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YourBlindingBias · 02-01-2012, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Travis64

inside the mustang has a lot of cool features like the color changing guages and prob has the best nav screen then any other car.

to bad it does not look or sound as good as our camaros....maybe next gen but i doubt it

I think the general idea is that mustangs sound better kind of always have, even hardcore GM guys will tell you that

YourBlindingBias · 02-01-2012, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 67motorcat

Thanks for the info....I appologize if I'm not completely up to speed with Ford products.

Gee wiz people.

I just remember thats how it was back in the day.

You probably shouldn't post things as FACTS then?

The Stig · 02-01-2012, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by htron50

The part of the screen that they did't show you after the Christmas Tree turns green and you race it....... the next readout says:

WARNING, YOUR WARRANTY IS VOIDED!!

No it's not. It's only voided if they can prove that the problem was caused by you taking the car to the track.

platinum ss · 02-01-2012, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by motorhead

I'm all for the ZL1 and the camaro ,but you got give credit where credit is do. The GT500 sounds awesome and looks great. Both are subjective, that's just how I see it.

agreed a family member works at a ford dealership and the mustangs are great cars (suspension is kinda stiff) and ive had the chance to drive the 2012 gt500 and i love it...even though id tell anyone that my ss was better in every way posible

chain777 · 02-01-2012, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by LimaCharlie

Kinda cool I guess. The selection of gauges are nice but I'd rather see them all mechanical, not a digital display. I'd prefer to see them on the center console or dash, like the 4-gauge cluster on the Camaro. The performance meters are cool too but I don't see myself using them alot on the street.

So you'd rather have about a dozen gauges scattered around the dash, or mounted on the center console like in the Camaro? Looking down towards the floorboard while rapidly accelerating doesn't sound like much fun to me. It looks kinda cool, but isn't very functional.

toesuf94 · 02-01-2012, 08:33 AM

This is a great feature and really will sell some people on the car. I question the placement of it as people will be distracted by it when looking at 0-60 times...so as they accelerate past 60...they start reading a 2 x 3 inch screen for their time...ummm - bad idea. Why not just have the car text the information to the driver's cell at speed...same distraction. (Yes, I know it will show it all once stopped...but who is going to stop to read it?) But neat information to have. Something we plug a scan tool into the car to read (I believe - never done it!)

Earthshaker6 · 02-01-2012, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by PercyJWellingtonIII

What GM doing to address this in the camaro?

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...174112299.html

Hopefully...nothing! It is a CHEVROLET CAMARO not a Ford...anything! You want to know 0-60 and quarter times...there is an app for that for Android and Ipod. Just saying.

PsychoZL1 · 02-01-2012, 08:40 AM

Meh, it's nothing that a smart phone app or iphone app or an aftermarket device can't handle.

Wake me up when you can adjust your suspension, select pre-made tunes, and adjust boost (if applicable) as well as the current features from the same type of interface.

YourBlindingBias · 02-01-2012, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by PsychoRS

Meh, it's nothing that a smart phone app or iphone app or an aftermarket device can't handle.

Wake me up when you can adjust your suspension, select pre-made tunes, and adjust boost (if applicable) as well as the current features from the same type of interface.

The 2013 gt500 will have electronically adjustable bilstein dampers...
are you up yet? lol

PsychoZL1 · 02-01-2012, 08:52 AM

Apparently not! LOL

Tigg · 02-01-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by motorhead

Wow! This is the third thread on this topic in three days. Who cares! If you need trinkets to enjoy your hotrod maybe a camaro isn't right for you.

What ever happen to the days when car guys only cared about how fast they could make a car go.

Besides, if Ford has to stoop to this level to try and beat the camaro they must be really worried.

liquidsmoke · 02-01-2012, 10:25 AM

Why are people so bent outta shape over this?
Like it seems anytime anyone else besides chevy does something cool, let's list all the reasons why it really sucks. Trinkets, who needs stupid trinkets. Like the HUD, or ambient light, or gauges so far down you have to completely move your eyes off the road to see.
Do we need them, NO. Are they freaking cool and fun to have. Hell YES.
Did ford invent sensors and a read out? Would I like this in my car, yes.
And its likely way more accurate and safer implemented by the car designer, than using an app on my phone I have to fiddle with.
None of this stuff is new, not even relatively new. It's a natural progression.
Some of you guys here I think are delusional if you think your current camaro resembles anything from the muscle car era other than the shape of the sheet metal.
Some of you are so stuck in the past I have to ask why do you own a 5th gen at all. Why not just go out and get or restore a classic and leave the modern cars to modern people with all our trinkets.

2001ragtop · 02-01-2012, 10:27 AM

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING DISPLAY OR VIDEO GAMES INTEGRATED into our SPORTS CARS.

the only people who care about that are the same ones who play with their iphone all day long.

YourBlindingBias · 02-01-2012, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 2001ragtop

WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING DISPLAY OR VIDEO GAMES INTEGRATED into our SPORTS CARS.

the only people who care about that are the same ones who play with their iphone all day long.

Which is like 90% of the population in the US lol

02-01-2012, 08:33 AM	#62
toesuf94 Drives: THR #11 E-force supercharged Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Posts: 4,746	This is a great feature and really will sell some people on the car. I question the placement of it as people will be distracted by it when looking at 0-60 times...so as they accelerate past 60...they start reading a 2 x 3 inch screen for their time...ummm - bad idea. Why not just have the car text the information to the driver's cell at speed...same distraction. (Yes, I know it will show it all once stopped...but who is going to stop to read it?) But neat information to have. Something we plug a scan tool into the car to read (I believe - never done it!) __________________ Cars and women are both going to give you problems...but you can pay somebody else to fix your car!

02-01-2012, 10:25 AM	#68
liquidsmoke Two Miles An Hour Drives: SIM 2LT RS Join Date: May 2010 Location: chicago Posts: 1,209	Why are people so bent outta shape over this? Like it seems anytime anyone else besides chevy does something cool, let's list all the reasons why it really sucks. Trinkets, who needs stupid trinkets. Like the HUD, or ambient light, or gauges so far down you have to completely move your eyes off the road to see. Do we need them, NO. Are they freaking cool and fun to have. Hell YES. Did ford invent sensors and a read out? Would I like this in my car, yes. And its likely way more accurate and safer implemented by the car designer, than using an app on my phone I have to fiddle with. None of this stuff is new, not even relatively new. It's a natural progression. Some of you guys here I think are delusional if you think your current camaro resembles anything from the muscle car era other than the shape of the sheet metal. Some of you are so stuck in the past I have to ask why do you own a 5th gen at all. Why not just go out and get or restore a classic and leave the modern cars to modern people with all our trinkets. __________________ expect nothing, but take everything

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02-01-2012, 08:40 AM	#64
PsychoZL1 Drives: 2015 Challenger SRT Join Date: May 2011 Location: Roy, UT Posts: 1,001	Meh, it's nothing that a smart phone app or iphone app or an aftermarket device can't handle. Wake me up when you can adjust your suspension, select pre-made tunes, and adjust boost (if applicable) as well as the current features from the same type of interface.

02-01-2012, 08:52 AM	#66
PsychoZL1 Drives: 2015 Challenger SRT Join Date: May 2011 Location: Roy, UT Posts: 1,001	Apparently not! LOL

02-01-2012, 10:27 AM	#69
2001ragtop Drives: V8 american car Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 1,417	WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING DISPLAY OR VIDEO GAMES INTEGRATED into our SPORTS CARS. the only people who care about that are the same ones who play with their iphone all day long.