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Old 03-29-2010, 12:38 AM   #1
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Biggest post embargo 11 GT surprise?

This is definitely the biggest unexpected news for me to see in the first '11 Mustang GT reviews:

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Making the acceleration testing a joy was the six-speed's factory shifter, with tight, short throws and very precise feel. No need for a Hurst shifter conversion here. The Mustang GT's shifter is as good as it gets.
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Old 03-29-2010, 08:22 AM   #2
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As good as it gets, or as good as it gets for Ford?
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Old 03-29-2010, 03:47 PM   #3
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Sounds like Ford might have learned something from Mazda.
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Old 03-29-2010, 04:37 PM   #4
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Sounds like Ford might have learned something from Mazda.
The Speed6 I drove had the sloppiest shifter I've ever felt in a car. Maybe even worse than the ones in the old U-Haul trucks. Don't really remember what the 3's shifter was like though.
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i'm in love with the 2010+ mustang.

the interior is really, really nice. it, for example soundly trounces the Camaro's interior and also easily pWnZ the corvette interiors and this was only a v6 convertible interior.

i really would like to get the new GT, also.

hard to pay full price, though, given the price break that available if i were to get a Camaro, though.
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Our Mazdaspeed3 has a terrible shifter. New solid shifter base bushings helped a lot but it still sucks. Of all Mazdas I've driven, only the Miata has had a nice shifter.

Clyde, the shifter on the S197 Shelby was pretty nice, too. Better than my Vette for sure.
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Old 03-30-2010, 08:31 AM   #7
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i'm in love with the 2010+ mustang.

the interior is really, really nice. it, for example soundly trounces the Camaro's interior and also easily pWnZ the corvette interiors and this was only a v6 convertible interior.

i really would like to get the new GT, also.

hard to pay full price, though, given the price break that available if i were to get a Camaro, though.

Are they Mustangs selling for full pop? Or is it just that you can't get supplier/family/friends/I-know-someone-that-knows-someone-that-works-for-your-company pricing?
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Are they Mustangs selling for full pop? Or is it just that you can't get supplier/family/friends/I-know-someone-that-knows-someone-that-works-for-your-company pricing?
a little of both, actually.

the dealers don't move much in Boston on mustang GTs or corvettes. gotta go back to MI to get decent pricing.
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Our Mazdaspeed3 has a terrible shifter. New solid shifter base bushings helped a lot but it still sucks. Of all Mazdas I've driven, only the Miata has had a nice shifter.

Clyde, the shifter on the S197 Shelby was pretty nice, too. Better than my Vette for sure.
You didn't like the RX-8 shifter? I thought it was in a seriously small class with my Miata.

Overall, I haven't been happy with many shifters in FWD cars.
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Are they Mustangs selling for full pop? Or is it just that you can't get supplier/family/friends/I-know-someone-that-knows-someone-that-works-for-your-company pricing?
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a little of both, actually.

the dealers don't move much in Boston on mustang GTs or corvettes. gotta go back to MI to get decent pricing.
lemming, there's a salesguy at a dealer NW of Philly that's been on forums.themustangsource.com for a long time, has a stellar rep there and is selling '11 GTs for not too much over invoice.
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