I have a standing rule with my Mustang and my F-150 -- I don't calculate fuel economy because I don't want the realization of how terrible it really is to detract from my enjoyment of the vehicles! All I want to do when I drive them is hear the beautiful sound of my Magnaflows, blissfully unaware that I'm sucking fuel like an SOB........

That being said, I have gone through my first half tank of gas in the Mustang so fast that it scares me!

 

if you get 32-30k for your truck and have atleast 15-20 to put down....
go get a 07 shelby GT 500, they only run about 50-60k
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with almost 500 HP and 440 ft lbs of tourque , i'd say its quick ...

 

Don't you have the message center that displays MPG?

 

I don't know, as I haven't even opened the owners manual yet -- it's still in the shrink wrap! Now you may find this hard to believe, but all I can say is that someday, when you have a 2-year-old kid, you understand perfectly.......

It's sure not like the old days when I would get a new vehicle and spend untold hours just sitting there getting to know the car -- oh to be so carefree again..........

 

Nice Stngray That Grand National next to it looks pretty sweet too.

 

narrowed it down to

2005 Audi S4
2005+ Mustang GT
2006 GTO
Infiniti G35/37

and added in possibly the new Pontiac G8

 

i forgot about the g8, do that. gonna be tight man.

 

So how much are used S4s and M5s going?

 

30 thump.

the G8 is using the Holden Commador body (Australia) just like the GTO used the Holden Monaro.

it has 6.0L 361 HP its 4 door, and has paddle shift. pretty nice i must say.

and starts at 29 and only goes up to like 32-35.

 

Yeah... rub it in...

If my Mom still had it... in the condition she had it in... I dunno... I'd be very happy to drive it.

Oh, and my mom learned to drive stick with it!

I wish I could learn how to drive stick on a 'Vette...

But I learned on a V6 F150... ---Much better than learning on a Honda!---

 

Id go with the Mustang GT or even the GTO over all those imports. The GTO was kind of a joke, but its still better than any import.
I wouldnt be too confident in the dependability of any GM product, but Id rathar be fixing a GM product all the time than to be driving an import.

 

nnothing wrong with imports....only the wanna be's and ricers/

but if you got the right car like the ones i mentioned, then its nothing. the infiniti is really nice and the 35 is a little underpowered fromt he stang but is a V6. and the 37 is more power then the stang and is still a V6.

the LS2 engine is very dependable...which is in the GTO. people say the GTO was a joke but i love how it looks, and is not bad inside either.

 

I had a '04 GTO....very nice car. The interior is extremely nice - fully loaded. The only option available on the GTO is auto or manual, that's it. It was really fast stock, '04s had the LS1 w/ 350hp, then I dropped a supercharger on it It screamed after that.

You should easily be able to get a low mileage '06 for 20K.

 

tjhanks copenhagen....mind telling me more about your GTO....anything you disliked about it....what kind of gas mileage you were seeing with and/or without the supercharger.

i plan to turbo/twin turbo the GTO if i get it.

yea i know the 04's had the LS1 and 05-06's had the LS2

 

Dude pat do the G8. It's the closest thing to a holden coming to America you'll ever get, that's because it is a rebadged holden! if i could afford a g8 and was in the position to get a car that would be top of my list.


DO IT!.