[Ackattack]

I was talking to a guy at work the other day, and the topic of cars came up, and he recently got an '04 Mustang GT. So during our discussion he was dogging on the F-body, and he admitted that I'd spank him in a drag race, but he bought the car for the handling not for drag racing.

So my question is do the GTs really handle any better than an F-body? I was under the impression that they both handled fairly equally, both are addequate and both can be improved on. I don't hear much talk about the rustangs handling, so I don't know much about them.

What is your feeling, knowledge, and/or experience with them handling wise in comparison to an F-body?

[sgarnett]

As I've said before, the Mustang won because women (in general) prefer Mustangs. I'm not saying that only women drive Mustangs, and some enlightened women (such as Julie and Christine (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ) certainly appreciate the f-body benefits.

However,
1) More women buy Mustangs for themselves
2) More wives will "approve" the purchase of a Mustang
2) Dates complain less about riding in a Mustang

In other words, women often have a strong influence on the purchasing decision even if it isn't going to be their car, and (many) women don't like driving or riding in 4th gens.

The low seating position (which I actually prefer, but ...), long doors, poor visibility, long overhangs, "Smokey and the Bandit" image, etc, don't make the cut, and track performance potential is not necessarily a winning (or wise) argument.

Sure, most of us here either have understanding wives (or husbands), or just don't mind being in the doghouse, or the spouse has a gearhead gene too, or whatever, but I'll bet a LOT of potential sales have been vetoed (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)