05 Mustang - the first 5 hours...

[neil.b]

Picked my GT V8 up this morning.

Just some quick notes before I'm off out again.

Pros : nice noise , build quality is very good, feels like a much more expensive car, comfy but certainly not wallowy ride, pretty rapid off the line considering its size and weight, real head-turner. It can actually do corners and it feels good. 2nd, 3rd and 4th in-gear acceleration is juicy.

Cons : steering feels darty, especially when changing gear (although I'm still getting used to holding the wheel with my left hand while changing - still a bit wierd) - possibly over-servoed. That V8 growl is masked too much inside the cabin, need the windows open to fully appreciate it. Gear-box sounds kind of grating in lower gears (possibly will fade once things are bedded in). Higher speed cornering is "interesting", you can feel it trying to hop if the surface is poor. Too many different plastics inside - they're not particularly bad but there's just too many different textures. 5th gear is not much use - expected a bit more pull.

[mrkipling]

Congrats on getting the car Neil! Nice day for it.


Give it a few days LHD will feel completely natural, the gear noise is apparently normal. The fifth gear pull has always been a Mustang failing, it is a super high gear & blunts the engines torque. I hear 4.10 rear end gears will improve this. (500hp wouldn't hurt of course!)

Any pics yet? edit, (just seen one in your profile, doh!) Looks real nice.


>> Edited by mrkipling on Saturday 2nd April 16:45

[cnjohnson_uk]

What's the interior like?

I enquired on another forum yeasterday if anyone had seen the cars that Litchfields had in stock and I was told the leather was thin (which I found hard to believe) and the plastics not great.

I am thinking of going up to have a spin in his demo car.

[stainless_steve]

Is this the car parked next to Robs Porsche at Donnington today?
Nice car think it would look real mean if it was lowered an inch or 2.

[neil.b]

stainless_steve said:

Is this the car parked next to Robs Porsche at Donnington today? Nice car think it would look real mean if it was lowered an inch or 2.

Yes it was Steve. You're right - i think its the first thing I'm going to spend money on.

I didn't realise that it was you who Rob was talking to - sorry, I would've said hello.

[stainless_steve]

neil.b said:

Yes it was Steve. You're right - i think its the first thing I'm going to spend money on. I didn't realise that it was you who Rob was talking to - sorry, I would've said hello.

No prob Neil,when theres that many people about its hard to know whos who.
Next time i see you i would love a tour of your car especially [yank mode] under the hood [/yank mode]


Steve

[LuS1fer]

My gripes on examining one this week were the cheap plastic door cards and speaker pods which looked like they fell out of Curry's sci-fi portable hi-fi range and the seats which lacked any support and were too flat. The unpainted door mirrors looked cheap too.

I'd still buy one though (in metallic blue) although the scuttle is a little too high for my liking (I'm not tall). The sound is just right, a real V8 growl, and I love the fascia (reminds me of the old Cortina GT).

I understand that it's built down to a cheap sticker price but my '98 Z28 is still way better on seats and visibility and interior quality - at least on the doors - which isn't really saying much. Still, for the price, a retrimmer could probably put leather in there for about £1500.

>> Edited by LuS1fer on Friday 29th April 14:07