Mustang: Svended

"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97) 04/29/2019 at 20:47 • Filed to: None

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Now that I’m done with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , I spent Sunday having Mustang day. It got an interior detail, oil change and service and an wash/wax/detail. It wasn’t anything fancy, just a clay bar and coat of wax. It was in need of some attention, and it never turns down some fresh Mobil One and new filters. I didn’t actually dress the exterior trim since I was out of my preferred product for that.

I still love what a good deal this car was. This is a 2016 base model V-6 Mustang with not a single option on it, yet it still has all the power stuff, accessories, a perfectly decent sound system and it pairs with phones in basic way and whatnot. It was $21,900 off lot (before taxes, ymmv) in 2016 for a brand-new, 300hp, rwd with an LSD, sports car with a 6-speed manual that returns close to 30mpg on the highway on regular fuel. I’m not sure there was a better bang for the buck car, period.

This isn’t my daily driver (I would’ve gone for an Ecoboost with the performance pack, or a V6 camero in the class), but it is great for what it is. Still mid-5 seconds 0-60 and reasonably well handling. If I had to fault anything with this particular car, it would be that in base suspension trim will taller, softer- sidewall rubber, it is more of a 9/10ths car on a canyon road. Not that it won’t do 10/10ths, but it gets a bit sloppy at the limit and loses some composure. The S550 with the performance pack solves this problem nicely.

The Mustang  has about 49k on it, as it was a big mileage highway commuter the first two years of its life. Now that we live in town, it lives much like my truck in that it only gets driven far enough to reach operating temperatures when running errands or going out of town on the weekends. The front brake pads still look almost new, which makes sense for a car who’s mileage was almost exclusively accumulated on an 80mph interstate with light traffic.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 21:08

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Shiny

OmerCarrothers333 > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 21:41

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10/10 would drive

and 100 more > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 21:43

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Lo oks like blue -tinted chrome! 

shop-teacher > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 21:48

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Somehow it completely escaped me that you owned a Mustang.

Dang good deal you got there.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > shop-teacher 04/29/2019 at 21:51

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Well, I don’t actually own it, but I do drive it regularly and maintain it. I did also negotiate the purchase of it.  It belongs to my sister.  I was sad they dropped the V6 mustang, because it finally became a perfectly good sports car for considerably less money than an ecoboost mustang or V6 Camero, or frankly an ND miata.

shop-teacher > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 21:54

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Gotcha.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/29/2019 at 23:03

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Not bad at all... and probably a nice place to rack up some miles, if not a fire-breathing track monster.

The color is spectacular.

The only things I would really do...

Aftermarket +1 wheels and tires. The wheel design is a bit too rental-spec for such a good looking car, both bland design, and under-sized for the vehicle... Just a little wider, and a little larger diameter with a bit wider and shorter tire would make a lot of difference, without going nuts and too far the other way... not huge wheels, and not rubber-band tires.

Even some used-market GT take offs or something... 19s, maybe 20s, but no bigger than that.

I’d delete the horse from the tail light panel, and actually just go with a blank one.

I’d have the mirror caps swapped or wrapped, either gloss black, or maybe a sophisticated gray. (Always liked Audi RS5, R8, etc... in blue with RS-spec silver mirror caps and wheels.)

I might be temped to wrap the lower edge of the front fascia, and the rear diffuser in matte black, or a matte graphite gray. (maybe coordinated with wheel center and mirror cap color in gloss . )

I have always liked the black roof option on the S550 Mustangs, and wished it had the S197 glass roof option... on this car, I could see a gloss black roof wrap (reversible), but not really essential to have it with that gorgeous blue getting all the attention.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 04/29/2019 at 23:47

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I like the way you think.

arl > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 04/30/2019 at 07:01

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You negotiated a great deal. Nice job on the detailing too! 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > arl 04/30/2019 at 08:20

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Thanks. The negotiating was actually pretty easy. The S550 V-6 was a surprisingly good deal. Msrp on that car was a bit under 25k. Take off a grand or two in the then current rebates and negotiate another grand or two, and you’re well into not particularly well equipped Honda Civic price range.