The G Man

Fitted the FRPP by Borla exhaust on Tuesday, epic, just epic Waiting for a couple of front camber bolts then the FRPP Track Pack goes on with a bit of a bespoke 'fast road' geometry set up, done by a trusted expert company First impressions? I've not done enough miles to give a decent review, however, the torque and road manners are a revelation. I caught a flight yesterday from GLA to EMA for a meeting today, back this evening and I was so looking forward to driving home. The rubbernecking, the window drops, the slowing down to allow me to pass was very complimentary. There was a number of 'performance' car owners, very obviously, hovering around on the motorway having a look. I get the feeling, that some of them, regret paying their over inflated BMW/Porsche/Audi prices when they could have had an icon for, sometimes half the price, that may just be in my head, but it's a strong feeling The Nismo was a grrrr go get them, attack every apex, get it growling and angry type drive, that is great and not a bad GT cruiser. The Mustang is a, Ray Bans on, settle back into the totally lush, sofa type seat, cruise, then, on occasion you can unleash a complete and utter animal!! For those that have had the 5 minute or whatever test drive, restricted by what the sales dude allows, or just had a look inside one (it has so much more to offer from all the menus available, that isn't and can't be seen on just a look) and came to the conclusion nah, it's sh1t, you are a bit wrong. The mods to this car don't have to or need to be done, the past couple of weeks driving it stock is awesome enough, but, as Ford and many, many others have commented on and know, the Mustang is produced as a base, they know you are going to mod the f*ck out of it, this is why Ford have Ford Racing producing stuff and Roush and Shelby working hand in hand with them. Once you get that, you get the Mustang, this has been the case for 50 years now

What's the budget? Do you want new? Why not try a V8 of some kind maybe?

Would love to go to this, working unfortunately . Got an invite from Ford for an event earlier this month, just too short notice, it was a track day for Mustang owners, Andy Barratt complained that he couldn't concentrate on his press conference re RS500 launch because of the noise from the Mustangs, not one was stock The guys all got laps with pro drivers in their own cars, wish I could have been there

Maybe not, maybe it was someone else picking up his sister

I think the problem was with the tracker, it always thought the car was stolen and the people who administered it, we're forever remotely closing it down If IRC, he sold it just before they started to appreciate in value.

That'll be The Tranquil Bass, probs picking up his sister

Private group? WTF is that? Dans right, just ridiculous and no use to anyone really.

Ford do make nice cars, special discount for Mustang GT owners as well : If you're lucky enough to be going to Le Mans this year, they're running this

Don't want to pollute you're thread buddy with crazy Mustang stuff, but the weather up here has been sh1te, too cold and wet with a set of unscrubbed tyres to go mad I did have a wee tickle of the throttle on my way home from work, pretty damn rapid haha! Goes in on Tuesday for a bit of a noise change

Exactly what I did mate, ended up getting MORE dosh than I was asking for it, with all the kit thrown in

The sacrifice that you're prepared for in terms of maintenance, will far outweigh the depreciation of an F Type, which I believe, will hold onto their values well.

Not doubting the TTRS on performance, but you will look like a tw4t, everytime you are seen in it IMO. Horrible looking shrunk beetle, in a non Porsche way

Not in budget, but I can recommend

There was a cracking example of this on here a few weeks back, pity it's sold was the black one right? Yeah, can you stop stalking me now? It sold I've passed your details onto the stalking police. Anything useful to say re OP?

There was a cracking example of this on here a few weeks back, pity it's sold

New Focus RS? Brand new, 3 years warranty, 0-60, if it's that important, 4.6

Budget? I assumed 25-30K was the mileage

I drove one on a Supercar Scotland day. It's very sparse on kit, seats etc weren't electric, the guy sharing the car pointed out that it was probably to save weight, I get that, however, the V8 M3 we had just climbed out of could match the speed and agility but had all the bells and whistles. I wasn't that impressed tbh, however, get a test drive for yourself to get your own feelings. A friend of my wife has the V10, just bought it last year, new! I think that's a different kettle of spanners

Mk1 can, pretty sure that'll be a feature on the Mk2.

This stuff is now sold and all in the post now. Mods please lock

I am planning on fitting a booster seat in the back for my granddaughter, just need to find a cool, functional, safe one, she's nearly 4 and loves to go everywhere grandpa goes , that was one factor for moving on from my Nismo. The dogs can go in the boot!!

To be fair, it took a good few hours for me to get irritated by the noise, I loved both my 70's, with a passion buddy, but, it was time to move on and I believe, I've bought the best bang for buck new vehicle out there ATM. Anyway, I'll get more pics up as soon as the monsoon season is over here in not so sunny Scotland

It has a huge boot and relatively large rear seats so yeah, why not The boot is large, but it's a relatively narrow opening, now it's been a few years since we required to put a baby buggy in the boot, but these modern bulky ones would be a grizz IMO.

No mate, room for two kids in the back no probs, you can fit adults in, but it wouldn't make for a comfortable long journey probably. My Mrs sat in the back when we test drove one, she's 5' 6" or so, said she felt the headroom was a bit cramped. Best thing so far that struck me, apart from all the obvious, was the lack of tyre roar/ road noise, the 370 wasn't kind in that department, there wasn't a lot of room in the 70 for rear passengers either

No mate, I've only driven back from the stealers and 3 trips to work and back. I'm in Central Scotland