[TRZ06]

I have tried to buy a Mustang at least 4-5 times in my life and every time I test drive one and test drive something else to decide, I always end up with the something else. In my head, I have always been a Mustang fan and my dream car in high school was a Charcoal gray 67-68 Mustang.

Although to be fair, when I was in my early 20's I did pick up a 67' Mustang GTA with the 390 and that was fun.

Since then though...

I first tried to buy one in 97'-98' time frame, test drove it, hated the handling, test drove the Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T and went home with it.

Tried again in 2000, test drove it, hated the handling, test drove the Corvette Hardtop (pre-Z06) and drove it home.

Next time was the first year of the previous generation GT500, test drove it, handling was ok, but then test drove the a used C6 Z06, drove it home.

Tried again with the first year Boss 302 previous generation, handling was good, but you could feel all the bushing mushiness, test drove the BMW 335i, drove the BMW home.

Last time was the Shelby GT350, liked it a lot, but I didn't like that fact that it did not have rev. matching and at that time I wanted a DCT, so I got the BMW M3.

This time around I didn't't even bother to test drive the Mustang. After endlessly watching reviews and youtube videos, I went straight to the Camaro SS 1LE, although I briefly thought about the ZL1 1LE, but for a daily driver and a car that would probably almost never see a track, I had to be honest with myself and say that the SS 1LE would be enough. While I do live in CA with not too much rain and no real winter, we do still have a rainy season and I didn't want to deal with the almost slicks that come on the Zl1 1LE. The insurance and gas expenses are also cheaper on the SS 1LE.

It is also worth nothing that Camaro was NEVER on my radar history and this is the first time that I actually considered a Camaro. GM has unleashed the Camaro team and it shows that the bean counters (to which I am one) didn't run the show this time around.