My first mustang!

[anotherneon]

Ah, a fellow genpu owner. I have a 2010 MS3 (stage 2, hpfp, with upgraded TMIC, custom tune on 94 octane, bilstein + swift spec r) and it's pretty fast without getting into stuff like meth injection, upgraded turbo, etc. Corners quite well too. It just loses steam at higher speeds due to the small k04 turbo, and of course FWD makes it kind of suck for getting off the line. I love my car and I know I made the right choice over the other available options at the time - plus it's a hatchback, very practical for a DD.

However I wouldn't be on this site if I weren't looking for something more powerful, so I'll have a few questions for you if you don't mind.

1) Do you think you can fit all 4 of the Mustang wheels into the available storage in the car, with the rear seats folded? My 4 wheels fit quite nicely in the hatch of the MS3 with only one of them needing to be partially stacked on top of another.
The trunk space in the mustang is deeper than the mazda. However, most of the recorded cargo space is from the height of the hatch. With that said if the mazda had a standard trunk then the mustang would have more cargo volume. The seats in the mustang do fold down 50/50 and I think getting all 4 wheels/tires in there is possible
2) How is throttle response? My MS3 has turbo lag below 2500rpm, so if I have to shift into 2nd gear and start moving from a very slow crawl there is about 1 ~ 2 seconds of 'dead' time when the car just chugs before the turbo spools up.
This is my first V8 and I have had...4, 4cyl turbo cars in the past and nothing compares to a V8. You give it gas and it goes, you could actually start from 2nd (3.55 gears). I know what you mean with the mazda and slow moving traffic and its annoying. I dont have that with the mustang.
3) How quick is it from 50 mph ~ 75 mph, aka. a passing maneuver at highway speeds?
I only have 177mi on the car so I havent given it too much abuse but at 50mph I think you would be ok in a 435hp/400tq car to pass without issue.
4) How is steering response from top dead center? Like if you turned the wheel one way or another by a little bit, does the car respond?
There are 3 different steering modes, comfort, normal, sport. Sport is tight and responsive, comfort has alot of play and isnt too responsive. I just keep it on sport
5) How is visibility for making lane changes? ie. turning your head to check blind spot. visibility is very nice, much better than the 14. Visibility for the passenger side is great, the drivers side...thats so so. It could be how i have my seat positioned since it blocks most of the passenger side window. The cars do come standard with blind spot mirrors and I think there is an option for blind spot monitoring
6) Have you tried to back your car into a spot? How about parallel parking? The car comes standard with a back up camera so it makes things easy to judge distance, but for me to use without looking is tricky and feels unnatural. But backing up is very very easy. Parallel parking is something I havent really done since my drivers test haha. Compared to the mazda it will be a bit harder because its a bigger car, but the back up camera should help with that. I suggest you test drive one, I love it over the mazda no doubt. I was going to get a base 14 but after having a Speed 3 with tech I thought it would be a down grade with the interior, the 2015 fixed that.

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[RB510]

It's not hard to take a picture with your smart phone.

Or even a dumb phone.

SS or GTFO.

 

[anotherneon]

It's not hard to take a picture with your smart phone.

Or even a dumb phone.

SS or GTFO.

Go outside and look at yours if you want to see what mine looks like. Seems like this thread really brought out the true colors of some members.:thumbdown:

 

[dannycoconuts]

I think they're just trolling you bro. Congrats on the new gt. We're all just anxious to see pics of the base gt.

Are you able to switch the driving modes that affect throttle response? I wasn't sure if that's a feature of all gts or just the premium.

 

[RB510]

I think they're just trolling you bro. Congrats on the new gt. We're all just anxious to see pics of the base gt.

Are you able to switch the driving modes that affect throttle response? I wasn't sure if that's a feature of all gts or just the premium.

I think it's more like we believe we are being trolled.

Look at this forum. How many people say, "I GOT MY NEW Mustang!!!" and don't post a single picture.

Highly suspect behavior esp. when claiming a Mazda (lol) will hang with the GT.

 

[HalfMoon]

I think it's more like we believe we are being trolled.

Look at this forum. How many people say, "I GOT MY NEW Mustang!!!" and don't post a single picture.

Highly suspect behavior esp. when claiming a Mazda (lol) will hang with the GT.

There's no way a MS3 without some massive suspension will launch and keep up with a GT, but don't be too certain that a well modified one can't run you down by the end of a quarter mile. Once it gets over the issue of wrong wheel drive, they can pull quite hard with minimal mods. There's a lot of stock GT owners around here that would laugh at my VW, until I left them. Having 380whp in a lighter car and in my case AWD with Launch control isn't a joke. There are plenty of MS3's making much more power than my R did, too.

But I agree, pics are requested and the response of "go look at yours" isn't sounding very legit.

Lastly, I don't know about you guys, but on the insurance thing.... My policy covers me for 30 days if I don't inform my agent. I just call him the week after I buy a car and let him know to do the swap and it's retroactive. If you have a policy you're automatically covered, at least with Farmers.

 

[Tommy V]

Hey man what dealer did u go to because I live in md and my car is do in ne t week and my dealer said so far no rebates and ive been dealing with this dealer for years.

 

[mustangirl]

Rebates on 14 only. Not 15

Back to the insurance, who do you have insurance with? I am female with ZERO accidents and no on record tickets and pay way more than that for year. Could be location?

 

[Tommy V]

Thanks I thought it was only on the 14s, im 46 with no tickets or accidents in 10 years, and my insurance will be 135.00$ a month for my mustang and a 98 ford ranger 4x4 and thats with state farm.

 

[HalfMoon]

Back to the insurance, who do you have insurance with? I am female with ZERO accidents and no on record tickets and pay way more than that for year. Could be location?

Insurance is absolutely tied to location as well as the driver data, coverage amounts and other policies. This is why you really can't compare numbers.

All you can really do is compare quotes YOU get from different carriers for the same car since variables play a big factor in the premium. Multiple policies will usually get you discounts (home owners, renters, and umbrella policies) as well.

 

[Tommy V]

Yea but 731 a year for a 40.000$ car I aint buying it, and his age post a insurance quote than I will believe it.

 

[mustangirl]

Insurance is absolutely tied to location as well as the driver data, coverage amounts and other policies. This is why you really can't compare numbers.

true, good pt about the type of coverage

 

[anotherneon]

I think it's more like we believe we are being trolled.

Look at this forum. How many people say, "I GOT MY NEW Mustang!!!" and don't post a single picture.

Highly suspect behavior esp. when claiming a Mazda (lol) will hang with the GT.

Out of curiosity, how old are you? Are you one those "there's no replacement for displacement" kind of guys?

 

[anotherneon]

Yea but 731 a year for a 40.000$ car I aint buying it, and his age post a insurance quote than I will believe it.

Man you all are hard to please! I need to post pics of my car and insurance now too!? I have my policy through Erie, I could pay the year up front for @731 or may 250 a month for 3 months, which is what I ended up doing.

 

[Wblv17]

Pics???

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