Originally posted by: thescreensavers
Originally posted by: Jeffg010
Originally posted by: EvilHorace
I've always liked that new body style since it came out in '05 and especially the new GT500s. At least it's finally becoming more available, affordable vs the '08 Shelby GT500KR (for example) which is unobtainable for most.
Seems that a few are bothered by the lack of an independent rear susp. but really, why, for cornering? It's not a rally car and how fast does one need to corner in a street car anyway?
QFT The Mustangs are for blowing people off the line. Who you going to race around bends on streets.
most real races include bends.
Most people who buy cars like this don't race. Most people who race don't participate in real races. Most people who buy cars for the twisties drive in straight lines all their lives, and use "better handling" to comfort themselves at night when they get raped by a Mustang they decided to pick on in a ... straight line from a stoplight. These people are the same people that praise every BMW, criticize every American car, and spank off to pictures of the Veyron. While comparing it against every other car in the world while they talk about how crappy pushrods and live axles are in the GT500 or ZR1, while they are driving their mom's 1981 Escort.
I get more random people in "better handling" cars revving at me at stoplights than I do cars like Mustangs.
Most races period occur spontaneously as you are going from pt A to pt B driving either N-S or E-W down a typical city street from stoplight to stoplight. Somebody getting next to you at a light and giving your "the look". Someone stepping on the gas to cut you off on a merge when their lane is ending to squeeze into the 10 feet in front of you instead of yielding and being behind you with no other cars behind for miles. Or if they can't pass you because of road conditions, staying on your ass just to prove that their car is faster.
All so they can slam their brakes and make a right turn 2 seconds after getting around you. They do it because they think their car is superior or they have something to prove. It's like dogs pissing on another dog's rock. I get more people doing things like that to me in my Toyota when I'm doing 10 over than I do in my '03 Cobra going 10 under. You'd be surprised how much peoples attitudes around you change when you are in a different car.
You don't have much room to get passed 60 mph before the next red light anyway.
And nobody is going to blow past you at 200 mph pulling 9 G's in the left turn lane on your way to work at 1st and Main Street.
Thus, the majority of "racing" that the average person who buys these kinds of cars will do in their lifetime, is won with 0-60 times.
Hmm wonder if the hydroboost from the Cobra would fit... that is, after all, the reason they used it.
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