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Originally Posted by FR-S Matt
Enjoy your blind spots and extremely heavy car. Should have gotten a 5.0 if you wanted power. At least Ford is even further going to reduce the weight on the Mustang in the future.
I got rid of my 2002 Camaro SS 35th Anniversary because:
A) It's not all about going fast in a straight line
B) Daily driving it gets 18 mpg
C) Long term reliability on electronics questionable (power windows, etc)
D) Handling was not too outstanding
Granted it was the last generation of the LS1, it was still fairly heavy, but nothing like the new one.
They're good weekend cars and I plan on owning either a Mustang or a new gen Camaro that is lighter than the current one a few years down the road as a weekend warrior car.
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I agree with much of what you say. As a daily driver this car doesn't make much sense. The FRS is far superior in that regard. My car is strictly a weekend toy.
As far as visibility I have no problem seeing out of it. Visibility backing up is bad. I wouldn't want to take my drivers test in this car as far as parking goes. The good thing is I won't be doing any backing up on the track and really don't care too much about who's behind me.
I stongly considered a 5.0 having competed with a friends 2011 Track Pack car. The thing that bothered the most was the fragile tranny. His grenaded at 4000 miles. The 1LE suspension behavior is much better composed with less pitch and roll. The 1LE,s are blowing away the Boss 302"a and even the Laguna Secas on the track.
Mustangs are scaling out at about 3500 to 3600 pounds. My stripper 1LE at about 3700 to 3800. Both are pigs. The 1LE just happens to be a faster pig on the road course.