Lol, an 85 GT is essentially a tin can. I don't miss the days of sub-frames being an essential early mod.
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Lol, an 85 GT is essentially a tin can. I don't miss the days of sub-frames being an essential early mod.
^This. Sometimes I forget to mention my SFC's when I list off my mods because the damn things shouldn't even have been necessary.
For sure! I am looking forward to getting my VIN for my fully loaded Ingot Silver GT Fastback PP
For sure! I am looking forward to getting my VIN for my fully loaded Ingot Silver GT Fastback PP
As much as I want the PP, mine will probably be a DD...in Utah. We get rough winters sometimes and I'm worried that the base setup might be better for me than the PP. Makes me sad though
Yes, but ...
I've owned 9 Stangs in my life (used 69 S Code Mach 1 and brand new 82 GT, 83 GT, 85 GT, 93 LX 5.0, 95 Cobra, 11 V6, 12 GT, 13GT) and I have to say the 85 was just as fun a car to drive as any. If I had extra $$ to throw around, I'd have a 85 GT sitting next to my 13 GT. No doubt about it ...
Yes, about 100 lbs (or slightly less (than the 2014). However, it was already porky IMO, so it keeps adding up. Everybody probably has a point at which weight becomes an issue. Maybe its 3500 lbs, maybe its 3800 lbs, maybe its 4000, or 4500 who knows. Mine has been reached. Again, to each their own.
As for distribution....I believe it is better, which is a good thing - especially for the corner-carvers. I'm a knuckle-dragging drag racer, so not nearly as big of a deal for me - I'd rather lose it than add and move around.
Sub frame connectors don't bother me at all I it means I am starting off with a 3,000 lb platform in which to house a 500+ rwhp engine package.
I guess for guys like me, who won't daily drive a brand new Mustang, it isn't a great choice for us who will only use it on weekends and at the track. Too heavy. And too refined too, which makes it an improvement naturally, but also takes some of the character away from the car. I test drove a new M4 and while it was a quick, nice car, it was simply too smooth and isolated you from the sensation of speed. The last 3 S197's I had also isolated you way too much from the feeling of performance, although they all performed at extremely high levels. This S550 more closely mimics a higher end sports coupe, which is a step up in class for Mustang, but just the wrong direction for what I had hoped for which is a 33-3,400 lb package with 475 HP.
I guess for guys like me, who won't daily drive a brand new Mustang, it isn't a great choice for us who will only use it on weekends and at the track. Too heavy. And too refined too, which makes it an improvement naturally, but also takes some of the character away from the car. I test drove a new M4 and while it was a quick, nice car, it was simply too smooth and isolated you from the sensation of speed. The last 3 S197's I had also isolated you way too much from the feeling of performance, although they all performed at extremely high levels. This S550 more closely mimics a higher end sports coupe, which is a step up in class for Mustang, but just the wrong direction for what I had hoped for which is a 33-3,400 lb package with 475 HP.
or, like any other business, they are playing with numbers just to get sales.
As I mentioned earlier, we will see once these hit the tracks. I dont doubt they will have slightly better performance numbers because of a better suspension and possibly better balancing, but I still don't see anything significant happening. I got my 2014 Premium GT with track pack for $29k ($31k OTD), and I just cant imagine spending $45k to get a car that is only slightly better.
Haha, agreed!
That's exactly the direction I thought Ford was going as well.
My 13 GT stickered for 35k, got it for 32K OTD with rebates. I don't see myself trading it in either ...
I don't think I'll be trading in the Boss anytime soon. I would like a raw, evil, white knuckle beast for the new Mustang, but that would only sell like 2,000 units and would doom the Mustang line. The wife would like a GT premium package with every wiz-bang option. She still doesn't understand why I paid more for fewer creature comforts. Might sneak a EB into the garage when she's not looking.
45k is fully loaded or close to that. My '15 GT is loaded and is 46k k but with x-plan it is 42,900. I think a '15GT premium with PP would be 38k and x-plan would knock it down to 36k. Apples to apples.
Yeah it was. The review in the article by the "famous guy" only said it "felt" faster than a boss. Which maybe it is. It better be. But for me, I need the numbers. Feeling faster isn't admissable.
Yes, it seems people are quoting the price of fully loaded GT's as if that was the base price. As I stated in an earlier post, a new 15 GT equipped the same as my 13 GT would cost $1,800 more. Normally, that would be considered a big jump. But considering engineering changes such as IRS and the like ... I think entirely justified.
I actually expect the 2015 to "feel" slower than a Boss, but to actually be faster around some tracks. The more refined you make a car the slower it often feels.
Mine was just shy of fully loaded. The 2014s were being amazingly discounted. The sticker price on mine was $41k. So, it is apples to apples. You're never going to see those discounts on a 2015. I realize there is a lot of improvements with suspension etc, but my point is, the cost of the discounted 2014s is a hell of a deal and a 2015 is just pushed way out of my budget for a project car and cannot justify the difference in cost.
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I think I'm gonna talk to our parts dealer about taking my Tremor back and getting a deal on a new GT. I love the truck but I'm really liking the new Mustangs.
Actually, slow really is slow and smooth is just boring. Lol.
Take a ride in an Ariel Atom and tell me it's not fast because it's so raucous!
I'm just teasing- no harm no foul. The S550 is a nice looking car, just too refined for an exclusively to-be-used-only as a toy-car, if that makes sense. Guys who use it as their only car won't be disappointed from what I can tell.
Spending 40K + out the door on a Mustang GT doesn't make $ense too me, but what it is.
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