GT350
08-02-2016, 02:10 PM
#1457
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08-02-2016, 02:14 PM
#1458
The firsthand background & content of that is from the actual owner, Joe C.... details here: http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60662
08-02-2016, 06:18 PM
#1461
Race Director
That sounds a lot like a Ford. 
08-02-2016, 06:46 PM
#1462
Race Car
08-02-2016, 06:48 PM
#1463
Race Car
08-02-2016, 06:50 PM
#1464
Race Director
Just kidding with you! Glad you are enjoying it. The GT350, GT350R and FGT really show how dialed in Ford is today. First time in a long time I have actually considered Ford, and I had a 428 CJ back in the day.
08-02-2016, 11:14 PM
#1466
Race Car
Grab a GT350 and track the hell out of it - and if it's not for you dump it - you'll barely lose a dime. Why not experience what is one of the greatest American cars ever built..
08-03-2016, 01:39 AM
#1468
Race Director
08-04-2016, 02:37 PM
#1469
Help! I want a GT350, don't know what to do...
Help me out guys, I'm in agony thinking about the GT350.
I've read all about the car, have never driven one, but no other car has captured my desire like this one since I've owned my 911. My plan was to simply buy the GT350 and keep my beloved 997.1 Carrera S which I have owned for more than 7 blissful years.
Here's the catch, wife won't let me have both. Happy wife = happy life (no, divorcing her is not an option! LOL). I already have an Audi as my DD, so the 911 is just my weekend toy. It was always my dream to own a 911, so it's hard for me to think of selling it.
OTOH, the desire to get a GT350 is overwhelming, I can't sleep at nights thinking about it. My local dealer has a 2016 Track Pack in the color combo I want, which I believe I can get for close to MSRP if not MSRP. I'm seriously thinking of selling my 997.1 to in order to get it.
Money is not the issue, keeping my wife happy is. I know what the Shelby is, I know it's no Porsche, I'm not expecting it to be. I have driven the 2016 EcoBoost Mustang extensively as rental cars on 3 business trips. So I know the GT350 is a big heavy car, know what the interior is about and know the overall quality fit and finish wise is nowhere near Porsche. Still, I want one!
I just don't know if I can live without the Porsche 911. The only way I'll be happy without the Porsche is if the fun to drive and X factor of the GT350 is everything it's made out to be. But I really won't know that until I've owned one for a while. This is just killing me.
I can't believe I've read through the 98 pages of this long thread in search of an answer and I'm still not sure.
Should I do it?
I've read all about the car, have never driven one, but no other car has captured my desire like this one since I've owned my 911. My plan was to simply buy the GT350 and keep my beloved 997.1 Carrera S which I have owned for more than 7 blissful years.
Here's the catch, wife won't let me have both. Happy wife = happy life (no, divorcing her is not an option! LOL). I already have an Audi as my DD, so the 911 is just my weekend toy. It was always my dream to own a 911, so it's hard for me to think of selling it.
OTOH, the desire to get a GT350 is overwhelming, I can't sleep at nights thinking about it. My local dealer has a 2016 Track Pack in the color combo I want, which I believe I can get for close to MSRP if not MSRP. I'm seriously thinking of selling my 997.1 to in order to get it.
Money is not the issue, keeping my wife happy is. I know what the Shelby is, I know it's no Porsche, I'm not expecting it to be. I have driven the 2016 EcoBoost Mustang extensively as rental cars on 3 business trips. So I know the GT350 is a big heavy car, know what the interior is about and know the overall quality fit and finish wise is nowhere near Porsche. Still, I want one!
I just don't know if I can live without the Porsche 911. The only way I'll be happy without the Porsche is if the fun to drive and X factor of the GT350 is everything it's made out to be. But I really won't know that until I've owned one for a while. This is just killing me.
I can't believe I've read through the 98 pages of this long thread in search of an answer and I'm still not sure.
Should I do it?
08-04-2016, 02:54 PM
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GT350 is no GT3 but not far behind.
I would take that shelby over the carrera without hesitation. Now it depends on the purpose of this car. It can be daily driven, is fast and not too ugly but it does not have the class of a 911 nor the build quality.
Apple to apple comparison GT350 is a bargain for the money! If money is not an issue I would go GT3 is you want to stay a P car owner. Or even better keep/get both. GL
I would take that shelby over the carrera without hesitation. Now it depends on the purpose of this car. It can be daily driven, is fast and not too ugly but it does not have the class of a 911 nor the build quality.
Apple to apple comparison GT350 is a bargain for the money! If money is not an issue I would go GT3 is you want to stay a P car owner. Or even better keep/get both. GL