2. Driving hard and fast is for the racetrack — not the road.

Ford offers a day at its Performance Racing School — located at Utah Motorsports about a half-hour from Salt Lake City — for all new owners of Shelbys, Focus RS and STs, Raptor pickups, and Fiesta STs so that they can fully explore their cars' capabilities.

In the case of the GT350, the capabilities are mind-boggling. (I've also tracked a Focus RS, and its capabilities are also mind-boggling, just in a different way.)

If anything, the way these cars can be pushed near their limits on a track should remind you that they shouldn't be pushed anywhere near their limits on the public roads.

That's a big takeaway: speed is seductive, but it's dangerous and needs to be controlled. The FPR instructors stress safety, safety, safety. So, of course, you're wearing a racing suit, helmet, and are strapped in with a four-point harness the whole time.

Speed is for the track, not the road.