If you read the web page you linked to, it confirms what I said about UTQG ratings being based on a standardized test that was written by the US government and that ratings are monitored by a government agency for accuracy.
I might look at something else at $60K plus, but NOT an audi. Owned an S4 and that was 18 months of my life I'll never get back. What an unreliable hunk of junk. I have a friend who works in finance for Audi USA and he'll confirm that Audis and Porsches built on the same platforms as Volkswagens are just VW's with higher markups, not higher quality.
Except they are even more lol. I agree though that 75k is a tough pill to swallow for something that goes a bit faster in a straight line than a 1LE. at the end of the day it is just a fancier GT or a less cool GT350.
I would also submit that compared to the differences between Mach1 and the GT the last time back in 2003/2004, Ford has stepped up the add-ons and true track focused options to provide a well apportioned car deserving of the name
that was in the tirebuyer.com page. There is no validation of UTQG ratings. A tire can be 300 and the manufacturer can claim it's 220. They just can't claim it's over 300. It's just a marketing excercise at this point backed by a "kernel" of truth and again, it's vendor financed and while strictly speaking the tires SHOULD be within a confidence interval band, comparing them across brands is at best a suggestion and not factual.
most of my posts are in the 'rip-off' thread.
Again UTQD ratings have very little correlation with lap times on a track. SC3 == PS4S has been established over and over. Marketing lingo or UTQD are irrelevant to the discussion. The 1 second advantage the PP2 shod with Cup2 is adequately explained by the tire choice of SC3 on the Camaro. The very same PP2 car shod with SC3 will likewise fall short by ~1 second.
thank you for posting this chart!!
Same here... just ran some numbers and with a great trade-in number on my car and $2K below sticker on a Mach with the options I want, my total debt would still increase by about $30,000. For that kind of money I could put a blower and the Mach transmission on my car and still have $15-$18K left over.
But you would still have a Mustang GT and not a Mach 1. And that’s fine if all you want is a modified GT. Those who ”want” a Mach 1 will not be rationalizing the numbers (as ridiculous as they may be). Really goes for any special/limited edition model. Special is in the eye of the beholder.
I agree. If I got a mach 1 it would be buy it and drive it. No modding. leave that for the GTs (in my opinion). I'm enjoying modding my car as it's been about 10 years since I've had a car to modify. once this gets old the S650 will be out and more than likely something better....and probably 90k lol
... which all goes back to my original point of, what are people willing to pay for badges and emblems. Not saying its right or wrong. Just saying that if people couldn’t tell visually what it was, would the cost be worth the performance gains to them. That’s why I’m so interested in test data.
