# Oh my God, I LOVE this car. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461 "2006-09-20T19:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/21 "2006-09-21T02:55:23Z")
I’m jonesin’ for that silver Lotus that passed my ford the other day! MAN! that was a sweet looking car! About the same price range too. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/22 "2006-09-21T03:16:18Z")
Shoulda mentioned I was driving my wifes taurus at the time. I drive a chevvy pickup. Just a serious case of power envy I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/23 "2006-09-21T03:33:53Z")
> [@](#): > > The biggest pisser is that I can’t even get it in Canada - I’d have to go accross the boarder and then pay more duty on it. Nope. No cross border duty on cars made in NAFTA countries, assuming it’s RIV approved. Still have to pay GST though. > [@](#): > > Regarding the price, I’d be able to afford it (at least in a little while), but the question is do I want to. It’s SOOO over the top. I donated my old car to charity in a bid to consume less. Buying this car would be absurd. Well, the engineers did say it was the “[best [overall] bang for the buck around](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Mustang)”. So I guess it’s a sporty car aimed at the budged minded consumer. Typically Ford 🙂 Will they succeed? The 2007 BMW V8 M3 will blow it out of the water in terms of performance for about the same price, be naturally aspirated, and probably have much nicer handling and interior, but really, no one makes a rational decision to buy that kind of car anyway. You WILL have to pay duty on that one though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![robertklein2004\_msn.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robertklein2004\_msn.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertklein2004_msn.com)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/24 "2006-09-21T03:39:27Z")
how can you not love my car? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/25 "2006-09-21T03:45:50Z")
Wait until next year. The Shelby GT has been green-lighted - it’s the same car as the Hertz rent-a-car. It’s ‘only’ got something like 325-350HP, but the car is more than 500 lbs lighter than the GT500, so performance isn’t that much different, and it’s got much better balance (the GT500 is very nose heavy). So it’ll handle better, be much cheaper, and still go crazy fast. Or, you could wait until 2008 and get the new [Camaro](http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_chevrolet_camaro_concept/photo_01.html). If it looks anything like the concept pictured here (and GM promises it will be almost identical), it will be stunning. Not only that, it’ll be much lighter than the 4000lb Challenger, and it has 4 wheel independent suspension. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/26 "2006-09-21T04:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=King Friday] Just wait for the new [Dodge Challenger](http://www.automobilemag.com/auto_shows/naias_2006/0601_dodge_challenger_concept/) . [/QUOTE] I’ve actually driven in the Non-concept new Dodge challenger - it’s ok - it actually handles really well. But you just can’t beat the mustang for style. Now, if Chevrolet comes out with a new concept car Chevelle…heh. That would be bad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/27 "2006-09-21T05:28:01Z")
Well, i’ve looked at pictures from every angle and, starting with the caveat that aesthetics are a very personal thing, i really think it’s a deathly boring looking car. But then, i thought exactly the same thing when the new Mustang was released, and the GT500 is, in terms of appearance, little more than a beefed-up Mustang. While i’m not sure that i really like the 2008 Camaro that **Sam Stone** linked to, it at least has the virtue of being interesting. The Ford just looks bloated, with no decent curves or interesting angles. I’m sure the performance is great, and of course you don’t have to look at it when you’re behind the wheel, but to me it looks like the product of a designer with no imagination who happened to be holding a picture of an old Mustang. It’s all very well trying to keep some of the lines and proportions that made the Mustang and the old Shelbys classic, but ferchrissakes make it look like a car for the 2010s, not the 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/28 "2006-09-21T05:34:02Z")
If it makes you feel any better, the Alfa Romeo Spider is my dream car and it will NEVER happen. Its so pretty though. Sigh. [http://www.alfaromeo.com/cgi-bin/pbrand.dll/ALFAROMEO\_COM/models/models.jsp?BV\_SessionID=@@@@1889880143.1158816497@@@@&BV\_EngineID=cccgaddilldefmgcefecejgdfiidgnk.0&contentOID=1073820512&imageset=1](http://www.alfaromeo.com/cgi-bin/pbrand.dll/ALFAROMEO_COM/models/models.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1889880143.1158816497@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddilldefmgcefecejgdfiidgnk.0&contentOID=1073820512&imageset=1) ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/29 "2006-09-21T09:47:57Z")
I’m with **Bippy the Beardless**. I read about Tesla’s Roadster in this month’s _Popular Mechanics_, and I want one! It’s an electric convertible built by Lotus which does 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds and gets 250 miles to the charge. Now all I have to do is wait a year (it’s not on the market yet) and come up with about $100,000 USD. I don’t suppose the Powerball tickets we bought at work paid off. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/30 "2006-09-21T12:36:13Z")
[QUOTE=Siege] I’m with **Bippy the Beardless**. I read about Tesla’s Roadster in this month’s _Popular Mechanics_, and I want one! It’s an electric convertible built by Lotus which does 0 to 60 in about 4 seconds and gets 250 miles to the charge. Now all I have to do is wait a year (it’s not on the market yet) and come up with about $100,000 USD. I don’t suppose the Powerball tickets we bought at work paid off. ☹ [/QUOTE] WOW, a hundred grad car that will get you cross country in just over 12 days. I could beat that in a '68 Corvair. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/31 "2006-09-21T12:36:21Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Heh - it always cracks me up when Dodge is having some sort of promotion or sale and they flash the Viper on screen and basically say “Don’t even think it for a second, Bucko.” 😃 [/QUOTE] Too bad right now they can not really give those Vipers away right now, who are they kidding? ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/32 "2006-09-21T15:51:57Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Heh - it always cracks me up when Dodge is having some sort of promotion or sale and they flash the Viper on screen and basically say “Don’t even think it for a second, Bucko.” 😃 [/QUOTE] When I bought my first new car under the employee pricing plan (through my dad) the dealer was telling me how the discount varied with the price of the car, and that the employee discount on the Viper was something in t he neighborhood of 10K. So you can and do get the employee discount on the Viper. I think they have even extended the discount to the M-B products now, with possibly a few exceptions like the Maybach, etc. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/33 "2006-09-21T15:53:52Z")
[QUOTE=FormerMarineGuy] Too bad right now they can not really give those Vipers away right now, who are they kidding? [/QUOTE] Well, they’re the only profitable US Automaker right now, so they have to be doing something right. Of course, selling a ton of 300s doesn’t hurt profitability. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/34 "2006-09-21T16:01:26Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] [http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Ford-Shelby-GR1-Concept-Aluminum-Body.htm](http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2005-Ford-Shelby-GR1-Concept-Aluminum-Body.htm) [/QUOTE] Forget the car! Where do I get the [brunette hottie in a foil jumpsuit](http://www.seriouswheels.com/2005/2005-Ford-Shelby-GR-1-Concept-Aluminum-RA-Model-1024x768.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/35 "2006-09-21T16:04:22Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] > **[Ford Racing - Motorsports, Racing, Performance Vehicles](https://www.fordracing.com/)** > > Get more performance. Explore racing events, motorsports, performance vehicles and stories on drag racing, rally racing and more with Ford Racing. Is it totally stupid to buy a $50,000 car? It is, isn’t it? This would be rediculous. It gets terrible gas milage. It would be crappy on snow and ice. But I LOOOOVE. I want it! NOW! GAH - I LOVE IT! Would anyone like to buy me this car? [/QUOTE] My husband would toss me over for a chance to have sex with that car. In a heartbeat. The fact that we don’t have the means to purchase that car does not stop him from whispering it’s name into his pillow at night. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/36 "2006-09-21T16:12:52Z")
Police could give you a ticket for intent to speed. Kiss your drivers license good bye. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/37 "2006-09-21T16:35:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, they’re the only profitable US Automaker right now, so they have to be doing something right. Of course, selling a ton of 300s doesn’t hurt profitability. Nope, [losses of $1.2 Billion are projected](http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:DCX&Feed=Bcom&Date=20060919&ID=6033669) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/38 "2006-09-21T17:55:01Z")
Nah, as the saying goes, I’d rather piss on a Chevy than shit on a Ford…no wait that’s not it… I’d rather push a Chevy up a hill than pull a Ford down a steep embankment …still not right…I wouldn’t piss in a Ford’s ass if it’s hemorrhiods were on fire…not that either…I wouldn’t bang a Ford with your dick… I give up. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/39 "2006-09-21T18:30:12Z")
[QUOTE=kawaiitentaclebeast] Nope, [losses of $1.2 Billion are projected](http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:DCX&Feed=Bcom&Date=20060919&ID=6033669) [/QUOTE] Damn Germans. WTF do they know about making cars, anyway? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461/40 "2006-09-21T20:24:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn Germans. WTF do they know about making cars, anyway? The Germans are doing fine, MBenz is projected to make $2,1bn IIRC, so there’s enough to subsidize Chrysler for a while yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-i-love-this-car/373461.md?page=3)