First Ever Test Drive of 5.0
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They all are yes, but the one the OP drove had 175 miles on it I believe? So it was not the issue. I have driven the V-6, a 5.0 auto with the 3.15 and I can see the experience the OP had. These cars have gotten so good and ever-more powerful at ALL levels, I think it is easy to get jaded on the pucker factor.
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Sounds like it may just of been. I had floored it and went from about 55 to 90 and it certainly wasn't slow by any means but it didn't give me or my wife the pucker factor that I was hoping for. I really need to be taken out in a manual and feel the difference from the auto.
). You will have that weightless falling sensation, but moving forward and it will knock your ***** into your back pocket.You didn't say anything offensive in my mind. This kind of car forms emotional bonds with its driver, so when you say something contrary to another's experience, you might as well have slapped their mother lol.
@ Steven - lol!
Edit - re: that GT500 experience posted by someone: My manager buys a new SVT Mustang every 10 years. He's got a 94 and an 04. He said he thought the 04 was weak for the longest time because the boost gauge would never move. One day he hit a certain amount of milage and he went sideways turning onto a highway from his neighborhood hitting full boost lol.
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short time
short time was 1.849 and the other lanes slip was 11.74 so I didnt get the wrong time slip.
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Originally Posted by uncle phil
short time was 1.849 and the other lanes slip was 11.74 so I didnt get the wrong time slip.
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He wasn't being sarcastic, in fact he needs about ten more Os in there. Until you drive one for over five miles and restart it, it is extremely limited. Seriously, WOT for 15 seconds will get you to a blazing 50mph.....
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[quote=2011 Kona Blue;6559121]
Lol this guy
test drives an auto with slowest accel gearing complains his v6 is faster. Hey can you tell us about your sixxer again lol half baked story if I ever saw one.
Lol this guy
test drives an auto with slowest accel gearing complains his v6 is faster. Hey can you tell us about your sixxer again lol half baked story if I ever saw one.
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Sir, I think you must be confused or perhaps read the post wrong. I certainly don't feel that I was complaining. Again, was simply expressing what I experienced during my first test drive of an auto 5.0. I compare it to what I have knowledge about and my sixer is what I have knowledge on how it drives and feels. If you want to take the fact I felt the acceleration of that 5.0 was less than orgasmic and didn't have me begging for more, then yeah guess that was a complaint. I never said my v6 was faster. My sixer felt like it pulled just as hard and not that much slower. There is a difference good sir.
At the end of the day, clearly we're going to agree to disagree.
At the end of the day, clearly we're going to agree to disagree.
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Sir, I think you must be confused or perhaps read the post wrong. I certainly don't feel that I was complaining. Again, was simply expressing what I experienced during my first test drive of an auto 5.0. I compare it to what I have knowledge about and my sixer is what I have knowledge on how it drives and feels. If you want to take the fact I felt the acceleration of that 5.0 was less than orgasmic and didn't have me begging for more, then yeah guess that was a complaint. I never said my v6 was faster. My sixer felt like it pulled just as hard and not that much slower. There is a difference good sir.
At the end of the day, clearly we're going to agree to disagree.
At the end of the day, clearly we're going to agree to disagree.
BUT! you asked for this big hullabaloo and you got it so dont mind me laughing over it and your strange need to bash an amazing v8 even though its to be expected out of an auto at 55mph lol
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Im pretty sure you said that your V6 with mods could do better several times. I would say taking the time to post a new thread about the whole experience qualifies as complaining. Also it doesnt bother me at all that you like your V6 or you think its fast or that it even IS fast all thats fine with me its your car. However getting on this forum posting essentially "Hey guys I think the GT 420hp is kinda a slug on its home turf the HIGHWAY" was pretty lame. You already know and knew why you had this experience you drove a crappy auto its my OPINION that ford makes a pos auto trans its not fast it doesnt feel fast and leaves you going "huh thats a sport car?" You just wanted to say hey look its not so bad anymore to have a v6 they are comparable nowdays and ya your kinda right.
BUT! you asked for this big hullabaloo and you got it so dont mind me laughing over it and your strange need to bash an amazing v8 even though its to be expected out of an auto at 55mph lol
BUT! you asked for this big hullabaloo and you got it so dont mind me laughing over it and your strange need to bash an amazing v8 even though its to be expected out of an auto at 55mph lol
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Im pretty sure you said that your V6 with mods could do better several times. I would say taking the time to post a new thread about the whole experience qualifies as complaining. Also it doesnt bother me at all that you like your V6 or you think its fast or that it even IS fast all thats fine with me its your car. However getting on this forum posting essentially "Hey guys I think the GT 420hp is kinda a slug on its home turf the HIGHWAY" was pretty lame. You already know and knew why you had this experience you drove a crappy auto its my OPINION that ford makes a pos auto trans its not fast it doesnt feel fast and leaves you going "huh thats a sport car?" You just wanted to say hey look its not so bad anymore to have a v6 they are comparable nowdays and ya your kinda right.
BUT! you asked for this big hullabaloo and you got it so dont mind me laughing over it and your strange need to bash an amazing v8 even though its to be expected out of an auto at 55mph lol
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So my wife and I are at the local Ford dealership getting some routine maintenance done, oil, filter in cabin air filter change. We had 1.5 hours to kill so of course we made our way over to the 2013 mustangs. As luck would have it they just happened to have a auto 5.0 with 3:15 gears. Being that I have never driven in a 5.0 and so needed to see and feel the power of the 5.0. I was ready to be blown away by the feeling of being thrown and pined back in my seat. We spoke to the salesman and shortly after, the test drive began. I drove and my wife sat in the front seat. We made our way onto a on ramp just prior to getting on a highway. I was doing about 35 MPH on the on ramp and had a clear shot of no cars in front of me. Well, I'm ready to floor this baby and see what I have been so missing from my 91 Hybrid tuned sixer. I floored that 5.0 and wow what a freaking delay. I so forgot how much a delayed throttle response Ford places in the cars compared to my instant throttle response tuned car. There must of been a 2 tenths second delay. Once the delay was over the car took off but where was the throw back in the seat feeling. Not in this 5.0. Wow was I disappointed in the acceleration of this 420 HP car. I floored it on several occasions during the test drive and so not impressed with it. Perhaps it was the 3:15 gears because the off line stopped at traffic light feeling was nothing to write home about. My 11 sixer feels way more responsive with its 91 Hybrid tune, CAI and Flowmaster Axle back Force II exhaust system. I would almost bet with me getting 3:73 gears and one piece aluminum driveshaft on my sixer and my current mods one could run faster times 0-60 and 1/4 mile than a 5.0 with 3:15 gears. The down low torque really didn't feel that much better even though it has 100 more torque than the sixer.
Short version, I test drove a new 5.0 auto, it sucked; I bet my v6 with light mods is about as fast.
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