Ekona Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I hope the owner of the white car kicked the Mustang owner square in the balls when the camera stopped rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I hope the owner of the white car kicked the Mustang owner square in the balls when the camera stopped rolling. Shame he didn't do it while the camera was rolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) Son no.1 with his 'stang Edited April 5, 2016 by ATTAK Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 does he actually fit in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 does he actually fit in there His brother's a bit wider ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 This was a funny read, some of it true, some of it just funny, made me smile http://www.roadandtr....hings-to-come/ By Jack Baruth Achtung, baby! There's a new sporting-coupe king in Germany, and it's named after the mighty P-51 fighter that cleared the skies over Bavaria some 73 years ago. In March, the Ford Mustang outsold the Porsche 911, the Porsche Cayman, the Porsche Boxster, and the Audi TT. It's not a matter of Germans having a nose for a bargain, either; a plain-Jane five-liter GT costs about 50 grand overseas compared to the $32,395 base price in the States. It appears that Mustang ownership justifies premium pricing in the land of the Nurburging and the autobahn. What's going on? The revitalized 'Stang, which threatened to take the 2015 PCOTY crown as a five-liter GT before finally winning top honors in 8200-rpm GT350R trim, has been a huge success on this side of the Atlantic as well. Yet there's still a whiff of redneck-chic about the original ponycar and its customer base, and there's still a lot of contempt for the nameplate among the sports-car cognoscenti. There's nothing the Internet car-enthusiast demographic loves more than trashing stereotypical Mustang owners. A rash of recent high-profile crashes at car-club meets has spawned all sorts of drama, up to and including tongue-in-cheek petition on the White House website to ban Mustangs from public car shows. Part of the problem is that the 1979 "Fox body" Mustang and its immediate successors were both hugely popular and remarkably durable, so there are still a lot of them around. There was a Dodge Challenger back in '79 as well, a re-badged Japanese-market Mitsubishi Galant coupe, but those cars had a half-life just slightly longer than that of nobelium-253, so they were all safely recycled into Haier dishwashers well before Dodge brought the nameplate back as a rip-snorting HEMI-powered RWD coupe. No surprise, then, that various and sundry misconceptions about the Mustang and its capabilities continue to run rampant everywhere from Cars and Coffee to your local NASA trackday. There's nothing that BMW and Porsche owners like better than looking down their noses at Mustangs. Show up in a new Mustang to a lapping day and you'll hear all the cliches: The Mustang is heavy, it doesn't steer or stop well, it wallows in turns, the rear end is uncontrollable, and it just loves to exit the track tail-first. None of that's really true. The Mustang isn't a lightweight, but the GT350R comes within a hundred pounds or so of a BMW M4. The steering in the new car is almost sublime, and if you aren't satisfied with the available Brembo brakes, the aftermarket will bring you all the way up to IMSA standards for less than half the cost of a single replacement OEM Porsche ceramic brake disc. Every model in the current lineup handles remarkably well, and the GT350 is almost in a class of its own among four-seat performance cars. As far as it being a tail-happy crash magnet . . . well, it kind of is, but you can authentically apply the same sobriquet to the M4, the 911 GT3, and the AMG-fettled two-door Benzes. If you haven't driven a Mustang lately, or if your opinion of the brand is based on experience with the old live-axle cars, you'll be quite surprised by the 2016 model. Somewhat ironically, it has the same basic engine lineup as the '79 Fox body: 2.3-liter turbo four, mid-size V6, and five-liter V8. That's where the similarities begin and end. The fit and finish stands up against anything Germany or Japan can offer. The interior is both classic and modern, with brilliant seats and up-to-the-minute infotainment. There's plenty of feedback available from the steering wheel, and the controls all operate with the same solid authority you'd get in an Audi. On the move, the big Ford is smooth, quiet, and light on its feet. The GT and GT350 are equally comfortable doing triple digits on the open freeway and clipping down to the apex point on a narrow two-lane. No car of this size has ever been this comfortable on fast back roads. The overall driving experience is remarkably Germanic, and there are clear commonalities between the locally designed Mustang and the global ST-model Focus and Fiesta. In fact, if I can be slightly heretical for a moment, the only real differences between the current Mustang and the best of the current BMW lineup are the high door sills . . . and the availability of a manual transmission with all the engine choices. Oh, snap! Don't take my word for it, though. Just ask any German performance enthusiast. Clearly the Mustang has made an impression with the buyers over there. It's chewing through the local heroes the way the supercharged-Merlin-engined P-51 made short work of the Focke-Wulf FW190. It's true that the 911 GT3RS can leave any Mustang for dead around a racetrack, but even in its home country, the fastest Porsche sports car is a rare and expensive sight. Think of it as an Me262, right down to the, shall we say, involved servicing requirements. Of course, the German car fanatics who read R&T will say that the March sales numbers represent an isolated incident, a perfect storm of inventory availability and the same occasional fascination with American novelty that causes so many tourists from der Vaterland to follow Michael Schumacher's example and spend their summers riding Harleys on Route 66. But what if it's not? What if it's a perfectly reliable indicator of things to come? After all, the German automakers have spent the last 15 years tirelessly engineering the last vestiges of character and authentic heritage out of their automobiles. The same industry that once presented its customers with a wide variety of iconoclastically engineered choices is now locked in a tail-chasing circle of imitative, unoriginal product. The aircooled 911, the Ro 80, the 450SEL 6.9, the original blacked-out BMW M5—they're all gone, replaced by a bunch of monstrous SUVs that can make the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs but which are all fundamentally the same loathsome lump of self-destructing electronics and fragile AWD powertrains. Let's imagine for a moment that this isn't just an anomaly and that the German enthusiasts are tired of driving interchangeable transportation pods. They want something real. Something different. Something American. The Mustang will continue to sell. Pretty soon the mighty roar of the Challenger Hellcat will be heard bellowing its way across the last unrestricted sections of the autobahn. Parking lots from Berlin to Bonn will overflow with Wranglers. You'll see a Corvette around every corner. And what's that squared-off silhouette in the distance? Is that . . . a Ford Flex at the Cologne train station? No matter what happens, there's a lesson to be learned from this sudden Euro-Mustang mania. American automakers got pretty lazy and self-satisfied during the so-called Malaise Era of the late Seventies and Eighties, which opened the door for the German automakers to bring us fascinating and characterful cars. Can you imagine picking a Lincoln Versailles over a BMW 528i, or choosing a downsized deVille over a Cosworth-powered Mercedes 190E 2.3-16? 

 If German buyers are choosing Mustangs over the increasingly bland and indistinguishable offerings from their home team—well, that's a warning that should ring loud and clear in boardrooms across the Continent. The last time something like this happened, back in 1944, the German response was to develop secret weapons like the Dornier 335 and the infamous rocket-powered Komet. Given a choice, enthusiasts will choose character and style pretty much every time. That's how BMW conquered the American back road, and it's how the Mustang is winning the battle of the autobahn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://www.autoblog.com/2015/01/26/ford-shelby-gt350r-nurburgring-lap-time-report/ Nearly as good as the GTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Half the price though Keep us informed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Its only taken them 8/9 years to catch up then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 seen one last week, I'm not sure I like the styling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 There's a yellow one around Brigg area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Saw a yellow one in the flesh too last week, to me it looked a bit "dated" somehow but then it is a Mustang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Saw a yellow onw in the flesh too last week, to me it looked a bit "dated" somehow but then it is a Mustang. I tend to agree on the dated bit Graham ... but a fully kitted up black one looks the business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Saw a yellow onw in the flesh too last week, to me it looked a bit "dated" somehow but then it is a Mustang. I tend to agree on the dated bit Graham ... but a fully kitted up black one looks the business Hmmmm, don't like black cars as a rule but can see what you're driving at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversteer Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Saw a 'Stang! Amazing road presence; quite menacing! V8 yes please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Seen quite a few Mustangs around already, so Ford must be shifting them, or else owners just lovr driving around in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Saw a yellow onw in the flesh too last week, to me it looked a bit "dated" somehow but then it is a Mustang. I tend to agree on the dated bit Graham ... but a fully kitted up black one looks the business I can't help but think that they look like a Mondeo Coupe. There's quite a few around Guildford and if they're black or grey, they don't stand out at all Much prefer the previous shape 'stangs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 I'll just leave this here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 The Roush and the Shelbys are pretty common round here. Tough choice between the two . .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATTAK Z Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Son's car has arrived :yahoo: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 ^^ That is all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
un1eash Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Im not even bothered too much about how they drive I just want one. I've seen a couple now and they just look awesome. I'd love one in Guard green. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Man Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Im not even bothered too much about how they drive I just want one. I've seen a couple now and they just look awesome. I'd love one in Guard green. Having just done the NC500 a few weeks ago and, (also an upcoming trip to Lake Garda, so looking forward to that), with everything that it can throw at you, you wouldn't be disappointed in the way it drives. 12 other owners that took part will probably testify to that statement. No doubt about it, there's more 'awesome' cars out there, but not that many that will give as much smiles per hour. Affordable (both to buy and to run), comfortable, highly modifiable, has usable power, practical (in a GT sense), relatively rare, plethora of cheap parts suppliers, design classic, tremendous presence and drop dead gorgeous. Dads, kids, mums, granny's, grandpas, women, men, gay, lesbian, transsexuals, all love it. Reactions are all positive, mostly envy but in a 'well done' sort of way. Ford have supplied, true to The Mustangs' whole ethos, a great platform that's a starter for 10. One massive negative, Ford Service and Sales are diabolical, sh1t, to the point of negligence, but there are quite a few specialists out there who won't let you down. Needs some modifying from stock, although those still running stock may disagree, nothing massive, exhaust, bit of a tweek on the suspension (although stock is supremely comfortable but sits too high for my liking). I'm biased, of course, but deep down, even the hardened dissenters know the above to be true (though they may not admit it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Very nice But I will just leave this here ....... http://www.carscoops.com/2016/08/new-ford-mustang-gt500-tipped-to-have.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Very nice But I will just leave this here ....... http://www.carscoops...ed-to-have.html "1p, 2p, 3p, 4p, 5p, 6p..." ^^That's me counting my pennies. Oh my I'd love one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.