New Guy Questions - Before I buy

[obgod3]

Kinda DD, Kinda Toy...still got the truck and the dirt bikes.

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[Rogues Gambit]

Kinda DD, Kinda Toy...still got the truck and the dirt bikes.

GT then

If it were more Toy than DD, I'd say Shelby

 

[Sc00ter]

i've got a 6speed GT Premium with the 50th Anniversary Appearance package, no PP. With engine managemant set to Track mode, there's already too much power, cornering grip and pure performance to allow me to push the car to its limits safely on any public road: it's a beast. If you lose it, a car pulls out in front of you, or you hit a deer at the speeds this car is capable of, you've bought the farm.
That's with a bone-stock 435 horse V8: add the GT350's extra 60-70 horsepower and grip, and you have a car you can't fully experience anywhere but the track. Not saying it wouldn't be awesome, but it's 20k for performance you'll rarely if ever be able to use. And believe me, you'll want to.

 

[Kahboom]

i've got a 6speed GT Premium with the 50th Anniversary Appearance package, no PP. With engine managemant set to Track mode, there's already too much power, cornering grip and pure performance to allow me to push the car to its limits safely on any public road: it's a beast. If you lose it, a car pulls out in front of you, or you hit a deer at the speeds this car is capable of, you've bought the farm.
That's with a bone-stock 435 horse V8: add the GT350's extra 60-70 horsepower and grip, and you have a car you can't fully experience anywhere but the track. Not saying it wouldn't be awesome, but it's 20k for performance you'll rarely if ever be able to use. And believe me, you'll want to.

For 10-15k of aftermarket parts on the gtpp it would be a better choice compared to the gt-350 plus it would be cheaper and you can build it too your liking.

 

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i've got a 6speed GT Premium with the 50th Anniversary Appearance package, no PP. With engine managemant set to Track mode, there's already too much power, cornering grip and pure performance to allow me to push the car to its limits safely on any public road: it's a beast. If you lose it, a car pulls out in front of you, or you hit a deer at the speeds this car is capable of, you've bought the farm.
That's with a bone-stock 435 horse V8: add the GT350's extra 60-70 horsepower and grip, and you have a car you can't fully experience anywhere but the track. Not saying it wouldn't be awesome, but it's 20k for performance you'll rarely if ever be able to use. And believe me, you'll want to.

Eh it's all about what you can afford. People save up, or just make enough money, to afford Corvettes or Vipers or European exotics. You can't push those cars to their limit unless you're on a track either. But if you have the salary to support an upgraded Mustang why not just get the top of the line version, the GT350, when it starts right around where a fully optioned out GT Premium w/PP ends? If I had the salary to support that purchase I'd definitely get that, as the GT350 I'd option out would be only ~$12k above what I'm about to buy anyway. :shrug:

 

[obgod3]

I figure if I get the GT350 it will be 58k sticker, as long as no ADM but buying via USAA I can avoid that. Maybe, maybe not. A fully equipped GT is what 43K and I bet I pay 40. I have the money., that's not the issue, shoot I was looking at a Cayman S, still am really. But I used to not have money and so Im a little more carefull, I want to retire soon. but you make sense.

I got some time also, it's not an immediate need, gotta buy the wife her IS350 F Sport before I get one.

 

[cyandhappiness]

58000 + 1200 gas guzzler + 825 destination + tax is around 63776.56
You should choose between the Porsche and the GT350, not the GTPP (38000 OTD) vs GT350 in your case (money is not a problem)

 

[Chameleon]

GT and mod away.

 

[Old 5 Oh]

i Not saying it wouldn't be awesome, but it's 20k for performance you'll rarely if ever be able to use. And believe me, you'll want to.

This is a very real point. Even the GT is almost too much on the street. Back in the day, I was willing to wind out my 89 GT pretty regularly. It was loud but its mid-14-second performance wasn't TOO outrageous on the street. Then I had a 99 Cobra. It would go 75 mph in second gear, and I thought it was a little over the top for the street. WHen the Terminators came out, I wasn't interested in having a car that was a whole lot faster than my 99, because I knew I wouldn't be able to let it fly.

The 15 is such an attractive car I bought the GT anyway, knowing that it is far faster than anything I'd had before. Sure enough, there's not a lot of opportunity to let it run through First gear, much less Second, and anything higher is just really out of the question unless the road is deserted.

There's a part of me that really loved cars like my '80 RX7, which could be driven floored most of the time. (It ran 17.0 quarters, for those of you not old enough to remember.) My 85 Camaro F-41 with the 2.8 V6 had about that same performance, and again could be run flat out. That's fun in a way we can never have in our new Mustangs, if we want to keep our drivers' licenses.

 

[Sc00ter]

This is a very real point. Even the GT is almost too much on the street. Back in the day, I was willing to wind out my 89 GT pretty regularly. It was loud but its mid-14-second performance wasn't TOO outrageous on the street. Then I had a 99 Cobra. It would go 75 mph in second gear, and I thought it was a little over the top for the street. WHen the Terminators came out, I wasn't interested in having a car that was a whole lot faster than my 99, because I knew I wouldn't be able to let it fly.

The 15 is such an attractive car I bought the GT anyway, knowing that it is far faster than anything I'd had before. Sure enough, there's not a lot of opportunity to let it run through First gear, much less Second, and anything higher is just really out of the question unless the road is deserted.

There's a part of me that really loved cars like my '80 RX7, which could be driven floored most of the time. (It ran 17.0 quarters, for those of you not old enough to remember.) My 85 Camaro F-41 with the 2.8 V6 had about that same performance, and again could be run flat out. That's fun in a way we can never have in our new Mustangs, if we want to keep our drivers' licenses.

lol, I had an 84 RX7 for years. Absolutely gutless under 4,000 rpm, then flew (so I only got 16-17 mpg), but I still looked forward to driving it every day. However, that car's total lack of low-end torque is what kept me from buying a Scion FR-S after my test drive and waiting well over a year for the new Mustangs to come out.

To your point, last year's 5.5 second 0-60 V6 Performance Pack Mustang had performance you could use every day, with no need to run it with premium to avoid detonation. It's a pity Ford killed it off.

 

[Old 5 Oh]

lol, I had an 84 RX7 for years. Absolutely gutless under 4,000 rpm, then flew (so I only got 16-17 mpg).

You did well. My pre-81 car had a thermal reactor rather than a catalytic converter, and I got about 14 mpg on a really regular basis. It would stretch and get 17 or 18 on the freeway. With gas breaking over a dollar a gallon for the first time the day I drove it home from the dealer, I thought I was going broke, LOL.

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