Buying 2016, Should I Go EB Prem or GT Prem?

[Surtur]

wish ford gave the option of a v6 premium, i probably would have gotten that and added a turbo kit to it later on.

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[RobMustang15]

So when is your GT350 being delivered?

If the GT350 was my dream car then I would definitely have not bought my GT.

Hell my GT was never my dream car. My current dream car is a Subaru STI, but FIRST they have to take out that ancient engine lol.

 

[andrew.k]

I know you want a feature rich car, but the V6 feels SO much better than the EB driving around town. I was set on the Ecoboost until I just happened to see a Deep Impact Blue V6 M/T sitting on the lot. I even test drove two different EB's' to make sure. The V6 feels way more torquey, and is a lot smoother on/off the power. There was definitely turbo lag (with manual trans) on the EB, regardless of what Ford claims. 051a package gets you LED fog lights, power driver seat, and 18" "foundry" wheels, which remind me a lot of the Bullitt wheels. If you're not planning to tune the EB (and void your warranty), then I would test drive a V6. Add Roush exhaust + X-pipe, and your ears will thank you too.

The above combined with the fact that direct injected engines have been known to develop carbon fouled valves by the 50k mark. This causing a misfire, and requiring cylinder head replacement (Ford procedures), or in the case of a BMW, removal and "walnut shell blasting". Then there's the frequency of blown EB motors I've been reading about in these forums. Supposedly something as simple as full throttle in too high a gear can damage pistons. Rather be safe and go with the V6, which has been known reliable since 2011. Anyway, just my 2c.

+1 - Exact reasons why I didnt get EB.

 

[AngryBeavers]

If speed isn't your thing get the EB. The v8 is priced way higher to take advantage of everyone wanting the top of the line package. At 303(?) HP the ecoboost is still really powerful. The v8 can be uncomfortable to drive in traffic sometimes bc it has too much power. So if you don't plan on actually tracking the car the eb is probably plenty of enough power

 

[GTP]

apartment parking:

:lol:

Work parking.

 

[Cole2999]

Work parking.

Oh boy... :doh: How'd that one get solved?

 

[GTP]

Short version is I park next to a slightly narrow spot every day, cheating towards that spot. Plus there is slant from right to left, so I am preventing run-away door ding. On the day of this photo I was well over the line, and into the narrow spot (that no one uses ever).

This asshat decided to deem himself the Parking Police and send me a message. I chatted nicely with Security for an hour, explaining my point of view (and trying to understand the other driver's). Meanwhile, he dispatched his colleague to the parking lot so they could look up which employee this was. Said I could even ask the real police to tow his car because he left me no access to my own! (I'm sure that would have left me with a keyed paint scratch.) Within that hour, the other driver left.

Full version (i.e. with other members comments) is in a parking thread somewhere.

 

[bluebeastsrt]

Work parking.

That kind of parking earns them a trip to the body shop here in Jersey!addle:

 

[paul123]

Work parking.

You know this guy? I am surprised someone at work would do that. Maybe its better to park centered in a spot to avoid agitating the parking police.

 

[GTP]

He/she tried to make a point that I was parking like an a** by parking like one too. There were plenty of empty spots. I keep it within the lines now, but I still crowd that right line to dissuade anyone from parking to my right. Then I have the gravity assisted door myself. And usually no one parks to my left.

There were plenty of opinions in that older long thread about parking issues. Geez, unless maybe it was this thread but last fall, lol.

 

[paul123]

if you park normal in that spot, its a matter of time before a junker tries to squeeze in that small space to the right. This is one of the problems with driving a nice car. I was tempted to buy a junker. Better if people are afraid of my car than vice versa. :lol:

 

[7.62]

Work parking.

O man....I hope they got a flat tire on the way home. That was a shitty thing to do! I get if you was parking up front/close to entrance and was parked like that but if you was out a ways then they were just being a jerk!

 

[futbol90x]

I was 16 years old when i first bought my mustang. It was a 2005 v6 (used).
Last year (24 years old) I bought my second mustang 2015 gtpp and now I'm 25, and married. I'm going to be closing on my home in two weeks. I don't regret buying my first mustang at all. It taught me in order to want something you have to work for it! you should start with an ecoboost!

 

[Cole2999]

[MENTION=16078]GTP[/MENTION] You know, the solution is quite simple. If no one parks on the right side of that spot, why not back in? Free reign over your driver door, and no one but a motorcyclist can be an asshat.

Also, what I would've done (maybe not if I had a Mustang) is just edge the back end of my car out enough that they can't pull out. They can't key your car, or you have reasonable evidence, and they can't leave, because they're stupid.

 

[GTP]

[MENTION=16078]GTP[/MENTION] You know, the solution is quite simple. If no one parks on the right side of that spot, why not back in? Free reign over your driver door, and no one but a motorcyclist can be an asshat.

Also, what I would've done (maybe not if I had a Mustang) is just edge the back end of my car out enough that they can't pull out. They can't key your car, or you have reasonable evidence, and they can't leave, because they're stupid.

[OP, sorry for the continued threadjack. I just thought my photo would support the outside apartment parking comments.]

[MENTION=22563]Cole2999[/MENTION] , I crowd the right line to make more space on my left, since I assume no one will park to my right (and so far that has worked).

And I received plenty of forum comments, such as leaving that picnic table on the guy's hood, glue in his lock, etc. I did not want to start a confrontation, bc I felt my car stood more to lose. So I sent the photo to security, and they pretty much took my side. I did not have to leave during the day, and the issue worked itself out within a couple hours. He made his point, I absorbed his point, and things have been normal since.

As for backing in, I do that every other day - to spread out the UV exposure.

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