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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / June 2005OT '05 Mustang? OT
Anyone have any experience with the '05 Mustang? Wife looking to replace Grand AM GT. Thanks bs drive it first, I found the passenger compartment "snug". BTW did you know GM is offering vehicles at "GM Employee Pricing" until July 5th? > drive it first, I found the passenger compartment "snug". BTW did you > know GM is offering vehicles at "GM Employee Pricing" until July 5th? Yabbut you have to drive a GM car! personally I have no seat time in the 'stang but I can't help but think it would be a big step up from a Grand Am... nate Yea, and I just heard they are laying off 25,000 employee's, about 8% of the work force.  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 55 Speedster 50 2R 10 truck > drive it first, I found the passenger compartment "snug". BTW did you > know GM is offering vehicles at "GM Employee Pricing" until July 5th? And did you know they re also laying off 25,000 employees too? Bill Are they calling it "Severance Pay Pricing"? Give the US 20 years and we're going to be 95% dependant on foreign made products. I think I heard right today that GM is quoting manufacturing costs of 10% in China for every American job. The jobs in Mexico probably aren't even safe. Lee >> drive it first, I found the passenger compartment "snug". BTW did you >> know GM is offering vehicles at "GM Employee Pricing" until July 5th? >> > And did you know they re also laying off 25,000 employees too? > > Bill GM has a very similar problem that Studebaker had... I read that about 40% of the price of a GM car goes toward pension liabilities. They are so seriously underfunded, that a default of this magnitude would be greater than the GNP of a lot of countries. This could seriously F/U the economy. You can bet that they are watching the United Air Lines fiasco (read that screwing) closely to develop their next few moves. China is a component that may well keep them alive. ...as lousy as that sounds... Severance pay pricing? I doubt that. The rebates have stopped working, the zero interest loans have stopped working, and this is the next straw they are grabbing. Shoot, they are soaking the Hummer H2 to shrink it to an H3.... This payback is going to be a bitch... Jeff "Lee Aanderud" wrote... > Are they calling it "Severance Pay Pricing"? > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Bill > GM has a very similar problem that Studebaker had... > I read that about 40% of the price of a GM car goes toward pension > liabilities.... On the news tonight they said that every car GM makes costs them $1500 in health care benefits. Paul Johnson I'll betcha it's way more than that.... I was talking pension liabilities... (but I don't remember exactly what I read a bit back, so that may well be a better number...) "Paul Johnson" wrote.. > On the news tonight they said that every car GM makes costs them $1500 in > health care benefits. Some better info is here.... http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/IROL/84/84530/presentations/GM_121203.pdf (and a pretty good summation is here) http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary030625bm.htm "Jeff Rice" wrote... > I'll betcha it's way more than that.... I was talking pension > liabilities... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> On the news tonight they said that every car GM makes costs them $1500 in >> health care benefits. On the NBC Nightly News they're already saying that if United gets their way, other airlines are already looking at following suit. Gotta keep those stockholders happy... screw the employees. The more I read about the GM deal the more I get pissed and swear never to buy one of their products. Detroit's going to look like a Pennsylvania steel mining town unless something miraculous happens. The "Severance Pay Pricing" was a joke... it's about all GM can offer anymore. Good news, I hear Walmart's hiring. Lee > GM has a very similar problem that Studebaker had... > I read that about 40% of the price of a GM car goes toward pension [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> costs of 10% in China for every American job. The jobs in Mexico >> probably aren't even safe. I don't know about the '05 but a friend of mine has an '04 Mach 1 that he likes except for when he has to buy gas. She may also be interested in the new Dodge Charger... to me it kind of looks like a big Mustang from the couple times I've driven past one. Lee (but then I only buy Toyota) > Anyone have any experience with the '05 Mustang? Wife looking to replace > Grand AM GT. Thanks bs > Anyone have any experience with the '05 Mustang? Wife looking to replace > Grand AM GT. Thanks bs The one thing I will say about the Mustang is that it should hold its resale value above average for a North American car. And maybe if you keep it long enough (i.e 25 years) and keep it looking showroom-new, you may even get back what you paid for it... Craig I've had an 05 Mustang (v6, stick, premium package with leather) for the last 3 months. Very solid, very good performance for a v6, nice trunk, very snug back seat (but about the same size as my 96 Beretta) 20mpg strictly stop & go in town, 25mpg mixed, 29mpg all highway. If you have any other questions, email me at jpfingstag@uticorp.com I've had an 05 Mustang (v6, stick, premium package with leather) for the last 3 months. Very solid, very good performance for a v6, nice trunk, very snug back seat (but about the same size as my 96 Beretta) 20mpg strictly stop & go in town, 25mpg mixed, 29mpg all highway. If you have any other questions, email me at jpfingstag@uticorp.com |
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