Our office has both at the moment, the "T" and a VY V8. I thought when the model changed from VX to VY and they abolished the option to get a V8 executive we were going to recieve an SS instead. Nope off the truck came a VY executive V8. I am curious to know whether it was the "tweeked v8 that the SS has or it is the same as is placed in the calais or belina. The difference is 10 or 20kw's. We are about to swap it over as it has done 40,000, I am wondering if I wil come with a strut brace as the series ii now have it. As for the "T", its a trail and with all the dramas we have had, it may not stay. It does get the looks and the "T" wave has occured. One woman has even pressed her rack against the glass as I passed them. Wait wait that's when I was on my pushie going to the shop for milk, sorry guys. I think we have put 4 sets of tyres on her in 40,000, two tyres were torn as it clipped a gutter in a pursuit. Ford have gone to the effort with the Police pack and stelth mode as they called it. As for vehicle of choice im sorry but for pursuit reasons I choose the SS. Simply for the gear availablility for braking and corners. Plonky when you get it you will find out. When dealing with the radio and everything else, pushing it over and back is time consuming. Im guessing your SS auto is modified with the gates between D and 2 free as is QLD. slapping it from D to second and powering out and slapping back is the way to go.