FirstCarWasAFord

Hello there,

My first car was a Ford and that was back in 1986. It was a 1970 Capri that was in bad shape and a clunker....I've had a bunch of cars since and never thought I'd find myself looking at getting another Ford.

Anyway, don't want to make this too long and boring, but I'm shopping for a GT premium, manual shift. I think I've found one, but I won't be at the dealer til next week to talk turkey.

Before I do, just thought I'd ask the forum how it would work out as a DD? I'm mostly concerned about slick roads in the winter. We had an ice storm last winter and the roads got slippery...I was in my Jeep Wrangler so had no issues with that.

All thoughts welcome! Thanks for any replies...

SpectreH

I can't speak about slippery weather yet, but as a DD, my '13 GT has been great. Now that I am in OK, I might get some slick weather.

PonyMuscletang13

Hi,

My first car owned was a Honda Accord back in 96. Still love that car tons of fun stick-shifted, brand new seats smelled so good. I wasn't much of a Ford fan though. Driven Escort, Taurus, and Contour didn't really leave me a good impression.

The 13GT came as a surprise, never thought I'd own a Ford. Not a Sedan but wanted something different while others were leasing bunch of 3-series bmw's. A 2-door car with big V8 400+ horse-powered Engine. Truth was, I just liked how the car looked. Any regrets? Well, let's just say all Fords share the similar characteristics.

I used to live in the midwest and I'm familiar with how the winter gets over there. A friend's Jeep Wrangler did pretty good job 4x4, while a 2-door RWD Nissan was quite scary sweating toes. Most members here with weathers seem to store the car in winter. I'm just fortunate to live in the sunny state now.

I'm curious to hear what made you interested in getting a 'Ford' Mustang. With current trends in automobile industry going dual clutches, pedal shifters, and 10+ speed automatics, the manual stick-shift will indeed stand out (and more fun) especially here in USA. But why Ford? Surely there are lots of other car brands out there more reliable?

Sarge

I drove my 17 Ecoboost all last winter. I put Blizzak snow tires on all 4 wheels, left the traction control on, and kept a light foot on the gas. Never had any trouble on ice or snow. It's fine, as long as you respect that you can't drive it like it's bare pavement.

2k7gtcs

Well there was your problem. Those cars all sucked major ***.

I should know I owned two of them and drove the third once or twice.

MDMachiavelli

welcome to the forums.

MDMachiavelli

As a career Law Enforcement Officer I drove Numerous cars, mostly Fords. As an Investigator I drove a Taurus and was really surprised at how well it held up.

I had never even considered a Taurus a decent dependable car, but I must say after putting thousands of miles on a couple my mind was changed.

MrFstBk

Hello from Missouri as well.

They hold up really well in accidents too, at least mine did...

FirstCarWasAFord

Hey guys thanks for the replies, sorry to be back so long after posting. Been busy (bought a house, went out of town for a week for work and finally bought a Mustang). So I've had this 2017 GT premium now for a about 10 days. Took it out of town and was pretty impressed with the gas mileage (26mpg mostly highway, but it's not run in yet). Anyway, I'm pretty impressed with the responsiveness of the engine and cornering. I'm not pushing it real hard though.

I'm looking forward to learning lots about the vehicle through the forum here.

GrnT

Hello and welcome