Your thoughts on the v6 Mustang

[Brad]

I tried to drive the Gallardo once..........about 10ft into reverse I crashed it into a concrete pillar and caused $5K in damage........I was wayyyyy to tall to properly fit behind the wheel but i tried anyway

That must have been quite the experience

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[Norm Peterson]

Never understood why adults get riled up over what someone else thinks. I used to rile up my little sister by saying the most silly, ridiculous things while we were growing up. Gave me a laugh to see her get so annoyed. Nothing of what I said mattered or was even really true. I just did it because she let it annoy her. And then we both grew up.

They're still giving too much weight to what other people think, and when that conflicts with what they think or like it gets taken as a personal insult, as if what they think is wrong. Insecurity.

As a 22 year old, everyone in my generation views the V6 as the rental car or the high school girl's car. Honestly I didn't want to be known as the dude that had a V6 mustang. A turbo I4 sounds much cooler and more interesting.

Maybe it takes a certain kind of person to fully appreciate the sound of a good 6-cylinder, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a turbo-4 that sounds as "cool" as an XKE Jaguar (1960's) or even a 240Z (1970's). Granted that those are inline sixxes, but the characteristic sixxer sound doesn't change all that much when you bend it into a 60° V shape.

Fair enough. Different friends from very different parts of the country.

Considering the category "I4 Turbo", you enter the field of Subaru WRX, Focus ST, VW GTI, and Hyundai Genesis 2.0T. None of those cars are exactly boring or exactly your rental/high-school girl's car.

Of that list, the WRX (and similar turbo'ed Legacy) have the worst sounding exhausts since the original VW Beetle. That they're all an "H4" configuration ("flat" or horizontally opposed) rather than inline has everything to do with it.

I guess it would require one to not view the mustang as a muscle car through and through, but to simply view it as a sports car.

How about . . . . "pony car"? More than just "muscle" without either excluding or requiring that.


Norm

 

[Twin Turbo]

Let's keep this civil and stay on topic, please.

 

[BmacIL]

Norm,
I agree with all your points except the WRX/STi. Those with a nice catback sound awesome and evil, especially when you're corner working the autocross course . The UEL header sound is very unique. I don't care for the H4/boxer 4 with EL headers much.

Back on topic:
The V6 is a great car.

 

[Norm Peterson]

The V6 is a great car.

↑↑↑ Without a doubt, and with the right few mods an S550 sixxer would probably put up a really good showing against my '08 GT either at the dragstrip or on a road course. While getting about 20% better gas mileage the rest of the time.

I've just got a little too much invested in my car to trade for a car of only comparable track performance, which my car does see and which any new 'toy' would for sure see.


(maybe the Subies sound better at autoX than I remember them sounding, but IIRC they always left the start with a kind of blatty sound when I was involved with that activity. My wife's LGT is more of the same, with a very VW-Beetle sound under certain conditions that I really, really dislike.)


Norm

 

[Spartan]

to aid in this discussion, how about a poll:


I would rather:

a) buy a Mustang GT to impress the girls. Or the guys on this forum :lol:
ok, I might be mocking myself :headbonk:

b) buy a Mustang V6 and drive it until my boss gives me a raise

c) buy a Mustang V6 and invest the extra $10-15k into Ford stock (or your favorite car & oil mutual fund), and earn 4-8% compound growth, basically forever.

d) buy a Mustang V6, because if I bought a GT, my wife would kill me

e) buy a Mustang GT, because my wife drives a (expensive car) and she approves

f) The V6 is the best engine for fun, sound and efficiency. But Ford screwed us over without offering a premium package for their CAFE BS.

 

[BmacIL]

↑↑↑ Without a doubt, and with the right few mods an S550 sixxer would probably put up a really good showing against my '08 GT either at the dragstrip or on a road course. While getting about 20% better gas mileage the rest of the time.

I've just got a little too much invested in my car to trade for a car of only comparable track performance, which my car does see and which any new 'toy' would for sure see.


(maybe the Subies sound better at autoX than I remember them sounding, but IIRC they always left the start with a kind of blatty sound when I was involved with that activity. My wife's LGT is more of the same, with a very VW-Beetle sound under certain conditions that I really, really dislike.)


Norm

Indeed. The weight over the front axle is nearly identical to the EB, so if you did a few suspension mods and good tires you'd have a very quick and fun car. I'd have definitely taken a V6 with a performance pack option over a base GT, even though the coyote makes me smile a lot.

Yeah how the boxer sound off the line is OK, but once deep in the rev range flying around corners, they sound great.

 

[six_shooter]

Bmac is right, you definitely need wheels at the minimum. That's kind of true with the EB too if you don't get the PP. If they had a performance pack like the other models with upgraded brakes, springs and wheels I think a lot more people would go for the V6. Overall I like this car, but I do feel sometimes that the stock suspension is a bit on the soft side. Brakes are good enough for me, big ass calipers would look nice though

The weights are close enough as to make no difference. From Ford's site:

V6 Manual 3526
V6 Automatic 3530
EcoBoost® Manual 3532
EcoBoost® Automatic 3524

 

[jasonstang]

I tried to drive the Gallardo once..........about 10ft into reverse I crashed it into a concrete pillar and caused $5K in damage........I was wayyyyy to tall to properly fit behind the wheel but i tried anyway

Are you serious?

 

[Cashcow]

to aid in this discussion, how about a poll:


I would rather:

a) buy a Mustang GT to impress the girls. Or the guys on this forum :lol:
ok, I might be mocking myself :headbonk:

b) buy a Mustang V6 and drive it until my boss gives me a raise

c) buy a Mustang V6 and invest the extra $10-15k into Ford stock (or your favorite car & oil mutual fund), and earn 4-8% compound growth, basically forever.

d) buy a Mustang V6, because if I bought a GT, my wife would kill me

e) buy a Mustang GT, because my wife drives a (expensive car) and she approves

a) Don't need a car to do that. ;)
b) I am the boss
c) I make roughly that a day. The investment doesn't help me.
d) Fiance loves cars. Although we make all of the decisions together. We are a team.
e) Fiance has her eye on a 911 Targa.

Bottom line is who the hell cares what anybody drives. Too many people are focused on what everybody else thinks of them. Although excellent for business people it is quite sad when you see people who can't afford to feed their family because they are too worried about making payments on their leased car. The v6 Mustang is a beautiful car. If someone is talking crap they can go F themselves.

 

[jasonstang]

a) Don't need a car to do that. ;)
b) I am the boss
c) I make roughly that a day. The investment doesn't help me.
d) Fiance loves cars. Although we make all of the decisions together. We are a team.
e) Fiance has her eye on a 911 Targa.

Bottom line is who the hell cares what anybody drives. Too many people are focused on what everybody else thinks of them. Although excellent for business people it is quite sad when you see people who can't afford to feed their family because they are too worried about making payments on their leased car. The v6 Mustang is a beautiful car. If someone is talking crap they can go F themselves.

Would love to see your 2015 Mercedes AMG GT-S in person although I still prefer the SLS better.

 

[Cashcow]

Would love to see your 2015 Mercedes AMG GT-S in person although I still prefer the SLS better.

The SLS was such a badass car. I loved the doors. I used to live in Florida and would constantly see Booger Mcfarland (Buccaneers) getting in and out of his. It was quite a sight seeing this huge football player squeeze through the opening of that car. lol

 

[Drugdealr]

What's missing from the premium package? Leather seats and xm radio and nav?


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[Kevin08]

What's missing from the premium package? Leather seats and xm radio and nav?


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- 8" touch screen
- toggle switch controls
- leather seats with AC/heat
- ambient lighting
- illuminated sill plates
- fog lights (available in other packages)
- aluminum wrapped dash
- rear diffuser (cosmetic)
- 3 extra speakers
- metal foot pedals
- pony projector lights
- heated mirrors
- dual zone climate control (and automatic)
- the ability to add premiere trim (actual leather seating surfaces, dash trim, and soft touch upper door panels for ~$360 additional)
- the ability to add navigation (~$800 additional)

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

What's missing from the premium package? Leather seats and xm radio and nav?


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Leather seats.
Selectable drive modes (with the toggle switches).
Heated exterior mirrors with integrated turn signals.
Pony projection lights.
Rear Diffuser.
Aluminum foot pedals.
Interior ambient lighting with adjustable colors.
Dual-zone automatic climate control.
Illuminated door sill scuff plates (still pissed that these were removed for the 50th Anniversary cars... whatever)
Soft-touch leather and leatherette door trim.
Aluminum dash panel.
Heated and cooled seats.
Universal garage door opener.
9 speaker stereo system (upgradable with the 301A or 401A packages)
Satellite radio.
SYNC 3 (touch screen, available navigation, multiple USB inputs, AppLink, 8" touch screen).
Available Blind Spot Monitoring.
Available Adaptive Cruise Control.
Available Memory Seats.
Available automatic windshield wipers.

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