Good Morning everyone, I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Well my 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 is probably the most powerful vehicle I have owned. I was between this and and the Corvette and selected the Mustang. Obviously the color for me had to be Black, like most other cars I have owned.

I was driving a SUV before this and was feeling NUMB especially after I lost my motorcycle in an accident, it seemed life will be boring. So out with the SUV and in with the Mustang. Oh boy! what a sweet surprise. Just out of the box I like the sound, I like the looks I like everything about it . The only funky thing is the manual shifter........not a huge fan of it. I baby it so I can actually go to second without having triggered the shift solenoid for skip shift, but still going into second in the mornings is a chore, it gets better later on.

I love this car.......... it is a hot car

 

Welcome aboard. Good choice picking the stang. Look at the MGW shifter for an upgrade, one of the best shifters on the market. enjoy the car

 

Welcome

 

Welcome aboard the Stang Train!

 

Thank you all for the welcome. MGW is a bit pricey, for now I am gonna let the car get to 10K before I start messing with it.

 

WELCOME! from a fellow MD resident. I live over in Sykesville. I wish I had the $$$$ to buy a 5.0

 

The 5.0's are sweet but I personally think Ford needs to come down on the 7k base price difference the 5.0 compared to the V6, 305 hp. I looked at the 5.0 and after comparing both base models I couldn't convince myself the extra 7 grand was worth buying the 5.0 over the V6. I think Ford needs to come down a good 4 grand on the 5.0.

It doesn't cost Ford 7 grand to put a 5.0 engine and upgraded suspension system in the same exact car as the V6. The 5.0 should only cost around 3 grand more than the V6. For 7g more on the same looking car, I would expect way more upgrades on base models to justify the price difference.

 

very good point. even if they did come down I still couldnt afford it, LOL. I paid 17,500 for my 07 GT w/ 47k miles and that is what I could comfortably afford. even with a Ford employee discount price, a new GT is waaaay out of my price range.

 

Nothing wrong with that. You bought what you could afford. I got my 11 v6 for 22,500 plus tax and tags. Total 24k, otd.