NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!

I think a star rating is likely to be more understandable to a shopper comparing say a new Astra with a new Focus than a long list of technical data.
 
Gibbo said:
At least Pedestrian was 5 star, I guess all those Mustang's being crashed into crowds moved Ford's focus on making sure their would be no deaths at future Mustang meets when the inevitable happens and a Mustang takes out a crowd. :D
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Ford definitely know their market! :D
 
Gibbo said:
After ever driving an M5 and Corvette which had HUD's I always wanted one, never liked the HUD's on sale they are bulky and display way to much information.

Still for £20 I took a gamble and got an X5 HUD from Ebay:





It did come with film for the windscreen to make the image clearer, but it actually made it to bold/sharp, so was more a distraction. A HUD should be like a ghost image so it does not distract you but is just their for glancing upon without realising.

Its not required, its more a toy, I taped over all the un-necessary stuff like voltage, water temp and other useless stuff to just leave me with RPM and speed. It is accurate too, matching speedo and RPM, but you can adjust it if there is not a match.

There are no wires on display, just a small 3" slim black box which I do not see when driving and is quite discreet in the windscreen.

Its a toy and at £20 is just a fun item, might get one for the M3 too. Also the pad works very well, I cut it too same size as the unit and even throwing car around nothing moves. :)
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Hi Gibbo, how are you getting on with your X5 Hud? How did you hide/secure the wire? Thanks
 
Gibbo said:
I also learned the Euro NCAP is also changing goal post every year. So a car that got 5 stars 4 years ago, if it was re-tested today it would score far less.

As such to me that makes the test completely null and void, if they change goal post, then all cars should be re-evaluated every year and their rating updated.

Still its a mute point, whether its 2 star or not, its far safer car than my previous cars for me to be in, people are losing their minds over it, but its a 2+2 sports/GT car. I buy a car never with safety in mind, if tomorrow I want a Lotus, Caterham, old Porsche I'd just buy it, they are probably 0 star, but it does not take away from their greatness.
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And any of this helps how when Your head smacks against the steering wheel because the airbag doesn't inflate correctly ?

Direct Quote from Euro NCAP here: (http://www.euroncap.com/en/results/ford/mustang/26063)

Analysis of the dummy data showed that the driver's head had 'bottomed out' the airbag i.e. there was insufficient pressure in the airbag to prevent the head from contacting the steering wheel through the deflated airbagmaterial. The head of the passenger dummy also bottomed out the airbag against the dashboard, owing to insufficient inflation of the airbag and inadequate restraint for larger statures by the front passenger seatbelt load-limiter.
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stop apologizing. This isn't euro NCAP moving the goal posts. This is just ford cutting corners.
 
LeMson said:
Hi Gibbo, how are you getting on with your X5 Hud? How did you hide/secure the wire? Thanks
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It is good, don't notice it any more just got use to using peripheral vision to see speed instead of glancing down at instruments.

Wires are flat design, so they push into the corners of dash making them hidden and run down the door rubber to OBD port, so completely hidden.

Fr0dders said:
And any of this helps how when Your head smacks against the steering wheel because the airbag doesn't inflate correctly ?

Direct Quote from Euro NCAP here: (http://www.euroncap.com/en/results/ford/mustang/26063)



stop apologizing. This isn't euro NCAP moving the goal posts. This is just ford cutting corners.
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Am sure I will be fine, end of the day I sit far back from the wheel, in the test dummies are very close to the wheel as that is how test is conducted. End of the day if I crash and die, I died happy in a car I love driving, my other car has no air bags to put things into perspective. :)
 
Gibbo said:
Am sure I will be fine, end of the day I sit far back from the wheel, in the test dummies are very close to the wheel as that is how test is conducted. End of the day if I crash and die, I died happy in a car I love driving, my other car has no air bags to put things into perspective. :)
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The extra air doesn't slow your head down (unless you are Gary Linekar) :D
 
Mustang friends at OcUK :D

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Looks like my part worn MPSS will be short lived, PS4s is now available in the rear 295/35/20 size and on the front I shall step up from 275/35/20 to a 285/35/20 as I feel the front tyre/wheel needs to come out a bit more to be flush, shall also fit a 5mm slip on spacer too. :)

Looking forward to trying the PS4s though, I find it hard to believe a tyre exist that can beat the MPSS in every category. :D
 
I prefer the black over the red there and the profile reminds me of an Aston Vantage, no idea if thats actually the case in reality as I dont see many of either car. Seen just 1 of these new Mustangs maybe

[Actually my old Honda was graphite grey, a surprisingly good colour :D and the colour looks a bit like that ]

instead of glancing down at instruments
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invaluable then. The angle I sit at, I cant see all the speeds anyway and worst is I cant see immediately if my main beams are on or not :o I know the speed at top revs in each gear, thats enough :p
 
silversurfer said:
I prefer the black over the red there and the profile reminds me of an Aston Vantage, no idea if thats actually the case in reality as I dont see many of either car. Seen just 1 of these new Mustangs maybe

[Actually my old Honda was graphite grey, a surprisingly good colour :D and the colour looks a bit like that ]


invaluable then. The angle I sit at, I cant see all the speeds anyway and worst is I cant see immediately if my main beams are on or not :o I know the speed at top revs in each gear, thats enough :p
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Its grey not black, but yes its a dark grey, Ford call it magnetic. :p

A lot of people who see it think it has a lot of Aston in its looks, I think that is simply more down to the grey colour and chrome styling though, its still very 60's fastback in styling just modernised in looks. :)
 
kindai said:
The new wheels look great in those pics now, especially from a distance.
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Just because both car and wheels are clean, when I fitted the wheels were clean but the tyres and car were filthy, they stood out a bit too much.

I love them and up close they look great as you then see the brushed effect which causes them to change colour due to lighting, particular if sun hits them.

Just not happy with fronts, should have gone ET32 and not ET40 to make them a little flush, but I am just gonna bung a 5mm spacer on (ET35) and size up to 285 on the front. :)
 


I am feeling the excitement all over again!

Finally exports get the DRL's and even the sequential rears. The 10-speed being tuned for track usage and the engine should be close to 500HP out the box.

Interior upgrades though minor do really look nice and even though I am set on the 10-speed it does seem the biggest improvement in the new MY18 is to the manual gear box and clutch effort.

I really like it, I just really hope UK cars come with Magneride or it can be optioned.
 
Just spent some time reading through the thread for the first time - so much want a mustang now, that sound :eek: Fury orange would be my preference. Is there any chance of the GT350 becoming available outside of the US?
 
Hi there

Alan at Pumabuild got Lund to tune his car:

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That power and torque curve is perfect!

It does mean the yellow one will be 800+ as its Stage 2 and he is fitting headers this week. :D
 
Hi there


OK so the rear tyres arrived today, the Ferrari K1 Michelin PS4S in 295/35/20, some pictures:


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So they look like regular tyres to me, here is the specification:

Wet rating: B
Fuel rating: C
Noise rating: 73Db
Link to buy: http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rs...rd&Label=C-B-73-2&details=Ordern&typ=R-332849
Tread depth: 6.95mm
Treadwear: 300
Traction: AA
Temperature: A
Load: 105Y XL
Week: 1016


When the 285/35/20 none Ferrari just regular arrives, I shall post the same information and a picture of the two tyres next to each other to see if there is any obvious tread pattern change.

If I get chance I shall also weigh the two tyres and this Ferrari tyre seems surprisingly light for such a large tyre.

But it seems like any other tyre, load is correct, XL is correct and being 300 treadwear its the same rating as regular PS4S I believe, certainly matches MPSS anyway so even if it does start live with slightly less tread these tyres last so damn long it don't matter. ;)
 
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