2005-2009 Mustang Information on The S197 {Gen1}

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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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i've only had mine for a week and I still dream about it!!
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:10 PM
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I'm sure the wow facter will go away eventually. It is just a GT.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Originally posted by Knight@October 25, 2005, 1:13 PM
I'm sure the wow facter will go away eventually. It is just a GT.
As opposed to what? A Ferrari? Not sure what you mean by that.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 01:21 PM
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Not me. I still rarely see them.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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I've had mine since May. Yes, the wow factor is still alive and well. I get lots of compliments and questions about it. If I ever need to reinforce the wow factor, all I have to do is drive my Toyota Rav4 and I say "wow", this thing is gutless.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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actually the wow did go away

and it was replaced with dang its the shiznitz!

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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 01:40 PM
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Originally posted by outdoorstom@October 25, 2005, 2:41 PM
If I ever need to reinforce the wow factor, all I have to do is drive my Toyota Rav4 and I say "wow", this thing is gutless.
Priceless...
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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First it was WOW when will it get here? Then it was WOW its here!
and now its WOW which one should I drive today?
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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I didn't mean my car specifically? I still enjoy just staring at it and driving it. Still get the occasional , and "that thing looks awesome," But it seems like the general interest in the car is starting to die out. It may even be just a regional thing, since there are so many here in So. Cal.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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Originally posted by acadian@October 25, 2005, 12:45 PM
As opposed to what? A Ferrari? Not sure what you mean by that.
You think people still go wow about a 1994 Mustang GT?

as the GT gets older no one cares about the high production ones...

But if you see a Cobra you still say wow or cool...
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 05:30 PM
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Originally posted by Knight@October 25, 2005, 4:15 PM
You think people still go wow about a 1994 Mustang GT?
Ehhhh....beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 05:57 PM
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I had a guy whip out his cell phone and take a picture of my car as I drove throug hthe parking lot the other day. Had another guy pull up next to me today and tell me nice car....

The limer still has it!!!!
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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the only thing about this car that sucks is when you get where your going

:bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

or taking 50min to drive 14 miles home from work
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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to be honest, I'm not even a ford fan. Chevy's are my thing, but i fell in love with this new mustang! It's not the "wow" factor. It's the "retro" styling that makes the new mustang different. I have a 1969 camaro convertible also. Driving this mustang feels like you gutted an old school mustang and added all modern parts.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 08:11 PM
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to be honest i am a FORD fan and i hate chevy

i also hate all foreign cars first..id rather see soemone buy a chevy then a nissan=p
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 08:45 PM
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I still love it. I bought it for me not the masses. But I still get the Looks and plenty of questions
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by jwede@October 25, 2005, 8:00 PM
I had a guy whip out his cell phone and take a picture of my car as I drove throug hthe parking lot the other day. Had another guy pull up next to me today and tell me nice car....

The limer still has it!!!!
I concur. I was driving home from my cottage in northern Michigan last weekend and stopped off to get some gas at a Meijer's gas station on the way and 3 people walked up to me and commented on my car and the color. About 4 others driving by stopped for a bit to take it all in

I don't get as many walk-ups as I do people slowing way down to look at it and do double-takes. Some have even run off the road craning their necks as I go by in the opposite direction.
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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Originally posted by mustangspeeder@October 25, 2005, 10:31 AM
I was a proud papa, although I'd rather get those comments from a mid 20 year old lady who would like to go for a ride
"It's the car, right? Chicks dig the car." - Batman
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 12:51 AM
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Driving to work and back can take some of the WOW out of it...

Last weekend I took a pleasure ride over to Eastern Washington (from the Seattle area). The road is US 2 and it is a two lane (one in each direction) winding road that crosses over a 4022 ft mountain pass. The fall colors were a little past their peak, but it was still beautiful.

Getting to the WOW part... ocassionally, I'd find myself behind people doing the speed limit or less. I couldn't take it for long. I'd drop it to third, let out the clutch while flooring it... WOW!

A couple of times, while stuck behind four or five cars, we'd come around a corner into a straight away, by the time I got around the last car... ~100mph... I'm sure those people in their mini-vans were saying more than WOW. More like, "Holy F'n crap, what was that"?

Here's a couple of pictures of the car. Even one with my woman. She's pretty cool sometime.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 01:38 AM
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Originally posted by GtStallion51+October 24, 2005, 11:05 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GtStallion51 @ October 24, 2005, 11:05 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Its now been a year since i got my stang and i still love driving my car, but how many of you think the 05 Mustang GT is starting to lose its "new wow factor"?
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Nope...hasn't lost the new car factor at all. I always turn my head when I see one, and there aren't nearly as much 05's as the pre-05's out there (obviously )

Its just exquisite feeling release of liquid waste product me off that there are new people in my neighborhood getting a GT.

But as I said, they still attract many. I get people asking my about my car on average 3-4 times a day, and I simply can't drive around without a crowd pointing or staring. Or trying to race me.


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I'm sure the wow facter will go away eventually. It is just a GT.
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You're clearly a hardcore mustang enthusiast!
It is just a GT? A wow factor doesn't matter what car it really is...its the look that grabs people...heck...people get wowed looking at a $5,000 kit car. Its just a kit car, but it has its wow factor.

Besides, its a GT. Its heritage. Its retro. Its awesome. Its something you somehow don't see?
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