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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1280 on: October 09, 2014, 04:27:55 AM »
The Supra competitors were similarly expensive. That's part of the reason the Japanese sports car bubble popped when it did.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1281 on: October 11, 2014, 06:33:12 PM »
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1282 on: October 11, 2014, 07:59:16 PM »
Lol. I've givven 'ner all she's got captain!!
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1283 on: October 12, 2014, 03:52:29 AM »
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1284 on: October 16, 2014, 08:19:04 AM »
So Ford managed to make a brand new $46K Mustang with the 'performance' pack slower than the $41K Camaro 1LE.

Only they could improve a car largely across the board and have it turn out to be a massive disappointment. 



Oh my....

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1285 on: October 16, 2014, 09:40:53 AM »
You mean big engine, low on horsepower and slow while looking cool?

In Europe the emphasis often lied on big enough engines, a lot of horsepower and faster than looks could tell. Of course when European cars were designed to really stand out, looking cool was an understatement (Italians, English and German manufacturers).

Maybe a Shelby version of the Mustang is in the works, I certainly hope so for you.
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1286 on: October 21, 2014, 09:38:57 PM »
Just saw a review by Matt Farah of the new Ecoboost Mustang.  Some notable quotes, lol:

"This would be a good car for a 16 year old."

"Yeah it's better than the last generation Mustang but that was pretty much a rental car."

"Oh my god, is that the front of the hood shaking?"

 :)p13
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1287 on: October 22, 2014, 08:30:06 PM »
FWD is amazing!!

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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1288 on: October 22, 2014, 08:36:15 PM »
Quote from: Anaxilus on October 21, 2014, 09:38:57 PM
Just saw a review by Matt Farah of the new Ecoboost Mustang.  Some notable quotes, lol:

"This would be a good car for a 16 year old."

"Yeah it's better than the last generation Mustang but that was pretty much a rental car."

"Oh my god, is that the front of the hood shaking?"

 :)p13

Matt Farah's channel is pretty good. I have been watching some of his episodes.

By the way, apparently the new Mustang GT V8 is pretty good. His Corvette C7 impressions are interesting. He fell in love with the C7...
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Re: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)
« Reply #1289 on: October 22, 2014, 09:24:17 PM »
Quote from: Deep Funk on October 22, 2014, 08:36:15 PM
Quote from: Anaxilus on October 21, 2014, 09:38:57 PM
Just saw a review by Matt Farah of the new Ecoboost Mustang.  Some notable quotes, lol:

"This would be a good car for a 16 year old."

"Yeah it's better than the last generation Mustang but that was pretty much a rental car."

"Oh my god, is that the front of the hood shaking?"

 :)p13

Matt Farah's channel is pretty good. I have been watching some of his episodes.

By the way, apparently the new Mustang GT V8 is pretty good. His Corvette C7 impressions are interesting. He fell in love with the C7...

C7 doesn't really do it for me.  It still irks me that they gave it the 'Stingray' label.  However, I might be on the look out for the new Z06/7 later down the line depending on the mid-engine rumors.  That thing is amazing.  I could stare all day at the Z06/7 but find the regular C7 mundane yet contrived.  It's like they took the Z06 as the intended Vette and nerfed it to look and be a cheaper model.  So many design elements just look wrong on the C7, but it all makes sense on the Z06.
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