I am about to buy a used 2005 Mustang GT 5 speed and I had a couple of questions in mind. I will be driving this car on 500 mile trips and I was wondering if it would be pretty comfortable. Is this car considered a pretty good daily driver? How many miles per gallon do you guys get on average? Thanks a lot.
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Unbrdld07
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You will LOVE it. Gas mileage varys due to driving conditions and how YOU drive it but on the road I have gotten 25 to 28.3 mpg. I have the automatic and could drive ALL day long and not get un-comfortable. I have sometimes gotten 29 mpg. Haven't played alot with the mpg feature either...I quit checking on it after awhile. Hope this helps your decision.
celticstanger
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Here's my 2 cents worth....
I picked my car up Southwest of Dallas and drove it back to Central Illinois. A very comfortable ride of almost 700 highway miles. Take a few CD's loaded with MP3 music files for the road. Gas milage on my automatic varied by the speed I was driving; 23-27 mpg. I think I got the best mpg around 65. The price sounds reasonable for a well equiped GT.
Get used to everyone wanting to race you but don't do anything stupid.
I picked my car up Southwest of Dallas and drove it back to Central Illinois. A very comfortable ride of almost 700 highway miles. Take a few CD's loaded with MP3 music files for the road. Gas milage on my automatic varied by the speed I was driving; 23-27 mpg. I think I got the best mpg around 65. The price sounds reasonable for a well equiped GT.
Get used to everyone wanting to race you but don't do anything stupid.
Marine One
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These cars are great daily drivers. In addition to a daily round trip commute of just over 50 miles, I routinely drive my 07 GT conv between NC and Northern Va. Ride is very smooth, particlularly compared to my last Stang (96 Cobra). Gas mileage is close to what has been previously stated here.
Bottom line, they are great cars and a good value for the money. As for the price of the one you're considering, my only advice would be to shop it against other Mustangs available in your area. You may also want to check your local paper, some of the websites for car dealers in your area, and the auto pricing services availible on the web. My favorites are NADA.com, KBB.com (Kelly Bluebook) and Edmunds.com
Off topic:
Are you a Marine Corps weapons repair technician? Just guessing by the screen name.
mr.bubbles
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As everyone else said perfectly comfortable as long as you don't try to fit anyone other than a kid the back, there's basically no legroom
kooldawg6
mine works really well and can take a fair amount
Here in the town I live in the cops are getting very stealthy. There are a few unmarked cop cars...Hemi Chargers. I was along side one the other day at a stop light. The only way I knew it was an unmarked was by the extra light on the front of the side view mirror and the 3 antennas on the back. If you're out cruising and you have one of these pull up next to you(esp at night) and you wanna race it....
Tell me about it I saw (it had the stupid lights on it though) a c6 vette pull up next to me at a light, I got super pissed that these freaking police departments have that kinda money to pay some one to cruise around all day in a vette
Marine One
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The resale value on these cars is anything but horrible. My experience is only with the GT convertible, but the reason I ended up ordering a new 07 is because the low mileage used 05-06 cars were nearly as expensive as a new one.
As a general rule, I've found that V-8 Mustangs hold their resale value quite well, particularly if they are purchased used with low miles. I purchased a 1995 GT Conv w/29,000 miles in March 2000 for $13,500, and sold it in November 2002 with 86,000 miles (lots of Lejeune to Quantico miles) for $10,500. Next I purchased a 1996 Cobra Convertible w/34,000 miles in October 2002 for $16,400 and sold it in Sept 2006 at 82,000 miles for $12,000. If you look at those two examples from a standpoint of number of months owned and the difference between purchase price and selling price, they each cost me roughly $100 per month to own ($110 for the GT, $94 for the Cobra) in terms of depriciation. Viewed another way, I paid $0.091 per mile in depreciation on the Cobra and $0.052 per mile on the GT. Not bad for cars that are as much fun as V-8 Mustang Convertibles...
As a general rule, I've found that V-8 Mustangs hold their resale value quite well, particularly if they are purchased used with low miles. I purchased a 1995 GT Conv w/29,000 miles in March 2000 for $13,500, and sold it in November 2002 with 86,000 miles (lots of Lejeune to Quantico miles) for $10,500. Next I purchased a 1996 Cobra Convertible w/34,000 miles in October 2002 for $16,400 and sold it in Sept 2006 at 82,000 miles for $12,000. If you look at those two examples from a standpoint of number of months owned and the difference between purchase price and selling price, they each cost me roughly $100 per month to own ($110 for the GT, $94 for the Cobra) in terms of depriciation. Viewed another way, I paid $0.091 per mile in depreciation on the Cobra and $0.052 per mile on the GT. Not bad for cars that are as much fun as V-8 Mustang Convertibles...
Marine One
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One can only hope that these kinds of police cars are confiscated from drug dealers, but these days who knows. My little beach town has a police department that is manned year round for the summer tourist population. On some winter mornings, I see more police cars when I transit the north end of the Island than all other vehicles combined. Thank God they like me....
Let me put it to you this way, my wife has a 2006 Lexus GS and I don't like to drive it anymore. I would much rather drive my Mustang. In fact we made the 300 mile plus drive to Disneyland in my car instead of her's, and this was with our 8 year old in the back seat. The seats are a little less cushy and the leather isn't as supple, but it is more than comfortable enough for daily driving and long trips.
I love everything about this car. But the only thing that is holding me back is my father, and he says that the resale value on this car in 4-5 years will be complete ****. I know his opinion shouldn't really alter my decision because I will be paying most of this myself, but I still want him on my side. I checked the kelley blue book prices on 2003 mustang gts with around 68000 miles and they sell for $15,000. What are some things I can tell my father to convince him?
kooldawg6
mine works really well and can take a fair amount
Marine One
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Well, you could share my experiences buying & selling used Mustangs with him from my previous post....
Unbrdld07
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Heres what else to say....It's a very SAFE vehicle. Mine has front and side airbags and of course the traction control. I have a suzuki for a daily driver and if I get in a wreck in that....I'm kissing my butt goodbye. If i'm going to have a wreck and I have the choice of which car to be in...it's the STANG all the way. It's heavier, has more impact protection...if you need to kick it in high gear to AVOID an accident, the response is RIGHT there to move out of the way, the anti-lock brakes are a BIGGIE in my book. I had to hit them hard on the freeway doing 75 to avoid an asshat that did not even look to see if there was anyone in the lane I was in, didn't signal, and did not respond to my blairing horn so I had no choice but to hit the brakes and hit them hard and I stopped straight with no waver from the car. Lucky no one was close behind me and the about to be an accident didn't happen. I sent him the bird after that as I went cruising by him too. I have 15,000 miles on mine and the dealer told me the v8 would hold its value...he was no stranger to "hot" cars either. He knew his stuff about cars. 
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