About to buy a Roush Mustang
03-09-2012, 09:23 PM
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Yea, that's the common gripe about seeing the srt8 jeep. You certainly can't offroad the '12 Cherokee and most hardcore jeep guys will say the Jeep belongs on the trail.
Gonna take a stage 3 Roush 2012 to hang with the Cherokee. I mean a stock GT at 412 HP is pretty slick still and the stage 3 Roush Premier Edition is even better at 540 hp and 465 tq. The TQ numbers are less than the SRT but SRT can thank that 6.4
I believe there is something to be said about buying newer, unmodified or atleast modified with warranty.
Chad, don't get so bent. If you can't hang with my opinion perhaps you would better serve your mod time over on another forum where the iron fist rules where when the sheep don't all 'baaa' the same way the mods get all angry kitty.
Props for that info. That is something I didn't know
And, I certainly gave ontopic mustang related feedback. So take a walk herbz. You have nothing to add but to gripe about my comments here. Perhaps you should contribute something a bit more than.....
How insightful.
Anyhow, 2008 427r Track Pack link
Gonna take a stage 3 Roush 2012 to hang with the Cherokee. I mean a stock GT at 412 HP is pretty slick still and the stage 3 Roush Premier Edition is even better at 540 hp and 465 tq. The TQ numbers are less than the SRT but SRT can thank that 6.4
I believe there is something to be said about buying newer, unmodified or atleast modified with warranty.
Chad, don't get so bent. If you can't hang with my opinion perhaps you would better serve your mod time over on another forum where the iron fist rules where when the sheep don't all 'baaa' the same way the mods get all angry kitty.
Props for that info. That is something I didn't know
And, I certainly gave ontopic mustang related feedback. So take a walk herbz. You have nothing to add but to gripe about my comments here. Perhaps you should contribute something a bit more than.....
How insightful.
Anyhow, 2008 427r Track Pack link
03-09-2012, 09:25 PM
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Ok, my friend found this 2011 Mustang. Judging by the 5.0 tag on the side, it's the 5.0 Mustang GT. He found this at a Ford dealership. It was the demo car, and has about 20,000 km on it, and is selling it for $34,000 CAD plus taxes (there was a bit of haggling to bring down the price).
It's backed by a 3 year bumper-to-bumper warranty. What do you guys think of this? It has the Roush body kit (from what my friend told me), but none of the performance parts, just the body kit.
What do you think about these cars? What's good about them? What's bad. My understanding is it has 412hp, which isn't a big difference from the 435 of the 2008 I showed. What do you guys think? 2011 with warranty, or 2008 with performance parts?
It's backed by a 3 year bumper-to-bumper warranty. What do you guys think of this? It has the Roush body kit (from what my friend told me), but none of the performance parts, just the body kit.
What do you think about these cars? What's good about them? What's bad. My understanding is it has 412hp, which isn't a big difference from the 435 of the 2008 I showed. What do you guys think? 2011 with warranty, or 2008 with performance parts?
03-09-2012, 10:31 PM
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03-10-2012, 09:52 AM
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Hopefully you can now understand.
And if that is the case he needs to make sure there is a carfax / carproof. If he's buying it from a Ford dealer, even better but if its one of these small off lease scam dealers run away, especially from Queens Auto Group Inc.
03-10-2012, 11:13 AM
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I would take any newer Mustang over the Cherokee SRT8. They are just fugly in my opinion, they are fast off of the line, but from 60 mph and up not that great. I guess the AWD helps them off the line though.
03-10-2012, 11:17 AM
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The Roush had a nicer look than the 2011 by miles. But, the 2011 gets warranty which is certainly worth something.
And if that is the case he needs to make sure there is a carfax / carproof. If he's buying it from a Ford dealer, even better but if its one of these small off lease scam dealers run away, especially from Queens Auto Group Inc.
And if that is the case he needs to make sure there is a carfax / carproof. If he's buying it from a Ford dealer, even better but if its one of these small off lease scam dealers run away, especially from Queens Auto Group Inc.
I bought the car today. Personally I think the 2011 looks stunning, and way better than the Roush look of the 2008.
I went into the dealership, an authorized Ford dealership (usually not open on Saturdays, but the guy was there to help me out today since I called in yesterday), and drove this car for an hour or two to get a real feel for the thing. I fell in love, and was shaking with excitement after. Initially, with all the options, this car was about $55,000, and after taxes and whatnot would be $60,000. They were selling it for $37,000 plus taxes, and after much haggling, I brought the price down to $32,500 plus tax, which is $500 LESS than what the dealership got it for!
This car was a demo car, so other people test drove it, and the manager used it a few times as well. It has been taken care of, nothing repaired yet. It has about 10,000km on, and still has the 3 year bumper-to-bumper warranty, and this thing is in mint condition.
Apparently, Ford is really conservative about the HP they advertise (412 HP on this stock model), and when they dyno tested it, it got closer to 460HP (I didn't see the paperwork, but I didn't really care much about that anyway). It does have a Roush body kit (spoiler, side skirts, side scoops, hood scoop, etc.), and a Roush air intake system.
Now I just gotta get my customized plates, inform the insurance company, and the car will be delivered on Monday, after they do a quality inspection, and clean/polish the car!
I'll post pics soon.
