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  1. J

    Finally raced my cousins Trans Am

    It's not so much the Trans Am, it's the LS1 motor. The Camaro Z28 is equally fast :)
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    Waiting for a 06 in mid Aug

    I just quoted you :) IIRC, this year they're pushing close to 200,000 production for the Mustang. I don't see a market for 600,000 Mustangs a year. If they made that many of them, they'd be discounting the hell out of them to move all of them. Once the newness and novelty wears off...
  3. J

    Mustang sales up 47% from last May

    Ford spent how many millions on the 500, and it's selling like a turd. I haven't even seen one on the road yet. Saw one at the dealership and that's the most boring car I've ever seen. May be a very nice car, but it's got nothing in the styling department.
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    Waiting for a 06 in mid Aug

    5th technically. :) I had a 1999, which was the first year of the harder body style. Also, the '99-'04 models were still basically the same as the '94-'98 models, with a slight exterior freshening and a decent bump in power to the 4.6L V8. The 2005 Mustang is a totally new design with...
  5. J

    2005 Mustang GT & synthetic Oil

    So GM, and all the others, run the engines for the equivalent of 500 miles on dino oil to pre-break them in? Give me a break. Mobil 1 is just fine for a new engine, statements to the contrary are simply old wives tales or remnants of 1970s thinking. I put Mobil 1 in my 2002 Z28 at 500...
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    Waiting for a 06 in mid Aug

    The sales guy might not want to, but the dealers all know they can get MSRP or better on a GT within days - why would they lose that profit and sell it to you for $300 over invoice? Hell, the Stang is one of the few cars Ford has that sells without rebates or incentives - they're not going to...
  7. J

    DANICA PATRICK.....Nothing will be the same again!

    Ummm, Top Gun was a Hollywood movie - not real life :D Hollywood rarely has much to do with how things are in the real world...
  8. J

    05 Stanga Available At Five Star Ford Scottsdale, Az

    I went out trolling around this weekend at the big dealers in Denver. No GTs to be found, and very, very few V6s even. A few months ago the largest dealer here had at least 25 V6 models on the lot, now they're down to 2 V6's. That Windveil Blue GT with 5 speed sounds good, I'm only 1...
  9. J

    DANICA PATRICK.....Nothing will be the same again!

    Not including the driver. With the weight of the driver, her car is about 100lbs lighter than the rest because she's so tiny. I can't believe it would make that much difference at 200 MPH, but the other drivers were claiming it gave her a 1MPH advantage. Who knows?
  10. J

    Finance

    Not really. I've gotten out of many leases early. Basically, you need to buy out the lease to do this - and then you're trading in the vehicle. Mileage is irrelevant at this point. To get the buyout amount, you take the lease-end purchase amount + the number of remaining payments. This is...
  11. J

    Well That's Gonna Leave A Mark

    Yes, we need pictures to fully appreciate what you've been through. And not of the car :D
  12. J

    DANICA PATRICK.....Nothing will be the same again!

    4th - she nearly wiped out earlier in the race and messed up the front end of the car...
  13. J

    2005 Mustang GT Stolen from Ford Dealership

    If your exhaust is all bent and the interior is all torn up, you can bet that he had a car full of buddies running around town - driving it like they stole it. If it were me (and I realize you're not), I'd leave the car at the dealership and be working with an attorney. If it's as beat up...
  14. J

    Roush Stage 1 vs. GT Insurance Rates

    Check with your agent first with the VIN of the Roush you're looking at! Nothing takes the shine out of buying a nice new car and finding out afterwards that the insurance is ridiculously expensive...
  15. J

    Very Disappointed, Diguisted, etc....

    Every vehicle has TSBs - it's not necessarily a measure of quality nor does it mean that owners will ever notice or experience that issue. What I'm going by are the JD Powers/Consumer Reports type measurements of owner satisfaction and consumer-reported problems. In this area, domestic...
  16. J

    A deal gone bad!!

    Jesus, does that come with a Costco-sized bottle of Vaseline? I thought dealers here adding $399 for D&H was outrageous, but $995 (or $1,495) is absolutely outrageous. And no, it's NOT mandatory - it's just their way of padding every deal. I have negotiated my way out of the D&H many...
  17. J

    Very Disappointed, Diguisted, etc....

    Yep. The UAW will be the downfall of the big 3.
  18. J

    Very Disappointed, Diguisted, etc....

    Acura Toyota Lexus Honda Mazda Subaru Saab Nissan Hyundai - yes Hyundai All make cars that are less problem prone than American brands. Perhaps not with "few problems", but certainly with less problems than an American brand.
  19. J

    Very Disappointed, Diguisted, etc....

    I agree. Toyota makes great cars, but they make nothing that remotely begins to stir my soul. I'd rather have a Mustang or Camaro than anything Toyota makes - even if the American cars are a distant 2nd in quality...
  20. J

    My 2005 GT got stomped 2x

    Dude, The C6 has 100 horsepower and 1.4 liters of engine on you, as well as weighing less. All else being equal, a stock C6 is going to spank your GT. It also costs 2x as much, so take that into consideration...
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