Lookin at the Shelby

Lemers · 05-28-2011, 09:05 PM

Yeah I'd like to send my kids to college, but wouldn't a GTR be hawt.

m4a1mustang · 05-28-2011, 09:07 PM

And I would like to buy a house some day! the time for really expensive cars will come!

Lemers · 05-28-2011, 09:11 PM

I told my wife when the kids are out of the house. Ill be make a retirement check from the military and a second paycheck from my second career then I'll buy ever fast car I want. I'll still be cheap though, and not go too crazy unless I win a lottery.

m4a1mustang · 05-28-2011, 09:13 PM

Im pretty happy that I can keep myself entertained with relatively inexpensive cars. My problem is my desire to get a new one every week.

Lemers · 05-28-2011, 09:16 PM

And that's why even looked at the Shelby this week anyways.

SmoothZ · 05-28-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lemers

I would have no problem buying a Shelby. I can afford it. I make plenty a month, I have a great credit score, I have plenty in the bank for a down payment. I just grew up in a house where cars were deemed transpartation and not recreation. It took a year deployment for me to convince myself to spend $36k on a car in the first place. My wife tried to get me to buy a conv g37 when the didn't have the coupe w/ 6mt. That would have been the same cost as the Shelby I saw.

Sorry if I offended you. My bad. I'll leave this thread alone and go on my merry way.

Lemers · 05-28-2011, 09:19 PM

You didn't offend my. You just assumed something that wasn't true.

SmoothZ · 05-28-2011, 09:26 PM

Oh, I see. I think you misunderstood my reply to you. I wasn't assuming anything about you. I was making a general statement about buying something that seems spendy.

Lemers · 05-28-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SmoothZ

You are cheap, you just have beertaste on a champaignbudget. I wouldn't pay that kind of money if I didn't have it or knew I couldn't afford it.

I went back and read it. It's fixed now.

Dzel · 05-28-2011, 11:28 PM

I've always had mustangs growing up. If you want a supercharged mustang the Roush will blow a Shelby out of the water. Anyways me and my fiance have 4 kids together, are getting married this year and honeymooning in Cancun for a week. So she always throws it in my face that she is the greatest for jsut letting me have the car. However I have set up a savings account just for the mods!!!!

Lug · 05-29-2011, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Sarcasm

No Mustang has ever been considered Supercar worthy. Its great for straight line red light to next red light but it seriously lacks Supercar handling. Its great for throwing around curves and fishtailing like the Bandit. And now they want to add more power to it when the power it has now cant be applied to the ground?

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Originally Posted by Red370

Is that so? and who are you to judge this exactly? Dont know if you know this, but a $45k daily driver put down a better lap time at Laguna Seca than an Audi R8... so what again, makes a supercar?

Perhaps a quick read for enlightenment.....

2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport vs. 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 ? Performance Car Road Test on RoadandTrack.com

Dark Sarcasm · 05-29-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Lug

Perhaps a quick read for enlightenment.....

2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport vs. 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 ? Performance Car Road Test on RoadandTrack.com

Yea, Corvette Gran Sport, not a supercar either.

Dark Sarcasm · 05-29-2011, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red370

Is that so? and who are you to judge this exactly? Dont know if you know this, but a $45k daily driver put down a better lap time at Laguna Seca than an Audi R8... so what again, makes a supercar?

The Audi A8 doesnt come in a V6 base model like a Mustang, therefore the Mustang will never be a "supercar" in my opinion.

Dark Sarcasm · 05-29-2011, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Red370

oh, theres this.

Video: MT five-figure supercar comparo pits Corvette Z06 vs. Shelby GT500 vs. GT-R — Autoblog

Motortrend thinks so...

Are u supporting the GT500? Did you watch that before posting it?
GT500 was last in all categories. Although that comparison is not fair to the Mustang because the other cars were WAY more technically advanced.

Even the test driver said the Mustang has the most power but cant apply it without losing traction.

As I stated before, its brute power thats useful to flog around for fun. But serious performing supercar it is not.

Dark Sarcasm · 05-29-2011, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lug

Perhaps a quick read for enlightenment.....

2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport vs. 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 ? Performance Car Road Test on RoadandTrack.com

IDK, I read that article twice. It seems the bang for the buck goes to the Mustang even though acceleration was slower, braking was longer, its slower in the slolam. The Mustang outperformed the the GS in the lateral Gs. The Mustang has 112 more hp than the GS and yet only was able to beat the GS in lateral Gs and price.

05-28-2011, 09:05 PM	#76 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 52	Yeah I'd like to send my kids to college, but wouldn't a GTR be hawt. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

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m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	And I would like to buy a house some day! the time for really expensive cars will come! __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

05-28-2011, 09:11 PM	#78 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 52	I told my wife when the kids are out of the house. Ill be make a retirement check from the military and a second paycheck from my second career then I'll buy ever fast car I want. I'll still be cheap though, and not go too crazy unless I win a lottery. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

05-28-2011, 09:13 PM	#79 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6962	Im pretty happy that I can keep myself entertained with relatively inexpensive cars. My problem is my desire to get a new one every week. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

05-28-2011, 09:16 PM	#80 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 52	And that's why even looked at the Shelby this week anyways. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

05-28-2011, 09:19 PM	#82 (permalink)
Lemers A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Izmir, Turkey Posts: 15,371 Drives: 2012 Traverse LTZ Rep Power: 52	You didn't offend my. You just assumed something that wasn't true. __________________ 2010 Black Cherry Touring/Sport/Nav Now - 2012 Travese LTZ until I leave for Turkey

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SmoothZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Arrakis Posts: 7,952 Drives: giant sandworm Rep Power: 36	Oh, I see. I think you misunderstood my reply to you. I wasn't assuming anything about you. I was making a general statement about buying something that seems spendy. __________________ "Once you go Asian, you never go Caucasian." "I talk to myself, and when I do that, I know I'm talking to an intelligent person."

05-28-2011, 11:28 PM	#85 (permalink)
Dzel A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2011 Location: Midland, TX Posts: 3,884 Drives: 11 370Z PW M6 Rep Power: 23	I've always had mustangs growing up. If you want a supercharged mustang the Roush will blow a Shelby out of the water. Anyways me and my fiance have 4 kids together, are getting married this year and honeymooning in Cancun for a week. So she always throws it in my face that she is the greatest for jsut letting me have the car. However I have set up a savings account just for the mods!!!! __________________ 10secWS6 IF YOU CAN'T SWING IT THEN DON'T BRING IT! Check out Domestic Performance C.C.

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