The 2011 Mustang GT comes from the factory with a gas saving intended feature, where if you are not driving hard, it will force you from 1st gear into 4th gear. I was somewhat worried before I placed my order, as this would defeat the purpose of owning a 412hp+ Mustang V8. I am not aware what the ecu or transmission is using as the criteria to initiate this 1-4 skip, speed, rpm, both? However, I rather not pay a gas guzzler tax, and deal with a $15 fuse relay mod, to defeat this tech. So thank you Ford for producing the car this way and saving us enthusiasts $1,300 extra on gas guzzler tax :)
And it seems the feature will be very unobtrusive and defeatable, as not 1 reporter has even mentioned the feature in their recent onslaught of media drives. I had to go to Matt Farah's YouTube post and ask him directly in the comments section for his take on the skip shift feature. Here is the question and response:
