Originally Posted by 2 Go Snake

The first 2005 Mustang I saw was sitting in a hotel parking lot. The Mustang just stood out from the rest of the generic looking cars. That 2005 Mustang was black and looked like a race car among street cars. After seeing the 2005 Mustang, I bought a black 2007 Mustang GT and still get a thrill out of seeing it after I open the garage door. With as many supercharger kits out there, it is easy to get the performance that would scare most people.

Originally Posted by m05fastbackGT

Perhaps there were some of those who gleefully chose an 05 LS2 GTO over the 300HP turd of the 05 Mustang GT back in 2005..

However I wasn't one of them, as I proudly still own my 300HP turd of a 05 Mustang GT and would make the same choice a million times over and my reason is this, I've been die hard Mustang and Ford fan ever since the 1st generation Mustangs were introduced back in 64 and will always remain loyal to Mustang and Ford..

I also remember the 1st generation GTO from (64-70) and when Pontiac brought it back in 2004, it didn't remind you of those 1st generation cars whatsoever in fact why Pontiac even put the GTO name on it is an abomination in itself that was really nothing more than just a re-bagged bloated Cavalier with an LS2 from down under (Holden Monaro) far cry from it's original American muscle car roots..

At least when you see a Mustang, you're able to recognize it as a Mustang and although the Fox bodies were completely different from the 1st generation cars they still carried the traditional long hood and short rear deck as I owned 4 fox bodies until purchasing my current 05 GT in which you refer to as a turd, but then again, you also owned one of those 300HP turds as well..

So as you said, looks aren't everything, but on the other hand who has the most power isn't everything either and if I were so concerned about having more bragging rights ? I would simply upgrade to a set of high flow ported heads, cams or go forced induction or even better yet look for a wrecked 2011-14 GT and do a 5.0 engine swap and still come out ahead over getting another vehicle altogether whether it may be better or not..


What's important to me, is that I love and enjoy my Mustang just the way it is regardless of whether it's 300HP turd 4.6.. As I don't race my car or use it as a track car, therefore 300HP is just fine as far as I'm concerned..


So just as you quoted, Different Strokes for different folks !

Originally Posted by TheDivaDanielle

I just wish the 05-09 Gen would of have the better hardware at the time, but it was cool having both in my household at the same time. :-)

Originally Posted by montreal ponies

Do we miss those guys or what ! My fav band of all time .