Lookin at the Shelby

Originally Posted by Lemers

So I took my wife and her explorer in to the dealer today to fix a creak in the drivers side door. We are also considering trading it for the new explorer so we went into the showroom. The first thing to catch my eye is a 2012 black Shelby. Man it was really nice. I joked with my wife about trading in my Z for it. Everytime we talk about my Z she states how good of a wife she is for letting me a father of 3 have a 2 seat car. So what do I say? "The Shelby has 4 seats!" she wasn't amused. She asked me why I didn't get it to begin with. I thought about the Shelby, but in the end I'm just too cheap to but a $55k car. Maybe when I'm old and retired, but not now.

Originally Posted by Dark Sarcasm

My opinion is the Mustang GT500 is a brute power monster and not a Supercar. Much like the Viper. Just because it made it around VIR quicker than some other cars does not mean that it did with any sort of prowess. For all I know the Mustangs time consisted of white knockle ragged edge driving while the Ford GT was composed and controlled around the track. My guess would be whoever drove any of those cars around VIR would not pick the GT500 as their first choice.

I am not saying that the GT500 isnt a badass car, I just dont think it will ever be a "supercar"