Sal Paradise
Hooligan
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I just thought this was kind of fun, as a long time Mustang wannabe owner, ever since I climbed in the windows of my buddy's 1966. I met a guy the other night in the parking lot of Home Depot .He had a new GT and he was glowing and raving about the car. he basically said " Run, don't walk, to the Ford dealership and get one right now!"
Here is the article in today's NYT -
IN a world of infinite resources, one without responsibilities or consequences, I would drive nothing but V-8 Ford Mustangs. Each morning I’d get out of bed, fire up one of my perfectly toned muscle machines and spin its rear tires until great clouds of burned rubber billowed skyward.
I’d spend the day racing all challengers, quitting only when it was time to head home for some sleep — and to dream of doing it all again the next day.
Review of Ford Mustang
In Sunday’s Automobiles section, John Pearley Huffman reviews the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and Shelby GT500, two cars equipped with V-8 engines that inspire fantasies of tire-smoking mischief.
The GT, with 412 horsepower, delivers an irresistible, if slightly anachronistic, sensation of “giddy, glorious, romping fun,” Mr. Huffman writes.
No trigger-shifted, computer controlled, automated transmission can match the elemental experience of shifting a fine manual gearbox behind a great V-8 engine. The Mustang GT is one of an ever-shrinking number of new cars at any price that offer this pleasure.
The pony’s more powerful stablemate, the Shelby GT500, however, renders brutish all that is precise about the GT, at a price premium that Mr. Huffman finds inexcusable.
It takes a concentrated effort to haul the GT500’s Tremec 6-speed manual transmission into gear. The steering has to wrestle with wide 255/40ZR19 front tires. The throttle reacts more suddenly. It’s no longer entertaining; it’s a spectacle. And after a while that’s just exhausting. Beyond that, the throwback plastic interior pieces, indifferently tailored upholstery, often indecipherable instruments and cheap controls that are all tolerable in the $38,695 Mustang GT ($42,530 as tested) are flat inexcusable in the $54,495 GT500 ($60,330 as tested).
Read the entire review, check out the slide show and be sure to share your thoughts about the Mustangs in the comments below.
I just thought this was kind of fun, as a long time Mustang wannabe owner, ever since I climbed in the windows of my buddy's 1966. I met a guy the other night in the parking lot of Home Depot .He had a new GT and he was glowing and raving about the car. he basically said " Run, don't walk, to the Ford dealership and get one right now!"
Here is the article in today's NYT -
IN a world of infinite resources, one without responsibilities or consequences, I would drive nothing but V-8 Ford Mustangs. Each morning I’d get out of bed, fire up one of my perfectly toned muscle machines and spin its rear tires until great clouds of burned rubber billowed skyward.
I’d spend the day racing all challengers, quitting only when it was time to head home for some sleep — and to dream of doing it all again the next day.
Review of Ford Mustang
In Sunday’s Automobiles section, John Pearley Huffman reviews the 2011 Ford Mustang GT and Shelby GT500, two cars equipped with V-8 engines that inspire fantasies of tire-smoking mischief.
The GT, with 412 horsepower, delivers an irresistible, if slightly anachronistic, sensation of “giddy, glorious, romping fun,” Mr. Huffman writes.
No trigger-shifted, computer controlled, automated transmission can match the elemental experience of shifting a fine manual gearbox behind a great V-8 engine. The Mustang GT is one of an ever-shrinking number of new cars at any price that offer this pleasure.
The pony’s more powerful stablemate, the Shelby GT500, however, renders brutish all that is precise about the GT, at a price premium that Mr. Huffman finds inexcusable.
It takes a concentrated effort to haul the GT500’s Tremec 6-speed manual transmission into gear. The steering has to wrestle with wide 255/40ZR19 front tires. The throttle reacts more suddenly. It’s no longer entertaining; it’s a spectacle. And after a while that’s just exhausting. Beyond that, the throwback plastic interior pieces, indifferently tailored upholstery, often indecipherable instruments and cheap controls that are all tolerable in the $38,695 Mustang GT ($42,530 as tested) are flat inexcusable in the $54,495 GT500 ($60,330 as tested).
Read the entire review, check out the slide show and be sure to share your thoughts about the Mustangs in the comments below.
