GTs run only on regular unleaded, from the factory.
$2.71 a gallon baby
I know this...
but my buddy has a 91 maro... only premium and he wants a 97-98 cobra only premium and most other high performance cars like 300 plus hp use higher octane gas than good old 87
Well, I felt lucky to be getting a new car at all, and then I felt really lucky to be getting a Mustang at all, then I felt lucky to be spending less on gas and insurance, and less on the sticker price of the car, and I felt lucky to be getting mine in 4 weeks vs. 12 for the GT.
Of course, if I DID get the GT (and to be honest, sometimes I wish I had), I'd feel lucky to get that lighter alum engine, the extra two cylinders, the extra sway bar, the extra muffler, the better rims, the better tires, the better tranny (manual)...
Either way I'm happy. I was driving a '92 Saturn, and this is my first Mustang in many years. The six has wet my appetite for the GT and my next vehicle purchase will likely be a GT.
Purchasing the V6 has left room in our relationship (mine and Ford's) for more excitement in the future.
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V6 Black Manual Shakin' Safe Sport, Unmodified
nonsenz...you probably like the grill on the pony package...i like the smaller lights , too...webelectric makes a snap on chrome grill insert that can get you a little of that look.
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06 GT PREMIUM Manual, 18's, flowmasters, Hurst billet, Webelectric sequentials, painted 10" stripes, Cervini KR500 hood w/functional ram air kit, K&N air filter, Cervini rear ducktail, quarter panel scoops, and quarter window scoops, Midweat Auto Gear strut tower covers, 1/2 mirror covers, and fuel rail covers. Pioneer touch screeen head unit w/blue tooth, dvd & sirius.Also haves: 1969 Lemans & 1968 Firebird.
When its comes to Ford and their V-6 technology they have made dependability a key factor in what most noodles don't understand.Our first v-6 car was an English built 71'Ford Capri my dad bought in England and it lasted 210,000 miles.He drove it until 1983 and sold it to a neighbor.most v-6's don't have big hp figures but they are built for the long haul.
Poco, I dont know if you knew that the 4.6 engines are also pretty durable. They use them in the towncar limos and the crown vics police packages. I have a friend who has a repair shop and he buys 4.6's to swap out on those cars after they get 250K on them. He says limos are common to get about 250K or more. I know fords new V6 engines in their Fusions are making more horses than the 4.0 motor in the stang. I think that v6 in the fusion is more like the mazda v6 they are putting in those cars. Maybe the V6 stang will get that engine in the future.
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2006 Deluxe GT 5 Spd Manual Tungsen Grey with black painted stripes, 20 x 10 konig beyonds, kw V3 coil over kit, BMR Chomoly Panhard rod, BMR Boxed Subrames, BMR Upper Strut, BMR lower control arms, BMR Upper Control Arm, Eibach Sway bars, Prothane Eurethane bushing kit. Bassani cat back.w/ x-pipe + hi flow cats, Roush Rear Spoiler, Street Scene Body kit,Street scene grille, 3D carbon louvers, HID system, Raptor Shiftlight with Speed of sound pillar guage, C&L with Preditor 91 Custom Tune
I pretty much look at it this way. I don't need to justify why I bought what I bought to anyone but myself and my wife.
If I had friends that asked that kind of crap well they wouldn't be friends for much longer.
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back in black. 06 V6 Black pony. IUP, stripe delete, matte black blackout panel, stainless taillight outlines, sequential taillights. matte black door stripes. more to come (when I beg the wife for more money).
just left my weekly texas holdem game..today when i pulled up to the host's house (on my bike, it was 70 tonight) there was a white stang out front. it had the minivan wheels, side body and window louvers, dual exaust, no fender emblems and shelby stripes..i was impressed..then i walked to the front and saw the v6 front end..oh well, nice v6...as i sat down to begin the game (corona in hand, cinco de mio) i shouted out' "who owns the mustang out front?"...what began next i had no control over and never fronted i owned a gt...the cat calls started right away from the minivan guys ripping this kid "oh that 4 banger is his".."if you saved the $$ from all your mods, you could afford an 8"..this from a guy who owns a honda element(toaster on wheels)..the kid had no response...no disrespect, but i just want to know how you v6 guys handle the "oh its a only a 6 cylinder".."its not a gt?".."why didn't you get a gt?"
$28200 2005 GT Legend Lime 4/2005 (Got layed off)
$28200 2006 GT Legend Lime 6/2005
$+3100 Tax & License
$+2300 Dealer Markup (Told them to drop dead)
$33600 Total
nonsenz...you probably like the grill on the pony package...i like the smaller lights , too...webelectric makes a snap on chrome grill insert that can get you a little of that look.
yes, the grill plus the smaller lights. Plus it would be kinda cool to blow by people that think I have a v6
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'05 Torch Red GT; medium graphite leather; 5sp Man.
Out of storage 3/25/06
back to storage 11/1/06
Poco, I dont know if you knew that the 4.6 engines are also pretty durable. They use them in the towncar limos and the crown vics police packages. I have a friend who has a repair shop and he buys 4.6's to swap out on those cars after they get 250K on them. He says limos are common to get about 250K or more. I know fords new V6 engines in their Fusions are making more horses than the 4.0 motor in the stang. I think that v6 in the fusion is more like the mazda v6 they are putting in those cars. Maybe the V6 stang will get that engine in the future.
Yeah I totally agree with the 4.6 durability.They are a sweet design.Evertime I see a 4.6 they never have the same heads,there is always something better or just regular 2 valve heads.its mind blowing to see a 281 cubic inch motor with unlmited potential.I think no matter which engine you get v-6 or v-8 its nice having the best of both worlds.Now if I could just talk my wife into a new Fusion I could have both.
By explaining multiple times, in a slow manner of speech, that I am a high school junior, am lucky to even have a 6, and while I have 2k worth of mods on there, it still isn't close to what a GT would have cost. My parents were willing to pay $15k on a car for me. I had to pay $8000 of the car originally, I couldn't have put up another 10 for the GT. And, by the time I'm done modding the car, it'll still be less expensive than a stock GT, and look the way I want it to.
Besides, even if I had the money, the ford dealership near us wouldn't have sold me a GT. Not because of availability issues, but because the saleswoman I bought the car from was firmly against giving a 300hp car to a 16 year old. I can respect that. Even after a year driving this car, I still make careless errors. I'm a better driver than most of my peers, and I'd be scared if they were running around in cars that fast.
Besides, since I am around highschoolers, I can usually just point out, "It's better than the POS you drive."
thanx nightrunner..r u kiddin me snogoldi.. when it comes down to this argument, u get what u pay 4..of course a gt cost more than a v6!...but why would you buy a v6 and dump tons of cash into it to make it look and sound like a gt??..i know some of you have financial constraints..but don't u guys with the stripes, louvers, dual exhaust, short throw shiftin v6ers even try to front in this forum..all us gter's know it's just penis envy..face it, ours is just bigger than yours..you can give me all the "size don't matter" crap..but it just gets you..and your tired of hearing it already..that is the point of this thread..how do you take the abuse!?!?
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06 GT PREMIUM Manual, 18's, flowmasters, Hurst billet, Webelectric sequentials, painted 10" stripes, Cervini KR500 hood w/functional ram air kit, K&N air filter, Cervini rear ducktail, quarter panel scoops, and quarter window scoops, Midweat Auto Gear strut tower covers, 1/2 mirror covers, and fuel rail covers. Pioneer touch screeen head unit w/blue tooth, dvd & sirius.Also haves: 1969 Lemans & 1968 Firebird.
I have never got one single "Why didn't you ....." and I have a V6. Just "what a pretty, nice looking, you can give it to me" type comments. There's always going to be people who think you should have and if you notice they usually couldn't themselves.
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06 Windveil Blue GT Premium, Light Grey Leather, Side Air Bags, Active Alarm, IUP, Automatic. All of the MGW Chrome Pieces. 20" Polished Antenna. Midwest Auto Plenum, Fuel Rail, Radiator and Fuse Box Covers in Body Color. Midwest side mirror inserts. MRT Hood Struts. C&L CAI, Predator 93 Octane Tune. Various Chrome Caps in Engine Bay. MRT Exhaust Tips. GT 500 Style Rear Spoiler. CDC Classic Chin Spoiler.
Enough Said ??? 
