SoZen
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Hi all, using this forum as my blog...
First 100 miles impression - first off, wow!
There are incredible technologies in this car:
- active exhaust with quiet, normal, sport and track modes (gt350 has active exhaust, bit only for normal and sport, or loud and louder). This is a great and very noticeable feature that when I heard about it, immediately put a mustang back on my radar for ownership.
- rev matching 6 speed. Wow, this is an incredible technology! I love hell-toeing, but dang, auto rev matching means neclver missing a perfect downshift and do mean perfect. Downshifting sounds great and is eerily smoooooth.
- magne-ride suspension. It's smoother than normal and I can tell the difference between normal and sport, but so far, generally it's firmer than my BMW 340, i would have like a softer setting for occasional use. Come to think of it, I have not set the driving mode to snow/wet or track, so maybe I just haven't set them to their softest setting yet - something to try!
- digital instrument cluster. This is a fun, functional awesome feature. I've not explored it too much yet because it's already got more new things to learn without tinkering with it yet. It's gorgeous and modern compared to anything I've never driven
- line lock:. Lol, you got to be kidding me!? When my tires get old, I will demolish them with this feature. Set it and just light up the rears for a nascar-like smoke show woohoo!!!
- shift point notification:. So you can set the car to not notify you when to shift or set either/both a visual/audible notification. I think it'd be great for tracking, drag strip and I'm thinking of using it during break in period.
- switches and gauges are simple and functional. Plus they're configureable in the digital cluster. I wish I could configure what the physical swiches do too, because I would put the exhaust mode there instead of in the menus.
- huge touch screen:. Very nice and we'll integrated. I like it alot better than BMWs setup with the non-touch screen with a dial on the console.
- Android auto. Nuf said. BMW lost me as a customer for lack of this feature.
- air conditioned seats. BMW maybe offers it, idk, but my BMW is already $10k more expensive the the mustang and isn't equipped with this nicety.
- interior quality. I like it. I hear reviewers say it is lower grade material, but I disagree. It's at least as nice as my BMW and with much greater content. Seats, console, door panels, brushed carbon look materials, numbered bullitt badge unique stitching everywhere. It may actually be cheaper, but unless your literally checking the material with your fingers and a Google search, I would have no way of knowing if it is true. It's a nice place to sit and drive.
- engine: uh, this 5.0 with the gt350 throttle body and intake is bonkers powerful, sounds like the gods of automotive rock, and looks amazing under the hood
- 6 speed shift quality. It's way better than my prior 2013 gt. Without back to back driving it against something else, it seems fantastic. In my 2013 GT, i replaced the shifter with a short-shift kit and that was nice, but this car doesn't need it.
- sound system. I turned the bass down quite a bit and it's still overly-boosted. I never had a B&O system anywhere before. This seems good otherwise.
- visuals. It's just stunning to look at. It turns heads everywhere. people stop and ask me about it and roll down their windows to just chat me up. ok, but I don't really care that it's a Bullitt - I chose it over a GT350 for features, looks and everyday cruisability.
Where did they save money from BMW? I guess the seats don't have the extension for your lower thighs. The trunk does open when you put your foot underneath it, there must be other areas, but I haven't noticed yet.
Driving experience:. It's fast, it's confident, it turns hard and flat, the brakes are very strong, bumps.on corners upset it about as much as my BMW, which is to say somewhat, but way better than my 2013 gt handled the same.
I haven't pushed hard yet though, so these are maybe 6/10ths reports. And I love it at these levels, which is literally 95% of driving time anyways.
I can't help but slow down, then speed up aggressively to hear the noise and feel the power. It's probably not that much faster in a straight line than my BMW 340 AWD/Auto, but it is way more engaging and enjoyable every trip up to speed.
One more huge improvement and impression: they really changed the front end a lot. I don't recall hearing much about it in the press, but visibility out the front is improved. The nose appears much smaller and the car feels smaller because of it, even if I have no clue where the front edge of the car is. Luckily it isn't low, just normal front end height, otherwise I would have already scraped the splitter when parking headfirst, since I've put the nose over the curb even though I didn't think I was close to doing so.
First 100 miles impression - first off, wow!
There are incredible technologies in this car:
- active exhaust with quiet, normal, sport and track modes (gt350 has active exhaust, bit only for normal and sport, or loud and louder). This is a great and very noticeable feature that when I heard about it, immediately put a mustang back on my radar for ownership.
- rev matching 6 speed. Wow, this is an incredible technology! I love hell-toeing, but dang, auto rev matching means neclver missing a perfect downshift and do mean perfect. Downshifting sounds great and is eerily smoooooth.
- magne-ride suspension. It's smoother than normal and I can tell the difference between normal and sport, but so far, generally it's firmer than my BMW 340, i would have like a softer setting for occasional use. Come to think of it, I have not set the driving mode to snow/wet or track, so maybe I just haven't set them to their softest setting yet - something to try!
- digital instrument cluster. This is a fun, functional awesome feature. I've not explored it too much yet because it's already got more new things to learn without tinkering with it yet. It's gorgeous and modern compared to anything I've never driven
- line lock:. Lol, you got to be kidding me!? When my tires get old, I will demolish them with this feature. Set it and just light up the rears for a nascar-like smoke show woohoo!!!
- shift point notification:. So you can set the car to not notify you when to shift or set either/both a visual/audible notification. I think it'd be great for tracking, drag strip and I'm thinking of using it during break in period.
- switches and gauges are simple and functional. Plus they're configureable in the digital cluster. I wish I could configure what the physical swiches do too, because I would put the exhaust mode there instead of in the menus.
- huge touch screen:. Very nice and we'll integrated. I like it alot better than BMWs setup with the non-touch screen with a dial on the console.
- Android auto. Nuf said. BMW lost me as a customer for lack of this feature.
- air conditioned seats. BMW maybe offers it, idk, but my BMW is already $10k more expensive the the mustang and isn't equipped with this nicety.
- interior quality. I like it. I hear reviewers say it is lower grade material, but I disagree. It's at least as nice as my BMW and with much greater content. Seats, console, door panels, brushed carbon look materials, numbered bullitt badge unique stitching everywhere. It may actually be cheaper, but unless your literally checking the material with your fingers and a Google search, I would have no way of knowing if it is true. It's a nice place to sit and drive.
- engine: uh, this 5.0 with the gt350 throttle body and intake is bonkers powerful, sounds like the gods of automotive rock, and looks amazing under the hood
- 6 speed shift quality. It's way better than my prior 2013 gt. Without back to back driving it against something else, it seems fantastic. In my 2013 GT, i replaced the shifter with a short-shift kit and that was nice, but this car doesn't need it.
- sound system. I turned the bass down quite a bit and it's still overly-boosted. I never had a B&O system anywhere before. This seems good otherwise.
- visuals. It's just stunning to look at. It turns heads everywhere. people stop and ask me about it and roll down their windows to just chat me up. ok, but I don't really care that it's a Bullitt - I chose it over a GT350 for features, looks and everyday cruisability.
Where did they save money from BMW? I guess the seats don't have the extension for your lower thighs. The trunk does open when you put your foot underneath it, there must be other areas, but I haven't noticed yet.
Driving experience:. It's fast, it's confident, it turns hard and flat, the brakes are very strong, bumps.on corners upset it about as much as my BMW, which is to say somewhat, but way better than my 2013 gt handled the same.
I haven't pushed hard yet though, so these are maybe 6/10ths reports. And I love it at these levels, which is literally 95% of driving time anyways.
I can't help but slow down, then speed up aggressively to hear the noise and feel the power. It's probably not that much faster in a straight line than my BMW 340 AWD/Auto, but it is way more engaging and enjoyable every trip up to speed.
One more huge improvement and impression: they really changed the front end a lot. I don't recall hearing much about it in the press, but visibility out the front is improved. The nose appears much smaller and the car feels smaller because of it, even if I have no clue where the front edge of the car is. Luckily it isn't low, just normal front end height, otherwise I would have already scraped the splitter when parking headfirst, since I've put the nose over the curb even though I didn't think I was close to doing so.
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