ran one twice after his girlfriend laughed at me and tapped the roof. He also flashed some cash and I laughed and flashed back. Got him from a roll in 1st and from a roll in 2nd. I said give me my money. He said he wanted to see the car launch. I said if I do then I will leave u by 10 carlengths. He seemed upset and took the next left out of the "dragstrip"lol

 

"Nope, It handles quite well, Better then a 350Z Track Edition. It is also based on a Jaguar so it is built quite well."


care to explain how you're coming to that conclusion?

also, it's not based on a jag. the jag is based on this new platform. and the new cheap ford jags are hardly anything to be amazed with. bleh

 

Evo > Mustang

Mustang = Vagina

 

^ What's this about Evos in a vagina?

New stang's curb weight is about 3500lbs.

 

Your an idiot, it handles VERY well, launches even better, but maybe I shoulr roll my eyes to get my point accross?



Again, your an Idiot, it is based of a Jag S-Type, Ford Jag? Despite the fact that they are manufactured in England? Ford owns it, but its Still a Jag, Ford ROBS these parts to use for the lincoln. No, your just an opinionated Hater. Its a VERY good mustang and shoudl Pull an Evo from a roll, maybe even a stop it hits 0-60 @ 5.1 seconds, and hits the 1/4 mile @ 13.1 @ 108 MPH, its Quite fast, handles good too.

 

umiami80 - Dude it doesnt matter, you'll never get some of these people to understand. They are almost as bad as BMW owners who think they own the greatest car in the world. A great deal of EVO owners are just stuck up "holyer then thou" types. dont waste your tume trying to educate them let them think that there is no other car out there better then the EVO.

 

they did make a lot of improvements to the stang and yes its gettin to be a nicer car but still not up to par with the Evo but they are on the right track if they make this type of improvment on an ongoing basis it wont take long for them to out perform the Evo

 

actaully umiami80
0-60 in 5.2 and 13.8 in 1/4 (from car n driver december 04)
i know it really doesn't matter tho...

 

My Mag says 5.1 and they yanked a 13.1


Maybe it was a ringer? I duno, different tires?

 

From what I read in car and driver umiami80 is 100% correct, but it is still a mustang and still can't stand them.

 

Rear wheel drive is where its at. At least the Cobra will be a equal if not a better match than the Evo. Do you really want to steer and drive with the same wheels?

 

i actually like the new stang...look kindda cool.

 

I have my doubts that anyone here has raced an '05 Mustang GT since they just hit the showrooms this week. I wasn't expecting too much performance-wise from the new stang, maybe just a slight improvement over '04 and the new styling.

I was wrong. The new Mustang is a whole new beast fellas, and you will want to be ready with your best game if you roll up next to one at a stoplight on dry pavement. I just picked up the Motortrend Buyer's guide and MT tested the 05 Stang GT with AUTOMATIC transmission, with the following results:

0-30: under 2 seconds
0-60: 5.1 seconds
0-100: 13.7
1/4 mile: 13.6 seconds

Now THAT is a full second fatser than the '04 Mustang GT with automatic. and pretty close to stock Evo performnce. And thats with a 5 speed AUTO trans. MT did not have a 6 speed manual on hand to test, which will be the cheaper and most common new GT on the road, but they estimate 0-60 in the 4.8 to 4.9 second range.

Can you still beat one in your stock Evo? In straight line on dry pavement that will depend on you. But with equal drivers and no ****ups, you will probably get beat just barely. However, if the road is wet or has gravel you will have the edge, and of course in the turns where the new stang only pulls .84g and tends to understeer with all that weight up front, you have the advantage.

Now 300hp and 0-60 in under 5 seconds for $25,000 sounds like a pretty good deal to me so I have to give it up to Ford for delivering on this one. For the same money as the EVO, the SVT version is due out late 2005 with about 400HP. Now there is no doubt in my mind that car will be an EVO slayer on dry pavement. But of course I'm only talking stock, and a modded Evo is another story altogether.

 

by "care to explain how you're coming to that conclusion", I did not mean you were wrong, I meant, please EXPLAIN. simply saying "well this handles better than that" is not an explanation. are you reading this somewhere? are there numbers you're referring to?
also, by "handling", I am referring to the car's characteristics around a track, around turns, through twisties... NOT straight line acceleration. I could give a s#!t about quarter mile times, that is NOT handling. to simply say that it handles better than a 350z track edition means nothing. did they race the two side by side around a racetrack? give me some details and quit calling me an idiot. wtf

now, as for the jaguar situation. you claim it is based on a jaguar, and therefore must be built very well. the problem is it's based on the same PLATFORM that the jaguar s-type uses. same platform used on the lincoln LS and the ford tbird. hell I'm sure if we dug deep enough we'd find a truck or two that uses the platform. that is not the entire car. that has nothing to do with it's build quality. give me a break. also, the s-type platform is hardly what I would classify as a typical classic jaguar platform. and the s-type is also a large sedan, same as the LS. hardly something I would be basing a sports car on. so trying to claim that it will have stunning handling abilities based on that fact is also moot, not that you're trying to say that, but still.

and I really don't care if the jaguar s-type is built in england. whoop de doo. a lot of bmws are built in america. jaguar is not the same company they used to be. that's all there is to that. period. if this was the '60s and the new mustang were being built on the X-type platform and sold for a fraction of the cost, then I would be impressed. sorry, little different story here.

"Your an idiot, it handles VERY well, launches even better, but maybe I shoulr roll my eyes to get my point accross?"
see what I'm saying? you're telling us nothing.
how is the handling compared to the evo? we are evo owners, we know a thing or two about handling. simply saying the car handles "VERY well" means nothing. the Enzo handles "VERY well".
how does the new mustang compare to the Enzo? and when did I ever mention it's launching abilities? I could give a crap about it's launching abilities. unlike a lot of the people on this board, I did not buy my evo for drag racing.

 

Nope, nobody cares.......