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Originally Posted by seethruya
I owned a 2016 Mustang GT for 5 years. Bought it brand new for $27,300. Sold it 5 years and 90,000 miles later for $18,700. The only issues I had were a starter that died and A/C condenser that needed replacement.
After I swapped over to the 2018+ GT IM, larger injectors and tune for E85, the car moved. It was probably a tad faster than my stock LT1 over the 1/4 mile. Just as you mentioned, the Mustang is all top end. Most gutless 1st gear for a car with that much power but once you’re in 3rd, it flies. It was a great car but I was ready for something new.
When the LT1 first came out, I regularly saw models right at $30k, even a few here and there under $30k after incentives and discounts but it’s been a completely different story since the pandemic started. Nearly no GM incentives, dealers aren’t willing to deal at all plus all the LT1’s being ordered are heavily optioned. If you look around, a lot of the LT1’s have an over $40k asking price. Which is territory I thought the 1SS was suppose to cover.
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I noticed that with GM too.
GM has crappy promos. When I was shopping last Sept Ford had better promos going on for the Mustang GT. I nearly looked at a base model 2020 new Mustang GT as the rebates and 0 percent APR were much better than what chevy was offering. In general the last few years Chevy has crappy incentives.
They need to sell Camaros yet they do little to push them. It's like they just want it do die a slow death.
As you pointed out the Mustang is much cheaper. There is also a better supply typically too.
The funny thing is my 2012 GT with the automatic and 3:18 gears "felt" faster than my SS off the line even though obviously the SS is faster overall. The butt dyno in the GT seems faster even though it's not. I guess these new Camaros are so smooth riding. My Mustang rode more like an older car. Felt all the bumps in the road but the butt dyno you felt more.
I can be going 90 on the highway and it feels like you're going 75.