[smokeape]

Got 'er yesterday. Sweet!

Thanks for help from forum in picking one out. Wife's car, 6 speed auto, but don't let that fool you one bit about the amazing power in this car. I still got my 4x4 Ranger, think you can see it in one of the pics.

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[BADBOYTOY]

Congrats!!!

Hello Smokeape, CONGRATULATIONS on your new baby! I just love the Kona blue with those black 19" wheels! Your new 2011 Mustang 5.0 is the first one that I have seen with those wheels. Really looks sharp! :yup: Thanks for posting pics of your beautiful new 'Stang! Enjoy her and please keep your impressions and experiences coming. Take care, Jack :bigthumbsup

 

[westcoast408]

Welcome to AFM and congrats on the new car, that's a badass stang you got there, very nice! :bigthumbsup

 

[Slimpickenz]

That blue looks awesome in the sun! Great choice. She's a beauty. Congrats, and I hope you let your wife drive her car sometimes, haha!

 

[smokeape]

That blue looks awesome in the sun! Great choice. She's a beauty. Congrats, and I hope you let your wife drive her car sometimes, haha!

Yep, she still doesn't understand why all the boys keep looking at her everytime she drives. Maybe because its a Camaro and Challenger killer and because it might have 100 more HP than the old stangs...

...Maybe

 

[whiteshelby49]

Congrats and no apologies for an automatic

Congratulations and no apologies for an automatic trans. My automatic 5.0 is plenty quick and driver seating very comfortable.
I love to shift a stick myself but the thing about having a stick as a daily driver is when you don't want to shift the stick, well, you still have to. Ford has done a pretty nice job on this drive train.
I like the extra room in the floor board where the clutch pedal isn't. I can stretch out on long trips.
Enjoy!!

 

[smokeape]

I don't know these days with modern technology whether an automatic 6-spd trans is so bad after all compared with a manual 6-spd trans.

I push the gas pedal to the floor and the computer and auto trans takes over vice the same car next to me with a 6-spd manual. The human being with the manual has to let off the gas a little, disengage/engage a clutch while manually shifting to another gear. I believe the computer and auto-trans doing the same at full rev speed may be more efficient at doing so than the human being. First time we've seen both a 6 speed auto and manual in the new Stang.

Thoughts?

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[Forster Bittner]

I don't know these days with modern technology whether an automatic 6-spd is so bad after all compared with a manual 6-spd

I push the gas pedal to the floor and the computer and auto takes over vice the same car next to me with a 6-spd manual. The human being with the manual has to let off the gas a little, disengage/engage a clutch while manually shifting to another gear. I believe the computer and auto-doing the same at full rev speed may be more efficient at doing so than the human being. First time we've seen both a 6 speed auto and manual in the new Stang.

Thoughts?

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All things considered, on a consistent basis I believe you are right. While the driver with the manual has to hit six shifts perfectly to get a great run, all you have to do is floor it and let the computer do the work.

 

[smokeape]

All things considered, on a consistent basis I believe you are right. While the driver with the manual has to hit six shifts perfectly to get a great run, all you have to do is floor it and let the computer do the work.

Any arguent out here? An auto-trans is not the old lady's car like back in the day with computer driven shifting at full rev... So an auto might be the faster Stang off the block.

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[brycerichert]

I agree. I think most of our relocations are automatics from the 70's and 80's.. at least mine are. From what I've heard, they have come a long, long way, even for American cars. I know for sure that an automatic would beat me down right now... I still can't learn how to shift this 3.73 as quickly as I need to.

 

[smokeape]

I agree. I think most of our relocations are automatics from the 70's and 80's.. at least mine are. From what I've heard, they have come a long, long way, even for American cars. I know for sure that an automatic would beat me down right now... I still can't learn how to shift this 3.73 as quickly as I need to.

Hooah, so we have one opinion, a human being might not be able to, in fact, shift faster than a computer can do. 5.0 technology with the 6-speed auto trans is an awesome thing.

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