Warranty
Well, we've gone off-track a bit here with the warranty discussion.
In my view, the warranty is a big plus for a new car - but it's not THE major reason I would buy a new car. It's nice to have but I buy a car/truck because I like its looks, its performance, or its functionality.
Buying a Cobra mainly because it has a warranty doesn't make sense to me. I want the performance the car brings; the exhilaration of grabbing second and third under boost and hearing that ungodly whine of the roots blower under the hood.
Not the fact that the car has a warranty that becomes questionable depending upon how or with what I mod the car.
And when we talk warranty, it's certainly a moot point on our TR's.
One other thing - someone was complaining about how expensive the Cobra is; that $30k+ is too much for the performance it brings (I completely disagree). But how many of you remember the whining that many people did when they saw the price of the TR's and GN's? For a lot less money, a car buyer could pick up a Camaro or a Mustang but still, the GN's and TR's sold didn't they?
The same is true of the Cobras, Mach Ones, and will still be true for the 2005 iteration of the Mustang - they are popular.
If you have ANY doubt, check the sales numbers of the Mustang versus the F-bodies for the last year the Camaro and Firebird was built.
And if you have any doubt left, just tell me how many F-bodies were built THIS year.
Ford is still out there, building affordable, good looking and high performing cars.
GM is cloning imports and trying to convince us that it's a GTO. GM is trying to convince us that we only want a Cadillac for our performance vehicle.
No wonder Ford is winning the sales war. GM doesn't know sh!t from shinola when it comes down to what the car buyer wants.
The 2005 Mustang will sell, possibly breaking sales records for the model. Just wait and see.
