I have an 04 GT that had an accident and so trading it in. I just test
drove the 05 auto V6 and it did not do anything for me either - seemed
underpowered. Then I drove the 05 V6 stick - what a difference. I was
doing 80 km/h in second without even trying. So impressed that I put an
order in on it right on the spot. I'd say that the automatic gearing is
going to work against the V6's reputation.

IMHO.

MT

"John H" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:00:46 GMT, "punk-tilous" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"John H" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:54:44 GMT, "punk-tilous"
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>The article claims..
>>>>The male driver of a V6-powered Mustang, with its 210-horsepower engine,
>>>>clearly has "enough" power. Probably more than enough.
>>>>
>>>>Having just rented a V-6 Mustang at Ontario airport recently, I can
>>>>honestly
>>>>say that there were many situations, as I was driving to Rancho Mirage,
>>>>that
>>>>the car was seriously underpowered and so I totally disagree with the
>>>>"more
>>>>than enough" assertion.
>>>>
>>> Could you embellish on the occasions when the V-6 was seriously
>>> underpowered? My
>>> neighbor took me for a ride in his, and it seemed very peppy (not quite
>>> as
>>> peppy
>>> as my GT though).
>>> --
>>> John H
>>>
>>> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking."
>>
>>One example was on the freeway going about 65MPH. Whenever I would try to
>>pass someone in the fast lane, it just didn't have enough power or torque
>>and it took a while to finish the pass. The last Mustang owned was an 88
>>with the venerable cast-iron 5.0 engine and it supposedly had 200HP but it
>>was certainly more peppy than this 200HP V-6. During city driving, it was
>>extremely quick off the line from a stop but at about 35 to 40MPH, it
>>seemed
>>to hit a dead spot and became unresponsive for a bit. Perhaps, it was just
>>the gearing since it was an automatic.
>>
>
> Wonder if the rental company put a governor on it? The neighbor's is a
> little
> screamer. I was surprised how quick it was, even with the automatic.
> --
> John H
>
> "All decisions are the result of binary thinking."