2018 Job 1 is Here. Where are ANY “hands on” reviews?

mvfjet said:

Matt, we all watch your videos for your seat of your pants impressions. Just wondering do you read the YouTube comments? There's some funny ones.

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airfuel said:

I'm more interested in the magneride for daily driving.

I want an in depth analysis of how the ride is full soft for cruising and comfort and full on handling mode.
Best of both worlds if it is done correctly.

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TomcatDriver said:

I kind of feel the same way, but the interior is a mixed bag. Mustang has a little better plastic, but it's still plastic. The 1LE faux suede is a lot nicer than Ford's cloth (and probably not much more expensive). The Ford cloth really bums me out. I live in the desert and don't really want leather (well, leather/vinyl mix) but Ford's cloth is lagging well behind what other manufacturers are using. From the pics it looks like the cloth is different in the 18s, we'll see when someone gets one.

Overall the 1LE package is pretty hard to beat. I too am hoping for a $6500 PP2 package that is marketed as a 1LE competitor, but this seems hard to imagine since a PP+301A+Magnaride is already more than that without better tires, without active exhaust, without cloth recarros, etc. Still hoping, but suspect I will be disappointed.

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Colleton said:

Were I in the market, I think I'd have to wait until the PP2 specs were released before buying. To get what I want I'd be spending over 51K anyways, might as well go whole hog.

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DukeGaGa said:

I thought about that, but I also want the magneride, and it says requires PP and didn't mention PP2, so I just don't care about PP2 anymore.

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Cgocifer said:

Agree. What would be nice is if the PP2 came with the carbon package including the alcantara seats or alcantara Recaros; however, I highly doubt it because like you said, a PP1 + magneride + active exhaust is already at 6 grand and that doesn't even include the 301A that is required to get the PP2. However, that is similar to the Camaro. You have to get at least 1SS which is similar to the 301A isn't it? The 1LE is 6500 over that. The PP2 price is like $6200. Will have to wait until December to find out I guess. Should be interesting.

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Topnotch said:

Motorweek
Episode 3721 Debut 1.26.2018
Quick Spin: 2018 Ford Mustang

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Madlock said:

The 2018 MY Mustang has been one of the strangest and most frustrating product launches - by a business renown for damn near inventing the frustrating product launch.

From the completely-unrevised GT350s (except for dropping two of the best colors in favor of crappy ones) which didn’t even bother to adopt the commodity trims’ epic 10R80 or digital dash, to the mysterious GT Performance Package 2 which largely remains undefined (except being unavailable to automatics or 400As) despite production already being underway, I can’t recall a product that’s offered so little complete information at a point when Ford actually is building them.

I’ve no qualms about the steep price hike if the car delivers what’s been promised. I’m perfectly willing to pay $50K for a 2018 GT. About the only thing that REALLY could chap my ass would be buying a $50K GT and finding out from Ford a week later that I should’ve bought a $52K one that wasn’t available to order. I’m especially pissed about Ford excluding PP2 from automatics after ZL1 already has proven how epic the new 10R80 can be - but that’s a different rant.

What’s oddest of all, however, is that despite all the marketing and actual cars being built, what doesn’t seem to exist ANYWHERE is an actual behind-the-wheel first-hand review, something I can’t recall being absent from ANY new or highly-revised model. Even more flying blind by the customers Ford is asking more from than ever.

Has anybody seen an actual review anywhere? Are these issues causing anyone to hold back from pulling the trigger? My car already is ordered - I’m afraid it may be the first retail order I leave on the dealer lot.

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