Mustang is better as a daily, but the chassis on the 1LE blows the doors off the GT on track. I'm also biased against the GT though because I'm still regretting selling my GT350 and seeing a GT reminds me.
Pp2 is neck and neck. It was created to complete with the le
ford has tried to compete with the 1LE for a long time ... the GT350 was a great match performance wise and had that wonderful motor, but the price was substantially more .. the PP cars have always fallen short in performance and feel. i know their performance has gotten closer but the camaro has always been a better track car. track days have been telling. there's a reason there are so many porsches, camaros, gt350s, vettes at most track days ... not a lotta mustang PP cars. also it seems like Ford doesn't stand behind their cars on the track yet Camaro team said "if you break it at the track, we'll fix it as long as you've left it stock." that statement is what had me buy the SS1LE with confidence... i was not disappointed.
This is why a lot of us Ram owners were a bit dissatisfied that they wouldn’t release a NON off road version of the TRX. A lot of us on that forum wanted a lower to the ground beast that could modify to handle the weight in the corners a bit more. It’d essentially be like a Charger truck version that could also tow & haul lol
If there was a tad more room in the backseat I’d jump all over a gt350. Even super car drivers will agree that model is better than some of their high dollar lambo’s & what not.
AT4 is a beast. I love it. Love the subtle but nice styling, off road look but super smooth and capable highway cruiser. definitely not wild like a raptor or TRX which also have their place … just not the tool for what I’m doing …TRX that could tow would be really cool.
I agree, I already have a built Jeep XJ for the off road stuff. I can’t stomach taking an expensive vehicle off road. The AT4’s are really nice! A couple friends of mine have them. I settled on Ram 1500 Limited with the air suspension due to how much I travel for work & it really has been the smoothest riding vehicle in any category we’ve ever owned. Plus they were the only manufacturer at the time giving discounts ($6900 off MSRP for me) while none of the others would budge or had markups like the Raptor I wanted, have inventory to test drive, or had several months lead time. I ordered my truck & had in 34 days! It’s not a TRX, but definitely a sporty looking luxury truck.
Parking is $420 a month in my highrise for a reserved spot (and there's been several shootings over the last 2 years in our garage). I go with $205 for a non-reserved spot in the garage across the street, which isn't ideal but much better value. Having two cars in the city with a 99 transit score is insane (one is pushing it as I bike, train, walk much, much more than I drive). If you have a 3 car garage in the country though, that move might make sense.
Oh funny I literally just mentioned that about $15k above value of my current 6mt would be most I’d want to jump up. But given the many features that are missing for forking that much cash over to upgrade I do not see it worth it at the time. I am hoping they make small tweaks before releasing it next year to make it worth that much more than the model I have currently..
please do not buy an ITS and try to cut a sunroof into it. not because “oh poor ITS”, but because I can see 100 things going wrong with that and you regretting it. If the sunroof is super important (seems like it is); then this isn’t the car for you. Save yourself the expense and headache with a project like that. Just my 2 cents!
Thank you for your advice - honestly I'm holding onto hope it will be offered as an option eventually
