26th Nov 2010, 13:19
Just the fact that you have to justify your ownership of a V6 Mustang repeatedly shows some serious envy of the GT. Once again... complaining about insurance, gas mileage and the price of the car? C'mon... should you really be driving a Mustang at all if these are your concerns? You could easily save $7K on a cheaper car than your V6 Mustang, and get even better mileage and pay even less for insurance.
Why is your choice to buy a V6 Mustang over a real economy car better than my choice to buy a GT over your car? Plus, the loaded up V6 you claim to have with its AT and all, comes to within just a few grand of a manual GT, and hardly a $7K difference. Plus, I am sure you've bolted on some of the useless add-ons like many of the V6 owners have, which cuts down the price difference to pretty much nothing.
In reality, there is not any car on the road that you can legally use all of its potential. Even the V6 Mustang, especially the 2011, has way more power and performance then you can legally use, so your point on this is basically moot. Having a Mustang GT, Camaro SS, Corvette, Challenger Hemi, etc., etc. is more than just going super fast.
I guess you just will never get that though. You buy cars purely for looks and nothing substantial past that. You even wish they would put a horrendous 4 cylinder in the Mustang. I have never been a fan of looks without performance on my cars. It is just a disappointing feeling when you get in and drive the car. I suppose if I were to just park it on my front lawn so everyone could gawk at it, that would be fine... but to actually enjoy driving a performance car, I need actual performance. Sure the 4.0 V6 performs as good or better than the Mustang of 25 years ago, but it won't even touch the average family sedan nowadays. Plus, the sound... talk about grating!
Really, just drive what you like, but don't pretend you are so against going fast. Like another poster said... every time I see a Mustang breaking the law, it is a V6 because the owner has to prove they can go fast too... just like the GT!
24th Nov 2010, 12:14
Enjoy your V6 Mustang knowing it's neither a performance car nor a muscle car. If you must have a V6 for gas savings as you put it, maybe you should've chosen a Fusion or Taurus. Three of my female friends have V6 Mustangs, ranging in years from 2003, 2005 and 2010, so if you fall into that demographic, Ford's marketing department met its goal in its advertising for the 18-45 females.