Evening all,
Thought it would be worth posting a quick thread about my new car. Picked it up last Friday after a few weeks wait from first seeing it online. I'd been to look at it twice and had it checked over by my mechanic.
In terms of what it's like compared to the Porsche, well it's completely chalk and cheese. The Porsche is probably ever so slightly quicker, is easier to drive, handles better, stops better, is newer and has more mod cons but the new car puts such a big smile on my face!
The Porsche sold a day after I advertised it for asking price and the buyer picked it up on Monday, in total the cost to change to was £2k my way (not that finances paid any part in the change).
I'm not massively keen on the black wheels but the tyres have decent tread on them so I'll see how I go. I have the original 17" Ford alloys if I want to swap back.
I'll grab some better photos once I get time to clean it, or can bribe someone local to do a quick photo shoot (Howard
?)!
For those who can't work it out, it's a 2005 Ford Mustang GT (4.6L V8), it's got 50k on the clock, has had some decent suspension mods done and a nice exhaust fitted. The engine is worth 300bhp and 433nm of torque. I've averaged 14.7 (US) mpg which is about 17 (UK) mpg.
It's incredibly loud and amazingly fun to drive. As many of you know I've always dreamed of owning one. At a guess I'd say it'll be a long term car with me working through a 'wish list' to make it perfect (potentially ending with a supercharger).
Any questions fire away
Thought it would be worth posting a quick thread about my new car. Picked it up last Friday after a few weeks wait from first seeing it online. I'd been to look at it twice and had it checked over by my mechanic.
In terms of what it's like compared to the Porsche, well it's completely chalk and cheese. The Porsche is probably ever so slightly quicker, is easier to drive, handles better, stops better, is newer and has more mod cons but the new car puts such a big smile on my face!
The Porsche sold a day after I advertised it for asking price and the buyer picked it up on Monday, in total the cost to change to was £2k my way (not that finances paid any part in the change).
I'm not massively keen on the black wheels but the tyres have decent tread on them so I'll see how I go. I have the original 17" Ford alloys if I want to swap back.
I'll grab some better photos once I get time to clean it, or can bribe someone local to do a quick photo shoot (Howard
?)!For those who can't work it out, it's a 2005 Ford Mustang GT (4.6L V8), it's got 50k on the clock, has had some decent suspension mods done and a nice exhaust fitted. The engine is worth 300bhp and 433nm of torque. I've averaged 14.7 (US) mpg which is about 17 (UK) mpg.
It's incredibly loud and amazingly fun to drive. As many of you know I've always dreamed of owning one. At a guess I'd say it'll be a long term car with me working through a 'wish list' to make it perfect (potentially ending with a supercharger).
Any questions fire away
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