Official '11 Mustang GT vs 370z Thread

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Find me a mustang fanboy who can drive as well as Jamie Furman.

Even with three emoticons the sarcasm went undetected.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

We just take it easy because we have nothing to prove to a mustang owner

Then why do they always try to race me?

[ImportConvert]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I dropped 50lbs by swapping out my mufflers.

I'll see your GT muffler and raise you a Camaro SS muffler.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Even with three emoticons the sarcasm went undetected.

Sarcasm wasn't missed.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Then why do they always try to race me?

They aren't trying to race you. They are just driving normally. That's just what a normal merge with traffic in a fast car looks like. :P

[m4a1mustang]

Honestly, whenever a C5 or C6 comes up on me it seems like 80% of the time they want to start ****. I sort of understand the C6 but why the hell would a C5 with only a cat-back want to start something?

There was a C5 coupe that was harrassing our 370 group on our way to lunch one day. I had to put that dumbass in his place.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Sarcasm wasn't missed.

I caught it after the edit.

I was really surprised about the weight of those mufflers. Wasn't expecting it to hurt so much when it came down and hit me. They weigh 44 lbs a piece.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

They aren't trying to race you. They are just driving normally. That's just what a normal merge with traffic in a fast car looks like. :P

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Like I said, pre '09. GM fixed the issue to where the 'vette's only grind comes from normal frequency of parts failure, which is to say, any car can have a problem, but it's not the norm.

Yeah, but by the time the car has been out for years, there tend to be less idiots positing up about the driver related problem.


Here is what the discussion looks like when more knowledgeable people talk about the funky cold performance.

Do you remember all the guys trying to lemon law the car due to the trans in the early Z06?

[ImportConvert]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Honestly, whenever a C5 or C6 comes up on me it seems like 80% of the time they want to start ****. I sort of understand the C6 but why the hell would a C5 with only a cat-back want to start something?

There was a C5 coupe that was harrassing our 370 group on our way to lunch one day. I had to put that dumbass in his place.

In all seriousness, I wish I had gotten a chance to run a stock 5.0 in my WS6. *supposedly* the new SS's trap higher than a stock GT in all the mag tests I have seen and my WS6 was a dead ringer for the '10 SS's I ran.

As to the C6, there are a lot of people who are getting "grass is greener" syndrome over Ford's approach to 400+bhp and they want to see how their car measures up/prove that the C6 is still faster/find out one way or the other, or whatever.

That being said, I have only had one C6Z race my WS6, and it obliterated it. I did not even get it in gear before that car was gone. Fared much better against an '09 GT500, though. 3rd gear from a 60 hit I was down about 1/5-2 cars, and by 115, about 4 cars or so down. Not bad I thought.

[ImportConvert]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Yeah, but by the time the car has been out for years, there tend to be less idiots positing up about the driver related problem.


Here is what the discussion looks like when more knowledgeable people talk about the funky cold performance.

Do you remember all the guys trying to lemon law the car due to the trans in the early Z06?

The GT500 has been out for how long now?

Also, how many synchro-revisions for the same transmission has Ford managed? I count...Zero. Even though they have a problem with fully warmed up transmissions.

That is one of the main reasons I abandoned my thoughts about getting a GT500, along with inadequate suspension for the power involved.

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I caught it after the edit.

I was really surprised about the weight of those mufflers. Wasn't expecting it to hurt so much when it came down and hit me. They weigh 44 lbs a piece.

On the GT!?

Maybe Ford is hearkening back to the fox-body 5.0 and it's exhaust system, lol. Cats are more efficient now, so the only way to get that sense of late 80's heft is with a muffler that means business!

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I caught it after the edit.

I was really surprised about the weight of those mufflers. Wasn't expecting it to hurt so much when it came down and hit me. They weigh 44 lbs a piece.

Maybe they were just trying to help the weight distribution with that

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

The GT500 has been out for how long now?

It's gone through more of a revival performance-wise (at least in the minds of buyers). The impulsive idiots only buy cars they're hearing about through other sources.

I guarantee the new Boss will "have" like a million transmission issues due to this crowd.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Yeah, but by the time the car has been out for years, there tend to be less idiots positing up about the driver related problem.

It usually works like this (Especially for affordable cars like the Z and Mustang):

New model is introduced.

Media raves about said model.

Bunch of nubs buy the car.

Bunch of nubs complain about car.

Media reports on complaints.

Time passes and things die down. Nubs either learn or leave.

Car gets cheap in the used markets, punk kids enter the market and ruin everything.

Rinse and repeat.

[m4a1mustang]

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I guarantee the new Boss will "have" like a million transmission issues due to this crowd.

See my post above.

[perauto]

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

We just take it easy around you because we have nothing to prove to a mustang owner

You guys are so funny,now we need to start the GM Vs Ford battle lolololo... I love them both we tune and mod a lot of Corvettes here too!!! We just love fast cars even the 2010 Camaro's!!!

[Red__Zed]

Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

It usually works like this (Especially for affordable cars like the Z and Mustang):

New model is introduced.

Media raves about said model.

Bunch of nubs buy the car.

Bunch of nubs complain about car.

Media reports on complaints.

Time passes and things die down. Nubs either learn or leave.

Car gets cheap in the used markets, punk kids enter the market and ruin everything.

Rinse and repeat.

Pretty much. I watched the same crap happen with the S.