OK that is the only part a Mustang is goos at and in 90% cases better than an Audi, which is fine by me. Most people here don't drag their A6 and if they do it is causally and seldom I would guess.
I still struggle with calling the Mustang a performance car, it just does not feel and drive like one though yes it can be made one or kinda anyway, mostly for drags. I have been in the twisties with a mustang and it was pittiful how the car handled just trying to keep up wiht us lifting of the gas to keep it fair. There actually are plentif of Mustang and Corvette drivers who go ride in the blue ridge parkway on the week-end. I was very impressed by the later years Corvettes. Never seen a good Mustang in the twisties there... but i am sure I will one day. I certainly don't think the Mustang is better on the street. Hwy... well is lik dragging all about straight line so maybe but I am not sure that things like lane changes are their forte either...

YOu can say that again! Oh my god their set up are horrific although I have had the privilege of sitting in the passenger seat of a Cobra and it was much better than the GT by far. It did have acceptable handling but not up to the car's power and potential...not enough to be called a sports car or performance car IMO merely due to the fact it is not up the car's power. FORD just does not get it... and then there is the weight!!! Those things weigh a lot for... performance cars! Lighter is better!Lotus got that! Great chassis and light weight.

 

I just love to keep this going, I usually don't but got time this week since I am off work!
Energizer bunny thread...! We might still be debating this pointless topic next year

 

How could you live with yourself driving a 97-04 mustang, those might possibly the ugliest, fake looking, toy car i have ever seen.

 

Madrussian I love how the GTO in your first video is right on par with the Cobras running 50 and 100+ shots. Just saying GTO beats mustang everyday of the week $ for $. I have an 06 and I have absolutly no complaints. Except its as ugly as it is fast. But thats kinda how it was designed. Sleeper and such. Nothing a few hundred in body kits can't fix!

 

well, friend of mine got a 6.0l goat....full exhaust, throtle body, intake, tune. At 4000+lb it is no match for an '03-'04 cobra. Every time he tryed me, he lost, dig, drag, highway. Unless u got some kind of power adder, its pointless.

 

And im not trashing audiforums, i think audi is a preaty good car, i mean thats why i got A6. But u guys **** allover mustangs, most of you never even been in one. And especialy cobra, im not to mutch in a new shelby, but absolutley love '03-'04 svt cobras. Easy to mod, very vast, indestructable, and handles just fine on the streets. 13' brembos work fine for me, u want more for$1200 u can get cobra R brake kit wich was made by brembo fro track use. It has bilsten shocks and struts all around, dont like those get yourself adjustablesfor about $500, once again install is fairly easy. Then get a set of H&R race springs for $300 and its more then anough to hande well on the street. Rearend is good to about 600rwtq, and axels do snap most of the time at the drag srtip when u put a set of slicks on and lunch around 4.5k. Get a set level 5s for about $1k and they can go over 800-900rwtq easily. Trany is tremeck T5, same as vettes, vipers, they call it buletproof for a reason, all u need is a good clutch and short shifter.

How many of u were inside of a well build'03-'04 cobra? And if something goes wrong with it u dont need thousands and thousands of dollars to fix it. 85k service for A6 is what close or more then $2000? And thats for a 8 year old car that u can find for about $11k?????

 

I can't speak for others, but yes I have been in many Mustangs, including the current style GT, a GT500, the older body style Cobra and even a new Foose model (I was there for the official release). I have also spent a LOT of time in several 1960s models which in my opinion are the only Mustangs worth owning since Ford has never been able to improve upon them.

Yes people are hard on Mustangs, but for good reason. First, a Mustang isn't even in the same class as an Audi, thus (as we have both already said) they are built for two different purposes. Someone who enjoys and owns an Audi A6 sedan and goes out of their way to post on this boardis not likely to be the same type of person who admires or respectsa Mustang not because they are bad cars, but because the purpose of such a car is so vastly different from an A6. Think about it....what is a Mustang really good for? Are they comfortable highway and commuter cars? Not really. Are they good family vehicles? Absolutely not. Are they good on gas and plush and comfortable? No. Do they have boatloads of power and the ability of smoking their tires and making impressive runs down a 1/4 mile strip? You bet.....but honestly - what good is that for a vehicle on the street that is used as a daily driver?

You also need to acknowledge that the comments against Mustangs in this thread are primarily geared towards the V6 model - nobody was really referring to a SVT Cobra as that is an entirely different beast. I have nothing against Mustangs and have been tempted to buy one in the past, but honestly they are simply impractical for most of us and unless you have one as a second car they really don't make that much sense for the average person. I think of most Mustangs like a two seater convertible. Sure they would be fun....but are they really practical? Not really - but they would make a nice second car.

All that being said, even you must admit that for the average person an A6 is a vastly superior car than a Mustang.....because if you didn't, you wouldn't own an A6 and have that SVT Cobra up for sale.

 

This thread needs to end. Who cares your comparing apples to oranges here.

 

^ So true but so much fun though.... temptation

Been in Mustangs V6 (POS), GT, and a SVT... I actually was impressed byt he power of the SVT but that's it! Notihng else. If i was into 1/4 mile racing, would I buy one? Maybe? not sure... There are others to consider... It sure has potential for 1/4 mile.

But I am not into just doing 1/4 miles and if I had $ for a performance acr for week-ends, I would not even consider the Mustang, any of them.

But hey this was all i the name of fun. The SVT is not that bad, it should be the regular GT actually, and the GT the entry level... They should kill the V6 Mustang has had a niche in the market so obviously it works for some... to each his own!
Sorry you had to sell your SVT, sure it was a fast car.

 

I did agreed that A6 better as DD, but as a toy car to have fun with mustang is the way to go (at least for me it is). Just same as u wont daily drive a 550 horse viper or new zo6 but it doesnt make them a bad car. I could honestly compare my old cobra to them andthe only thing was i dint pay over $50k for it. As far as me getting an A6, like i sad its a good daily beater, gets you from A to B in style and comfort + u can bring ur friends with u. And its not that costy compared to bmw and benz. However the reason i sold my cobra is not that it sucked or i wanted to replace it with something differnt, its just i need more money for a downpayment on my new house and it sold quick for the price that i wanted....but i was almost crying when i passed my keys over. By the way guy who bought it just sold his 6.0l gto to get a svt cobra..... so yeah. And if everything goes good, next year i will be on the market for fully build '04 turboed cobra.