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I am considering buying either a 2012 Mustang GT or 2012 Mustang Boss 302. I am not sure where I will be living in the next year, but I am keeping my figures crossed there will be a track near by. However, I only plan to own one car and the mustang will be my daily driver. Do you recommend the 2012 Mustang Boss 302 for a daily driven car?

Derf00

Good luck finding a 2012 Boss anywhere near MSRP. Most dealers are marking them up quite a bit 5-10K +.

There was 1 guy that found Serial number 1 (yes the first one) at a dealer and got a really good price on it because the dealership must not have had an idea as to what they had on their hands.

HitandRunDriver

I think 412 ponies is more than plenty for a dd...

danzcool

Why not, it's great to see great cars on the road. Just park way out so it doesn't get dinged.

Supernaut

I thought long and hard about this, reading everything I could and watching all the YouTube vids. I was Boss obsessed. But then i realized that the Boss motor is designed to rev high. The cam and intake are calibrated to make power at high RPMs, so my conclusion is that the car won't be happy puttering around town. I exist in a largely urban enenvironment, with short highway trips around the city and 20-45 minute runs to different towns for work. For the highway trips, it's possible to open it up, but I've suffered this frustration before.

I have a '87 notch with 410 gears and a big cam 302. The car loves to rip to the redline, and I find it very frustrating to drive. It wants to stretch it's legs and scream. The car isn't happy puttering around at 1000-3000 rpm. At 3000 it's just waking up and chomping at the bit. It's a lot of fun to wind it out, but most people on the road are sleeping at the wheel, and my notch is just too much car for traffic.

So I reluctantly came to the conclusion that a Boss won't make for a good daily driver. I'm getting a GT, which has long runners and cammed for low RPM torque and lower operating speed, where it will spend most of it's daily driven life.

forensicsteve

car won't be happy puttering around town

That's how I drive my viper. I drive it 2-3 days a week to work, about 15 minutes on a quiet country road. I go 55 mph at about 900 rpms. I hope I am not hurting the motor....lol. In town, I absolutely putter around. You don't have to drive a fast car fast, although everybody around you expects you to.

Mishri

they are similiar enough it depends on if you want a BOSS or not. for the extra cost of the boss you can do a lot to the GT to make it fast.(whipple plus a few other goodies, or heads/cams/boss intake if you like n/a) for pure performance and $$ to hp the GT is a better value, I'd only buy a boss if i wanted it for it's name/prestige.. which i never buy cars for that reason. or if i wanted to leave a car stock i might get the boss instead since it's faster, better suspension, and will cost you $15,000 extra than a base GT at minimum (20,000 more likely)

Nuke

I'd buy the BOSS for a DD if: 1) I had the cash AND 2) I had a garage to keep it in including NOT letting it sit on a street while at work.

My reasoning is that I'd be pissed if my GT was messed up but I'd be f**king livid and insane if my BOSS got messed up.

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I agree. I will not think about buying a nice car without a garage to put it in. I am keeping my fingers crossed to get a good hospital job because they usually have garages with good security.

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I just found out Ford places the upgrade to the Torsen limited-slip differential in the interior seat section. This is irritating because it should be in the external section with the differential upgrades.