vargas

Now I'm not into racing. I do like some power though. I like style and I like loud exhausts. That being said. I'm stuck on weather to keep my stang, lower it and get an exhaust a convertible in san diego is very useful; or sell it, buy a cobra of the same year and get more power out of it.

I'm at a stand still. Any recommendations you guys can give me to make up my mind?

WhiteFoxGT

call me biased, but you cant go wrong with a nice 96-98 Cobra.. ditch the vert idea.. they are plagued with issues down the road if not already... my car has gears,xpipe,and pullies its a 12 sec car.. Cant do that with a new edge GT

E_cox310

If you can swing a cobra, why not. It's a no brainer. I love my GT, but if I could upgrade to a GT500, I'd do it in a heartbeat...But school tuition is more important for me at the time.

Sxynerd

I told myself that I would never have a convertible again but then yesterday driving down the coast on a nice spring day, all I could think about was a convertible wrapped with a cage.

I don't know of anything that plagues the verts more than the hardtops?

Whatever you do though, make sure it's a 4v.

mustangman02232

IMO $1000 for a top every ~10 years is absolutely worth it I don't think I could ever own another hard top unless it was a full out race car

WhiteFoxGT

Wind noise, water leaks, bad motors, torn tops, windows that dont seal properly. Thats just a few things Ive delt with

Sxynerd

I never had to deal with any special problems other than the tops. I changed the first one because I didn't like tan and the second one got cut into when someone (My mother) tried to break into it.

The third top got a bind in a fold that cracked the edge. Which drove me nuts for as fickle as I am.

The Cloth type termi tops are more durable than the vinyl and that's the only way I'd go again.

The problem with GT's (Especially as old as the SN's are getting now) is that people take care of them about the same as they do with the V6's. We've all seen those busted out sagging automatic v6's that are more like Pino's than Mustangs. People tend to take care of Cobras a lot more. I'm sure it has everything to do the price tier that the models are sold for.

WhiteFoxGT

you just proved my point of my original post

dont get another vert...period lol

Hangwire

And lets add that theyre expensive and weigh more. I absolutely despise verts. They look horrible with the top up compared to a coupe as well. Verts do look really good with the top down though. Also not real winter friendly. I wouldnt trade my car for an 03/04 cobra if it was a vert and I mean that with complete sincerity.

This might be just a weird me thing but I hate the publicity/exposure that having the top down creates. People can see absolutely everything. People can reach in and ****. People could toss **** at you if they wanted. I really like the feel/idea of a dark tinted coupe. I dont want people starin at me n **** or seeing my face. I want people to judge the car, not me. I regret not getting 15% tint instead of 35%....especially considering my car is illegal anyways.

I dunno

jeh4269

As said before Cobras are generally better taken care of and are 80 hp more bonestock than an sn GT.I am not saying anything bad about the GT's but I would definitely go for a 4v.