Stardog
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Having owned 2 fox 5.0s and 3 SN95s (95 GT, 97 GT, our current Kenne Bell '96 Cobra vert) this is the first time out of the '90s for the wife and I we have had mustangs for the last 16 years. Here are my thoughts after turning 1,000 miles today. This is my new daily driver.
Holy crap is this thing a well sorted car. I know it is heavier than even our blown/system/ragtop '96 4 valve but I think it might be worth it. It is a base model GT but it handles the crappy oil field roads to work like nothing. Wonder how long this suspension will hold up.
I know people give this transmission crap and I would probably prefer the T56 out of my old Camaro but it feels pretty good. I assume with a shifter it will feel really good.
The throttle feels lazy as hell. When I'm in the power band at neutral throttle it should throw me forward and backward when I get on and off the pedal. It's too smooth. It makes it feel too tame. It makes the pedal in our tuned up turbo focus feel downright pissed off. I want to lie about hundred dollar bills on the dash. No can do.
I turned off the traction control with 60 miles on the clock and did a bunch of donuts in a industrial park. I was wondering why it didn't want to smoothly drift. Turns out you have to hold the button for 8 seconds to put it in donut mode? Are they trying to just flat hide it from you? Come on.
Overall I'm super happy with this car but I want to change a few things. Still, what a great car for only $32k. I'm glad they offer a bare bones version of the V8 car. I know the Ecoboost is a great car with great power but I would rather have the motor than more creature comforts and I wasn't going to get one of the decked out premium GTs (would love to have one, don't want to pay for it).
Time for the first oil change.
Cheers,
Jon
Holy crap is this thing a well sorted car. I know it is heavier than even our blown/system/ragtop '96 4 valve but I think it might be worth it. It is a base model GT but it handles the crappy oil field roads to work like nothing. Wonder how long this suspension will hold up.
I know people give this transmission crap and I would probably prefer the T56 out of my old Camaro but it feels pretty good. I assume with a shifter it will feel really good.
The throttle feels lazy as hell. When I'm in the power band at neutral throttle it should throw me forward and backward when I get on and off the pedal. It's too smooth. It makes it feel too tame. It makes the pedal in our tuned up turbo focus feel downright pissed off. I want to lie about hundred dollar bills on the dash. No can do.
I turned off the traction control with 60 miles on the clock and did a bunch of donuts in a industrial park. I was wondering why it didn't want to smoothly drift. Turns out you have to hold the button for 8 seconds to put it in donut mode? Are they trying to just flat hide it from you? Come on.
Overall I'm super happy with this car but I want to change a few things. Still, what a great car for only $32k. I'm glad they offer a bare bones version of the V8 car. I know the Ecoboost is a great car with great power but I would rather have the motor than more creature comforts and I wasn't going to get one of the decked out premium GTs (would love to have one, don't want to pay for it).
Time for the first oil change.
Cheers,
Jon
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. Will wait for the Steeda 2-point G-brace to change the oil; don't want to put it on ramps twice. Crossing fingers the tick doesn't show its ugly face. Ha ha. And yes, the tranny is a lot better than I expected too, and getting better. Still trying to master the clutch, for smooth shifts in any situation; I'm close, but not quite there yet. It's fun working on that though; part of the satisfaction of owning a manual car. You're always striving to drive better 
