After weeks of research (or was that months ??), of trying to figure out just what I want in a 2011 Mustang, I've taken the plunge and ordered it this morning !!

P8A V6 COUPE PREMIUM
L6 KONA BLUE METALLIC
4 TURNED MINI PERF LEATHER
W DARK CHARCOAL COLOR
203A RAPID SPEC MCA EDITION
99M 3.7L 4V TI-VCT
44X 6-SPD MAN TRANS
T3C P235/50R18
85X BLACK STRIPES
41H ENGINE BLOCK HEATER
43S SECURITY PACKAGE
51H HID HEADLAMPS

$28,610.00 MSRP
$26,975.68 INVOICE

$27,075.68 my total price before tax & title
($100 over invoice)



Doug

Kind of scarry my 2004 was ...
$20,045.00 MSRP
$18,742.16 INVOICE
$15,842.16 my total price befor tax & title
($100 over invoice & $3000 Ford Rebate)

 

Congrats!

 

Sweet! Congrats!

 

Congratulations. Now it's just waiting in line for them to be brought home.

 

awesome! we can't wait to hear about it and see pics IMMEDIATELY upon delivery!

 

Doug, that's awesome! Congratulations, man!

 

Thanks guys ... 1st 2011 order for my dealer so they are excited too.

My sales person & the sales manager were wondering how I knew what this new "MCA Pkg." looked like since it was not available last year and there are no brochures out yet ... I had to show them the Mustang Source Photo Gallery.

Interesingly, my Auto Insurance (switching from my 2004 to this 2011) will probably drop. Since they could not quote me a firm price on a 2011 I had my agent quote me a few 2010 models for comparison ...
6 month premiums (Hartford):
$205 ... 2004 V6 Mustang Premium Coupe
vs.
$185 ... 2010 V6 Mustang Premium Coupe (MSRP $27,725)
$197 ... 2010 GT Mustang Base Coupe (MSRP $29,375)
est:
$190-200 for what I ordered (MSRP $28,610)

And for my curiosity:
$194 ... 2010 V6 Camaro 2LT Coupe (MSRP $28,345)
$193 ... 2010 V6 Genesis Coupe Grand Touring (MSRP $28,375)

Doug

 

Until they realize it has 305 hp lol

 

Well since a Base 2010 GT has 10 HP more and $765 higher MSRP, I figure the 2011 V6 can't be more expencive to insure.

Rear Passenger Head & Neck Protection were the only two catagories of the IIHS Crash-Test Ratings that were keepng the 2010 Mustang from all "GOOD" ratings. Ford has now added rear passenger head restraints, so hopfully the 2011 Mustang will join the elite list of cars with all IIHS GOOD ratings. This should help lower insurance rates, plus I did get the Security Pkg which they told me typically lowers rates by another 5%.

Doug

 

Congrats man! God this is killing me. I'm just working away saving up for a higher down payment. I want to order now, but I'm holding out for a 2010 that I have my eye on. It's 98% what I want, but THAT much less expensive than a 2011, which I would add the Brembo Pkg to because I like the wheels and brakes. So it's killing me to see these threads, but I'm glad you guys are getting your orders in!

 

Since the economy still sucks and finances are tight, my goal is to get my payment down to $200 on a 60 month loan (same as I had on my '04). Talked to the financing guy at my dealer and the best loans out there now are between 3.5-4.0%. If rates are still this low when the car comes in I will be financing around $11k.

So I'm in the process of selling my Fairlane (friend has been making installments all winter and is more than half way there) and the 2004 ... plus I'll need to come up with about $4000 additional to get to the $11k. Since 2009 was such a crappy year, coincidentally this is right around what I'll be getting back from the IRS & State combined.

Doug

 

Congratulations! No one can make fun of the V6 Mustang anymore -- it really is a serious, viable pony car now!

 

Sounds good Doug. Are you going to part any of the 04 out before selling??

 

The guy that bought my 1998 has 1st dibs on it and wants it exactly the way it is. If he backs out, I'd consider selling the Cobra seat set as they would be an easier and more profitable "separate sell" than the factory cloth seats that have been sitting in my basement since the car was 2.5 weeks old. Most all the other mods would probably not be worth the time & effort to swap out.

Were you actually interested in anything from it ??

Doug

 

Well my car FINALLY came in got an e-mail from my dealer this morning saying it came in last night after hours ... however I was not home to read the e-mail as I was with my son helping set up the gym at his school for a program this evening. So on the way home (about 10:30AM), I decided just to "drop by" my dealer as he never replied to my e-mail Friday morning checking if the "Conveyance Mechanical Failure" status had changed yet (come to find out he was gone all day).

So I'm walking in to the owners office and one of the other salesman says "you've got a big grin on your face" ... and I said well no point in being upset, just figured I'd drop by to see if there is any new news. The owners says, didn't you get my e-mail at 9:00 this morning saying it's HERE ... figured you'd be here about 15 min later ... what took you so long ??

So she's still on the rack ... inspection is done but no one is there to detail it ... I can have it TODAY "as is" (3-4 weeks of dust from AAI lot & transport and basically as it rolled off the truck) or I can wait till Monday.

Heck yeah, I went back at noon to do all the paperwork and took her home filthy and un-prepped !!

For some reason, I can't up-load photos from my computer ... this happened once before a couple of weeks ago ... SORRY !!

Doug

 

Congrats!~

 

I guess my wife's new camera may be the culprit ... 10.2 MP takes too good of pics

The camera I had always used in the past is a REAL old one ... an HP C200 which is only 1 MP !!

I had forgotten that the owner of the dealership e-mailed me the 7 pics we took while it was sitting on the lift, and they are much smaller files so they up-loaded just fine ... enjoy !! They also give it a more unique "just off the truck" look than the one's I took in front of my house.

After we got back from the high school concert at 10PM last night, I took it out for a real test drive. Drove 20 miles or so all over my hometown and the country roads around it. After 16 years and 350k miles of driving SN-95's this is a whole new experience ... it's just too **** quiet, going from an '04 to this is as drastic as going from my '69 to the '04 in the same day. Course now I'll be jumping between the '69 & this which is almost as drastic as switching between a model T to a '69 !!

This thing needs the GT engine sound tube as well as one from the Rear diff & Trans ... I miss my 04's gear whine and tranny noises & feel coming up thru the direct mounted B&M shifter !! If you made it so you can turn the sounds on & off ... like when you want the SYNC to work properly.

Ran her hard a few times from a dead stop ... did not hit redline, but got a healthy bark out of 2nd a couple of times. Get it up into the sweet spot and it pulls real hard and next thing your doin' 70. Man that 6th gear is steep with the 2.73's, got in it a couple of times and was similar doggy as my '04 when you get close to 1000 RPM's. So if I want to hypermile in traffic at 1000 RPM, it will do it too.

Doug

 

Also rigged up the front plate bracket to mount to the lower honeycomb grill. Used some rubber oil cooler mounting blocks as spacers (cut on an angle at the grill to straighten bracket), 2) 4" long drywall screws with big head washers (at the bracket) that screw into a 1.5" wide strip of plywood behind the grill. Took about a half hour, I'll probably swap the dw screws and plywood for S.S. 10-32 screws and a strip of S.S. behind the grill later, but this works for now.

Plate bracket is actually upside down compared to how it would have mounted to the bumper.

Took these with the old HP C200, so again no problem up-loading !!

Doug

 

Cool, beautiful car. It was a long wait for you.

 

I'm happy for you Doug. All we need now is the sturt tower brace and engine cover. I let my son drive my Mustang yesterday, he loved everything about it.