Is the GT350 outdated?

[byronj]

I drove a 19GT PP2 before buying the 16 GT350 I have. No regrets, I really feel its a simple, yet transcendent of mustang formula. The chassis setup is more refined, the brakes are the best I've ever felt in a street going car, the flat plane makes for a fun experience and sound, the tremec is great in shift effort and feel, the handling and power-on characteristics are dramatically better than the GT, and I love all the small touches from the hood line to materials that make the GT350 experience "more".

There's caveats sure, like early cars with spin-on filters or missing coolers are things you have to look at and manage, but I've been very critical of every car I've owned, and I've had the hardest time finding faults in the GT350. Thus, I don't find it outdated, I think its the best modern interpretation of the pony car.

Don't forget body panel alignment. Hahaha

 

[TMSBOSS]

Don't forget body panel alignment. Hahaha

Ford seems to have fixed this also. My 2019 fits great.

 

[Tonymustang302]

Ford seems to have fixed this also. My 2019 fits great.

i will disagree with you.....my hood is terrible....i dont get me started with the 100’s of tiny bubbles on the hoods Clearcoat also which were exposed during ppf Install

 

[TMSBOSS]

Bummer. The lines on mine are spot on.

 

[Tonymustang302]

Fast forward to 9:30 is my car with 50miles on it. I dont know how i didnt catch that at the dealer. The youbube clip title is “Brand new gt350 with Paint defects’

 

[venom52]

I have both a 18 GT350 and 19 GT 10 speed. Both are really great at what they're intended to be used for. Track it's obvious the 350 is best. Street brawling or long trips across country the GT is hands down the best. The 19 got around 30mpg on the latest trek from TX to Neb plenty of power and torque to deal idiots or whatever comes your way. Cooled seats and all the comforts like auto high beams etc just make the GT more refined in that aspect but the 350 is just a track car through and through.

 

[TMSBOSS]

My better half has a 2019 GT 10 speed convert we use when cruising or just taking an enjoyable ride in the country. The GT350R is great when I want to do "Manly Things" on track. Two great cars with different purposes. Neither is outdated, in my humble opinion.

 

[302BOB]

The GT350 has engineering very reverent to today's demands in performance....to consider it outdated is a joke to me..................get them while you can........

 

[Norm Peterson]

Don't roast me over the title. I'm getting ready to finish putting my '16 PP GT back together in order to sell it for a 17-19 low mileage GT350. Talking to a group of friends that have jumped on the '18+ 10speed wagon, someone made a comment & suggestion that set me back a moment. He said, the GT350 is already outdated and I should just wait out until the next Generation of Mustang comes out. Do you guys think it's outdated?

Calling a GT350 'outdated' because it's intentionally not the right Mustang for every V8 Mustang buyer . . . as good a reason as any for ignoring their advice. The GT350 is a pretty narrow-focus car in either of its trims, obviously too narrowly focused in a direction that your friends don't understand.

I like to think my cars are daily drivers but I've only put 10k miles on it in 3 years and that's mostly because weekend track trips & the club events are an hour away.

I really don't see much reason a GT350 couldn't be daily-driven, aside from burning through its OE PSC2 tires in low-speed street driving (easily remedied). If I had one and was still working, I know I wouldn't bat an eye at the idea of commuting in it.


Norm

 

[302BOB]

wouldn't bat an eye at the idea of commuting in it.

Or anything else that came to mind.....as in Gdgee-up................WOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[302BOB]

I prefer a NA motor to a Super or Turbo Charged beast.....less to go wrong down the road all tho that whine can become additive..................

 

[TymeSlayer]

My wife keeps telling me outdated but has yet to leave me out at the curb.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Tyme , she told me she wanted to be out dating ..........you do need that hearing aid!!

 

[TymeSlayer]

 

[blacksheep-1]

tell them they need to get some rags, dip them in kerosene, and tie them around their ankles so the ants can't bite their candy ***es

this is how it was done in my day sonny

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[302BOB]

My wife keeps telling me outdated but has yet to leave me out at the curb.

Keep following the maintenance schedule in the manual and you should be OK for a few more miles....