m05fastbackGT

Exactly 100% right on the money

3point7

Yep, plenty of used Mustangs on the market that were not rental cars and have been driven every bit as hard as any former rental car has. You take your chances when you buy a used car, that's just the reality of the world we live in.

2011 Kona Blue

Completely agree sir but I feel rentals have an even higher percentage of being abused and beaten on because people don't own them and there are hundreds of different drivers. I would never buy a leased mustang either. People don't own the car so they tend not too care.

Then again I would never buy a used mustang unless I personally knew the owner, how the car was cared for, driven and then I would only consider it.

stam616

I think the rendering looks far to "Audiesque" but there is some Mustang DNA in there as well. I would alter the rear quarter window and get rid of the side scoops, or at least not make them so deep. I love the 2015, I wasn't sure about it in photos but when I saw it in person at the NY Auto show well I fell in love and I can't wait til I get mine in a few months!

MuddyLX

If and when I ever sell this one, the new owner will get a well respected car. Doubt it will see even close to the redline more than a rare few times. I'm a half throttle at best kind of driver. I just enjoy knowing if I did punch it, it would run circles around my other cars.

laserred38

I don't consider that respected. To be honest, I feel that is disrespectful. That car deserves to be driven the way the engineers intended. You're not babying it, you're not using it to its potential and there are parts that are not being broken in correctly.

2011 Kona Blue

Sorry to hear you don't run your mustang the way it was designed for. Half throttle, ba ha ha ha. I make sure to clean my carbon out at least once every time I drive. Well more like two or three time WOT. Lol.

Dude, its a mustang not a fairy Oldsmobile. I'm not saying you have to work it over like Ray rice did to his fiance but for heaven sake. Half throttle, come on man, grow a pair and get on that awesome pony. I bought my pony for me to enjoy. I'm not worried about the dude who buys my car or the resell value. I bought that b otch because its an american iconic mustang.

Your not going to hurt her by giving it some WOT's every now and again. Your not gonna hurt her by nailing it from a dead stop every now and then. It was designed to be driven hard. The engines and are f ing solid and will last over 200k with routine maintenance. The rear ends are strong! Come on man! Ha ha ha, Godspeed

3point7

My car sees the 5K mark on the RPM range at least once a day. Still runs great, zero problems. The motors in these cars are solid and rugged. It's not hurting the car to run it out once a day.

2011 Kona Blue

Amen to that. Git e up pony. Lol

elfiero

Not that you should ride your pony like a twenty dolla hoe,but I have a quick little story about this: I bought a '06 Taco prerunner( which BTW, are pretty fast) and treated that thing with absolute flawless respect and caring. When I sold it and the new owner came to pick it up, he did a burnout all the way up the street with it. So, it really don't matter what you do to or how you treat your vehicles- nobody cares, and, it doesn't matter. since then, I buy'em, ride 'em hard and dump 'em on the dealer- it becomes their problem.

2011 Kona Blue

And the dealer send it off to mexico. Ha ha ha

elfiero

yeah, something like that. Maybe they just clean it up and send it to the auction where some poor unsuspecting shmoe thinks he's buying a sweet little gem for his baby girl to drive off to college?

3point7

If you want to see how sweet little baby girls treat their Mustang just check out this thread.

https://themustangsource.com/forums/...-300-a-533699/

IndustryLeech

redneb

I had a Camaro SS rental on two different occasions last year in Southern California. You may think this odd, but I did not "beat the ****" out of either of them. I did of course do some good speed runs getting on the 405 freeway, but didn't even turn off the traction control to smoke the tires at a stop light. Maybe because I am an adult.

3point7

Or maybe because you just didn't want to. Jay Leno does a burnout just about every time he films an issue of Jay Leno's Garage. Is he "not an adult" for that? Are we talking about intentionally trying to damage the car or are we talking about driving it harder than normal because to my mind there is a huge difference?

2011 Kona Blue

I don't find it odd at all. I'm sure majority of customers don't beat on them. But if 10-20% of its customers do, that's a lot of beating. Congrats you're in the 80% class. They get beat on and beat on hard. Its a fact.

2011 Kona Blue

I'm not talking about damaging the car like running it into curbes and flipping it over. I'm talking neutral bombs, tire smoking, stepping on the brake and gas at the same time for long periods and good for a transmission. Those cars are driven hard and beat down.

FlyTexas

Jay Leno either owns those cars, in which case he can do as he pleases, or he is borrowing a car and has the permission of the owner or manufacture to demo it that way... I remember one he did where he said he was given permission to do a single burnout (I forget the car) by its owner.

Maybe that makes a difference, depends on your opinion I guess... but I personally see a difference...

m05fastbackGT

The car he was given permission to do a burnout in was a 2012 Boss 302, I recall that particular episode in which he did a side by side comparison between the Boss and Shelby GT500..

In the end, he favored the boss over the shelby, as he claimed the Boss provided the better overall bang for the buck performance and also claimed it handled better as well