Renting a 2005 GT

Well, I didn't get a GT :-( , but luckily AVIS did have a silver V6 Mustang hardtop that I rented :-) . They may not even buy GTs for rent. All I saw was V6's. I suspect the person I talked to when reserving the car was clueless. When I went to pick up the car I played dumb to see the show. "I'm so and so and I have a reservation". The lady studied and studied her screen and said to me, "what does FMSTN mean? Says you want a FMSTN. I have no clue what that is" Dooohhh! So I told her I requested a Ford Mustang GT. She continues to study her screen and calls out back. Yep, a silver V6 just came out of the wash! She gives me the contract and says the keys are above the visor so they don't have to walk up front. So off I go. My smile getting bigger as I get closer to the car!

Wow!

It looks good (despite a few scatches here and there). It sounds real good too. Sounds more like a V8 than a V6. Ford must have put some resources into that! Drives and handles excellent. When accelerating hard the 4 speed automatic sounds more like a manual that is power shifting (revs up for a fraction of a second between gears). Did they do that on purpose, or was this one defective? It sounds real mean when it did it, but I'd think that'd slow down your times at the track. Let's see. What's more important? Marketing (sounds real mean) or performance (slower times on the

It was a very enjoyable ride for the few days we had it. Hurricane Dennis brought some wind and rain to the Tampa area so we cancelled our subsequent stay in Clearwater and headed home.

at 16 Jul 2005, John [ snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.removethisandonedot.net] wrote in news:Lx7Ce.220$ snipped-for-privacy@fe06.lga:

It runs even nicer when you switch the O/D off. The button is on the right side of the T-bar handle. :-) Been in your shoes, had one of those for about 2 weeks. Very, very nice. They had to pry the keys out of my tighly clutched fingers upon returning it. *grin* Actually, I think it outperforms a stock pre 05 GT or at least will give it a run for it's money. Even better, Avis has these puppys listed as intermediate car. Beats the *@&^$ out of those Chevy Malibu's in the same class. Or those silly Pontiac Grand Am's. Red lighted gauges, who ever came up with that idea?

The only thing better is the 05 Mustang convertible which Hertz already has and Avis is just getting in. I doubt that's an intermediate though. I also doubt the company I subcontract for will rent me a convertible.

And confirming your hunch, neither Avis nor Hertz rents out 05 Mustang GT's. They both probably remember Hertz's little lessen a while back with renting out Mustang GT's that ending up being raced etc.. :-)

I rented an 05 V6 coupe in Las Vegas in April from Hertz. Was told at the counter no racing allowed. V6 verts all over the place the whole week I was there. Martin