The 2010's got a crappy MPG 300hp 4.6

The 2011's got a 30 MPG 411hp 5.0!

But all poking fun aside, nice trade in. I know you went through some tough times and I know it is always nice to kick back once in awhile and realize everything is going alright.

 

This is the car-

 

 

SSOK wrote: The 2010's got a crappy MPG 300hp 4.6 The 2011's got a 30 MPG 411hp 5.0!

 

Haha, believe it or not, this was my main motivation for buying the car. You can buy 2010's with no miles for practically nothing. They're on eBay for like 22K with 4K miles. That's a steal if you're a fan of this bodystyle, which I am. I pretty much just wanted the exhaust note (if you've never driven one of the 2010+ GT's, you owe yourself to do so just for the sound, they tube the exhaust up through the body so you get this great inside-the-cabin exhaust note), the leather, and the stereo. The power is nice, but I'm one of those people who sticks to the speed limit like glue and usually ends up drifting below it listening to music and relaxing.

 

As far as the power, the 305 horses are plenty for what I want. From everything I've read it'll still pull a very respectable mid 13 second quarter mile time, and the handling / acceleration are fantastic. The new 5.0's are nice, but the price jump is kind of crazy considering you're still just getting a stroked out 4.6 and not a real 302 (the new GT's start at 30K as opposed to 27K the year before).

 

If I were in the market for a new car, which I don't think I ever will be again, I'd go with that new V6 mustang. 310 horsepower, motortrend took it to 13.7 quarter mile time (they did mine at a 13.5), and most reports I've read give it about 28-30 MPG on the highway.

 

I average around 24 according to my guage, which is a heck of a lot better than my last GT did

 

Mack wrote: . . . is something I tell people a lot, but they never listen.

 

It's definitely one of those lessons you learn the hard way without choice. Stress is a tough thing to cope with, and half the battle is realizing the vast majority is in your mind. I've known people that hit rock bottom, far below anywhere I've ever been, and come back up to live great lives. It's really tough to break through the fog of negativity and look at the long run of things. I'm a believer that, for at least 80% of the population, just living in this country sets us far and above even the luckiest of civilations the earth has seen. That's worth something in and of itself.

 

Laying it on kind of thick there, but I've come to realize that I spent most of my life worrying about what-if's when the right-now was pretty awesome. I've never exactly lived a hard life outside of my own imagination.