and I got to say, if there was any doubt as to which tranny to get (auto or manual) in this car, get the MANUAL.
Though the auto has shown to run just as quick (maybe a bit quicker because of it's ability to shift faster than any human can and probably launch better/more consistently, it was God awful boring.
No paddle shifter, not even a column "manual" shifter.
Just put it in D and let it go.
Autos can be pretty fun with paddle shifters or even the column shifter and throttle blipping downshifting, but an old school plain automatic tranny in a performance fun car, just took a lot of the fun out of it.
I live in LA and deal with bumper to bumper traffic quite often, and both my BMW 335i's were the first autos I've ever gotten in my fun/performance cars. But that 6 speed auto with paddle shifters and throttle blipping downshift (not to mention sport mode that held the gears to redline if you choose) was WAY better than the 11 GT Mustang's plain jane auto.
Get the manual my brothers and sisters, even if you occasionally have to deal with bumper to bumper traffic.
Oh and on a side note, the tube that pumps the engine sound into the cabin is pretty cool, however, when accelerating you hear more noise coming from the engine than you do from the exhaust, and that's just kind of weird.
I think they should of given the exhaust a bit more aggressive sound and dulled down the sound of the engine coming from the engine bay.
But the 5.0 does sound awesome either way.
Power wise is pretty good, but below 3500 rpms it does feel a bit soft (may be the 3.15 gearing in the auto) but after having tuned 335i's that made 390 rwtq at 3000 rpms (440-450 from engine), the 390 crank in the Mustang would feel a bit soft. But the engine pulls hard above 3500 rpms.
They didn't have a manual for me to test, and this was at the world's largest Ford dealership. They had dozens of 2010 GT's left on the lot.
Though the auto has shown to run just as quick (maybe a bit quicker because of it's ability to shift faster than any human can and probably launch better/more consistently, it was God awful boring.
No paddle shifter, not even a column "manual" shifter.
Just put it in D and let it go.
Autos can be pretty fun with paddle shifters or even the column shifter and throttle blipping downshifting, but an old school plain automatic tranny in a performance fun car, just took a lot of the fun out of it.
I live in LA and deal with bumper to bumper traffic quite often, and both my BMW 335i's were the first autos I've ever gotten in my fun/performance cars. But that 6 speed auto with paddle shifters and throttle blipping downshift (not to mention sport mode that held the gears to redline if you choose) was WAY better than the 11 GT Mustang's plain jane auto.
Get the manual my brothers and sisters, even if you occasionally have to deal with bumper to bumper traffic.
Oh and on a side note, the tube that pumps the engine sound into the cabin is pretty cool, however, when accelerating you hear more noise coming from the engine than you do from the exhaust, and that's just kind of weird.
I think they should of given the exhaust a bit more aggressive sound and dulled down the sound of the engine coming from the engine bay.
But the 5.0 does sound awesome either way.
Power wise is pretty good, but below 3500 rpms it does feel a bit soft (may be the 3.15 gearing in the auto) but after having tuned 335i's that made 390 rwtq at 3000 rpms (440-450 from engine), the 390 crank in the Mustang would feel a bit soft. But the engine pulls hard above 3500 rpms.
They didn't have a manual for me to test, and this was at the world's largest Ford dealership. They had dozens of 2010 GT's left on the lot.
