New Shelby GT500
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IMO I don't think people are going to buy this car for it's "performance" seems like it'll only be an interest to collectors.
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Keith F.A.S.T. Riverview FL
'06 MazdaSpeed6
'91 GMC Syclone #2173 '92 GMC Typhoon #1191
'04 GMC Sierra 2500SLE CC/SB Quadrasteer
'75 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds
'84 Hurst/Olds '86 Pontiac 2+2
'53 Buick Super
'95 Seadoo XP '97 Seadoo SPX
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Shake n' Bake
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Originally Posted by LC2nLS6
The GT500 is a cool car, but for what you get, you are buying a name.
The Mustang has a smaller engine than the vette? OK- not smaller than my 3.8L Buick V6 and both my Z06 and Buick are quicker. The Buick also has a back seat, full interior, cold a/c, tunes, 18 mpg and runs 10's @ 125+ mph weighing 3350#'s. Not bad for an 87 Regal with the aero of a cinder block
I'll be at BMP tomorrow night on pump gas, and 18 psi boost with a 16.5 degree conservative street chip.
The Mustang has a smaller engine than the vette? OK- not smaller than my 3.8L Buick V6 and both my Z06 and Buick are quicker. The Buick also has a back seat, full interior, cold a/c, tunes, 18 mpg and runs 10's @ 125+ mph weighing 3350#'s. Not bad for an 87 Regal with the aero of a cinder block
I'll be at BMP tomorrow night on pump gas, and 18 psi boost with a 16.5 degree conservative street chip.
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You do pay a weight penalty with the new Mustang but you are getting a much improved chassis over the old Fox-4. The thing that said alot to me in the C&D review is the the new GT500 may not of put the best times down but the key is that it was "fun to drive", if something is fun to drive, runs a 116mph trap(proper ET's will come once they start making there way onto tracks across the country) and looks that good, how can you gripe about weight? Not to mention you know the new 5.4 DOHC will take to mods......"quite well".
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Too Old & Too Poor
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I read the Mustang article in that Motor Trend, and it seems like a decent ride, but grossly overweight. But the article that caught my attention most in this month's magazine was the one that showed that GM is the largest private buyer of Viagra. $17 million spent last year. Lol...
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Originally Posted by Road Rage
apples to oranges, the mustang has a smaller motor and two more seats....
Everyone keeps talking bad about this car yet it is faster then almost everyone who has done so....
Everyone keeps talking bad about this car yet it is faster then almost everyone who has done so....
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Originally Posted by 25psi
You do pay a weight penalty with the new Mustang but you are getting a much improved chassis over the old Fox-4. The thing that said alot to me in the C&D review is the the new GT500 may not of put the best times down but the key is that it was "fun to drive", if something is fun to drive, runs a 116mph trap(proper ET's will come once they start making there way onto tracks across the country) and looks that good, how can you gripe about weight? Not to mention you know the new 5.4 DOHC will take to mods......"quite well".
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This thread makes as much sense as me starting a thread bashing the lambo and saying the new Z-06 is better bang for the buck. So, who is heading to the dealership today to buy that brand new C-6????
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