saxman
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There have been a few 18's making their way here the last few weeks. I believe a red GT PP, lightning blue GT PP both around 40k or just under, and a black Ecoboost (don't remember the price). None were premium if I recall correctly.
My impressions:
1) Lightning blue looks great on the Mustang. I've seen Grabber blue before and both are very nice coolers on the Mustang. My first car I bought myself was a Neon SRT-4. I wanted the electric blue. Ended up with orange. Fast forward a few years and I got a Caliber SRT4. Guess what color I wanted. Blue. Guess what color I ended up with... Orange. Needless to say, I've said my next car will absolutely be blue. It's nice the Mustang has some nice blues. I thought the deep Kona would be my favorite (have yet to see) but lightning might be the best overall blue on the Mustang. What's scary, though, is I really like the new orange color on the Mustang... No, no, no.... Must resist.
2) I like the updated taillights. It makes the rear seem more streamlined and cohesive. I also like the more aggressive look of the quad tipped exhaust.
3) Even though the profile of the '18 might be a little longer from the hood forward, I think the drastic tapering downward makes it seem a little shorter which I like. The little to no drop of the hood on the '17 makes it seem like a neverending hoodline (almost seems to elevate slightly at the front of the car instead of tapering downward like the' 18. Bottom line, the profile of the '18 is much better in my opinion.
4) From straight on, the '18 looks more aggressive than the '17 to me. Especially, the aggressive headlights. I was wondering how I'd like the headlights' downturn vs the upturn on the '17 on the profile. I think it fits with everything else going on up front... Well... Almost everything else.
5) That leads me to what bugs me about the controversial front end. As I drove by at several different angles and walked all around the car several times, I finally figured out what the biggest issue with the front end is. It's not really from straight on as it looks very aggressive. And it's not the profile view which also looks aggressive to me. It's when I looked on from the 3/4 view up front that I saw it. The grills aren't the problem. The triangles aren't the problem. It's the extreme hood drop over too short of a distance. It makes it look like a person with a bubbly or bulging forhead. All the other facial features look fine but the lack of a smooth transition from the back of the hood to the front of the hood causes a really odd illusion. It makes the front look really squished vertically. It almost seems to squish everything together to a point even though grills are actually widened out. That sudden drop of the hood at the front works great for the profile. It just doesn't work so well on the 3/4 view. And although I said from straight on the front is quite aggressive, if you focus on the hood drop too much, you lose some of that aggressiveness and the weird begins.
My last point isn't to take away from an otherwise great looking car. It's just one detail that I
couldn't stop thinking about. Does anyone else feel it's the aggressive hood drop the last little bit of the hood that creates something "off" visually?
I can't wait to drive one. I'm back and forth between a fairly loaded '18, a low mile used GT350, or a Camaro 2SS (possibly 1LE). I have driven a non PP 15 Mustang and did not like the floaty, long hood feel. I absolutely loved the road feel and low end torque of the Camaro but did not like the fake backseat. I'd like to be able to throw my kids in the backseat for a weekend drive and while the mustang is not great, the Camaro may as well be a Corvette from a practicality standpoint. Yes, it's a Camaro. Yes, it's a Mustang. I get they aren't family sedans, but come on... At least give a slot for the legs to fit for younger kids. Shouldn't be that hard. I could make it work in the Camaro, but the kid sitting behind me would force the driver's seat so far forward it would be uncomfortable and borderline unsafe.
My impressions:
1) Lightning blue looks great on the Mustang. I've seen Grabber blue before and both are very nice coolers on the Mustang. My first car I bought myself was a Neon SRT-4. I wanted the electric blue. Ended up with orange. Fast forward a few years and I got a Caliber SRT4. Guess what color I wanted. Blue. Guess what color I ended up with... Orange. Needless to say, I've said my next car will absolutely be blue. It's nice the Mustang has some nice blues. I thought the deep Kona would be my favorite (have yet to see) but lightning might be the best overall blue on the Mustang. What's scary, though, is I really like the new orange color on the Mustang... No, no, no.... Must resist.
2) I like the updated taillights. It makes the rear seem more streamlined and cohesive. I also like the more aggressive look of the quad tipped exhaust.
3) Even though the profile of the '18 might be a little longer from the hood forward, I think the drastic tapering downward makes it seem a little shorter which I like. The little to no drop of the hood on the '17 makes it seem like a neverending hoodline (almost seems to elevate slightly at the front of the car instead of tapering downward like the' 18. Bottom line, the profile of the '18 is much better in my opinion.
4) From straight on, the '18 looks more aggressive than the '17 to me. Especially, the aggressive headlights. I was wondering how I'd like the headlights' downturn vs the upturn on the '17 on the profile. I think it fits with everything else going on up front... Well... Almost everything else.
5) That leads me to what bugs me about the controversial front end. As I drove by at several different angles and walked all around the car several times, I finally figured out what the biggest issue with the front end is. It's not really from straight on as it looks very aggressive. And it's not the profile view which also looks aggressive to me. It's when I looked on from the 3/4 view up front that I saw it. The grills aren't the problem. The triangles aren't the problem. It's the extreme hood drop over too short of a distance. It makes it look like a person with a bubbly or bulging forhead. All the other facial features look fine but the lack of a smooth transition from the back of the hood to the front of the hood causes a really odd illusion. It makes the front look really squished vertically. It almost seems to squish everything together to a point even though grills are actually widened out. That sudden drop of the hood at the front works great for the profile. It just doesn't work so well on the 3/4 view. And although I said from straight on the front is quite aggressive, if you focus on the hood drop too much, you lose some of that aggressiveness and the weird begins.
My last point isn't to take away from an otherwise great looking car. It's just one detail that I
couldn't stop thinking about. Does anyone else feel it's the aggressive hood drop the last little bit of the hood that creates something "off" visually?
I can't wait to drive one. I'm back and forth between a fairly loaded '18, a low mile used GT350, or a Camaro 2SS (possibly 1LE). I have driven a non PP 15 Mustang and did not like the floaty, long hood feel. I absolutely loved the road feel and low end torque of the Camaro but did not like the fake backseat. I'd like to be able to throw my kids in the backseat for a weekend drive and while the mustang is not great, the Camaro may as well be a Corvette from a practicality standpoint. Yes, it's a Camaro. Yes, it's a Mustang. I get they aren't family sedans, but come on... At least give a slot for the legs to fit for younger kids. Shouldn't be that hard. I could make it work in the Camaro, but the kid sitting behind me would force the driver's seat so far forward it would be uncomfortable and borderline unsafe.
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