[david c.]

I have now fallen victim, too. I fell in love with the first 2015 Mustang I saw. I've never had a Mustang or any "pony" car before, other than a 928! (the "Camaro built by God.") Over the weekend, I picked up a '15 GT that someone special ordered and didn't purchase for some reason. Whoever that guy is must be like we motorheads here on Pelican, as it has only two options: The performance package (which includes stiffer springs and bushings, monotube rear shocks, bigger rear sway bar, bigger radiator, a big engine/strut tower brace, six piston front Brembos with huge rotors from the outgoing GT500; bigger rear brakes over the regular GT, 3.73:1 rear end with a Torsen diff, bigger PZero’s (255/40R19 and 275/40R19, on 19x9 and 19x9.5 specific wheels), a front splitter, and some other doo dads like some extra gauges, and different calibration for the ABS, stability control, and some selectable electric-assisted power steering) and the Recaro seats.

It was an odd buying experience. Some dealerships wouldn't come off the sticker price on the 8 cylinder cars at all, aside from the factory cash back offer on all 2015's. Other dealerships offered me as much as $3600 off the sticker price. And the Ford dealerships apparently play hardball when it comes to dealer trade requests. I couldn't buy this car through my local dealer, which tried to obtain it for me via dealer trade. So I had to go directly to a dealership that is 100 miles away; bought it over the phone. Those guys were really helpful and they bent over backwards to sell me the car.

It really drives nicely. It's a bit bigger than I'd want for my only "sports/sporty" car but for me this is a commuter so I like the heft and comfort but with 435 horsepower! My commute is pretty short so the gas mileage isn't that big of a deal for me. I do plan to autocross it a bit just to see how it fares.