# First drive 05 Mustang GT **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700 "2006-04-17T06:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/1 "2006-04-17T06:48:10Z")
Went up to Cleveland for Easter to my Uncle’s house. He has a 05 Mustang GT with the 5 speed auto. It is a decent ride, I am somewhat of a fan of it. Was it fast? Yes but it doesn’t feel fast, if that makes sense. Lets put it this way from a stop sign I floored it and I told my g/f it was floored and she said, “Are you serious?”. I looked down and were at 60 already, I think it is lacking the TQ curve I am used to. I actually think Tq wise my GTP is right on par with it. The interior was Ok But I really don’t know what the hype was for the quality. Overall I liked it, decent car for a Ford. It has stock exhaust and it still sounded cool, that is a given for a Mustang. The 5 speed auto was decent too, it was a little wierd but I like how it tightened up the gears a little. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/2 "2006-04-17T08:15:05Z")
I assume you mean low end torque? ---
**Author:** ![smokeyburnouts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyburnouts/32/5987_2.png) [@smokeyburnouts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyburnouts)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/3 "2006-04-17T08:16:08Z")
cool. decent cars, i guess ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/4 "2006-04-17T08:25:38Z")
> [@Jeff95TA](#): > > I assume you mean low end torque? Ya…it just didnt throw you back like a ls1…but after 3-4 K it pulled decent I guess I like pushrod better ---
**Author:** ![SSsuperchargedE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sssuperchargede/32/5958_2.png) [@SSsuperchargedE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSsuperchargedE)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/5 "2006-04-17T08:26:28Z")
how’d you like that IRS? ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/6 "2006-04-17T08:33:48Z")
I didnt get a chance to get into any twisties, the road I was on was mostly straight, but his street did have a few turns and I wend kinda fast through them and it felt really tight…from what I could tell it handles decent. But on level smooth pavement f-bod should be as good if not better than IRS. ---
**Author:** ![sonic03snake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@sonic03snake](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sonic03snake)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/7 "2006-04-17T09:18:46Z")
> [@SSsuperchargedE](#): > > how’d you like that IRS? The 05 06 GT’s have solid axles. 03/04 cobras were the only ones with the IRS. ---
**Author:** ![bics56](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bics56](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bics56)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/8 "2006-04-17T09:29:39Z")
> [@sonic03snake](#): > > The 05 06 GT’s have solid axles. 03/04 cobras were the only ones with the IRS. :doh: I must have had a brain fart ---
**Author:** ![grandamld9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/48db29/32.png) [@grandamld9](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/grandamld9)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/9 "2006-04-17T10:48:47Z")
yea the 05+ mustangs are nice. The 5speeds are alot more fun then the auto thought. For some reason i think the 5 speeds exhaust is alittle louder then the auto exhaust is. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Silver\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver_SS)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/10 "2006-04-17T15:09:36Z")
there ok. not a big mustang fan, personally i like the 99-04 bodys the best. i beat a stock one with a few bolt on’s and gears with my slow ass camaro by about 3-4 cars ---
**Author:** ![Swarzkopf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/11 "2006-04-17T15:14:51Z")
> The 05 06 GT’s have solid axles. 03/04 cobras were the only ones with the IRS. I thought that any 99 and newer Cobra had IRS? I can’t really seem to get into the newest Mustangs. I dig the 99-04s (especially the Mach 1s), but the style of the 05 and up just hasn’t got me yet. ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-drive-05-mustang-gt/181700/12 "2006-04-18T15:13:40Z")
they do seem like nice cars. they need deeper gears to really get that low end feeling back. 4.xx’s are well liked in those cars. i like the mach I’s and cobras better tho… and i do believe 99+ cobras had IRS.