Should I really buy my first Mustang
08-20-2007, 09:32 PM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
ORIGINAL: Mikes_BLK_GT
This is a silly thread if you dont like it dont spend 25-30k on it but keep in mind you will not find a better sports car for the money
I get tired of hearing people bitch about this stuff, the interior is fine and imo tastefully done. So for between 25-30k you get a fairly powerful easily modifyable(I know its not a word) automobile that right now is the best looking car on the market(I have been told this by strangers a number of times). If you want to drive a living room then by a lexus or something.
Oh and BTW I dont care how much you spend there will always be something wrong, NOTHING is perfect.
This is a silly thread if you dont like it dont spend 25-30k on it but keep in mind you will not find a better sports car for the money
I get tired of hearing people bitch about this stuff, the interior is fine and imo tastefully done. So for between 25-30k you get a fairly powerful easily modifyable(I know its not a word) automobile that right now is the best looking car on the market(I have been told this by strangers a number of times). If you want to drive a living room then by a lexus or something.Oh and BTW I dont care how much you spend there will always be something wrong, NOTHING is perfect.
08-21-2007, 05:08 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
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+1 Well Said.. right on the money..
ORIGINAL: Mikes_BLK_GT
This is a silly thread if you dont like it dont spend 25-30k on it but keep in mind you will not find a better sports car for the money I get tired of hearing people bitch about this stuff, the interior is fine and imo tastefully done. So for between 25-30k you get a fairly powerful easily modifyable(I know its not a word) automobile that right now is the best looking car on the market(I have been told this by strangers a number of times). If you want to drive a living room then by a lexus or something.
Oh and BTW I dont care how much you spend there will always be something wrong, NOTHING is perfect.
This is a silly thread if you dont like it dont spend 25-30k on it but keep in mind you will not find a better sports car for the money
I get tired of hearing people bitch about this stuff, the interior is fine and imo tastefully done. So for between 25-30k you get a fairly powerful easily modifyable(I know its not a word) automobile that right now is the best looking car on the market(I have been told this by strangers a number of times). If you want to drive a living room then by a lexus or something.Oh and BTW I dont care how much you spend there will always be something wrong, NOTHING is perfect.
Well im living in europe and The Mustang is not sold here from Ford, its importet from different companies, so hes the killer I pay about min. 25.000 euro, thats 34.500 dollar, for a used Mustang.
Thanks for the input how to get the mustang under 6 sec. if its really higher then that, still I would like to know the top speed, I hope at least 250 km/h
08-21-2007, 06:46 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
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The Shelby is a4.9-ish second car (seen 4.7-8-9 quoted), not the stock GT. Manual GT is a little over 5 seconds. It takes a huge amount to get the time a lotlower hence the closeness.
Now, the 0-120mph time, that is a different story [8D]
The Shelby is a4.9-ish second car (seen 4.7-8-9 quoted), not the stock GT. Manual GT is a little over 5 seconds. It takes a huge amount to get the time a lotlower hence the closeness.
Now, the 0-120mph time, that is a different story [8D]
Road and Track Magazine - April 2005 – Stock Mustang GT 0 – 60 4.9 sec.
08-21-2007, 08:13 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
Buy it man. My girlfriend won a V6 Mustang at the race track we race at...........100% free. At that time I had BMW Z3 and a Dodge Stealth TT. For 3 years I had a bad case of car envy, we repainted it, put a ton of mods on it, just overalla fun car and great looking. Then I had an "event" that happened in my life and decided WTF you can't take it with you and you only live once so.....I $hit-canned the BMW and bought a 2007 Shelby GT, the black one. I don't know how to describe the feeling of a Mustang, it's like having the koolest looking chick in town. I know my Stealth will smoke the Shelby in the 1/4 mile but..........just the looks you get from people, it's a high, I get goosebumps everytime I take her out.
08-21-2007, 09:10 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
Silly question when asked on a Mustang forum it will be hard to find someone here to say not to buy a stang, I think we all love our cars. You'll love the speed I also own a motorcycle I drive a 2005 GSXR 1000 it has about 180hp with the mods on it. ( http://www.sportbikez.net/picture/19504) Stang has plenty if not take the advise of 2k05gt he has a good list of speed mods. Good Luck.....
08-21-2007, 09:29 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
The interior upgrade package comes with a leather wrapped dash (quite possibly the single best part of the upgrade), console, and arm rests.
It is worth every penny.
My car's interior IMHO is far better than that of most "imports" in the same price range. It also has a wonderful nostalgic quality to it of course.
The biggest downfall to the interior is the ebrake handle (which is still rubber even in the upgrade package).
The bottom half is fairly stock Ford as well. Standard climate control and corporate radio. But they don't look out of place or anything, they just are cookie cutter -- our Explorer has the same looking radio, except my Mustang's has "Shaker 500" written on it instead
I love the car -- and get comments and looks all the time. And this is the car's 3rd year in America!!! Imagine what response you'd get in Europe!
Never have I had a car that has attracted so much attention. Not the Vette or TransAm (actually the T/A got more looks and thumbs up than my Vette).
You'll love it, and 0-60 times have been reported from 4.9 seconds to 5.5 seconds. That's about what you are looking at. 6.5 must have come from Sport Compact Magazine or Top Gear or something
It is worth every penny.
My car's interior IMHO is far better than that of most "imports" in the same price range. It also has a wonderful nostalgic quality to it of course.
The biggest downfall to the interior is the ebrake handle (which is still rubber even in the upgrade package).
The bottom half is fairly stock Ford as well. Standard climate control and corporate radio. But they don't look out of place or anything, they just are cookie cutter -- our Explorer has the same looking radio, except my Mustang's has "Shaker 500" written on it instead
I love the car -- and get comments and looks all the time. And this is the car's 3rd year in America!!! Imagine what response you'd get in Europe!
Never have I had a car that has attracted so much attention. Not the Vette or TransAm (actually the T/A got more looks and thumbs up than my Vette).
You'll love it, and 0-60 times have been reported from 4.9 seconds to 5.5 seconds. That's about what you are looking at. 6.5 must have come from Sport Compact Magazine or Top Gear or something
08-21-2007, 09:51 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
http://www.nospeedlimits.eu/gallery....d=1&from=0im not sure if its allowed to post a link, but here there is a video of the mustang, I realy got a tear in my eye when i heard the sound., friday i will go to a shop 170km from here and have a look at a GT version, black. Also thanks for all your comments here, but please keep posting I would like to hear more.
Still no top speed suggestion, I think it will only be about 240km.
Javdogyou also have a bike and aMustang then Im not on the wrong pass here I think, my bike is a Honda CBR1000 2006 same hp.
Still no top speed suggestion, I think it will only be about 240km.
Javdogyou also have a bike and aMustang then Im not on the wrong pass here I think, my bike is a Honda CBR1000 2006 same hp.
08-21-2007, 10:07 AM
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RE: Should I really buy my first Mustang
The STOCK GT top speed is 143mph.
2005 to 2008 Mustang Engines
Engine HP/TQ 0-60 0-100 Quarter Mile Top Speed
4.0L SOHC V-6 210 hp @ 5250 RPM6.9 sec 19 sec 15.3sec@ 91 mph 113mph
240 lb-ft @ 3500 RPM
4.6L SOHC V-8 300 hp @ 5750 RPM 5.1 sec13.2 sec13.5 sec@ 103 mph 143mph
320 lb-ft @ 4500 RPM
2005 to 2008 Mustang Engines
Engine HP/TQ 0-60 0-100 Quarter Mile Top Speed
4.0L SOHC V-6 210 hp @ 5250 RPM6.9 sec 19 sec 15.3sec@ 91 mph 113mph
240 lb-ft @ 3500 RPM
4.6L SOHC V-8 300 hp @ 5750 RPM 5.1 sec13.2 sec13.5 sec@ 103 mph 143mph
320 lb-ft @ 4500 RPM