Finally seen and sat in an S550
Discussion
Passed by Bill Shepherd's in Byfleet today and there was an US competition orange GT with the black 19s, just the same as my order. Guys! it looks stunning and I won't be changing my order. Photos just don't do it justice.
I popped in and told the guy there my story yet he was quite happy to leave me alone with another GT in black to have a good look around and be able to sit in it for a while.
Don't worry about the interior, it's brilliant and I have to say far superior than my last new car, a 987 Boxster back in 2005. A great place to sit and the standard seats are very supportive and comfortable. I'll not worry about the lack of Recaros now
OK the plastic that covers the transmission tunnel looks as good as the stuff in my E36 (I prefer the interior of my old 3 series to all the versions that have come since) but does not feel as quality if you tap it with your fingers but then how often are you going to do that.
Gear shift is positive and a very short sporty throw plus the clutch feels a lot lighter than my E36. Good thing as the arthritis in my left toe really plays up in stop/start traffic and I was wondering if I should go auto
I have to get this old before finally being able to get a Muscle car.
Once again the camera does not do the colour justice and makes it look red.
Doors and boot close like a BMW, no clanging.
The aluminium across the dashboard does appear to be metal but I'm not sure about the toggle switches. They could be hard plastic painted silver.
With the driver's seat in a good position for me, you still get to see across the long bonnet which I like as I can't see the bonnet at all in my BMW, and it's a great bonnet to see with those ridges.
I'm 5'11.5" (Never quite made 6ft) and with the seat in a good position for me, I could sit in the back bucket but my neck was bent as my head was jammed against the roof
The only regular passengers would be my 3 kids but as one of them at only 12 years old is already 5'9" that doesn't bode well for using the Mustang as my only car. Looks like my Beemer, with me for 17 years already, will be staying.
Thanks to Bill Shepherd's guy for letting me look and good to know that they will be happy to service my Mustang when I get it. Rather let someone who lives and breaths the marque to look after my car rather than the YTS boy that normally twirls his spanners on a Ford Fiesta.
He did try to convince me not to wait and that the only true Mustang is a LHD one.
LHD doesn't bother me, I've been driving a Grand Marquis as a daily for the past year, but the fact that they want £10k more than the UK one puts me off.
The smell of the leather is still clinging to me as I write this
I popped in and told the guy there my story yet he was quite happy to leave me alone with another GT in black to have a good look around and be able to sit in it for a while.
Don't worry about the interior, it's brilliant and I have to say far superior than my last new car, a 987 Boxster back in 2005. A great place to sit and the standard seats are very supportive and comfortable. I'll not worry about the lack of Recaros now
OK the plastic that covers the transmission tunnel looks as good as the stuff in my E36 (I prefer the interior of my old 3 series to all the versions that have come since) but does not feel as quality if you tap it with your fingers but then how often are you going to do that.
Gear shift is positive and a very short sporty throw plus the clutch feels a lot lighter than my E36. Good thing as the arthritis in my left toe really plays up in stop/start traffic and I was wondering if I should go auto
I have to get this old before finally being able to get a Muscle car.Once again the camera does not do the colour justice and makes it look red.
Doors and boot close like a BMW, no clanging.
The aluminium across the dashboard does appear to be metal but I'm not sure about the toggle switches. They could be hard plastic painted silver.
With the driver's seat in a good position for me, you still get to see across the long bonnet which I like as I can't see the bonnet at all in my BMW, and it's a great bonnet to see with those ridges.
I'm 5'11.5" (Never quite made 6ft) and with the seat in a good position for me, I could sit in the back bucket but my neck was bent as my head was jammed against the roof
The only regular passengers would be my 3 kids but as one of them at only 12 years old is already 5'9" that doesn't bode well for using the Mustang as my only car. Looks like my Beemer, with me for 17 years already, will be staying.
Thanks to Bill Shepherd's guy for letting me look and good to know that they will be happy to service my Mustang when I get it. Rather let someone who lives and breaths the marque to look after my car rather than the YTS boy that normally twirls his spanners on a Ford Fiesta.
He did try to convince me not to wait and that the only true Mustang is a LHD one.
LHD doesn't bother me, I've been driving a Grand Marquis as a daily for the past year, but the fact that they want £10k more than the UK one puts me off.
The smell of the leather is still clinging to me as I write this
Edited by croyde on Wednesday 11th March 13:33
Edited by croyde on Wednesday 11th March 13:37
Edited by croyde on Wednesday 11th March 13:38
Thanks Croyde, great review and i'm green with envy.
Must be great to see your actual colour choice and know that it's right so you aren't doubting right up to delivery day!
Would indeed be nice to get some sort of formal confirmation (of exact spec of UK cars would help too) along with a projected build date, even down to a 4-6 week window would be great so you know roughly which month it'll land, but by the sounds of it that'll be May/June time before the formalities might happen.
Thanks for this though, hopefully some more will pop up around the UK to keep us going in the meantime
Must be great to see your actual colour choice and know that it's right so you aren't doubting right up to delivery day!
Would indeed be nice to get some sort of formal confirmation (of exact spec of UK cars would help too) along with a projected build date, even down to a 4-6 week window would be great so you know roughly which month it'll land, but by the sounds of it that'll be May/June time before the formalities might happen.
Thanks for this though, hopefully some more will pop up around the UK to keep us going in the meantime
I've asked on here and also on mustang6g for somebody to show me where it says that the UK cars won't have bonnet vents/strut brace/steering wheel/windows etc and nobody has managed it yet.
Another poster on here (sorry, can't remember who) did cite pedestrian safety as the reason for no vents or strut brace, which makes sense, but I have still yet to see ANYTHING FROM FORD that says anything like that.
It's getting a bit boring now considering it's going to be the best part of a year before we get them.
Another poster on here (sorry, can't remember who) did cite pedestrian safety as the reason for no vents or strut brace, which makes sense, but I have still yet to see ANYTHING FROM FORD that says anything like that.
It's getting a bit boring now considering it's going to be the best part of a year before we get them.
- awaits inevitable link to a Ford page saying no vents/strut brace etc
Vents or no vents?? I can't see it having anything to do with pedestrian safety.....Aston has them, Jag has them and I'm sure there must be others....
In the USA people sue over anything, if the hood vents were an issue, you can be sure Ford would have removed them by now...
If they're not fitted to UK cars, my guess is it's because of cost, aesthetics or something else.....
But it's all guess work anyway.....no one actually knows what the final spec will be
In the USA people sue over anything, if the hood vents were an issue, you can be sure Ford would have removed them by now...
If they're not fitted to UK cars, my guess is it's because of cost, aesthetics or something else.....
But it's all guess work anyway.....no one actually knows what the final spec will be
Gassing Station | Mustangs | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff