NASSTY

I'm with Masitile, I'm more comfortable in a truck.
I don't even like sitting in cars anymore in my old age.
A tuned Tremor is kind of like a hot rod and a pickup all in one. It's more of a straight line hot rod than it is a corner carver. I'm good with that, I don't care to do any road course racing.
However I still do own a car...my Grand National. I only take it out a few times a year and flog the crap out of it. After about 1 hour my back is done and I want out. But it is fun and will put a whooping on most Mustangs I come across.
I can drive my Tremor all day long and not get uncomfortable.

Spong

I completely understand what you are all saying about a Mustang. I love getting behind a 5.0 with a 6-speed manual. Makes me drool thinking about it. I had a Trans Am in the early 2000's and I miss shifting gears. The problem with the Mustang is that everyone and their mom has one. I see them daily whereas I've only see a couple Tremors in all my travels. I saw one recently that was a FX4 all dirty and being treated like any other truck. Mine would be a summer only toy.

I might possibly purchase a car from my neighbor this year that would be very cheap and would solve my want for a manual transmission. I could drive it when I need to shift and the Tremor when I want to sit higher and go fast.

There's a guy in the forum with a red Tremor that is lowered on 22's. I've drooled many times over the pictures.

morehousej

OMG that is one beautiful truck you have right there... DROOLS.....

I love the look of these trucks in a regular cab, but it's just not practical for me... i need room for junk... but I see this and it makes me really want to reconcider..... man that's nice

would it be possible to bolt a mustang manual tranny to the F150 5.0L ???

johndog82

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If you go Tremor, look for a bottle of lube cause you're going to get bent over when you write that check! Lol jk.
You just need to weigh your personal pros and cons of each and make a decision based on those lists.
They are fun trucks but if you're not going to haul stuff ever, Mustang is the way to go, it'll give you the best performance to money spent ratio. If you just want to go fast, a 5,000lb truck with understeer and poor handling isn't the most optimal choice. Then again I also hate sitting in cars. If you do too, go tremor and put a rear sway bar on it and lower the rear with drop shackles at least. If you already have a truck, go mustang. Its a personal decision only you can make.

NASSTY

They were expensive at first because Ford thought because Tremors were rare (606) that they could sell them for close to MSRP. So some people that bought them right off may have got bent over.
Quite a few of them sat on the lots for a while before they realized they weren't going to sell unless they discounted them. Mine sat at Rowe Ford for 9.5 months. I had been watching it for 5 months and finally the price was right. There isn't a huge market for RCSB's, most people need family haulers.

Masi1926

My friend bought a 1987 GNX. Around 1990, roughly. Only had about 1000 miles on it. I think he kept it for a few years and only put another couple hundred on it. Made a killing when he sold it.
He let me drive it about 200 yds up and then 200 yards right back.
That was my first experience with a turbo engine. When I laid into the throttle at around 50 and it started silently kicking out sideways, it was like nothing I've ever experienced... Nothing yet has raised my heart rate as fast as that car did.
Just a beautiful car as well for it's day. You could look at it for hours. It wasn't as beautiful as a 69 or 70 muscle car, really not even being a muscle car in the true sense of the word, but nice to look at, nonetheless.

Fordman1979!

Here's a few more good looking Tremors.

Masi1926

It's strange, I didn't really give them much thought a year ago. Now I really dig them.
Maybe because they are a rare animal...idk.

Speedfreak400

That's insane. Only 606 were made? Has anyone seen a color breakdown? I just picked up a Ruby Red Metallic Tremor fully optioned with 10k miles on it. I was looking at the exact model in late 2014 but no way I could stomach the 42k. I got this one for $29.5. Can't wait to get it!!! Bought in Texas and flew my brother out to drive it back to Florida.


Sound like me. I have a 30th Anniversary Trans Am and I drive on weekends. Now way could I deal with driving every day. Up until 2003 F-Body's were always my daily driver.


I saw a recent posting by a dealer with a brand new one. Wanted original MSRP.

morehousej

NOPE & NOPE... both ruined with too big rims/rubberband tires and lowered.....yuck.... That black one is by far the best looking one.