New '05 Mustangs/Cheap Warranty!??

I don't think there is any truth to the 5-speed thing. I drove one last
week that was a loaded GT with a manual transmission. It was a blast to
drive. My guess is they are just trying to push the inventory they have
so they can make more $$$$.

James

CasinoMaker wrote:
> "Max C. Webster III" > wrote in message
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>>Saw my first '05 today at lunch. Beautiful yellow GT w/standard
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> transmission.
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>>My '01 GT looked like dog food parked next to it
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> Kinda OT but my dealer in SoCal told me there are no 5spd GT's or V6's until
> early 05 or around the same time the verts come in. Is there any truth to
> that?
>
> I actually told him to call me when a 5spd came in and he wasn't interested.
> BTW....they wanted 3k over sticker for a V6 and no test drive is allowed.
> I laughed at him......oh wait.....that's probably why he didn't want my
> phone number.
>
> Marc
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>I can't really recall what our '66 coupe had for a factory warranty, but
>it wasn't that good... and it was getting rusty when we traded it in
>for $300.00 towards a new Torino in 1973 ($3,200.00 new!).
>
>Rob

For the most part,American cars back in the 60's had a factory 12 month/12,000
warranty.

>Subject: New '05 Mustangs/Cheap Warranty!??
>From: trainfan1


>I can't really recall what our '66 coupe had for a factory warranty, but
>it wasn't that good... and it was getting rusty when we traded it in
>for $300.00 towards a new Torino in 1973 ($3,200.00 new!).

The warranty on the 66 Mustang was 24\24! Pretty good warranty for the 60s.

John
66 2+2

Hey, that's Ford Warranty.
if you dont like it, bitch to Ford and see if you can make them change it!
Bitching to us won't help any.

--
Kate
98 Cobra Drop Top
Please Lord, at the end, just one last ride... with the top down.



"Bingo" > wrote in message
6...
| The US warranty really sucks, imho. 3yr/36k mile basic & powertrain and 60
| months corrosion!??
|
| A 2yr lease would be the ticket... if it was available.
|
| The new mustang doesn't amount to much with such a cheap warranty.
|
| YMMV,
|
| Andy
|

In article > , Bingo wrote:
> The US warranty really sucks, imho. 3yr/36k mile basic & powertrain and 60
> months corrosion!??
>
> A 2yr lease would be the ticket... if it was available.
>
> The new mustang doesn't amount to much with such a cheap warranty.

It's marketing. If your car sucks you offer a longer warranty to get
people to take the risk for instance. If you sell a very expensive car,
good coverage is needed to try and set it apart from other people's very
expensive cars. Basically it's about how to sell the car. A mustang
doesn't need anything more than that to sell. Odds are few extra buyers
would be found with a longer one. A shorter one would start to scare them
away.

Anyway, even if the manufacturer pays for it, it still sucks when it
breaks, so I'd rather have a good car with a 10k mile warranty than bad
one with a 100K mile one.

I've sat in and shifted a 5 speed GT. My friend wouldn't let me drive it,
but it sounds nice.


"CasinoMaker" > wrote in message
> Kinda OT but my dealer in SoCal told me there are no 5spd GT's or V6's
until
> early 05 or around the same time the verts come in. Is there any truth
to
> that?
>

On 11/11/2004 12:11 PM, Brent P wrote:

> In article > , Bingo wrote:
>
>>The US warranty really sucks, imho. 3yr/36k mile basic & powertrain and 60
>>months corrosion!??
>>
>>A 2yr lease would be the ticket... if it was available.

Then don't finance through the dealer; Talk to a bank or credit union.

>>The new mustang doesn't amount to much with such a cheap warranty.
>
>
> It's marketing. If your car sucks you offer a longer warranty to get
> people to take the risk for instance. If you sell a very expensive car,
> good coverage is needed to try and set it apart from other people's very
> expensive cars. Basically it's about how to sell the car. A mustang
> doesn't need anything more than that to sell. Odds are few extra buyers
> would be found with a longer one. A shorter one would start to scare them
> away.

Besides which, if you really *want* an extended warranty, there is
nothing stopping you from paying extra and getting one.


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I put 306,000 miles on my 86 GT convertible and had no problems. The
new warranty is better than the old one and with the Mustang you are not
going to need it anyway...

Bingo wrote:

> The US warranty really sucks, imho. 3yr/36k mile basic & powertrain and 60
> months corrosion!??
>
> A 2yr lease would be the ticket... if it was available.
>
> The new mustang doesn't amount to much with such a cheap warranty.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Andy
>
>