I regularly get vette or other sportcars make complete fools of themselves by passing me at mach 1 thinking i'll bite. Then they pull horrible stunts like cut people off etc across 4 lanes etc. just to get in front of me. I am young too but do not have any desire to screw around on the highways. That's what tracks are for.

 

Man you guys have tons of restraint. I oblige any and all invites. It's fun to put instigators in their place.

 

In my experiences with this car, the cars faster than mine are driving normally. It's the slow ones that try to provoke me, tailgate, try to cut me off at lane mergers, etc. Most of the time I let them go on their way so that they are far away from me. Sometimes I don't and hand their a** to them.

 

Lol... Way to hold up the pony name.

 

For some reason I don't get any revvers at me ... now my girlfriend in her '08 Shelby, that's a whole 'nother story ... when a guy sees a good-looking woman driving a GT500, apparently they just can't help doing a "power demonstration" ... she loves it, and laughs every time ... I think I love this woman, lol

 

pics??

 

Great for you guys (and gals) doing well for yourselves. Nothing wrong with that!

What HAS always bothered me though about salaries, cost of living, and car prices is this. Salaries are typically lower in the midwest (I'm in St. Louis) than the comparable job on either of the coasts. Cost of living is typically quite a bit cheaper in the midwest too. The necessities seem to be about the same percentage or multiple of income however. In the midwest lets say one makes about $60k a year and a house costs 3 times that...$180k. On the coast one might make $100k for the same job and the same house costs $300k. Groceries, gas, utilities, etc. tend to be higher on the coasts and about the same % of salary. But..a Shelby is still $60k in the midwest and on the east or west coasts. So...to a midwest person with the same relative lifestyle a $60k car represents a year of salary while to the coaster it represents 60% of a year's salary.
This is not backed up by any scientific data or research, but my own opinion and observations on life.

 

I met a POS Civic with no hood and loud as hell exhaust today that was bouncing it off the limiter as we passed.

 

dude, you have a boss, 'nuf sed

 

Some of you guys need to get the sticks out of your asses. I rev at almost every modded Mustang on the streets, and there's a lot in the Bay Area. I don't rev at the wannabe thugs that I know will want a race, but it's just a form of saying "hey, nice car!" or the "Jeep wave." I rev at them, they rev back, we continue on our way. Every now and then, we'll do a little stoplight to stoplight chirp 1-2-3 action, but not like those two idiots in the Vettes - just a spirited takeoff to hear our exhausts.

 

I think these idiots can't discern between the various late model Mustangs. I mean if you mess with a 2011+ 5.0, you have to believe your car can run the quarter significantly faster than mid 12s. More than likely these guys can't count to five so they don't know what '5.0' means.

None of the muscle cars in the 70s could touch that except a Hemi Charger. Yeah, there are lots of foreign and exotic imports these days with more than 450 hp, but they aren't as bang for the buck as the 'Stang.

Back to the ISF Lexus. Looked at the specs and they look quite similar to a 2013 5.0, but my GT Premium with Track Pack and leather Recaros cost almost $30,000 less!

 

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Agreed. I just laugh at people who rev me because I have nothing to prove to them.

 

I drive mostly to and from work via the city streets......and it seems in the mornings everyone is normal....but in the afternoons....the dern rice burners want to race anything that will pay attention......three nights ago on way home....rice burner honda keep revin....i just keep to myself....windows down, music up....so the next light he is doing it again with verbal taunts....you know you always wish when those guys that snap off the line and scoot out there in front wanting to provoke that there might just be that Cop out there.....nothing like seeing a bike cop spin around and pull over the rice burner......BIG GRINS.....

 

Ok Shorty we get it.