I just drove it.
Our Chrysler mini-van is nice for what it's built for -- trucking a thousand pounds of crap for a thousand miles on vacation (this week, it was to Virginia Beach) -- but it's so ... boring.
We got home Friday night after a 10-hour drive and Saturday morning I was in the...
1. 1971 base coupe -- Not a great car, but decent for an 18 year old in 1978.
2. 1981 Ghia -- Underpowered, boring.
3. 2012 3.7 -- A blast to drive, which led me to ...
... 4. 2016 GT -- My favorite car of any I've owned, including a 2002 Camaro Z28 and a 2001 Corvette Z06.
2016 GT with 35,000 miles. No repairs needed.
Two little paint bubbles starting to form on the forward edge of the hood that I'm not happy about.
But no mechanical issues.
I love the car overall, but the paint quality is the worst.
I baby the car and take care of the finish, but it is covered with paint chips up front and between the doors and rear wheels after just a year of ownership.
In late 2016, I drove every coupe and sedan under the sun looking to replace our dying second car. The choice came down to a super low-mileage 2012 V6 Mustang or a 2015 V6 Camaro.
Liked both, but the S197 body style really appealed to me and, yes, the Camaro visibility stinks. It wasn't the...
My wife doesn't drive our GT much, but she likes it and actually signed off on me buying two Mustangs within two years. We bought a 2012 V6 in 2016, then upgraded to a 2016 GT last May.
She basically said "If it makes you happy, go for it" on both purchases.
On a side note, when we bought...
2015 Chrysler Town and Country mini-van
2001 Pontiac Bonneville with 170,000 glorious miles -- and so much frame rust that it must soon be retired to the salvage yard. It's the DD that allowed me to baby a 2001 Corvette Z06, a 2012 Mustang V6 and now my 2016 GT. Gonna miss that old warhorse.