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[Kristian87]

My advice would be to wait until you are at least 25 to buy a GT. 3.5k on insurance is literally money thrown away.

If you have money saved. Buy a house or better yet, open a stocks ISA and invest your money in something like Aviva or Shell. These mustangs aren't going anywhere.

I would urge you to be smart about this but buying a mustang is never a smart decision lol

The man has a good point, it’s a staggering amount to pay, and whatever costs you have in mind for running it, you can probably double it, then double it again once you consider some modifications! I exaggerate but i think it’s fair to point out it will cost more than you think, especially when you inevitably get addicted as most of us have.

I wouldn’t be here if it wasn't for the Ecoboost, so don’t rule that out. It’s a fantastic engine, feels just as fast IMO and will give you the whole mustang experience (minus the bellowing v8 soundtrack of course). You’ll save a lot, learn a lot and be more comfortable financially and in a few years have enough to upgrade to a nice GT.

i know you prefer facelift but a used 2015 model ecoboost could be had for probably around half of what a new facelift GT costs, worth considering IMO.

keep us posted!

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[Pilgrim/uk]

Is there a huge diff cost to insure a ecoboost at his age its still a 300 hp car ?
Its all personal mate what you prepared to pay
I would say one thing you only live once and you never know what's gonna happen I bought my Stang mainly cos i wanted one but a huge part of that was i bought it about a year after my brother died and he died a young 47 so it was why not you never know when your time is up and if you don't get it now you might never get it !
Not saying you should not plan for a future but its no good being the richest man in the graveyard lol

 

[V8_MOTOR]

Here is my advice to you. Get a used 3 series for now. It will be rear wheel drive. Not a lot of power which means you will get use to driving a rear wheel drive car in at least one winter. Too many stories of people losing control and ditching the car because they have never driven a rear wheel drive car before much less one with so much power.

In the mean time, keep saving your money and buy a house or invest in stocks. (when it turns, and it will, there is potential to double your money) disclaimer (you could potentially lose money too). Build the foundations for a strong jump into your future financially. I know you don't want to hear this but patience pays off.

 

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Good advice there

 

[marks]

Says the man(?) with an estate who couldn't cope with the Mustang. Let it go

 

[Arashk998]

Thanks everyone for your opinions. It really does feel like getting a brand new GT right now would be too much money for me adding also the insurance.

Even though i was settled on an ecoboost before i realised if I’m planning to keep the car for a long term then i might as well go all out for a GT. Because let’s face it, my next car after it would be an electric with the new government policies on emissions every year and god knows what fuel prices will be in 5/6 years time.

Best option for me will be to wait out a bit longer and save more money for it maybe by then a 0% PCP would pop up as well. In the four years of me driving, I’ve driven only 1.0 engines I’ll be very excited when I finally get to drive a GT. Will definitely keep you updated

 

[Gloucesternige]

Why would you avoid the GEN 3 Coyote and manual? The original 6 speed auto wasn't the best i recall. I find the manual gearbox a real pleasure in comparison to many

I chose an M2 over the original new Mustang but then when the facelift came out I purchased one as for me it resolved some of the niggles i had with the pre-facelift. It has more power, revs higher and has the active exhaust and uplifted cabin.

On the subject of PCP.. 0% is awesome.. I would buy food on 0% finance if I could.. but it is worth remembering,and i'm sure you know this already @wenklaw, but others may not, if there is interest involved, and you are paying interest on the total amount owed, so if you have a 3 year pcp with a 20K bubbl;e at the end, you are paying interest on the 20K for 3 years and it is not going down. Of course there are also benefits, which i forgot to mention.. I once bought a Jeep patriot on PCP. It had a £12k bubble at the end, but was worth only £9k.. so I walked away.

As for not wanting the facelift over the pre facelift.. i have my reasons, and when I said about the Manual, I didn't mean Manual over Auto, I meant I didnt want the facelift manual with the Aluminium shift forks. I didnt want DI, plated bores, Open deck block, Dual mass flywheel or the price increase either.

As I said before, these are MY reasons for not wanting the facelift, they may be right or wrong in some people opinions, but it's all down to MY opinion. (i.e., I dont want to start a '17 vs '18 discussion in someones buying thread) But I do think the OP would be better off saving a BIG chunk of money and getting a clean '17.

 

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Facelift v preface lift and manaul v auto. Two of the most contraversial subjects in one thread!
You're right, lets not go there!

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