Hangin' at the dealership

What else did you look at? Just curious.

Being a performance person, I just could not see skipping a V8 in exchange for a convertible. And then I could see buying a V8 'vert instead of just getting a bigger dog Shelby.

Yesterday, I was eyeing an all-white '05-'07 GT Mustang. God, they're pretty!

Probably just a big thumpin' bass unit.

Handling/cornering performance. I can't wait for the base model to get the new [250hp think] V6. That'll be a nice setup for those who are missing 2 cylinders.

I agree. What a waste. And for something that doesn't even look good/better.

Those people are insane. The market is soon going to be saturated with performance -- Camaro, Challenger, even more/and likely better Shelbys and who knows what else. Oh well, I just a hope a few buy them, stick them in a nice garage for a couple years, then decide they have to have the next "hot thing", and sell it to me for less than half they paid for it.

Patrick

I dragged Jean to the auto show early this year, and she looked at a LOT of SUVs. I just about forced her to walk through the Hondas, Toyotas, GMs, and she only paused at the Lexus. She sat in several of them, but the Lexus was her favorite (forgeddabout it). I was pushing her toward the Liberty, but no. When we left, she'd made up her mind to get another Escape.

I suppose the great thing about it is that the '07 is MUCH nicer than her '04, and it's an environment she's comfortable with. Ford did just enough tweaking to make it "new" to her, yet everything is in the same place - the exception being the floor-mounted shifter instead of the old column mount.

It's like I said... I could live with the new V6 convertible, but I'd have to keep TFrog for fun. Now, for a GT convertible, I'd seriously consider dumping both of my '93s.

Can't argue with white. But it's like me and yellow - love it, wouldn't own it.

Yeah. The GT. Not the Mustang GT. That big thumpin' bass unit was pumpin' through dual exhaust and sounded fantastic. But it has to be weird, having all that engine right over your right shoulder.

The guy who buys a Shelby now for $65,000+ is probably not worried about the soon-to-be-run-of-the-mill Camaros or Challengers. He'd still have something special and could probably dump it for the next great thing without batting an eyelash.

Problem is, these folks ain't stoopit. No way they're selling it to you, me, or anyone else for half price.

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Bah, he's pullin' your leg. I fielded a call from a Boston area dealer last weekend. He offered up an orange hardtop for $55k. Not exactly my favorite color, but I went to look at it. I declined at 55k, and fully expect he will be calling again at the end of December. A good many of the auctions on line are not meeting the reserves, the bubble has burst. The only glitch is the X-mas shoppers engaging in some impulse buying. (Tickle-me-Elmo syndrome)

-- John C. '03 Cobra Convt.

Tickle your what??

I'm not into convertibles. They just don't do it for me. I wouldn't even consider one.

I can understand the yellow, but white would be fine for me. And I really like the white with black trim -- Mach 1 style.

I know. Just messing with you.

Yesterday I had a 405 HP Z06 with an aftermarket exhaust next to me, same thing sounded FANTASTIC!

My '93 was a $20K car new and after about 5 years and 36,000 miles I got it for just over half -- 13 something. And you know these guys paying way over sticker won't recoup that money when Ford continues to build them and after an even better next generation comes out in a few years.

Patrick

Well, that's why it's a gamble.

I mean no disrespect, and you KNOW that I would have much preferred a '93 Cobra instead of the LX, but you can't really compare a 1993 Cobra to the Shelby GT500 of any era. The gamble here is that the bottom won't drop out of the market, for whatever reason, and that the car will appreciate in value or at least retain most of its value for a good time.

None of the US automakers was prepared to see the bottom drop out in 1973. The economy wasn't prepared to see two jetliners crash into the WTC. The odds are fairly good that a limited edition 500hp model of the world's favorite pony car will be worth a good percentage of its retail price or more in the foreseeable future, but that never takes into account the unforeseeable.

My personal nightmare is that we'll finally build a high-performance automobile that runs on water, and all of those nice new Shelbys will be junked in favor of one of those.

dwight (Wasn't a 1971 Mustang worth next to nothing in the mid-80's?)

Once upon a time a '65-'70 shelby mustang was just another used car. And that was the way things were at the time... low production numbers or not, they were just used cars back then. That's how people thought about it.

Its the larger tires, rear anti-sway bar and I *think* larger diameter front anti-sway bar.

IOW the Pony Package minus the interior stuff.

Another winner is the "Comfort group" option (I think that's what it is called?) Bottom line is if you order this with the Pony Package, you get approx $400 credit which means you actually get the heated seats (The comfort package) for free.....

I agree the mid 60s stangs and Grand Sports, Cameros, 442s, and etc were at one time just old muscle cars with new muscle cars being produced every year. Old Corvettes were plastic pigs, so slow no one wanted one because you could get something much faster and cooler.

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I think I finally found something about the sway bars on one of the Mustang forum sites, in reference to options on the 2006 model. Still can't find anything about this on the Ford site. As I recall, the V6 convertible we rented in Arizona* was a capable handler, itself, and I think it was your basic V6 model. (It did have the interior upgrade package, but not much else.) What really impressed me, after driving the '93s for all this time, was the incredible turning radius. I couldn't stop making U-turns and playing with it, 'cause the thing would turn on a relative dime. The ride was tight enough, but I can imagine what even stiffer anti-sway bars could do...

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Free is good. Especially for something like heated seats! (And this scrawny old butt would certainly welcome an innovation like that.)

The other thing I had to research was the Safety Package ($595.00) that came with Jean's new Escape. Turns out, it's something I hope we never, ever have to use. Side impact air bags up front and Ford's Safety Canopy for both rows of seats. Sounds cool, but I hope it turns out to be nothing more than a $595 insurance policy.

dwight

Yep, could hardly give them away...

Now look at their "off the charts" pricing...

Would it be the annoying little "drip, drip, drip..."??

Unfortunately the 03-04 Cobra isn't. I couldn't find one within 100 miles when I looked.