Rogue
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Someone asked me earlier what I thought. They gave it performance car of the year - they said it was leagues better than the other vehicles they tested. I figured it would be good but not this good. It's INSANE. I'm sort of at a loss of words it does too many things just too well - sensory overload. I hit 380 miles today and did my first high rpm shift - it was outrageous - that sound. Visually it's stunning.
The interior is perfect. This is exactly the alcantara steering wheel i've always wanted. The Recaros are beautiful. The shifter is brilliant - feels just right and the gear knob is real nice looking with this cool red ring around the top portion - nice touch.
I'd say the one part that surprised me the most is you can turn it all off! Put the windows up, switch the exhaust to quiet (normal mode), set the dampers to comfort and the steering to street mode and it is SILENT. I have zero road noise. Not even my wife's Jag was ever this quiet. Granted i'm daily driving a noisy 997 everyday - but still it's impressive. With that you could daily drive it if you wanted - though gas mileage is horrible (who cares) and the radio sucks (good).
Oh and the BRAKES. I'm daily driving Porsche carbon ceramics and they have nothing on the Shelby stopping power - I nearly threw myself through the windshield the first couple times I applied pressure!
So after spending the last 14 months test driving potential cars including the 997.2 Turbo PDK, 997.2 GTS PDK, 997 Turbo (6Speed), Ferrari 360 Modena (6Speed) and the new Corvette Stingray Z51 - nothing comes close - i'm so glad I waited on the GT350.
I was lucky and got an MSRP deal built to spec 6 months ago - but honestly it's worth a 5k-10k ADM if you can can't find a cheaper deal and want the car this year. It's going to be real competitive - my dealer did mention they have had a flood of offers from other dealers offering 9k+ over MSRP.
Worth every penny.
The interior is perfect. This is exactly the alcantara steering wheel i've always wanted. The Recaros are beautiful. The shifter is brilliant - feels just right and the gear knob is real nice looking with this cool red ring around the top portion - nice touch.
I'd say the one part that surprised me the most is you can turn it all off! Put the windows up, switch the exhaust to quiet (normal mode), set the dampers to comfort and the steering to street mode and it is SILENT. I have zero road noise. Not even my wife's Jag was ever this quiet. Granted i'm daily driving a noisy 997 everyday - but still it's impressive. With that you could daily drive it if you wanted - though gas mileage is horrible (who cares) and the radio sucks (good).
Oh and the BRAKES. I'm daily driving Porsche carbon ceramics and they have nothing on the Shelby stopping power - I nearly threw myself through the windshield the first couple times I applied pressure!
So after spending the last 14 months test driving potential cars including the 997.2 Turbo PDK, 997.2 GTS PDK, 997 Turbo (6Speed), Ferrari 360 Modena (6Speed) and the new Corvette Stingray Z51 - nothing comes close - i'm so glad I waited on the GT350.
I was lucky and got an MSRP deal built to spec 6 months ago - but honestly it's worth a 5k-10k ADM if you can can't find a cheaper deal and want the car this year. It's going to be real competitive - my dealer did mention they have had a flood of offers from other dealers offering 9k+ over MSRP.
Worth every penny.
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