god, grant me moderation
But not yet, God, not yet.
In the week since I test-drove it, the bloody thing dropped $3000. They are very rapidly reducing the distance between my desire to keep my money and their desire to take it...
I mean, stylistically, this is what a Mustang should be:
No flashy chrome nonsense. No useless, non-functioning scoops, No pointless "racing stripes" or "trim" (you know every sticker makes your car gain 5hp, right?). No unnecessary wings/flaps/spoilers. All function, and, in this case, all form. And with a custom-buit 315hp engine, a 0-60 time of 5 seconds, and a perfectly tuned exhaust that Ford apparently spent $10 million on to ensure it sounded like the original Frank Bullitt Mustang...
The interior is a bit disappointing... but, honestly, I would rather my money was spent on making the car go fast than making it pointlessly plush. Comfortable, I require - never much understood sports cars without A/C, or with uncomfortable seats. Functional, I require - a useful trunk, and, God forbid, a useable back seat (not one that you would necessarily go cross-country in, but at least one you can stuff your in-laws in for a drive to a restaurant). But flashy trim, a satellite radio, gidgets and gizmos and doo-dads all vying for my attention? Not so much. The gas mileage... yeah, that sucks. It is a shame they could not have integrated some manner of variable cylinder management... Granted, for a car like that, it could not be automatic, but how hard could it be to stick a switch by the steering wheel that would activate and deactivate it? That said, God those copious amounts of fuel being burned sound beautiful... inside the car, and most especially out (and definitely with the 3.5" exhaust tips installed). And, as previously noticed, the power from the fuel is obviously not wasted.
I was never really one for muscle cars, instead preferring the light-and-lively approaches of the Mini S, Mazdaspeed 3, Mitsubishi Evo, Subaru WRX, and other things like that... But this Mustang Bullitt just works for me.
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Paddle shifters? Does it have adequate and safe rifle-storage? When you start going fast suddenly suspension is everything.
Paddle shifters? Bah. This thing has a five-speed manual, and holy crap is it nice - the clutch pedal has almost no take-up (stalled it the first time I tried to move it) and the shifter is sharp and smooth.
Has a decent trunk, so that would suffice for the hardware.
Now if only I had a leetle bit more money... Of course, buying this thing might mean I would have ot give up shooting for a while... Oh, the trade-offs.
Mustangs are worth every penny to me as a "recreational vehicle." My first, an '87 GT, had an automatic transmission (custom ordered!). Once I got over my ill-ease with the Stick (*after* I bought the '98 SVT!) I can't see how I ever enjoyed driving a putz automatic.
Oh, I have no doubt a Mustang (especially this one) would suffice as a "recreational vehicle" - that became very rapidly apparent during the test-drive. But the real question is if it is worth the extra gas cost, and whether or not it would work in a family where the only other car is a four-door sedan. Granted, my 3 is only a four-door hatchback, but it has a fair bit of storage space back there.
It is only money, right? :)
Gas-cost is irrelevant when Joy is the outcome.
Y'know, you all certainly are not helping with this whole "self control" thing... ;)
I won't help either.
It's only money - you can make more. :)
*said by a guy driving a 10 year old beater Cadillac*
Damn you people. Damn you to hell!
... my wallet is going to come back and haunt all of you.
Well, that explains the sudden strong smell of leather in the wee hours of the night... :) hahaha
Well, that, or something else is going on in your bedroom that you are not telling us about... ;)