New '05 Mustangs/Cheap Warranty!??

Let's all wave to Andy as he drives by in his new KIA......10yr/100K miles - don 'cha know!

YMMV....Your M>The US warranty really sucks, imho. 3yr/36k mile basic & powertrain and 60

Depending on whom you ask, either 55 or 59 M of them voted last Tuesday! :)

Saw my first '05 today at lunch. Beautiful yellow GT w/standard transmission. My '01 GT looked like dog food parked next to it.

- Max - ======= In the future, everyone will be hyperlinked for fifteen minutes.

YMMV ... You Make Me Vomit. =8^)

-=Grumbler

Kinda OT but my dealer in SoCal told me there are no 5spd GT's or V6's until early 05 or around the same time the verts come in. Is there any truth to that?

I actually told him to call me when a 5spd came in and he wasn't interested. BTW....they wanted 3k over sticker for a V6 and no test drive is allowed. I laughed at him......oh wait.....that's probably why he didn't want my phone number.

Marc

Only idiots are going to buy those cars when the dealerships have attitudes like that.

-Mike

-- A happy kid behind the wheel of a 98 Mustang GT Cold air intake FRPP 3.73 gears Steeda Tri-Ax Shifter Full Boar turbo mufflers Hi-speed fan switch

Wow. I'm pretty sure it was a manual stick I saw in this car (I didn't look for a clutch). It didn't look like a automatic shifter. I could be wrong on that.

No test drive = no sale.

- Max - ======= In the future, everyone will be hyperlinked for fifteen minutes.

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Heh, heh...

Flamethrower Dinsdale

Didn't have a constructive critism?

Pretty lame flame!

Andy

I see no flame...but you were obviously looking for it.

At what does that make you lame?

I can't really recall what our '66 coupe had for a factory warranty, but it wasn't that good... and it was getting rusty when we traded it in for $300.00 towards a new Torino in 1973 ($3,200.00 new!).

Rob

I don't think there is any truth to the 5-speed thing. I drove one last week that was a loaded GT with a manual transmission. It was a blast to drive. My guess is they are just trying to push the inventory they have so they can make more $$$$.

James

Cas> transmission.

For the most part,American cars back in the 60's had a factory 12 month/12,000 warranty.

The warranty on the 66 Mustang was 24\24! Pretty good warranty for the 60s.

John

Hey, that's Ford Warranty. if you dont like it, bitch to Ford and see if you can make them change it! Bitching to us won't help any.

It's marketing. If your car sucks you offer a longer warranty to get people to take the risk for instance. If you sell a very expensive car, good coverage is needed to try and set it apart from other people's very expensive cars. Basically it's about how to sell the car. A mustang doesn't need anything more than that to sell. Odds are few extra buyers would be found with a longer one. A shorter one would start to scare them away.

Anyway, even if the manufacturer pays for it, it still sucks when it breaks, so I'd rather have a good car with a 10k mile warranty than bad one with a 100K mile one.

I've sat in and shifted a 5 speed GT. My friend wouldn't let me drive it, but it sounds nice.

Then don't finance through the dealer; Talk to a bank or credit union.

Besides which, if you really *want* an extended warranty, there is nothing stopping you from paying extra and getting one.