"New Edge" Mustangs - Anyone have experience with them?
"New Edge" Mustangs - Anyone have experience with them?
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T84

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6,941 posts

221 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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I'm looking at a 2000 era Mustang GT Convertible and was wondering if anyone here has experience with these cars?

Budget doesn't stretch to a Mach 1 or Cobra unfortunately.

matthias73

2,901 posts

177 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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Can't remember if the same car.

I drove an 04 convertable mustang, gt v8 obviously.

Fantastic car, of course, I wouldn't know how good it is as an every day sort of car but it had wicked acceleration, handled quite well despite the bull spouted by jeremy and co, made a very nice sound and seemed rather practical for a convertable. I loved every minute I spent in that thing.

The LHD might be annoying, but I wouldn't mind personally.

matthias73

2,901 posts

177 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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This was me in canada. Same type or slightly diferent? One of the best days of my life was driving that!

T84

Original Poster:

6,941 posts

221 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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Same type, I'm actually in Montreal so the LHD would be a bonus.

matthias73

2,901 posts

177 months

Thursday 17th May 2012
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Ah, that makes it far better. Fuel doesn't cost too much and steering wheel is on the correct side.

I would strongly reccomend that you go for it. It does quite well on long stretches of road, something quite common in canada, it is a popular car without being too common, and when people ask you what you drive, you can tell them its a mustang.

Plus, as my uncle pointed out when we were driving it (he was hanging on for dear life, and taking photos) "just hear that engine roar!"

The one I drove had a 4 speed auto, which was fine. I actually think the auto suits the car better than a manual would-I loved the fact you could just put your foot down, it would drop cogs and then roar off. Low speeds felt a bit weird, probably because I'm not used to an auto and certainly not a v8.

How much are you going to spend on one?

Matt Harper

6,995 posts

228 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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Somewhat lacking in horsepower, without spending some money on both sides of the combustion chambers.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

297 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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Had a 2000 GT from new.

Not very fast due to being made of pig iron, comfy, well specced, cheap, not an enormous fan of corners - which is understandable as there aren't many in the US.

Good interstate car.

matthias73

2,901 posts

177 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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I didn't feel it felt slow at all, but then again I've not driven anything faster so there you go

GavinPearson

5,715 posts

278 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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I had a 2001 hardtop GT in (as my wife put it) "pull me over red" with a coffee coloured leather interior.

It didn't like bumps too much but was pretty quick in a straight line - 0 to 60 in under 5.5 seconds.

The lastest ones are a lot faster and handle way better but that is irrelevent if your budget only extends to a 2000 MY. You could always lease though......

T84

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6,941 posts

221 months

Friday 18th May 2012
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I was looking at spending about $10k CAD, I really want a convertible (I was looking at 9-3 Aero's as well).