Recent content by wjones14

I get that you are a minimalist when it comes to your cars, based on your posts and our past discussions. Is the main reason you are against the HUD because you consider it to be distracting? If so, I'm just curious about the other things in this picture that are also blocking portions of the...

Hi Norm. I thought we went through this over on the Camaro forums... :) But as a reminder, you definitely can get rid of the HUD in the Camaro by simply turning it off. There's an intensity adjustment, for example to turn down the intensity at night, but turn it up in bright sunlight. The...

I paid MSRP for my 2005 Mustang GT Premium Coupe. $26,125. Sold it 10 years later with 78,000 miles for $11,000. It retained 42% of its original value after 10 years. In comparison, according to Kelley Blue Book, the value of my BMW after 3 years and 10,000 miles is now about 60% of the...

GM could improve some ergonomics with the 2019 refresh. A lot of owners over on camaro6g admit the interior storage is terrible, so perhaps GM has been listening and will redesign the dreadful center console storage and add some pockets in the doors. I doubt the refresh can address the...

I disagree with this. I learned how to do track days on a bone stock S197, and had the time of my life doing it. Each time out I improved, got more relaxed, and had more fun. After 10 years I sold the Mustang and got an M235i, which I do get faster lap times with. I attribute a lot of that...

Well they do admit that it was not the dream matchup with the PP2, because Ford could not supply one at the time of the test. They said they will do the comparison again "soon" when the PP2 becomes available to the media. You really can't blame MT. They were told 6 months before the PP2...

Is the clutch assist spring still even a thing with the new lower effort dual disc clutch?

I voted for the 3rd party pro. Especially Randy Pobst because he's so consistent. Here's an oldie-but-goodie MT article comparing the 2011 Mustang GT against a BMW M3. Noteworthy here: 1. Randy is about 4 seconds faster than the writer Ed Loh around Willow Springs in each car. The...

You think about it though, Chevy just made the 1LE option available on the Camaro 2SS with the 2018 model. The MSRP on a 2SS 1LE starts at $50K as well. So that makes the GT PP2 and 2SS 1LE just about the same price. Either car is a bargain, considering the level of performance and...

Yeah, on paper the M240i and Ecoboost should be evenly matched, performance-wise. The manual M240i has been tested for 0-60 at ~4.6 seconds. Any 0-60 tests on the manual Ecoboost yet?

Okay, but what does that have to do with an M240i? :shrug: Here are the specs from the manufacturer websites: M240i (manual) curb weight 3499 pounds 335 horsepower 369 lb/ft torque Mustang Ecoboost (manual) curb weight 3542 pounds 310 horsepower 350 lb/ft torque

Fair enough, but can we keep the comment from w3rkn in context though? He's talking about the M235i/240i, not a Miata... My stock M235i has more power than my old S197 Mustang GT. I don't feel like I should even need to justify this. :)

Yeah, we're gonna disagree then. :) I think when you call someone else's car anemic, you're bashing their car.

Let me preface this by saying the following is not my actual thought... What if I were to say there's no reason to buy the anemic GT350 because the equally priced ZL1 destroys it in every performance aspect? See my point? There's some truth there, but it's also a condescending statement...

aspensilver was spot on - there's some truth in what you say, but you deliver it in an argumentative, non-friendly way. And despite your insistence that you're not bashing my car, that's exactly what you continue to do, using words like "anemic" to describe it.