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2011 GT or 2008 GT500

Old May 5, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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That's a big thing. Not just "looks". I see 20 Mustang GT's on the way to work each day. I would see a GT500 other than mine every few weeks at most. No matter how good the GT gets, modded or not, it will always be "just a GT".
And to a majority of drivers, they're all just cars. No difference between a GT500, GT, and a 1992 Saturn.

Try to get your typical Corolla/Civic driver excited about a car. Not likely.

A lot of people pay a premium for the "sticker" 'vettes. The special edition packages costing $5000 or more only to find out later they're not worth much more than the one without all the stickers. Granted, the GT500 is not just a "sticker" car but it's "still" just a Ford. And that's how most people will always see it.

After reading that, I think I have a new license plate idea: "NO RNTL"

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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by eci
That's a big thing. Not just "looks". I see 20 Mustang GT's on the way to work each day. I would see a GT500 other than mine every few weeks at most. No matter how good the GT gets, modded or not, it will always be "just a GT".
No offense but I have a mach 1 myself, and many mach 1 owners pride themselves on being rare as well... If you ask me that all has to do ***** pride. As long as the car I am driving is awesome, I could care less what anyone else is driving on the road.

Also if I want to be unique and stick out I will use appearance mods to do so...

I am not saying a shelby gt500 isn't an awesome car, because it obviously is! I love that car and was very close to trading in my mach for, instead I opted to wait for a 2011 mustang gt because I wanted the newer car for a daily driver.... to each their own.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Eh, I wouldn't even consider the rarity of the kind of car myself. I didn't get a car for other people to stare at. I'd buy a Toyota Corolla if I really liked it and wanted one (I just really don't ). If we want to talk looks though, I personally prefer the ponies to the snakes. Lol.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by eci
That's a big thing. Not just "looks". I see 20 Mustang GT's on the way to work each day. I would see a GT500 other than mine every few weeks at most. No matter how good the GT gets, modded or not, it will always be "just a GT".
And the gt500 is just an overpriced gt...
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigjohns97
And the gt500 is just an overpriced gt...
Nope. Completely different powertrain. Hand built engine. Things you'll never get on a GT.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by eci
Nope. Completely different powertrain. Hand built engine. Things you'll never get on a GT.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by eci
No matter how good the GT gets, modded or not, it will always be "just a GT".
geez...you sound like you have the napoleon complex....I guess you walk around thinking you are better than "just a GT driver". I am sure glad I don't have this complex when I drove my 01 and 03 cobra's back when "just a GT" was on the roads with me.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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This thread is about a GT500 or a GT. I posted input. You post flames.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by eci
This thread is about a GT500 or a GT. I posted input. You post flames.
oh ok so your post "it will always be a GT" is not a jab or flame? I have posted input in this thread as well unlike what you consider "input".
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by todd03blown
geez...you sound like you have the napoleon complex....I guess you walk around thinking you are better than "just a GT driver". I am sure glad I don't have this complex when I drove my 01 and 03 cobra's back when "just a GT" was on the roads with me.
I used to hang around a couple guys like that.
Funny when they used to lose to 'just a GT' they'd start pulling out the 'well I have...'
or spin the wheel on whatever superiority complex excuse they were using that week

Whatever floats their boat...

Besides a GT500 is just a GT500...
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:46 PM
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No, it isn't a jab or a flame. It is just a fact that a GT is a much more mass produced car that you will see 10x more often.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
I used to hang around a couple guys like that.
Funny when they used to lose to 'just a GT' they'd start pulling out the 'well I have...'
or spin the wheel on whatever superiority complex excuse they were using that week

Whatever floats their boat...

Besides a GT500 is just a GT500...
Yeah I was going to say how many posts I've seen about/by Cobra snobs simply over IRS.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
I used to hang around a couple guys like that.
Funny when they used to lose to 'just a GT' they'd start pulling out the 'well I have...'
or spin the wheel on whatever superiority complex excuse they were using that week

Whatever floats their boat...

Besides a GT500 is just a GT500...
Funny stuff
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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you guys are just envious...you know i can blow your doors off when my vtech kicks in yo... its got NNNAAAWWWSSSS
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:49 PM
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The IRS *is* great on REAL ROADS.

People always talk about how well the SRA does on a TRACK and how the Mustang doesn't need IRS. It does. Badly. My Mustang is not a track car. Roads aren't perfect and prepped. The SRA skips on corners when it hits bumps. No way to stop it, period. IRS would make it a better car. Anyone who says the SRA can do just as well on ACTUAL ROADS is a fanboy. Our G8 is amazing in that regard. Much more sorted chassis then the Mustang for non track driving.

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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer
I used to hang around a couple guys like that.
Funny when they used to lose to 'just a GT' they'd start pulling out the 'well I have...'
or spin the wheel on whatever superiority complex excuse they were using that week

Whatever floats their boat...

Besides a GT500 is just a GT500...
I think you should get a 2011 GT500. You'll forget all about Coyote and SkyNet.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by trick25
you guys are just envious...you know i can blow your doors off when my vtech kicks in yo... its got NNNAAAWWWSSSS


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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:55 PM
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IMO, a GT500 is the kind of car you keep forever. The car you take to the local Car Cruise. The car that your grandchildren fight over, after you die-lol

If you plan on driving your Mustang a lot or want to race it, the GT 5.0 is the car for you!
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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GTJOHN I beat the holy hell out of mine. It's what it was built for. The clutch doesn't give out after 12 hard runs either =)
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Old May 5, 2010 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by eci
The SRA skips on corners when it hits bumps. No way to stop it, period.
If you've entered the turn under acceleration, particularly hard acceleration, any minor blip is just that - minor. Driver's skill makes the response second nature.

Then again greenhorns need traction control, stability control, GPS, Nav...

Not dissing IRS. Just sayin'...
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