The New Mustang GTD
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saleenrose
GT Owner
- Jul 14, 2013
- 76
I'm always loathe to get into this topic because it really sucked the life outta me the last couple of years, and repeating myself into the vast emptiness of space is largely fruitless but...all this stuff about influencers and followers and YouTubers etc was really just nonsense.
I've grown largely agnostic about what people do with their GTs. It's a great car to drive and I think never driving it is somewhat of a shame, but at the same time, if the car came with no powertrain, I would still want to park it in my living room because I think it's art, and one of the most beautiful automotive designs of all time. So if you like driving it; awesome. If you like just looking at it for the sheer artistic value; awesome. I also just don't have the kind of cash necessary to put a billion miles on a car that has a front fascia that costs $94,000 as a part, and I think there's a lot of people in that situation.
Back to allocations, the application process was just an interesting marketing exercise, and a sincere attempt to at least make the vehicles available to real enthusiasts. Now here's where perception and reality diverge; it was not followers or views that got allocations, and it wasn't influencers that flipped the cars. I think that perception exists because it's what people want to believe about broader society. It was some derisible group of celebutard profiteers that value nothing, only attention, who said what they needed to say to get what they want. But that shit ain't the truth. The vast majority of cars were awarded to people on the merits of being an enthusiast or prior GT owner, and it was those people that did most of the parking and flipping. If you really want to drill down the demographics of it, it looks like the typical demo of this website, and the reality is, a lot of people just like an extra $300-500k more than they liked owning that car they professed they'd be buried in.
I wish the GTD was a little cheaper because I'd really love to have a car I can just absolutely rag the shit out of with no concern of the end value, and I really think it's gonna be an incredible road car to drive (and fast as balls). But I am way less invested in caring about who gets them, because I've stared into that abyss before and seen reality. I hope lots of people who really love them get them and do all kinds of fun stuff with them and make lots of people's days with them, but truly being able to discern who that is is very difficult indeed.
I've grown largely agnostic about what people do with their GTs. It's a great car to drive and I think never driving it is somewhat of a shame, but at the same time, if the car came with no powertrain, I would still want to park it in my living room because I think it's art, and one of the most beautiful automotive designs of all time. So if you like driving it; awesome. If you like just looking at it for the sheer artistic value; awesome. I also just don't have the kind of cash necessary to put a billion miles on a car that has a front fascia that costs $94,000 as a part, and I think there's a lot of people in that situation.
Back to allocations, the application process was just an interesting marketing exercise, and a sincere attempt to at least make the vehicles available to real enthusiasts. Now here's where perception and reality diverge; it was not followers or views that got allocations, and it wasn't influencers that flipped the cars. I think that perception exists because it's what people want to believe about broader society. It was some derisible group of celebutard profiteers that value nothing, only attention, who said what they needed to say to get what they want. But that shit ain't the truth. The vast majority of cars were awarded to people on the merits of being an enthusiast or prior GT owner, and it was those people that did most of the parking and flipping. If you really want to drill down the demographics of it, it looks like the typical demo of this website, and the reality is, a lot of people just like an extra $300-500k more than they liked owning that car they professed they'd be buried in.
I wish the GTD was a little cheaper because I'd really love to have a car I can just absolutely rag the shit out of with no concern of the end value, and I really think it's gonna be an incredible road car to drive (and fast as balls). But I am way less invested in caring about who gets them, because I've stared into that abyss before and seen reality. I hope lots of people who really love them get them and do all kinds of fun stuff with them and make lots of people's days with them, but truly being able to discern who that is is very difficult indeed.
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KennethClay
GT Owner
. It’s probably tough for people who wanted a car and didn’t get one to see the flipping going on. 
STORMCAT
GT
The excerpt from Pulp fiction is good.. I also like another movie line,, " do you feel lucky punk,, ? Well do ya ? " Good luck to all that applied...
HNS
GT Owner
Gene Cassone
GT Owner
Not sure this has been addressed. Who will be servicing the GTD? Warranty work? All dealers? Complicated hydraulics like Gen2 GTs?
Dealers who service Gen2 GTs will have at least more experience and additional work for them!
Dealers who service Gen2 GTs will have at least more experience and additional work for them!
CanadaGT
GT Owner
If I should be so lucky as to get an Allocation for a GTD, I will try not to get caught in a freak snowstorm as I did one day in the GT. One of the few times it came home on a towtruck. Broken axle bolts were the other 2 times. I checked them yearly after that. Did 80,000 miles in that particular car up here in Canada. Tough as we have like 4 or 5 month summers lol up here sometimes. Climate warming is nowhere to be seen in my world...
It's a color called Holographic Blue. Not in the standard color palette.
john gourley
GT Owner
- Apr 27, 2006
- 422
AJB
GT
I am a blue car guy, but unless it looks better in real life, this looks like a “bluish-gray “ or “ I really wanna be blue “. or “I really can’t decide blue” or silverfish blue ….
IMHO.
Andy (ajb)
IMHO.
Andy (ajb)
Apollo
GT Owner
I get what you're saying Andy, but I bet you are right and it looks amazing in person, kind of like the Porsche Mexico or Riviera Blue. Blue is such a hard color to see accurately in photos.
SYCO GT
GT Owner
I haven't yet seen it in person, but I like what I see in photos so far!
Holographic Blue.
Holographic Blue.
AJB
GT
I would just prefer a “blue-blue.”
Lightening or velocity, or performance… or even better , let’s bring back Sonic Blue as a standard palette blue !
Andy (ajb)
Lightening or velocity, or performance… or even better , let’s bring back Sonic Blue as a standard palette blue !
Andy (ajb)
Nice seeing you & Tom! Plus we stayed at the same hotel! See you at the Rally!
Ed