Went to the car show that was being held in conjunction with the Big Country Airfest on Dyess AFB here in Abilene, TX today. Absolutely beautiful day for a car show, air show, whatever. The BOSS was shining like a diamond and got loooots of attn. With an anticipated 20k people on base for the car show, there was no shortage of people stopping by to check out the car and strike up a conversation. The best is seeing the kids peeking in the window and telling their dads "it's a Mustang!". I am 29 yrs old, no kids of my own, but I hope that never gets old to me.

There were a few local Ford employees down there with a display set up and they had a 2013 V6 Mustang out there. One of the girls working started asking me about the BOSS and we got to talking about the 2015 Mustang design. At that point I thought ok maybe she actually knows what she's talking about. Then she started talking to a guy that walked up asking about Mustangs, and it became immediately clear she didn't know what she was talking about.
For example...
Potential customer: So are they still putting the 302's in 'em for 2013?
Ford sales person: No. Gosh you have to go back to.... the late 80's to the last time they put a 302 in a Mustang, unless you're talking Bronco's or Scouts.



I pointed to my car, sitting 100 yds away, you know, the Boss "302" we were JUST talking about before this guy walked up and I said "My Boss has the 302 in it"

Ford Sales person: Yeah I mean they put the 302 in the Boss back in the late 60's but that's a long time ago.




Potential customer: So they brought the BOSS back? That's cool, how many of those are they making?

BOSS Owner... ahem, "educated" BOSS owner: They're making 3500 per year for 2012 and 2013.

Ford Sales Person: They're making ten thousand a year. Way more than the Shelby's.



I tried correcting her and she gave me this glare like I was ****ing up a potential sale for her. I had to just walk away.




Anyways, I ended up taking first place in the Street Machine class. One last trophy before the BOSS goes into storage then hits the autobahn.

 

They make less Boss 302's because they can't sell more than that. "boss moment"

 

My old dealership still has a comp orange one going on 2 months now.

 

It's not that they can't. It's that they chose not to. Exclusivity. BOSS has it. Shelby sold it when he decided to produce 50,000 more cars before he croaks.

How much are they asking for it? Even sticker is asinine at this point with the '13's on the lots.

 

Driving home from the track at wsir and notice a 335is tailing me and then blowing by me and waiting, I decided it wasnt worth it...I was already feeling pretty high from the track event. He sticks around regardless. Tooling down the highway an f430 pulls up to me and blows by me, he was worth it so I stomped on it and notice a gallardo keeping pace behind me. Next thing you know it was a 4 lane gumball race. Surprisingly all pretty equal incl the 335is that was most definitely tuned. And then to top it off, while we were all wot a Ferrari 458 flys, I mean flys by us. It's now a 5 lane free for all and right in front of us was a Chp officer on his bike. We all stomped on the brakes and split. Couldn't believe my luck that the officer didn't notice us with all of those high profile cars.

 

Btw I have yet to get a comment about my boss from any chick. They're usually the pimple faced teens or the only other time people notice the boss is on the track. I get a lot of conversations going after they see it on the track.

 

That's some imagination

 

So they are hanging with super cars and and hot chicks are throwing themselves at them.
Must be great to own a Boss.

 

Must be tough not being the new kid on the block getting all the attn, huh?

I bet the Terminator guys felt the same way when your overproduced Shelby came out in '07. What's that... 7 straight years of production? How does it feel to become mainstream?

 

Hey we never said what caliber these chics were...







And for the record. It's better than great. It's.... BAWSOME!

 

Now they're making up their own words. Lol.

Only if there's a blower under the hood and another one in the passenger seat.

 

Well played, sir.

 

If there wasn't so many things I would have to change on it, I would probably buy that comp orange Boss at my old dealership. I know I could get a hell of a deal on it. It would cost me way too much to turn it into what I would want it to be though. Gonna have to stick with this BMF I got in the garage a while longer.

 

I'm not sure where you're coming from on that first statement, but do you know why the shelby has been built for 7 years, they have BUYERS!!!!! Why did it take until 2012 to remake a Boss 302? because nobody was missing it or gave a shet!! ...and if ford was so confident in selling the thing, they would've produced more. :no confidence:

 

I sense a slap fight coming on

 

I was being nice, but some boss boys don't like nice.

 

:hairpull:

 

Hey, different strokes for different folks.
Actually had a very nice conversation with a guy that had a 650rwhp+ Shelby today at the car show and both of us were satisfied with what we had.

Shelby has been built for 7 years because Shelby and Ford had a contract. I get it. I also know of a pair of Shelby's that sat on a dealer floor for the better part of a year because there were no buyers. Markets fluctuate and geographically separated areas will see different results, so that point is moot.

As far as why Ford waited so long to bring the BOSS back, I would tell you to watch the BOSS DVD but... well, you didn't get one of those in your owner's package, did you? hmmm.... To quote Dave Pericak...


"Boss is a hallowed word around here, and we couldn't put that name on a new Mustang until we were sure everything was in place to make this car a worthy successor. We were either going to do it right or not do it at all - no one on the team was going to let Boss become a sticker and wheel package."

 

Do you know why Ford has a contract with Shelby? BECAUSE THEY CAN SELL THEM

WOW, When you buy something, you buy ALL of the BS. It's new and improved!!!!!!

Hey man whatever floats your boat. I'm sure GOD is driving around in a Boss 302. Do you think he/she opted for the LS package? :nutty:

 

lots of contracts