2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang rated at 526 hp, 429 lb-ft

[rayhawk]

Originally Posted by gen6waiter

I don't understand...if someone has the disposable $ to overpay for whatever he is comfortable overpaying, it is his $. Obviously, he has plenty of it and has no finacial worries like most of us do. Why do some people get upset about that?

Because once people start paying those premiums, it makes finding the car at MSRP harder for everyone else.

[TheReaper]

Originally Posted by Denis

I hope you just laughed and left.

sad thing is, someone will pay that. and then a year from now people will be getting them for sticker price.

I left but I wasn't laughing.

[i2disturbedSS]

Patience or pay more. You'll see people selling them to upgrade to the R or making room for the GT.

[trademaster]

Originally Posted by rayhawk

Because once people start paying those premiums, it makes finding the car at MSRP harder for everyone else.

I forgot buying cars was a team effort

[rayhawk]

Originally Posted by trademaster

I forgot buying cars was a team effort

I forgot that we don't live in a free market where supply and demand affect prices.

[Stingray]

ADM's will never go away... been there for decades. If 50 people want it and the dealer only has 5 for the entire year, then it's safe to say that a good % of those 50 peeps will overpay just to get that 1 of 5. It just is what it is, unfortunately.

Even with the PT Cruisers during its early heyday... dealers were selling over sticker.

Example from 15 years ago... http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...dealer-sticker

[trademaster]

Originally Posted by rayhawk

I forgot that we don't live in a free market where supply and demand affect prices.

Well for one, we don't live in a free market economy, we live in a mixed market economy. Two, consumers make decisions selfishly, on the margin. Nobody cares how hard it is for you to buy a car at MSRP. Your quib about supply and demand affecting prices is exactly why people pay over MSRP.

[i2disturbedSS]

Dont want to start another thread but haven't read anything or anybody comparing the ZO6 to the GT350R. What do you guys about the this match up? Round the track? Best performance overall?

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Originally Posted by i2disturbedSS

Dont want to start another thread but haven't read anything or anybody comparing the ZO6 to the GT350R. What do you guys about the this match up? Round the track? Best performance overall?

This pretty much sums it up.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422216

[i2disturbedSS]

Dont see anything about GT350R. I did see that the 350 will be 6 sec faster then the Z/28. So the R would be about equal to the ZO6 or slightly quicker?

[SuperSound]

Originally Posted by i2disturbedSS

Dont see anything about GT350R. I did see that the 350 will be 6 sec faster then the Z/28. So the R would be about equal to the ZO6 or slightly quicker?

Think you got that backwards. The GT350 with track pack is supposed to be close to a C7 with Z51, but that's still slower than a Z/28 by almost 4 secs.

The R has a serious disadvantage in power to weight compared to the ZO6 (or alleged power/weight should I say).

[KMPrenger]

Originally Posted by i2disturbedSS

Dont see anything about GT350R. I did see that the 350 will be 6 sec faster then the Z/28. So the R would be about equal to the ZO6 or slightly quicker?

No.

And that was a completely different track.

It was said that the GT350R ran low 1:30s around Laguna Seca, nobody knows what that means exactly, where the Z/28 ran a high 1:37 I believe. So it could be 3 to 6 seconds or less, is my guess.

GT350R is very sweet, but it isn't touching the Corvette Z06, and after a few laps there would be a pretty huge gap between the two.

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Originally Posted by i2disturbedSS

Dont see anything about GT350R. I did see that the 350 will be 6 sec faster then the Z/28. So the R would be about equal to the ZO6 or slightly quicker?

No GT350, but lots of cars where you can see improvements across generations. Do you think the GT350 will be 16 seconds faster than the Gen5 GT500?

[i2disturbedSS]

Originally Posted by KMPrenger

No.

And that was a completely different track.

It was said that the GT350R ran low 1:30s around Laguna Seca, nobody knows what that means exactly, where the Z/28 ran a high 1:37 I believe. So it could be 3 to 6 seconds or less, is my guess.

GT350R is very sweet, but it isn't touching the Corvette Z06, and after a few laps there would be a pretty huge gap between the two.

Oh - ok thanks for clarifying.