (CSM #). "Rent-a-racer is a term that rarely provokes smiles at rental-car counters, and this 2007 Hertz Ford Shelby Mustang GT-H is a case in point. Rhett O'Doski and James Kotas rented the GT-H in Florida and drove it in seven One Lap events without incident. But on the morning of day four in Pueblo, Colorado, the phone rang, and a stern-voiced Hertz representative told the teammates to return the car to Florida, forthwith, no more racing. Just how Hertz learned about the car's activities is a question we couldn't answer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITHERTZ66 Posted September 1, 2013 Report Share Posted September 1, 2013 cool photo - I guess they renter wasn't aware of the GPS unit installed on these cars (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted September 3, 2013 Report Share Posted September 3, 2013 Great question .... would love to know the answer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwestercamp Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Where were the GPS units installed ne re they still on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_quik_pony Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 The GPS were removed from the cars when they finished their rental period, as they were quite expensive. Mine was retired early and evidently it was overlooked. The unit was installed above the glove box. I found it as I was tracing down a mysterious battery drain issue. This unit would operate every few seconds, and draw about one amp. Removing it helped my battery drain issue...but never resolved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 The GPS were removed from the cars when they finished their rental period, as they were quite expensive. Mine was retired early and evidently it was overlooked. The unit was installed above the glove box. I found it as I was tracing down a mysterious battery drain issue. This unit would operate every few seconds, and draw about one amp. Removing it helped my battery drain issue...but never resolved it. Yes it would be quite rare for this to be left in the car so one_quick has something unique. As far as I know the only way to tell if a GTH still has this box is to lower the actual glove box, not just the glove box door but the actual glove box, and look for this black box along with the power/ground wires heading towards the back of the stereo. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoChris Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Very cool! Had no idea GT-Hs had GPSs. Huh, Sounds like a country and western song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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