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Miniata · 08-10-2013, 11:29 PM

I've had my Mustang GT for five years (it is my 4th Mustang in 25 years) and the BRZ for 14 months. IMHO the Mustang makes a better daily driver. More comfortable, more torque, gas mileage isn't terrible if driven sanely.

Luis_GT · 08-11-2013, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Miniata

I've had my Mustang GT for five years (it is my 4th Mustang in 25 years) and the BRZ for 14 months. IMHO the Mustang makes a better daily driver. More comfortable, more torque, gas mileage isn't terrible if driven sanely.

4 years... that means it's a 2009... I had a 2006 GT and it was THE biggest POS I have EVER driven... Thankfully most of my trips where just 10 minutes... 2 hour trips and I was cursin half the ride due to how bad the suspension was.

PoWn3d_0704 · 08-11-2013, 05:22 AM

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4 years... that means it's a 2009... I had a 2006 GT and it was THE biggest POS I have EVER driven... Thankfully most of my trips where just 10 minutes... 2 hour trips and I was cursin half the ride due to how bad the suspension was.

Luckily, Mustang managed to step up their game around 2009.

EAGLE5 · 08-11-2013, 11:40 AM

I have never gotten stuck behind a slowly-driven twin. I get stuck behind slowly driven Mustangs on a regular basis. That crap suspension cannot handle real-world corners. Mid-corner bumps, of which my road has millions, lead to wet pants.

Sport-Tech · 08-11-2013, 12:41 PM

^ Well those days will soon be over with the IRS in the new Stang. Looks to be smaller and lighter than the current generation too.

If they can set up the suspension as well as they have apparently done for the Fiesta ST (which only has a twist-beam rear!) it could be a helluva car.

Luis_GT · 08-11-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PoWn3d_0704

Luckily, Mustang managed to step up their game around 2009.

I saw very little when I sat in a 2013...

Miniata · 08-11-2013, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Luis_GT

4 years... that means it's a 2009... I had a 2006 GT and it was THE biggest POS I have EVER driven... Thankfully most of my trips where just 10 minutes... 2 hour trips and I was cursin half the ride due to how bad the suspension was.

2008 Mustang, five years I've had it. I've been very pleased with the suspension on the Mustang, both in stock trim when I took it to the Smoky Mountains and ran on the Tail of the Dragon, and in mildly modified form (shocks and sway bars and tires) for a track day and autocrossing.

Luis_GT · 08-11-2013, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Miniata

2008 Mustang, five years I've had it. I've been very pleased with the suspension on the Mustang, both in stock trim when I took it to the Smoky Mountains and ran on the Tail of the Dragon, and in mildly modified form (shocks and sway bars and tires) for a track day and autocrossing.

If you're pleased with that, then you must have very low standards...

Miniata · 08-11-2013, 05:47 PM

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If you're pleased with that, then you must have very low standards...

Yeah, I guess I must.

Or maybe I'm just able to enjoy a variety of different cars and don't find myself blinded by extreme loyalty to a particular car.

Luis_GT · 08-11-2013, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Miniata

Yeah, I guess I must.

Or maybe I'm just able to enjoy a variety of different cars and don't find myself blinded by extreme loyalty to a particular car.

You currently are... you fail to accept that the mustang is a POS in reality...

schlomo · 08-11-2013, 06:43 PM

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You currently are... you fail to accept that the mustang is a POS in reality...

OK now. Let's behave.

wootwoot · 08-11-2013, 07:35 PM

Lol...serious or troll?

Luis_GT · 08-11-2013, 07:55 PM

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Lol...serious or troll?

srs bsns

thill · 08-11-2013, 08:20 PM

Having driven all the cars, I vote for the FRZ. Better gas mileage, much more nimble and fun to drive, the BRZ Limited has good features for a sports coupe.

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Sport-Tech Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Drives: TBD Location: Toronto Posts: 2,583 Thanks: 665 Thanked 685 Times in 386 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	^ Well those days will soon be over with the IRS in the new Stang. Looks to be smaller and lighter than the current generation too. If they can set up the suspension as well as they have apparently done for the Fiesta ST (which only has a twist-beam rear!) it could be a helluva car.

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