Pulled the trigger on a new 'Stang
 

Our kids are mostly grown (after this year, only 2 left below driving age), so the wife's minivan is no longer a necessity (thank God!). So, a couple days ago, we pulled the trigger and got her this sexy beast.

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Is that an eco boost 4Cly?

Ooh! Sweet!
Did you check the trunk for a pool cue?

Looks sharp!!!! NICE!

Yeah, don't be a tease... we need the specs man!

I'm the furthest thing from the domestic/muscle car type...but those new Mustangs are stunning. Congrats.

Neat...love the new 'stangs.
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And it's not White, Black, or Silver. ;)

Let me preface by reminding you all this is my wife's car...and I believe I wrote some missives here a few years ago about my trials in teaching her how to drive a manual. Now, those things considered:

It's not the EcoBoost I4. That's what we initially were looking at. She test drove one and loved it, and then we did a little research. Being this is the first year for that engine, it's been plagued with some recall issues that my wife really didn't want to deal with; can't blame her there. She's not the best driver in the world, so would likely wrap a 5.0 around a tree eventually, so we settled on getting her the V6...and it's an automatic (though it does have paddle shifters so I can "play" occasionally). When she was in the "searching" phase, there were a few cars she considered--Scion FRS, Mazda Speed 3, and the 'Stang. I purposely didn't drive the Mustang so that I wouldn't sway her decision (I love Mustangs, and miss my '09 occasionally).

The V6 produces the same amount of HP as the EcoBoost (310), but has slightly less torque (the EcoBoost has 320; I think the V6 is around 290 or 300). The car has so many damn buttons on the steering wheel, it's crazy!

When we went to buy this, they had none in the state of Arizona in the color she wanted, so they had to bring this one in from New Mexico. Of course, that didn't happen until after the dumbass salesman tried to pass off an EcoBoost as a V6 to us, like I wouldn't know the difference. Idiot.

If it wasn't a V6, and if it was a manual transmission, I'd probably steal the car from my wife. It's funny; after driving it, I seriously considered buying myself one.

Pretty from that angle! I just still can't make peace with the rear end of them.... Hope it serves her well!!!



I love my 2.0l ecoboost escape, fwiw.

To each his own, I suppose. I for one think the they gave the '15 a PERFECT ass!

why....WHY did I look at this thread?!

Beautiful car man. Amazing how easily one can find 300hp these days. Thats a lot of scoot!

Pretty sure I would love the heck out of 300HP no matter what was under the hood!

Great AMERICAN car... ;)

Not going to lie, if I had about 30 large to go buy a new car for me with, there is a good chance I might come home with one of those! I had the last gen with the V-8 as a rental and it was a hoot!

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Great car. Period.

I've had a lot of the previous generation Mustangs in GT500 and Roush form, nothing gives more smiles for the money. We had a new base model 2015 V6 rental last week and I came away very impressed. Congrats!

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Beautiful mustang!

We had a 2015 V6 base model convertible as a rental in FL in May. I was very impressed. Very solid with little cowl shake, and the IRS gives it a nice road feel. I could almost (operative word) live with the paddle shifted auto. It sure beats our 87 GT convertible.

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Just for fun

+ 2 for the tails --- Ford did a good job on this one.

Yep, if the lottery found my ticket to be a big winner, I would go down to the Ford dealer and get a 5.0L 6 speed manual Mustang....maybe if I could find one, a new GT350. I would then get a new diesel King Ranch F-250 4x4.......I better show up with at least $100,000.

Looks great, congratulations, post some more pics. What's the tail thing all about?

As they say, to each their own. The '15s rear is mucho better than the '14s in my opinion (although the lower diffuser should be black and not body color).

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Great looking ride, congrats!

Yeah, the 2015 does look good. I'm OK with the black but think charcoal would work better for the exhaust surround as well as tail light panel.

'15 has much better hips than the '14.

It's fun to study the detail differences in the two.

It's obvious that Ford spent a lot of time on getting the design details right. I like those little ridges going up the "C" pillars and the nice detail on the roof. The way they buried the CHMSL in the top of the backlight is very nice, and specing black mufflers instead of raw galvanized really cleans up a wart.

I wonder if the round GT emblem would look good on the 2015. .. If only there were a way to find out....

(Yes, I think it would look good!)

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Yes, I am 10,000 time happier with the tail on the 2015... and yes we are all car guys and gals and would prefer a V8 with a stick, however a 300HP 30MPG V6 with paddle shifter's would so perfectly fit my want/need for a hot rod that get 30 MPG to get me to work as a DD... now where did I put those lotto tickets?

Now just offer a Bullitt and I'll get in line. :cool:

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Was at EAA Airventure (Oshkosh) yesterday. Ford seemingly had one of everything they make there including examples of pre-production GT350R, Focus RS, Raptor, GT and a 2016 Lincoln Continental (neat) as well as a Mustang 5.0 displayed on its side for inspection of the underpinnings and multiple 5.0's in various places around the grounds.
And then there were the "other" Mustangs built by North American in even greater numbers!!

IMO, the new Fords are really impressive from imagination, design and manufacturing perspectives. We'll see what time does to and for them.

My two most anticipated cars of the next year are the Focus RS and Mustang GT350. Partially because they are both attainable, especially after a few years of depreciation. I enjoy reading about the next GT3 RS or similar Porsche porn, but know that I will likely never own one.

Not if you keep thinking like that you wont! ;)

Yea, a bullet, i'd be all over that with a tan leather interior, Green is my favorite color.

My son and I were out getting lunch yesterday and saw a white convertible, must have been the six since there were no 5.0 or GT emblems, and it had to have been lowered a little. Level stance, stock everything but about 1.5" lower all around. Top down, looked great.

It just doesn't seem like that long ago! (I bought a new '87 LX 5.0 and then traded it on a new '90.) This one is at the local gym and I've seen two older ladies getting out of it.

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Even if I had the cash, I'd be hard pressed to spend that much money on a car.

The Bullitt look is sweet. Or maybe a modern day GT 350 clone look. I would just buy the car in the needed color and make my own.

Highly unlikely this will happen. Why?

1. It's been a long time since the movie. Few of today's Mustang buyers were alive when the movie was made.

2. Ford would have to pay royalties to the McQueen Estate.

And the biggest reason?

3. The 2008 Bullitt did not reach the "limited" sales number of 7,000. Thus, a small number of '09 models were built. My '09,#6380, was one of 629 Dark Highland Green '09's made. Ford also made 181 black '09 Bullitts. Overall, less than 7,000
'08-'09 Bullitts were manufactured. 6,582 total.

Besides, everybody here knows that no Mustang can hang with a well set up 944.

I like how Paul is still bitter, even on a thread COMPLIMENTING the new Mustang.:rolleyes:

Btw, the Bullitt didn't sell well because it was a bland styling package and about $500 worth of bolt on performance parts. The GT500 was far more expensive and they couldn't build them fast enough because they were a huge enhancement to the GT.

I like the look of the new stang. A kid at work got one about 2 months ago, it is an ecoboost. He was sitting in it in the lot a couple of weeks ago and I asked him if it always puffed white smoke out the tail pipes. He said it never had before. I said head gasket, take it back, and left. Another co-worker checked under the hood, and later told me the coolant overflow was bubbling.

Congrats on picking the v6, sounds like you made a good decision.

Ford are building some good cars at the moment. It seems they are taking notice of the market more than some other large brands.
The Focus RS and the Mustang are perfect examples and along with a return to Le Mans next year they are heading in the right direction.