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Cars: 2005 Mustang GT vs. Corvette
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BLKG1K
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I have a C6 convertible and really like it. It is the fastest car I have ever owned and that includes some older muscle cars with pumped up engines, i.e. 68 fastback GT Torino with a 390 and a 69 Cougar with a pumped up 351C 4V.
My vette rides fairly nice even though I have the Z51 performance package. There is no body roll that I can feel when cornering. The exhaust is a nice mellow sound until you floor it and then it wakes up. The HUD is really cool and useful. The inside is nice but not as nice as a BMW M3 or Audi S4. I have the six speed and I think the shifter could use improvement, other than that its great. Seats are nice (I have the 1SB package) and comfortable. Everything on the car is automatic. I don't have to use a key. I don't have to turn on or off the headlights. I don't have to readjust my seat and mirrors each time I get in, the seat moves back automatically when ever I open the door. The steering wheel telescopes in too when you get out. I can check my tire pressures on the fly at the push of a button. Same is true with oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature, etc. You can even tell how many G forces you are pulling when taking a turn, it displays this on the HUD. Some of the negatives (if you can call them that) are a low ground clrearance, it is hard to park because the car is so wide, and, it is not the easiest car to back up or parallel park because you sit so low in the cockpit. Oh yeah one more nice thing I like about my car is that I get 18 mpg in town and I have got 24 mpg on the freeway with stops for heavy traffic and doing 80 mph in 6th. The Vette is supposed to get 28 mpg and I believe it if you cruise at 65-70 mph.
BTW I don't have a mullet and never have or never will.
The Mustang is an awesome looking car and I would love one of those but the performance won't even come close between the two. The Vette is over 300 lbs lighter, if not 500 lbs I think. The Vette should hold it's value better than the Ford too. Hope this helped. Oh BTW did I mention it is fast?
My vette rides fairly nice even though I have the Z51 performance package. There is no body roll that I can feel when cornering. The exhaust is a nice mellow sound until you floor it and then it wakes up. The HUD is really cool and useful. The inside is nice but not as nice as a BMW M3 or Audi S4. I have the six speed and I think the shifter could use improvement, other than that its great. Seats are nice (I have the 1SB package) and comfortable. Everything on the car is automatic. I don't have to use a key. I don't have to turn on or off the headlights. I don't have to readjust my seat and mirrors each time I get in, the seat moves back automatically when ever I open the door. The steering wheel telescopes in too when you get out. I can check my tire pressures on the fly at the push of a button. Same is true with oil pressure, oil temperature, water temperature, etc. You can even tell how many G forces you are pulling when taking a turn, it displays this on the HUD. Some of the negatives (if you can call them that) are a low ground clrearance, it is hard to park because the car is so wide, and, it is not the easiest car to back up or parallel park because you sit so low in the cockpit. Oh yeah one more nice thing I like about my car is that I get 18 mpg in town and I have got 24 mpg on the freeway with stops for heavy traffic and doing 80 mph in 6th. The Vette is supposed to get 28 mpg and I believe it if you cruise at 65-70 mph.
BTW I don't have a mullet and never have or never will.
The Mustang is an awesome looking car and I would love one of those but the performance won't even come close between the two. The Vette is over 300 lbs lighter, if not 500 lbs I think. The Vette should hold it's value better than the Ford too. Hope this helped. Oh BTW did I mention it is fast?
drizz
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The magnum is way too big for Soph... I'd drive one, but it's too much tough and not enough sexy for her... same for the 300c which was what I wanted her to get 
wilit
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I've always been a Ford fan, and have always strongly disliked Chevys.
All of the Vettes I've ever ridden in (C4's and C3's) always seemed like total piles to me. Tons of rattles, horrible visibility, fiberglass stress fractures, etc. I've heard the build quality of the C5 and C6 is vastly improved, but anytime you bolt a fiberglass body to a metal chassis, I don't care how much bracing in put it, it will still flex and things will loosen up over time. I think the C5 is still too new to know if it will loosen up as much as some of the C4's I've been in.
Granted Mustangs don't age much better, but I look at it this way. Mustang GT's are $24k brand new. C6's cost $52k. I can excuse a rattle or odd bump in a $24k car, but a $50k+ car better be of much better build quality and near rattle free.
All of the Vettes I've ever ridden in (C4's and C3's) always seemed like total piles to me. Tons of rattles, horrible visibility, fiberglass stress fractures, etc. I've heard the build quality of the C5 and C6 is vastly improved, but anytime you bolt a fiberglass body to a metal chassis, I don't care how much bracing in put it, it will still flex and things will loosen up over time. I think the C5 is still too new to know if it will loosen up as much as some of the C4's I've been in.
Granted Mustangs don't age much better, but I look at it this way. Mustang GT's are $24k brand new. C6's cost $52k. I can excuse a rattle or odd bump in a $24k car, but a $50k+ car better be of much better build quality and near rattle free.
BLKG1K
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The GT is selling for about 40K from what I have heard. Stil not as expensive as the Vette but a far cry from 24K. They are two different cars with different purposes. The GT far out-sells any other American sports car so you know there is something appealing about it. The vette has a much more mechanic friendly engine compartment than the GT does but that doesn't mean much when you have the warranty. I see a POS older GT on the road almose every day but I have yet to see a POS Vette. Maybe this is becaue the Vette owners take better care of their car or maybe it is because they are fewer Vettes on the road. I LOVE both cars but if you want performance and want something not everyone else has, the choice was easy for me. I should mention that this is only my second GM car that I have ever owned. All of the others have either been Fords or Japanese cars. Nothing can touch a Japanese car for reliability and longevity. As nice as the German cars are in fit and finish, they really can't build a car that isn't always breaking down. The German cars all kind of look alike. Unless you are up close you can't tell a 1999 M3 from a 2005 318, or 325, or ? That could be a good or a bad thing. Now if only I didn't drive a car associated with old white guys going through a mid life crisis! 
Damn I hate the immage associated with it. It is almost as bad as the Mustang immage of an undocumented worker driving a 1998 GT (all the Pep Boys accessories included) with 20's or the Redneck using his tax return to put on a 2005 Mustang GT lease.
Damn I hate the immage associated with it. It is almost as bad as the Mustang immage of an undocumented worker driving a 1998 GT (all the Pep Boys accessories included) with 20's or the Redneck using his tax return to put on a 2005 Mustang GT lease.
MackeyStingray
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neither. STi or EVO 8.
but if you *must* i'd say mustang. 1. will she really be driving it fast/hard? 2. will she need to carry any cargo? 3. how much is she willing to pay for insurance? i think the stang looks good, retro thing is workin'. for everyday driving, mustang will be a good choice btwn. that and the vette.
but if you *must* i'd say mustang. 1. will she really be driving it fast/hard? 2. will she need to carry any cargo? 3. how much is she willing to pay for insurance? i think the stang looks good, retro thing is workin'. for everyday driving, mustang will be a good choice btwn. that and the vette.
drizz
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She doesn't nee dot carry any cargo or passengers other than me We have the Durango for all that stuff, so the rear seats aren't too big of a deal. Besides, in my 2k GT, fitting poeople in the back was borderline cruel and unusual punishment 
I tried to sell her on the Evo8 Mackey... no go
Like bikes, both cars could probably go their entires lives without ever being taken to their limits...
We have the Durango for all that stuff, so the rear seats aren't too big of a deal. Besides, in my 2k GT, fitting poeople in the back was borderline cruel and unusual punishment I tried to sell her on the Evo8 Mackey... no go
Like bikes, both cars could probably go their entires lives without ever being taken to their limits...
BLKG1K
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my insurance is $1000/yr with a $500 deductable. if you list it as an occasional driver then the rates are much lower than your every day car. i don't care about a back seat because my Tundra 4WD extra cab has one of those.
Eisernkreuz
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Mercedes-Benz.
Always Mercedes Benz.
If you can drop $40Gs on a Corvette, you might as well drop $54 on an SLK350 and have a sick roadster.
Always Mercedes Benz.
If you can drop $40Gs on a Corvette, you might as well drop $54 on an SLK350 and have a sick roadster.
KillSwitch
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Wasn't one of your options, but what about this: http://www.pontiac.com/gto/ ?
At the very least, it has the vette motor, seats 4, and GM is having its employee pricing for everyone promo. Just a thought.
At the very least, it has the vette motor, seats 4, and GM is having its employee pricing for everyone promo. Just a thought.
Eisernkreuz
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the new Dodge Charger is hot, too 
deaconblues
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what about that new Caddy 2-seater? The XLR-V?
(gotta love the ads... especially the one where they back 'em all up in the tunnels, then floor it... after the car disappears out of the shot at better than a hundred, you see a small cloud of dust drift out of the tunnel along with the sound of a shell casing hitting the ground. "Bang.")
(gotta love the ads... especially the one where they back 'em all up in the tunnels, then floor it... after the car disappears out of the shot at better than a hundred, you see a small cloud of dust drift out of the tunnel along with the sound of a shell casing hitting the ground. "Bang.")
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wilit
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If she's dead set on getting an American made sports car, why not buy something that you don't see very often. Get one of these:
Sharky
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Wait for the 06' Z06 or the 06' GT500 Mustang. 500hp and 450hp respectively.
Nice.
Nice.
BLKG1K
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Sharky said:
ummmm, i think the GT500 is gauranteed to have at least 473 hp. it is more likely to have over 500 hp from what i have read. the only problem with either of these cars is the price that they will command. i have already seen bids on Ebay for the Z06 and it looks like it will be well over 6 figures. i love this era for cars! it is like the late 60s all over again. Fuck Yeah!
You know what bro
Depends on what you're going to do with it
If you're financing/leasing it to sell in a few years I'd go with the Stang
If you're gonna keep it I'd stay with the Corvette.
Exactly what someone said before
I always see POS Stangs being driven by gangster wannabe's all over the bay area...
Not too many Corvettes like that
Depends on what you're going to do with it
If you're financing/leasing it to sell in a few years I'd go with the Stang
If you're gonna keep it I'd stay with the Corvette.
Exactly what someone said before
I always see POS Stangs being driven by gangster wannabe's all over the bay area...
Not too many Corvettes like that
Billness
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BLKG1K -- Screw the midlife crisis image, man ... take heart in the OG Corvette folks, because there's a lot of them out there, too. My folks have had a Corvette at all times since they were married in 1960. (!!) They still hang out with their old road-rally friends from time to time. (It'd be like having a BBQ with the folks you pit with now ... in 2040. Cool.)
My dad's been driving his '85 since he bought it new to replace their '69. (Black, convertible, sidepipes -- lake pipes, Bill? -- 427, some trick AT.) That car's now owned by an auto photographer who gets it into a bunch of calendars.
That's the kind of group you can think of being a part of, instead.
My dad's been driving his '85 since he bought it new to replace their '69. (Black, convertible, sidepipes -- lake pipes, Bill? -- 427, some trick AT.) That car's now owned by an auto photographer who gets it into a bunch of calendars.
That's the kind of group you can think of being a part of, instead.