My Subaru FXT is premium-only. Not that big of a deal.

And not a deal at all now that I only drive to the liquor store.

Probably, but that may void the warranty and this won’t.

Pedestrians are getting pretty wiley these days. You gotta keep making improvements if you want to catch them.

Sire’d take: Yes, me lord.

If you had just bought the Deluxe Edition, you wouldn’t have to sign on for the Season Pass.

I’ll ignore the whole is it worth it argument, and just comment that it’s bonkers that you can get nearly 500HP from a Mustang GT from the factory with a warranty.   My first ‘fun’ car was a 1991 Prelude Si with 140HP, which I replaced with a 2001 Mustang GT that had 260.  Both felt fast to me at the time.

I can tell you first-hand that this package makes a massive difference. The 5.0L is neutered from the factory on the low end to maintain drivability (and probably to keep things from breaking).

Hey, Lambo buyers have been paying double or quadruple that rate for years!

Fired Take: Guess I’ll buy a Tempo.

Yes, absolutely! But not because of the percentage increase, but because of the space it adds under the curve. Take a look at the graph on the Ford website(hyperlink in story). It adds 42 lb/ft @2000 rpm, which is tremendous!

It doesn’t. Erin doesn’t know what the heck she is writing about. The package ships around 20lbs. That’s the weight of all of the components, including the calibration tool that you plug in momentarily to execute the new tune. To install the new throttle body, throttle body adapter, and CAI, you first have to remove…

I didn’t see the part where Erin said it was great to buy this.

How on earth does an intake and throttle body add 20 pounds of weight?

Of course.  They already made this 1hp less on paper than the Bullitt so those people don’t get mad.

What the actual hell Emslie, where do you conjure these Frank-n-Projects from?

Sorry, but those wheels speak to me of an owner who bought the car to be flashy - and that includes flashy hooning. 55 large? Not only no, but hell no. CP.

$55 Large for this Anita Bryant Orange Bowl Parade Float? Plus the owner had to plaster AM badges on the dash to remind him what he was driving. Yes it’s in pretty good shape for its age, but if you bought it you would have to factor in enough $$ for paint to cover all the orange.  CP all the way to the Minute Made…

Now that's a sedan you Contour in!

I guess that’s all part of the

These were almost inadequate when they were contemporary, now they are a great example of why the Big 3 nearly went out of business. The problem with automotive nostalgia is that we remember how crap these all were and the best that Detroit could say was the bumper sticker “Jobless? Hungry? Go eat your foriegn car”…