2015 Mustang

ajc1884

I personally think the new mustang is boring/disappointment. The new WRX was also boring. New camaro is still too big. All this just makes my decision of my next purchase that much easier....so far its either the new Z, slightly used Vette or new mx5 (yet to be released) ??? Decisions, decisions???

kenchan

yah, there's not one car that i really want right now under $50K.

benz, bimmers, audi, all meh too. dont like their current designs.

Red__Zed

I like the S5 but it's a touch pricey for what it is.

kenchan

those audi's though... you put a few options on it and price skyrockets 10K easily. thats wat i dont like about eurocars.

Red__Zed

Yeah, it is brutal. Great value if you can find one that is like 1 year old traded in by a trophy wife that didn't like it. I just need to find one of those with the options I like. Saw one that had 5k miles and was 6 months old, flawless...40% off sticker

Isamu

is right!

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kenchan

these cars depreciate fast so makes sense just to get a lightly used one.

i remember seeing a m5 going for 90K new, and one that was like 2yrs old with less than 25k miles was going for $55k+ at carmax. wow... 35K loss in 2yrs?

Red__Zed

I bought a 540i M-sport 6MT (poor man's M5) that was 6 years old in great shape for 11% of the sticker price. Put 200,000 bonus miles on it and sold it (still running well) for 8% of sticker.

Chuck33079

Do the S5s still need the carbon cleaned off the valves and out of the intake tract often and at the owners expense, or has that been fixed?

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Red__Zed

That issue is a bit overblown IMO, certainly doesn't warrant cleaning "often"

The dealers here will do it during the warranty period if it is needed, after that it's on you.

Chuck33079

When I looked at S5s a few years back, some owners posted dyno sheets of very significant power loss. 20+whp down after 20k miles or so and Audi didnt consider it a problem until it started running badly.

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Rockhound

Oh, you wanted leather and zenons on your $40k "luxury" car? That'll be $15k.

The height of German pricing ridiculousness is that you can option up a 4 cylinder 5 series (528i) in excess of $70k (close to $80k if you add everything).