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Starkk posted:Bought a '15 DIB Mustang GT w/ performance package and cloth recaro's yesterday.  Wow, that is gorgeous! Enjoy the new car. I still remember the day I got my '11 GT back in 2010. Was a nice day. If you can, take pics of the inside as well.
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Radiohead71 posted:
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Jan 2, 2015 16:28
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Bumming Your Scene posted:It doesn't have the hill assist feature anymore? When did Mustangs get hill assist? I had to learn hill-starts the old-fashioned way.
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Jan 2, 2015 17:03
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PT6A posted:When did Mustangs get hill assist? I had to learn hill-starts the old-fashioned way. Since 2013, IIRC. My '12 doesn't have it.
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Jan 2, 2015 17:22
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PT6A posted:When did Mustangs get hill assist? I had to learn hill-starts the old-fashioned way. Whats the old fashioned way? Give gas, let out clutch, and pray you don't peel out too much?
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Jan 2, 2015 20:00
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RFC2324 posted:Whats the old fashioned way? Give gas, let out clutch, and pray you don't peel out too much? Let it out with passion. The only thing I'd have done differently is kept the stock seats (I love me cooling seats) .
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Jan 2, 2015 20:18
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RFC2324 posted:Whats the old fashioned way? Give gas, let out clutch, and pray you don't peel out too much? Using the handbrake to hold it, or just get good at finding the friction point so that you neither stall nor roll backward.
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Jan 2, 2015 20:19
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El Scotch posted:Let it out with passion.
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Jan 2, 2015 20:40
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Hot drat that blue is HOT
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Jan 3, 2015 02:15
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PT6A posted:Using the handbrake to hold it, or just get good at finding the friction point so that you neither stall nor roll backward. This is the samurai method of learning stick.
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Jan 3, 2015 07:19
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Starkk posted:Bought a '15 DIB Mustang GT w/ performance package and cloth recaro's yesterday. That's real purty. Have you had a chance to look over the paint closely? My 2011 GT has so much orange peel (rough texture) on the doors it's almost embarrassing. Hoping Ford has been paying more attention to that--but it's an issue with many manufacturers who just blame the low-VOC coatings that are used now.
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Jan 3, 2015 09:06
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PT6A posted:Using the handbrake to hold it, or just get good at finding the friction point so that you neither stall nor roll backward. I learned to drive a stick in an early 90's SHO which didn't have the luxury of a handbrake (all Taurus's had foot actuated parking brakes). This made hill starts extremely fun, especially when the rear end in a top hat behind you pulls right up to your bumper.
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Jan 4, 2015 18:30
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SouthLAnd posted:I learned to drive a stick in an early 90's SHO which didn't have the luxury of a handbrake (all Taurus's had foot actuated parking brakes). This made hill starts extremely fun, especially when the rear end in a top hat behind you pulls right up to your bumper. That must have been a prick. Now I can hold it properly on all but the steepest slopes with just the clutch (obviously just before starting, not for the duration of the stop), but learning that way without the handbrake would've been... difficult.
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Jan 4, 2015 18:59
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The only time I ever have to start on a hill is maybe a shopping complex that has a slope at the light. In this case I usually just give it gas and let the clutch out real fast. Depending on how uncoordinated I am at the moment Ill either slip the clutch slightly more, or Ill chirp the tires. Either way works. If I lived in SF I'd probably just leave tire marks everywhere.
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Jan 4, 2015 20:02
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Cage posted:If I lived in SF I'd probably just leave tire marks everywhere. Nothing wrong with that!
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Jan 4, 2015 21:58
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In the foothills of kentucky you don't use the handbrake to take off on a hill anyway. You just learn where the sweet spot on the clutch is in the first 2-3 tries or your dad makes you walk home. After that its miniscule.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:09
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Starkk posted:Bought a '15 DIB Mustang GT w/ performance package and cloth recaro's yesterday.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:16
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ilkhan posted:Question for you, since you got the gt-pp setup. Whats the absolute slowest it will go without stalling in first? Mine (not the S550) can get down to about 400 rpm before giving up, and in traffic thats damned slow. Just wondering. I thought all newish GTs could get going without giving it any gas, my 06 can.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:39
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ilkhan posted:He has cloth recaros. The cloth seats don't have heating/cooling, only the premium model's leather seats. Oh, it's a non-premium. I thought it was premium. Love me some cooled seats.
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Jan 5, 2015 15:41
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Trampus posted:I thought all newish GTs could get going without giving it any gas, my 06 can. I think he just means what speed you can creep along in in traffic at idle, not whether you can get moving by just letting the clutch out without giving it some gas.
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Jan 5, 2015 16:07
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Gwaihir posted:I think he just means what speed you can creep along in in traffic at idle, not whether you can get moving by just letting the clutch out without giving it some gas. Traffic would be so much nicer if people just tooled along at 5mph instead of trying to do 10-15 and then slamming on the brakes.
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Jan 5, 2015 16:12
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Gwaihir posted:I think he just means what speed you can creep along in in traffic at idle, not whether you can get moving by just letting the clutch out without giving it some gas. That makes more sense, thanks. I don't drive mine very often so I don't know the creep speed is off the top of my head. I'll try to remember to check it out tomorrow.
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Jan 5, 2015 16:13
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ilkhan posted:Question for you, since you got the gt-pp setup. Whats the absolute slowest it will go without stalling in first? Mine (not the S550) can get down to about 400 rpm before giving up, and in traffic thats damned slow. Just wondering. I can go pretty slow without it stalling but since I'm still learning I try not let it get under 1k-900 rpm, usually I'll just come to a stop, and then go. edit: speed wise I can go pretty slow but I usually am not looking at my speedometer so I couldn't give you an accurate speed, I'll have to check when I go to work tomorrow.
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ilkhan posted:Correct. Come on, who doesn't love doing the clutch tap dance?
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Jan 7, 2015 12:25
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I know the guy that originally asked wanted to know about the new mustang but I played around last night in my 06 and the following gears had these minimum speeds, 1st: 3-4mph 2nd: 6-7mph 3rd: 10-11mph I had never tried to creep along in third and was surprised I had enough torque to do that. My car also has 4.10s so that probably has something to do with it.
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Jan 7, 2015 15:23
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Idle in 1st gear doesn't even register on my '00's speedo.
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Jan 7, 2015 20:39
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Does anyone know if 245/45 -19 will fit ok on the 19" Brembo rims? They are only .5" skinnier, and .7" taller then the stock 255/40 -19 (winter tires on sale is why I am wondering)
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Jan 9, 2015 04:52
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Which rims? The EB rims are all 9" wide and are the same as the front GT-PP rims. The rear on the GT-PP are 9.5" wide. The GT-PP are the only Brembo brakes. Blizzik LM32 in that size say 7.5-9" on tirerack's site, so it would be ok on a EB-PP but marginal/not-recommended on a GT-PP.
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Jan 10, 2015 00:23
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Starting to see more and more new '15s on the road. If I didn't think my wife would divorce me, I would be at the Ford dealership right now. They have a Ecoboost premium that is just dead sexy - loaded to the gills. Short of winning the lottery, I won't be able to afford the GT350 and I just can't see gas staying at ~2 per gallon. I think I like the idea of the ecoboost rather than actually owning one over a V8, though. That said, if I could find a EB with the Performance Pack, I'd be awfully tempted.
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Jan 10, 2015 17:39
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Who here has a convertible that they use in the winter months (somewhere that actually has cold and snow)? I'm curious how you find it as a DD in cold/crap weather.
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Jan 10, 2015 19:32
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The heater in a Mustang (at least in the 2011 model) is so effective you could probably drive it with the top down in the winter and still be comfortable. Like, there is no reason to turn the heat up all the way ever. So I wouldn't worry about insulation that much. I'm not sure about how it deals with snow loads, though. I know a friend of mine has a Mustang convertible that she drives in the winter, but since she lives downtown it's not really a "daily driver."
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Jan 10, 2015 19:44
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I'm not surprised about the heater. The heater in my Escape has three settings: warm, hot, nuclear furnace.
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Jan 10, 2015 19:52
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I've noticed that in my '13 the slider is completely useless and there's only three settings. One notch to the left is full-on cool air, middle is half & half, one notch to the right is full-on heat. Turning the dial further in either direction doesn't do anything.
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Jan 10, 2015 20:59
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El Scotch posted:I'm not surprised about the heater. The heater in my Escape has three settings: warm, hot, nuclear furnace. Glad it's not just me. 72? Cold. 75? Warm, bordering on hot. 78? Might as well be in a boiler room. 81? I smelled burning. And like others, the new Mustang is really making me want to make bad decisions.
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iwentdoodie posted:And like others, the new Mustang is really making me want to make bad decisions. 2016 DIB(Kona if its available, or magnetic? gently caress its hard to decide) GT Premium with PP. ilkhan fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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iwentdoodie posted:And like others, the new Mustang is really making me want to make bad decisions. More like the best decision. 
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El Scotch posted:Who here has a convertible that they use in the winter months (somewhere that actually has cold and snow)? I'm curious how you find it as a DD in cold/crap weather. I have a 2011 GT convertible that honestly stays in the driveway most of the time because I have other vehicles better suited to the Chicago winters and have no reason to drive it every day. I'm sure it would be fine out on the roads with decent tires, just like my Z/28 and E55 were. The issue is that if you leave it outside in the snow/rain and it freezes, the door windows will freeze to the plastic/rubber piece at the top of the door. When you pull the door handle on the covertible, it lowers the window about an inch so it will clear the overhang on the convertible top. When it's frozen, the window will not move. You may be able to open the door, but if you don't notice the window didn't go down, and you shut the door, the glass WILL NOT clear the hard edge of the top. If you're lucky it will just push the top of the window out, but in the extreme cold I would guess that you'll be shopping for a new window. It's already happened to me 3 times this winter just moving the car around the driveway. I'm sure some silicone grease on the rubber would help a lot, but with the freezing rain and everything we get, that window is pretty much glued to the door. If you're outside the car you can use your fingers to work the glass past the top and at least close the door. Otherwise you're stuck idling in the driveway for 15 minutes until the heater can do its job. I even tried running the window up and down while pushing/pulling on it and couldn't break the ice seal. It's not a big deal to me, but the first time it happened I was very lucky that I caught it. This may not apply to earlier/later convertibles, but on the 2011 that's the way it is. Also, I'll add that this is the first car I have owned that I did the suspension first(before anything other than a tune), and the coilovers make the car 10X more fun to drive than any other mods I have done on past cars. Power is great and all, but when you do nothing but spin and slide every time you stand on it or go around a corner, and have to put up with the musy stock suspension, it sucks. I thought about putting a blower on it after the suspension was done, but instead decided it was great as-is and spent $5k on a bike that'll trap 140 mph without trying, even with my fat rear end on it. I would still love to supercharge the Mustang, but after realizing that it would never really hook on the street at any sane speed without sticky tires with heat in them, I decided to wait.
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Is there an issue with snow loads on top of the convertible roof? To be honest, I never liked the look of the pre-2015 convertibles, but I do like the look of the new convertible, and I do so little driving in the winter that if it's even halfway serviceable, I'd be tempted to get one.
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PT6A posted:Is there an issue with snow loads on top of the convertible roof? I don't think so, the roof seems to be very very strong. I've got about 6" of snow and ice sitting on mine right now. Obviously you should care for the roof and use the appropriate products to clean and treat it(I use Ragg Topp), but I have no doubt it will support hundreds of pounds if it ever came to that. Mine is seriously thick, well-braced, and tight as a drum. I would however recommend a roll bar or styling bar. It probably won't do a single thing if the car actually rolled over, but it makes the car look a million times better with the top down, and doesn't impede back seat entry in the slightest, top up or down.
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ilkhan posted:I've made the decision, I'm just waiting for a 2016 so its a bad decision instead of a horrible one. DIB is the right choice.  edit: better light shot at my dads place 
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