Just picked mine up yesterday. It took right at a month from order to delivery. The 8 speed auto is awesome. Light years ahead of the pos MT-82 transmission that was in my 2012 GT. Different cars, but it's a nice ride don't plan on auto crossing it just cruising and the occasional trip down the drag strip. I'm 6'5" and it has a ton of room.
i remember following the rumors and hype of the then-upcoming '15 mustang, and i kept seeing people say "i can't wait to see a mustang that can handle/that can go around a track now that it has IRS!" and i just couldn't wrap my head around those statements in the least considering the Boss 302 already curb stomped the $20k more expensive BMW M3 but SECONDS on the race track. and, not only that, but was complemented for having more direct feel and better feedback.
the entire point of the 1LE was to beat the Boss 302. despite it being only an "option package" like the track pack rather than a separate model like the Boss, the track pack and 1LE are definitely not comparable. add in the fact that the 5th gen is, at this point, a 5 year old car that has had stacks upon stacks of dollars poured into its further development AFTER the initial release, all the way to the point of having completely different suspension points on the chassis for the 2012+ models(GM FINALLY figured out that the family sedan suspension geometry was GARBAGE for handling).
tires and suspension tuning(spring rate/shock tuning) makes a FAR bigger difference than switching from a solid axle to an IRS. everyone talks about how terrible solid axles are because a bump on one side of the axle affects the contact patch on the other side, but no one seems to "get" that the contact patch on an IRS is CONSTANTLY changing with body roll. once you dig into independent suspension design, you'll realize how it is far FAR more complex than "tires move independently = better grip", because every single aspect of the suspension geometry is a compromise in MANY aspects. there is no such thing as perfect independent suspension geometry because it is impossible to ever maintain 100% contact between the tire contact patch and the pavement. the angle of the tire is constantly changing because the suspension points are mounted to, and thus influenced by the chassis, while the tires of a solid axle move independently of the chassis(assuming zero bind in the solid axle's suspension - this isn't true for '79-'04 mustangs as the shitty design of the triangulated 4-link with bushings[instead of spherical joints] will bind up and cause the inside tire to lift after so many degrees of body roll. the S197 has an insignificant amount of bind though, being a 3-link + panhard) and thus maintain a nearly parallel contact patch to the road surface(with sidewall roll being the only significant influence to the contact patch at that point). so, you need to add static negative camber to an independent suspension to compensate for body roll changing the suspension geometry(0 degrees of static camber would lead to positive camber gain of the outside tire in a corner, causing a loss of grip as the inside of the outside tire lifts off the ground), which means that you're on the inside edges of the tires while going in a straight line, thus reducing forward traction. and, while you can add negative camber to flatten out the contact patch of the outside tire in a corner, the inside tire is FAR from parallel and is contributing very little to overall cornering grip. meanwhile, the inside tire on a solid axle maintains pretty much the same contact patch as the outside tire. while the additional grip of the inside tire may not add a whole lot to the overall cornering grip, every little bit counts. keep in mind that, theoretically, you can put down power sooner on corner exit with a solid axle since the inside tire is the most likely to spin and you have much more contact patch on the ground vs the independent suspension(that's dependent on a LOT of variables outside of suspension geometry though). and, finally, the constant camber change of an independent suspension hurts breaking too as, again, you're not maintaining a parallel contact patch. but we're morso commenting on rear suspension design than front, so it doesn't have a very significant impact(though worth noting none the less).
Just picked mine up yesterday. It took right at a month from order to delivery. The 8 speed auto is awesome. Light years ahead of the pos MT-82 transmission that was in my 2012 GT. Different cars, but it's a nice ride don't plan on auto crossing it just cruising and the occasional trip down the drag strip. I'm 6'5" and it has a ton of room.
....Ford will sell more than a few stateside. My wifey wants it. 
I'd say there VERY comparable. The 1le package is one step up from the standard v-8 Camaro...just like the track pack is one step up from the standard GT....and the BOSS isn't built anymore. Aren't the prices of the track pack and 1le cars comparable? Do I think Handling is everything? NOPE, the mustang has waay better everything else....I just would have thought that FORD could have topped a similarly priced/performance...especially a 3 year old car. GM builds the better suspensions...period. (and that's about it too)
Today I saw my first 15 mustang at a dealership..competition orange/50th anniversary 5.0. Much nicer in person....I'm looking for some good" crow seasoning" if anybody has some
if you pretend like the two cars weren't developed for completely different purposes, then sure, they are comparable. but even a blind man can see that the performance pack(not track pack, which i mistakenly said) is aimed at the enthusiast that just wants a sportier mustang, while the 1LE was, quite literally, developed to run a faster lap time on a race track than the Boss 302. news flash - race tracks are smoother and more consistent than the real world, you can run higher spring rates and tighter shock valving if you're putting race track lap times over ride quality. if ford actually cared about putting down faster lap times than the 1LE, don't you think they would just put stickier tires on the car? don't you think they would stick the Boss 302 adjustable monotubes on the performance pack? don't you think they would stick the torsen T2 in the differential?I'd say there VERY comparable. The 1le package is one step up from the standard v-8 Camaro...just like the track pack is one step up from the standard GT....and the BOSS isn't built anymore. Aren't the prices of the track pack and 1le cars comparable? Do I think Handling is everything? NOPE, the mustang has waay better everything else....I just would have thought that FORD could have topped a similarly priced/performance...especially a 3 year old car. GM builds the better suspensions...period. (and that's about it too)
Today I saw my first 15 mustang at a dealership..competition orange/50th anniversary 5.0. Much nicer in person....I'm looking for some good" crow seasoning" if anybody has some
This is exactly the video I had in mind when I made my comments. And yeah - Pobst can drive. IMO that vid is pretty much the last word on the issue.
