GT vs Bullitt Comparison
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Go ahead ... by all means PLEASE POST ... some folks just can't do the math and don't realize you get more for the buck in the current GT/CS package than you do for the BULLITT.
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No George thats the second time I've done that.
TXBLUOVAL,
It would be easier to convert Osama to catholicism than to convince a Bullitthead that there car isn't the greatest car ever to come off an assembly line.
Gary
TXBLUOVAL,
It would be easier to convert Osama to catholicism than to convince a Bullitthead that there car isn't the greatest car ever to come off an assembly line.
Gary
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Well ... since you went that direction with it ... I have to say that both are easy to please.
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Well, I guess I have to jump into this. 
What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time
). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. 
From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer 
The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
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What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time
). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
1 Bullit - love what you're doing to your Bullit
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Well, I guess I have to jump into this.
What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer
The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
1 Bullit - love what you're doing to your Bullit
What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time
). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
1 Bullit - love what you're doing to your Bullit
Actually it's all the other way around.
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Bullitt Member
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Well, I guess I have to jump into this.
What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer
The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
1 Bullit - love what you're doing to your Bullit
What's with all the gt/cs hate. I went this route FOR the looks (I get compliments all the time
). IMO, this was a better choice for me. The Gt/Cs had everything I was looking for - in terms of looks - with a few minor details to make it mine. From here, I can make it perform the way I want. aka Bullit- killer The Bullit is great. Do not get me wrong. I really think this is one solid mustang. My neighbor was really close to purchasing one and I was right rooting him on. To compare the two is like comparing (here comes the cliche) apples to oranges. They please different crowds. The Bullit is more performance oriented while the gt/cs has focus on looks. What I have noticed is most "Bullitheads" tend to think they have the greatest machine out there.
1 Bullit - love what you're doing to your Bullit
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From: Big D
IMO the Bullitt is the worst of the SEs.
The styling
Why would I want a car with the name of a 30 year old movie on it? Why not a "Jaws" edition or a "Star Wars" edition. I love the movie, I appreciate the significance, I own the movie, but I don't want "Bullitt" all over my car, e.g. the fake gas cap and the steering wheel.
The dash panel is FUGLY IMO.
The DHG paint is cool.
The grille looks "okay" but I'd rather have the foglights honestly.
The mods
Same old argument - just mod a GT.
I prefer my JLT2/Bama tune to the Ford intake/tune on the Bullitt.
It's debatable whether a STB even helps on these cars, I've seen arguments both ways on this board.
I'll give you the GT500 seats, the 3.73s, and the brake upgrades.
For my money I'd rather have my Premium GT and mod it myself than a Bullitt with a few nice upgrades and a bunch of crap I don't want that frankly looks cheesy to me. just my opinion.
The styling
Why would I want a car with the name of a 30 year old movie on it? Why not a "Jaws" edition or a "Star Wars" edition. I love the movie, I appreciate the significance, I own the movie, but I don't want "Bullitt" all over my car, e.g. the fake gas cap and the steering wheel.
The dash panel is FUGLY IMO.
The DHG paint is cool.
The grille looks "okay" but I'd rather have the foglights honestly.
The mods
Same old argument - just mod a GT.
I prefer my JLT2/Bama tune to the Ford intake/tune on the Bullitt.
It's debatable whether a STB even helps on these cars, I've seen arguments both ways on this board.
I'll give you the GT500 seats, the 3.73s, and the brake upgrades.
For my money I'd rather have my Premium GT and mod it myself than a Bullitt with a few nice upgrades and a bunch of crap I don't want that frankly looks cheesy to me. just my opinion.
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Of course, because a car that handles noticeably better and which exhibits the best overall balance in it's class, not to mention the 'in another league altogether seats', could hardly be considered worth another couple grand. 
Hmmm. Actually, I like both although I own neither. And while both cars have appearance 'issues' for me, I prefer the looks of the GTCS (GTCS, specifically a white one, is IMO the second best looking S197 trailing only the GT500) with the only sore spot for me being the side scoops (loved 'em on the 67-68 Shelby's....don't think these work as well here) That said if I had to choose I'd probably buy the Bullitt because addressing the appearance issues I have with the Bullitt would almost certainly cost me far less than buying a set of seats as good as the GT500 sourced Bullitt units or finding an aftermarket suspension setup as composed as the factory developed piece in the Mustang. Realistically, I'd love to have one of each.
That said I'll give the 'Bullitt-heads' amongst us this. There was easily a page and change of talking smack about the Bullitt in this thread before the first pro-Bullitt post appeared. I think the trash talking on both sides has just gotten silly.
Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs
I should learn to skip any thread with Bullitt in it. It's OK for them to criticize GT/CS and SGT, but don't ever say anything negative about a Bullitt.
That said I'll give the 'Bullitt-heads' amongst us this. There was easily a page and change of talking smack about the Bullitt in this thread before the first pro-Bullitt post appeared. I think the trash talking on both sides has just gotten silly.
Last edited by jsaylor; Apr 4, 2008 at 07:29 PM.
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IMO the Bullitt is the worst of the SEs.
The styling
Why would I want a car with the name of a 30 year old movie on it? Why not a "Jaws" edition or a "Star Wars" edition. I love the movie, I appreciate the significance, I own the movie, but I don't want "Bullitt" all over my car, e.g. the fake gas cap and the steering wheel.
It's just a theme really but was probably done more because it was the car that made the movie as much as the brilliant and talented actor did.
The dash panel is FUGLY IMO.
I gotta disagree with this one ... that dash is one of the best I've seen ever.
The DHG paint is cool.
Agreed ... I think they should've also offered the True Blue again like they did in 2001.
The grille looks "okay" but I'd rather have the foglights honestly.
Foglights are as much a necessity as they ever are cosmetically appealing. They did a great job on that BULLITT-specific grille IMO ... they could've offered foglights as an option (but stashed somewhere for the BULLITT model). I also like the foglights offered on the GT.
The mods
Same old argument - just mod a GT.
Good philosophy IMO but mostly because I don't believe in anything but subtle mods on a serialized car. If they would've offered the Navigator 5.4 as an option there would really be no reason to mod the engine to the extreme that the 4.6 needs in order to really run hard enough to live up the legend left by the 68.
I prefer my JLT2/Bama tune to the Ford intake/tune on the Bullitt.
Lots of folks have argued there are better tunes than the factory tune. I think the flexible octane tune is a good idea but I've always thought the factory software allowed this type of performance fluctuation anyway ... (maybe I'm wrong ... ???).
It's debatable whether a STB even helps on these cars, I've seen arguments both ways on this board.
I agree it's debatable but a lot of the current software mods are still above my head at the moment (that's the next area I'm going to go after).
I'll give you the GT500 seats, the 3.73s, and the brake upgrades.
The seats feel great ... but sure should've been done in the 67-68 retro-style vertical pleats like they went the extra length to do in 2001. The 3.73 gears is a most brilliant part of the package and seems to be pretty much buyer-supported (I wonder how much they would've got under the CAFE / GG Tax threshold if they would've offered the Navigator 5.4 as an option even if it was only paired with a 3.08 or 3.27 gear ... ???). They could've offered the Shelby GT / FRPP suspension package and better brakes as options also. For crying out loud ... they offer some overpriced NAV system and brag about this being "one of the many options" ... (ROFLMAO) which only drove up the cost of the car and package for EVERYONE ELSE regardless if they even would've ever wanted such a gizmo anyway.
Package options ... I have wondered why Ford felt justified in offering a special hood for the GT/CS yet failed to produce the retro-styled 67-68 heat extractor hood for the BULLITT. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the hood on the GT/CS is also available on the GT, which helps dissipate the price development, yet this could've also been done with the hood most folks wanted (and expected to see) on the 2008-2009 BULLITT.
For my money I'd rather have my Premium GT and mod it myself than a Bullitt with a few nice upgrades and a bunch of crap I don't want that frankly looks cheesy to me. just my opinion.
The styling
Why would I want a car with the name of a 30 year old movie on it? Why not a "Jaws" edition or a "Star Wars" edition. I love the movie, I appreciate the significance, I own the movie, but I don't want "Bullitt" all over my car, e.g. the fake gas cap and the steering wheel.
It's just a theme really but was probably done more because it was the car that made the movie as much as the brilliant and talented actor did.
The dash panel is FUGLY IMO.
I gotta disagree with this one ... that dash is one of the best I've seen ever.
The DHG paint is cool.
Agreed ... I think they should've also offered the True Blue again like they did in 2001.
The grille looks "okay" but I'd rather have the foglights honestly.
Foglights are as much a necessity as they ever are cosmetically appealing. They did a great job on that BULLITT-specific grille IMO ... they could've offered foglights as an option (but stashed somewhere for the BULLITT model). I also like the foglights offered on the GT.
The mods
Same old argument - just mod a GT.
Good philosophy IMO but mostly because I don't believe in anything but subtle mods on a serialized car. If they would've offered the Navigator 5.4 as an option there would really be no reason to mod the engine to the extreme that the 4.6 needs in order to really run hard enough to live up the legend left by the 68.
I prefer my JLT2/Bama tune to the Ford intake/tune on the Bullitt.
Lots of folks have argued there are better tunes than the factory tune. I think the flexible octane tune is a good idea but I've always thought the factory software allowed this type of performance fluctuation anyway ... (maybe I'm wrong ... ???).
It's debatable whether a STB even helps on these cars, I've seen arguments both ways on this board.
I agree it's debatable but a lot of the current software mods are still above my head at the moment (that's the next area I'm going to go after).
I'll give you the GT500 seats, the 3.73s, and the brake upgrades.
The seats feel great ... but sure should've been done in the 67-68 retro-style vertical pleats like they went the extra length to do in 2001. The 3.73 gears is a most brilliant part of the package and seems to be pretty much buyer-supported (I wonder how much they would've got under the CAFE / GG Tax threshold if they would've offered the Navigator 5.4 as an option even if it was only paired with a 3.08 or 3.27 gear ... ???). They could've offered the Shelby GT / FRPP suspension package and better brakes as options also. For crying out loud ... they offer some overpriced NAV system and brag about this being "one of the many options" ... (ROFLMAO) which only drove up the cost of the car and package for EVERYONE ELSE regardless if they even would've ever wanted such a gizmo anyway.
Package options ... I have wondered why Ford felt justified in offering a special hood for the GT/CS yet failed to produce the retro-styled 67-68 heat extractor hood for the BULLITT. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the hood on the GT/CS is also available on the GT, which helps dissipate the price development, yet this could've also been done with the hood most folks wanted (and expected to see) on the 2008-2009 BULLITT.
For my money I'd rather have my Premium GT and mod it myself than a Bullitt with a few nice upgrades and a bunch of crap I don't want that frankly looks cheesy to me. just my opinion.
Folks can have the NAV system and SIRIUS radio ... I want a CAR !!!
As for the GT/CS vs BULLITT ... One package is bling-oriented and the other is theme-oriented (notice I stop short of saying "performance-oriented") ... total buyer-preference here and because of this the BULLITT package should not cost any more over a GT than the GT/CS upgrade package does. I think both packages are comparable in offerings although very different with what is offered, therefore should be comparable in cost (with the BULLITT being the one that is currently the overpriced of the two).
Just my opinion anyway ...
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There aren't really any Bullitt badges...
For Your Information:
You do know there aren't really any Bullitt badges besides the faux gas cap on the rear panel right?
On the interior the only Billitt "badge" is the disc on the center of the GT500 steering wheel, oh and the kick plates...
You do know there aren't really any Bullitt badges besides the faux gas cap on the rear panel right?
On the interior the only Billitt "badge" is the disc on the center of the GT500 steering wheel, oh and the kick plates...
I suppose the real question here is, would I be willing to pay just under 2k more for a S197 Mustang GT equipped with what amounts to of a 'sport package' (tweaked suspension , improved shifter, better exhaust) and a 'comfort package' (GT500 seats, GT500-style leather wrapped steering wheel)
My answer. Yeah. Honestly if you want a black or green Mustang and are considering the Premium package I cannot imagine why you would pass up the Bullitt option unless you don't like the fog-less grille or money is a major factor. If I were to buy a Bullitt I would likely grab a black one, remove the Bullitt badges, throw a set of 19" wheels under the fenders, and slap a GT500 nose on the front. If I were to make any other, more significant changes an aftermarket brake setup and a six speed manual would likely make the list.
My answer. Yeah. Honestly if you want a black or green Mustang and are considering the Premium package I cannot imagine why you would pass up the Bullitt option unless you don't like the fog-less grille or money is a major factor. If I were to buy a Bullitt I would likely grab a black one, remove the Bullitt badges, throw a set of 19" wheels under the fenders, and slap a GT500 nose on the front. If I were to make any other, more significant changes an aftermarket brake setup and a six speed manual would likely make the list.