I didn't even need the recardos, my truck has XM for a year but besides the nascar station the rest play too many B tracks to pay for long term.
Definitely try and test drive a GT w/PP. I spent a really solid hour driving a non-PP GT back2back with a GT w/PP and the difference was night and day. GT PP was much quicker and much more pinned down to the road. I haven't test driven an ecoboost but I'll definitely be buying a GT so don't need to.
Oh, I do. When I want to hear something from my playlists, my music is all I want to hear.
Yeah the initial punch of the ecoboost is like you said practical. It runs out of steam in the high rpm where the gt would keep pulling. But on the street you can't keep the throttle pinned till you hit 140 so yes for that short burst to get around granny on the road the ecoboost is more than adequate. It is real usable torque that hits right where you need it most as a daily driver. I think that gets lost on people when they just read the 1/4 mile times and make judgements from that. Good on you for picking that up just from the test drives.
And its friggen beautiful 
I think some of your accounting might be false -- if you do the upgrades yourself, consider that you'll be paying for both the parts you have in the car already, and the ones you'll be replacing them with. The performance pack rear isn't just a gear swap - you get the TORSEN diff as well -- from Ford, the MSRP on that is something like $1100. The Brembo brakes with the PP -- that's another ton of money -- 4-5k. Then consider that you also get the larger radiator (4-500), K bracing, etc -- I'm probably still leaving things out. X-plan for the PP is under $2300 -- probably the best value around -- for something set up for street/road work. If drag racing is your aim, I'd skip it and get a GT auto with 3.55's and be done with it...
False. Even if you leave the wheels out of it, you are not going to be able to separately piece together a performance pack for cost of the package itself. And that is parts only, forget any labor that may be required.Anthony 5pt0;544026[B said:
never said I was going to put together a performance pack... I said add what I want and save money on the things I don't need.
Thing is someone like me isn't mechanically inclined. Don't have the needed tools or access to lifts etc. So installing gearing, brakes (Reason #1 for the PP for me) larger radiator (I will be in Texas and Oklahoma with the car) make it worth it. The Brembo brake package from FRPP by itself is 1900 gearing is 815. Add in labor putting it in and you are waaay over the 2255 the package costs on the X plan. So If I can get the brakes gearing and radiator not have to pay to install them, Its a win to me. Throw in wheels/tires/springs swaybars I can sell to offset the some of the cost of upgrading to I want easy decision.
i guess you didn't read my posts after where I have to defend my post because some people are taking my choice to heart. ... At the dealer they had full loaded GT's for about 45k I left out the the door about 35k .... thats a 10k difference.... So there is my point.. don't car what package cost what... thats the difference that matters to me
Not sure what's hard to understand. I don't need 430hp. I make a living with my drivers license. I drive an eighteen wheeler. A ticket in my mustang could keep me from getting a better job or even with enough tickets lose my current job. My ecoboost premium was 35k msrp. So should I spend that on a base gt with a motor I don't need and pay extra for fuel and insurance for the v8. Or should I have spent that on actual things I'm going to use like the cooled leather in the summer, the shaker sound, the big mft screen?
