tacobellfiredept

So on the first full day with my new GT, me and my buddies decided to go to our favorite restaurant Mt. Fuji and make an appearance at the ny renaissance fair. Along the way we were admiring the stingers I had put on yesterday,about an hour after I got the car, when we spotted a 05 Blue GTO. We got matched up at a red light and I got the feeling he wanted to race, he was staring directly at me and revving the engine. We took off and I got about 1/2 a length on him, then suddenly i was looking at his rear. My firend was disappointed but brought up a good point. My car may be one day as fast as his, but his car will never look as good as mine

05blackV6

That's for sure. The GTO performs pretty well, but is a supped up egg. It's style is bounds behind the Mustang!

Mustang05

Well you also had another person in your car.. : ) Either way yes it's true the 'Stang is much better looking

TUNGSTALLION

Don't worry dude. I got smoked by a Mitsubishi Galant. I don't pick too many fights anymore. I couldn't believe the way he destroyed me. To make things worse, I got stuck at a light next to him and had to endure a very painful 30 to 60 seconds of his laughter.

I felt like a turd.

tacobellfiredept

Yea and he weighs 315lbs

StangMahn

That would also help the GTO...
Dont worry about it though, when you spend as much on your Mustang + mods as he spent on the goat, you'll smoke his ****. Face it, the Mustang is by far the best looking car on the market, plus, one of the best deals out there.

1 COBRA

Was he cute?

tacobellfiredept

tom_vilsack

this might help you feel better...and if you read page 4,you will see why you lost...

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...ustang-gt.html

slipnotovk

i read this post expecting see something like "and then we went flying into a tree" with the title being killed! thank god that wasnt the case.

metroplex

11.9 vs 9.5 weight to hp ratio... BIG difference.

Cheese302

i dont think the GTO is that ugly. but yeah they do get up and go pretty darn well

Reminisce

Dont feel bad, its not hard to catch up to GTO performance in the S197, and theres a ton of ways to go beyond it.

Hatchman

Don't worry, he's got an extra 100 crank HP on you. But you only need one mod to fix that, a KB kit.

2006GT500

You also have to remember he has a lot more cubic inches than you.

jonztang

I wouldn't sweat it too much.

Have you guys seen how much smack is passed around at the LS1GTO site, regarding Mustangs?? Talk about an inferiority complex!!! Jeeez.

Pages and pages of put-downs and ridicule.

One GTO guy posted a pic of his (I assumed) 64, 66, (I think) and 06 GTO all sitting next to eachother. I just have to say: the new GTO has got to be the lamest looking attempt at a "musclecar" in the history of automotive design. And, sitting next too its ancestors,.....it looked even lamer!!!
It looks like a bit, bloated, feminine TIC-TAC on wheels. All the hood-scoops and badging in the world can't make that thing look like a muscle-car in my book. It's no wonder if you do a "Mustang" search there, like 700 pages of baloney pop up.....

I couldn't care if I got trounced by a GTO every day, I would still drive my Mustang with pride. You should as well.

GTMark052

I couldn't agree with you more!!!

Remember the old saying about it being easier to make a nice looking fat girl thin than making an ugly thin girl pretty...er, uh, something like that......same thing

jpro

Think about it...MSRP of around $25K for the Stang and $33K for the GTO. Just imagine what you could do to your Stang with $8K. Can anyone say supercharger? Then you would smoke any GTO out there. But, stock vs. stock the GTO is quicker.

As for looks, I'd rather roll in a red radio flyer wagon than the GTO. It looks like a Grand Prix hatchback. It may be the worst design ever, especially when you consider the mid-late 60's GTOs. They were sweet!

RRRoamer

All hail the Goat! May it rest in piece. Because GM KILLED it!

Faber

Amen!