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  1. stangdude2000

    2011 Ford Mustang GT vs 2011 BMW M3 Coupe

    I've gotta disagree with you on this one. I sold my 2008 GT for a 2008 M3. Btw - you got ripped off if you got that little on your trade. Dealers are still asking over $50k for most 2008s. I almost just traded the M3 in for a new C63 AMG last month and they offered me $44k for my M3 sedan that's...
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    Watch out Europe... here comes the new 5.0 (M3 vs 5.0)

    The new 5.0 is impressive, but as Kurt said, the M3 is just WAY better as a daily driver or only car. As a guy who owned Mustangs my whole life until this past December when I bought my 2008 M3, I can tell you there is absolutely no comparison between the two. Performance-wise, they are a wash...
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    Bullitt or '11 5.0

    Something to keep in mind... if you are worried about the resale - you will barely see any difference in the Bullitt and regular GT when SELLING the car to the dealer. The dealer, on the other hand, will charge a little bit of a premium.
  4. stangdude2000

    Car Washing

    I would do the public do-it-yourself car wash, but with land being so valuable in the DC area, they don't exist. Within about 30 miles of me anyway. Doing constant refills of a bucket/sprayer isn't out of the question since I can almost always get a spot that's on a quiet road but within about...
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    Car Washing

    Hey guys - I've got a question for all of you on washing your cars. I live in a townhouse more or less in DC. It has a shared underground garage, so there's no driveway for me to wash my car. The outdoor spigot would make me cross the hose over sidewalk with tons of foot traffic (tripping...
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    MPG

    Based on the 3.73's, I'm guessing you are referring to the 2010's, so I'm not 100% on those, but I can give you my experience for the 2008's. I had the 3.55's, and I got as high as 30 MPG highway on a 280 mile trip going 70-75 mph. Around town would be 15-17 depending on driving style (sometimes...
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    Please Help.. How much HG is in one PSI? (Or vice versa..) HELP!!

    It was likely built for some type of non-automotive application involving small engines with small turbos/superchargers. It is possible its even a gauge for something not related to an engine. No idea what though, since like I said in my previous post, almost no one uses in Hg.
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    Please Help.. How much HG is in one PSI? (Or vice versa..) HELP!!

    I think we're arguing the same point here, but I think we both were getting thrown off by the other's explanations. The poster implied that both boost AND vacuum are being measured in Inches of Hg on his particular gauge. You were explaining off a typical boost gauge and I was giving a non-auto...
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    Please Help.. How much HG is in one PSI? (Or vice versa..) HELP!!

    That is correct. I'm assuming it is a standard pressure gauge as well and not an absolute pressure gauge. If it reads ZERO when it is disconnected, it is a standard gauge. If it reads -30/+10 for its limits, it can read from a 14.7 psi vacuum (which happens to be approximately equivalent to the...
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    Please Help.. How much HG is in one PSI? (Or vice versa..) HELP!!

    All pressures can be worked independently of atmospheric pressure as long as you are always making the same assumptions. You do NOT need to convert to atmospheric pressure unless the conditions require it, as long as it is understood that you are talking about gauge pressure. As I said...
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    Please Help.. How much HG is in one PSI? (Or vice versa..) HELP!!

    All pressures need to be specified as to whether or not you are looking at Gauge Pressure (The pressure above or below current atmospheric pressure - PSIG is the engineering way to refer to it using English units) or Absolute Pressure (pressure in a vacuum). In anything other than an engineering...
  12. stangdude2000

    GT vs Z28

    When I had first purchased my 08 GT, I took my friend who had owned a 98 or 99 Z28 (maybe it was an SS - I can't remember anymore), lightly modded. He thought the GT felt a lot faster than his Z28, but cars always feel faster when you are a passenger. By comparison, I recently bought a 2008 M3...
  13. stangdude2000

    part 2-Got them down to $27K out the door

    Yep, it's called the GT500. :) You are probably thinking of when there were rumors of the 5.0 V8, 3.7 V6 and 3.0TT Ecoboost V6.
  14. stangdude2000

    New Mustang 5.0 beats Camaro on the strip.

    Isn't that what we always said though when we were slower in stock form? The Camaro costs x more, so use the spare change for mods and we're faster?
  15. stangdude2000

    Looking For A Mustang

    My dad simply put my car in his name back when I was 16. Insurance was only about 1200/year in that scenario instead of around 4000.
  16. stangdude2000

    Looking For A Mustang

    You'll need to look for around a 2005 or 2006 GT. Cheapest way to 400 HP is with a supercharger, so you'll needs maybe around $6500 cash for that. So with your original $19k, depending on how much mod cash you had, you are looking at a selling price of around maybe $15k. You'll have to do some...
  17. stangdude2000

    Has the 2011 v6 and 5.0 made the 370z much less relevant???

    Performance comparison, the 5.0 goes with the Camaro and the M3/RS4/IS-F/C63 all fit in the right ballpark. But as far as a "relevance" question from the original post, you'd need to look at cars that would be cross-shopped. Very few people shop for a car solely on speed. Yes, many people here...
  18. stangdude2000

    Am I dreaming?

    Sorry, you are completely dreaming. You won't find that. I sold a loaded 2008 GT w/15k miles for $20k in December. To CarMax. You aren't gonna find a GT500 for close to that. $21k is the general ballpark of 03/04 Cobras, and even still you won't have your pick of the litter.
  19. stangdude2000

    Has the 2011 v6 and 5.0 made the 370z much less relevant???

    You can make anything outhandle anything else. I could make a Kia outhandle a Ferrari if I had any desire. These types of discussions really need to be kept stock vs stock since 95% of people purchasing the car will not modify or won't do anything more serious than new mufflers. Either way...
  20. stangdude2000

    Will the rebate on 2010 increase?

    You guys are forgetting... even with a GT, the masses don't care THAT much about the difference between a 5.0 and 4.6L. Especially when the cost will make it the difference between being able to buy one and not for many. You won't see big discounts, if any, on the 2011s. When you factor in the...
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