Finally got one!
03-27-2014, 12:34 PM
#11
Chop Mod
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: OK
Posts: 3,333
A lot of your concerns are probably just buyer's remorse getting the best of you. Hopefully that settles down. If you can, try and separate the car from the financial situation surrounding it. Any small thing is going to seem huge when you're trying to decide if you made the right move. But the point is, you already bought the car, so relax and try to enjoy it.
03-27-2014, 05:41 PM
#14
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: MO
Posts: 139
I have a 2014 Base GT with the automatic and mine idles smooth as it can be and does not feel sluggish at all. I also would not call the stock exhaust loud at freeway speeds. I could hardly hear mine when I had the factory exhaust on.
Hopefully things will get better as time goes on.
Wayne
PS. mine is gray also.
Hopefully things will get better as time goes on.
Wayne
PS. mine is gray also.
03-27-2014, 06:00 PM
#15
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 43
A lot of your concerns are probably just buyer's remorse getting the best of you. Hopefully that settles down. If you can, try and separate the car from the financial situation surrounding it. Any small thing is going to seem huge when you're trying to decide if you made the right move. But the point is, you already bought the car, so relax and try to enjoy it.
As for some of the noises and things you may not be used to, the whole point of a Mustang is the experience. There's the sound, the handling characteristics, the man/machine/road dynamic that somebody else mentioned. I'm waiting on my 14 GT to come in, but I'm ready for all of the above.
I wanted a Mustang for the Mustang Experience, which is a muscle car experience. I knew I wanted it when I slid into one in the showroom and closed the door. On my test drive, I started it and wanted it. I drove it and even though I've driven only imports for the last 10 years, the clutch felt natural, slipping through gears was easy. My wife, who came with me, even said to me, "I've never seen a car suit someone so well." Of course, that was 2 years ago, and she followed it up with "...but where are you going to park it?" At the time we lived in a small condo with only outdoor parking next to old people that bash your doors. We bought a house 6 months later. Another 18 months, and my Mustang is on the assembly line.
I say relax. On Friday night, just go for a drive. Don't concentrate on every little sound or unfamiliar feeling you get. Just have fun.
03-28-2014, 01:01 AM
#17
I went from a 4 door truck to a Mustang and oh boy, do i miss the storage.
I bought a 15X10 inch storage box that i put some sticky velcro (the hook side) on the bottom. I keep my front plate, tuner, owners manual stuff, purel lol, and my detail stuff. the velcro hooks onto the trunk mat perfectly, its effortless to lift it off but its firm enough to keep it in place. That freed up my glove box for small things and i dont feel so cluttered in the car
I bought a 15X10 inch storage box that i put some sticky velcro (the hook side) on the bottom. I keep my front plate, tuner, owners manual stuff, purel lol, and my detail stuff. the velcro hooks onto the trunk mat perfectly, its effortless to lift it off but its firm enough to keep it in place. That freed up my glove box for small things and i dont feel so cluttered in the car
03-28-2014, 07:03 AM
#20
2nd Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 253
Yeah, getting in it and going to work today felt good. I'm getting used to the shifter now and I notice I'm taking off pretty quick compared to other cars and I'm not even trying much. I don't think I've even revved it past 4k yet.