2010 Ford Mustang S197 Revision Convertible 5MT: Regular Car Reviews
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literally just picked up a manual s550 GT YESTERDAY after being a c6 corvette/maro bro..... i feel it taking over my essence
Did you ever announce the winners for the last two?
Man. Reviewing a convertible Mustang after LFA must be like having a hamburger with black coffee as a dessert after a wagyu A1 main course. Not necessarily complain if I’d ride in one, but it’d hit different initially.
That being said, great that this one has the older Modular in it. Truly feels like owning a successor to the 427 SOHC “cammer” motor from the 60’s.
Movie magic. Cars reviews are not in temporal order.
The Ford Modular 🤮
@@Baddawg_313 Camaro's rule. I had a 73 Z/28 that I still long for.
The modular literally sounds like a 60s V8; throaty and tons of low end torque.
The LFA is a V10 symphony, while the Mustang V8 is a rock concert. They both hit differently, and I still love both.
Winga Dinga is back!
Now we just need Hot Dicks back and all will be right with the world
Both this car and the one that goes by him at 8:27
These are the winga dinga cars of the future that some of us 20 year olds we'll be driving in 30 years
In 2015, my boomer parents went on vacation out west, and pre-reserved a convertible "Mustang or similar" through Enterprise. When they got there, the agency apologized and said "we're all out of convertibles....and we only have one Mustang GT 5.0 here now, but... I'm so sorry, it's a stick shift". My parents begrudgingly took it, sad that they couldn't have a 'vert.
I spent THREE DAYS trying to explain to them that this was a literal blessing, not a curse. Freakin' boomers, man.
America moment, you either adore stick shifts or don't know what the fuck it is. That's why we call manuals American anti theft devices.
hot take: the Ecoboost version does 0-60 in 5 seconds and will do burnouts in drag mode with traction off. It's still pretty potent but will also get 30mpg cruising
Blue state conservative here. Did you know Chicago gun violence: 2 killed, 24 wounded in weekend shootings
@@louiearmstrong Having rented one, it was perfectly good fun for a rental at a sane price. Granted the 10 speed was diabolical when left to its own devices, but control it yourself and it was workable.
Why is there automatic shifting? It's for drivers who are tired of driving manuals for decades.
Why is there manual shifting? It's for drivers who are tired of driving automatic for years.
Back in 2015/16, I rented one of these convertible Mustangs (but a V6 auto) to drive from San Francisco up to Sonoma County. And sure I felt awesome crossing the Golden Gate Bridge with the top down that morning. It may not be fast nor handle especially well, but man, that was a "feelgood" car, indeed.
I have ‘08 version of this I drive 80 miles to the marina and back 100x a yr as my summer beater. Nothing like it. Shaker sound system doesn’t hurt either
I hope you played the Full House theme song while you did it :)
If you had the 2011-2014 v6 mustang. It had the 3.7l v6 with 305 hp. Just 10 hp less than the 4.6l v8 that the 2010 mustang put out.
It definitely had a lot of power. Thank dodge and Chevy for that revamp of the v6 in 2010. Ford had to step up their game.
Yes. This is the car to take to Applebee’s not on Friday, but Thursday. Because you don’t have to worry about being up early because you bought another jar of Melatonin and everything’s set on the night table
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the solid-axle Ford
Leaving Cars and Coffee with a foot slammed to the floor
Countersteering absent, a fabled tale of lore
The 'Stang goes spinning round
Glory, glory hallelujah
...is this a smiths reference.
@@bagplant It's not. I'm referencing an earlier RCR video.
I did a 180 in front of a cop once. He didn’t even pull me over 😂
Vroom vroom vroom vroom vroom
GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH
Another rcr review that starts hilariously and then ends in a statement which hits close to home, thanks rcr. Never change.
The center console lid bouncing was my favorite part. I love callbacks like that
Agree, and if you turn on subtitles TH-cam transfer it to [applause] lmao
RCR going to aussie land? We're gonna need an RCR x MCM crossover episode
Would love to hear Mr Regular's take on the 240Z or the B16 Mini or the SuperTurbo or the Mira or Supergramps or.....
@@a2d Or a Skoda
I’m not sure they’d be keen to have his bizarre ass on the show lol
Unicorn farts vs. BROWN!!!!
@@roddydykes7053 I mean they certainly have a penchant for the weird and off-putting. The amount of greased up feet I've seen caressing nuts is unusually high.
Over the years I've kept a list of RCR snark to use later. "from a long genetic line of diminishing returns" is the latest addition. Thanks!
Strong “Idiocracy” vibes.
Your writing beginning around the 7:50 mark is especially AMAZING. A few years ago, I believe it was Hertz that had a Mustang GT in their Atlanta int'l airport garage with a spec that was atypically nice for a rental fleet. I asked about it and the guy at the counter said it was a manual, so no one wanted it. He gave me that car for around $30/day as a result. An excellent deal and an enjoyable driving experience.
Remember patrons, this is the only revision-year S197 GT that has the 3v Modular motor. The 2011-14 years have a Coyote.
is that a positive or negative ?
I see 3V, I run away like it's the plague
@@VFBird03 whys that?
@@VFBird03 damn thats mad, what makes a 3V so bad ?
mad as in i had no idea i should probably clarify
I worked for Avis as a lube and tire tech from 2014 until about 2017 at a main service/distribution center. We had a few manual Mustangs come through, but it was very rare. We also saw some manual Focus ST's come through as well as some manual Jettas. I'm not sure what the criteria for renting these, but it was a big event in the shop whenever one showed up because it was definitely odd that they would stock them. lol
My dad was born in 1959 my dad has tall white socks with blue jean shorts varicose veins in New Balance tennis shoes he has a Hawaiian shirt in a grabber blue 2010 Mustang GT convertible😂😂😂
Livin! 😎
Varicose veins 💀
I worked for Budget Rent a Car back in the 90's and we had two models that could rented that came with a manual transmission: Mazda Miata and Geo Tracker. Both were RWD too so if one of them needed to be moved everyone on the lot wanted to do it. I think they cost a premium over a regular car rental but they weren't crazy expensive. Good times. All the Mustangs were V6 automatic.
Even though I know its probably not all one perfect take, the transitions between character voices and regular narration always sounds real. The visceral "aaaaaand deadpan" breath change.
So good.
I love my 2014 GT. Second s197 for me. They are a little raw and very fun. Adding over 200 blower horsepower to the Coyote just made it better....so far, missed all the crowds.
Is blower horsepower like brake horsepower, but different? 🙃
@@chriserz94Horsepower added by a supercharger
@@cooljohnguy79 You wouldn't say you added 10 exhaust horsepower, from installing a performance exhaust system, though would you? 🤔
@@chriserz94 Depends on the person 🤷
Gee, I dunno, my car is quicker and faster since I installed it, you tell me.
I have a race red 2012 Mustang v6 vert that started out its life as a rental car. It's now got over 150,000 miles on it now. Still a great car doesn't use a drop of oil and 11 years into its life doesn't leak a drop a water inside the car.
I rented an S197 convertible (V6) back in 2005 on a trip to southern CA. The S197 had just come out, and the convertible was released after the coupe. The car had 100 miles, and people actually gave me a thumbs up and said “cool car!” as I rolled by. The V6 and auto were not very inspiring, but we always rented Mustangs on vacation and ponying* up for the droptop in Socal was well worth it! Put a lot of miles on that rental - from San Diego to Santa Barbara to Vegas and back.
I currently own an S197 Roush coupe, manual. 4.6l. Fun car. Guilty pleasure. Encourages you to act out - but that live axle will step out very easily, even on a highway onramp bridge joint, mid turn! A 500hp 650 coupe is tempting, but there is just something so fun about the basic S197. Oh, and the previous owner disabled traction control. Not sure how, either through a tune or pulling a fuse? It just doesn’t have it, so very easy to spin those 275’s out back.
I *FUCKING LOVE* my 2013 GT coupe. Got her at 70k miles in 2015 as my high school graduation present, was a dealer loaner. She’s now at 128k miles. Only thing that went out was the brake booster (2017, dealer replaced it for free) and ac compressor (last month) everything else was regular maintenance. Still running strong, oil changed every 3k miles, kept as close to stock as I could, only lowering it, upgrading brakes and thermostat. Hell I haven’t even tinted the windows lol.
Lmfao spoiled...when i graduated and when most of my friends graduated we didn't get jack. We got a now it's time to get a full time job I stead of yalls part times jobs and start paying rent or gtfo. Kids r so spoiled and babies now days. It's why this world has become insanity in ways u got to work a job for the other 3 people that dont and get a quarter of the pay. It's why we can't have jack bc its handed out.
@@w.e.s. should've clarified my parents co-signing was the graduation present. Sold my first car as the down payment and made all payments myself. My parents co-signing for a fresh 18 year old with little credit is what qualified me for the car at 4% interest. Paid the car by myself, still have it parked right in the garage of the house I bought myself 2 years ago at 24. I don't understand why you'd work a job that only pays you a quarter of what others make. Sounds like you need to find another job or start working harder
I think my family rented one of these when we took a day trip to Martha's Vineyard. Maybe not this exact model, but the rental place only had two available cars at the time: a convertable Mustang and a Kia.
I remember when these came out at the tail end of high school. A friend's dad bought a convertible GT automatic for a healthy dealer mark-up because, "these are gonna be collectible. tHeRe GoNnA bE wOrTh SoMeThInG sOmE dAy".
I don't think he ever got anything back on his investment
My dad learned from renting not to pre-rent a vehicle. They didn't have what he paid to get. What he figured out instead was to go to the airport or rental and roll around the lot until he found something he wanted. The first time he did this he saw a Dodge Challenger SRT, the trim level below the Hellcat. He quickly parked and ran to the booth the car belonged to. He enjoyed that car.
Worked for Hertz for 2 years, never seen or heard of a manual in any inventories
The hope becomes anticipation bit resonates for me. I own a 3.7L V6 from the same generation, also with a catback exhaust and while it does not have the glorious sound of either the 4.6 or the 5.0 V8s, and in spite of being slower than some modern day Elantras, it still sounds good to me and the car overall still puts a smile on my face 12 years later and I always look forward to driving it even for stuff as mundane as going to buy milk. I still refuse to join a single local Mustang club though.
I own the older 4.0 v6 and can say the same, its such a great experience driving these despite their lack of performance
Whats the point in having a v6 muscle car...but I don't consider a pos shitstain a muscle car but ford does
Every sports car becomes more fun to drive within reasonable limits as a convertible
I was hoping this would be Roman's new car
I think he said he didn't want another mustang...
The 2010 Mustang GT just has that old school muscle feel, but with just enough comfort while also staying wild. The 2010 is the only year that has that body style WITH the 4.6l V8.. making it sound classic. Deeper tones and it just sounds as aggressive as it looks.
Years ago, I got a ride from a volunteer driver to Palm Springs Airport from 29 Palms in one of these. It makes perfect sense when you experience the moment of bombing down curvy canyon roads drenched in Californian sun. It makes perfect sense when you see the graying haired man's pure enjoyment of driving a Mustang like that. To the point where he gives young Marines free rides to airports all over the Mojave hellscape that is known as the Inland Empire. Pure bliss, no more, no less.
Here's my little bit of Mustang rental/stick shift history. In 1966, Carroll Shelby worked with Hertz. The Early GT350Hs came with stick shifts, I actually sat in one at a local auction and IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! Early on, Hertz backed away from ordering stick shifts because the people renting them either couldn't drive a stick or beat the hell out of them and destroyed the clutches. I think that Hertz purchased less than 100 4-speed GT350Hs. Now in the 80s, I do believe some rental company, it could have been Hertz, purchased some Mustang SVOs which only came in a 5-speed manual.
I have a weakness, my friends. It is Mustangs. I rip on them all the time, especially the ones that aren't particularly good but are hammered away as though they are, but a good-looking or even a more humble/decent nick honest Mustang is something I keep having to force myself not to buy, for "grow up" reasons. Then a really good one like this shows up.
Hopefully the sound system is loud enough to overcome the engine so I can blast 90s J-pop and make the haters even angrier.
When I worked at a hardware store there was one guy who bought a 20 gallon water heater but it wouldn't fit in the trunk, he and his wife started panicking trying to think if they knew anyone with a pickup truck until I reminded him "drop the top, back seat's got plenty of room."
A convertible is as practical as a GMC XUV
I love the hats on both the guys helping out with this review.
As a S550 convertible owner (Ecoboost Premium), I feel like the whole stereotype you described is more applicable to modern Camaro drivers. They always stick out their chest and give you the "you wanna go?" routine just bc you exist in the same space as they do.
Cool story. What does your husband drive?
@@danielc1417 you must be a Camaro driver, would explain the insecure sexuality.
@@danielc1417 😝😝😝
I feel bad for anyone that bought a 2010 then find out the 2011s had the 5.0.
It all depends on the deal they got. The 4.6 3v has perfectly adequate performance and sounds great.
I love my Ecoboost convertible with a 6spd manual, my sole complaint is it doesn't have that wonderful Ford V8 soundtrack:)
@@twoeightythreez 100 HP difference. I'd be pissed.
@@Gramps83 The first Gen coyotes had problems
@@angelgjr1999 not the 13-14 years. Mine is utter fine
@@angelgjr1999 That proves what? LOL
This is the official retirement purchase after a long and illustrious 30 year career as a Motel 6 manager.
I drove a blue one during my honeymoon on Maui. Thing'll go 35-40 all day.
🫠cool
I live in Italy and all you'll find at the rental car companies, including Enterprise and Budget, are manuals. If you want an automatic there is an upcharge and you have to let them know in advance.
Over there manuals are the more common transmission, but in America its the opposite.
Love the throw back to the center console opening from the v6 that you did way back
Currently work for enterprise, if manual vehicals do make it through the purchase process, we move them straight to remarkable status. Basically, they are up for grabs as a company car, or, sold back to dealer / sold on in house car lots.
The first time I took mushrooms, my dad picked me up in his Mustang at the Sheetz in Hamburg. We talked about all kinds of things and he had no idea I was trippin, and I can only look back on those Mustang Moments TM and marvel at the fact that there was NO mention of the Hess truck in our conversations. It's because I would usually see them at a friend's house. I never actually had a Hess truck.
My mom drove one of these for about a decade! I remember she got it all the way back when I was in lat elementary school. She wanted to be the "cool mom". (It worked)
I had a 2008 same color combo. Made a great sound, looked good. Rattled like a can of paint, was not a fan of gettin hustled around corners... one NJ pothole and you were changing directions... Comfy cruiser, good top down happy feels, thumbs ups from kids and old people alike.
I got a Mustang GT with a manual transmission as a rental car in Atlanta. I got it as a free upgrade. I think they don't get driven much because most people don't know how to drive them. I got really lucky.
I own a 2013 Mustang GT with a resonator delete and Roush axle back and it’s LOUD. Every time I hear it, it makes me happy and present in that exact moment.
The momentum and circumstance of life has brought me to places I didn’t think I would ever see (some good… some not so good).
But everytime I hop in my mustang, and hear the exhaust… I’m me again, present, and exactly where I know I’m supposed to be.
Cheers my fellow car enthusiasts! I hope you all have a great week!
13:37 a certified RCR hood classic
I own a 2010, keep in mind the 3v is a great engine to cam AND it can handle a 100 shot of nitrous from factory. (EDIT: wet shot of nitrous, ALWAYS wet shot of nitrous)
3v lol
@@Chad-wk6fk i like mine 🤷
"A man from a long genetic line of diminishing returns" 10/10, no notes.
I rented a manual transmission 6-speed Mustang (non-convertible) in Atlanta. I was “upgraded” when they asked the crowd if anyone could drive a manual!
Every Mustang owner needs to see this.
and yes, Dad, I'm talking to you.
Are those the owners? Good lord, it writes itself.
i own a 3.7 2014 vert mustang, bought it in texas 54k miles during corona. months back i cleaned inside the windshield and saw in the reflection a paper inside the dash wedged i managed to pull it out and found a receipt for disneyland in florida 😂
My God what is that exhaust. That's the perfect volume and tone. Need that sound from my 4v modular
I drove a 2017 Ecoboost convertible rental in Houston and it was pretty fun, it's probably a great car with a V8 and a 6-speed. I think stereotypes are stupid but hey, if they keep these cars cheap they can keep being a thing.
@02:44 i can confirm at in 1993, a convertible Chevy Cavalier was a premium rental. While the regular one was a compact or mid-size rental.
It's fast enough. I have one. And when he said the rear hops around when you hit an offside bump is so true with that live rear axle. So any faster, an inexperienced driver is flirting with disaster.
My favorite thing about it is those big analog dials.
Kansas City used to be the test market for rental agencies to test out new cars and occasionally had manuals there for that reason. I rented a stick shift Ford Focus ST from Budget rental cars there in 2018
Surprised this doesn't still have a 4 speed manual FoR tHe GoOd OlD dAyS
I love my 2016 S550 Ecoboost Mustang. A convertible that also gets stupid good fuel mileage.
The green saturation level is extremely high. Hidden message? Editing flop? Artistic choice?
the Shelby GT-H was brought back for Hertz for the s197 platform available in both a manual & automatic
My favorite color scheme on a car.
I have in fact seen three-pedal cars in Enterprise inventory, in the form of the Ford Fiesta ST
I love the vinwiki reference to picking up the AT hiker after throwing the top back
As a former rental car worker, can confirm everything
I can't BELIEVE you did the same thing with the center console as your first Mustang review from like 9 years ago
never been this early to an RCR video. very cool. big thanks roman and mr regular. anyways, i drive a 2003 v6 convertible so this episode was a neat look into what a mustang can be, lol. i still enjoy my 8.5 second 0-60s though :)
"A man from a long line of diminishing returns"...this is poetry
I worked at an Enterprise Rent a Car and asked the same question about manuals when I first started there (2015/2016). I was told we didn’t see them hardly ever, mostly due to a majority of customers not being able to drive them. No policy against it, just why have cars the majority of customers couldn’t or didn’t want to drive. Now that was also right around the time the Enterprise Exotic branches were picking up and I heard speculation about some of the sports cars being available in manual, but I can’t confirm that either way. I haven’t worked there since 2016 so might be dated in my knowledge.
As a Florida resident, the Orlando tourist commentary is spot on.
07:17 - Hiker sits in the sun for an eternity being grilled - Mr. Regular: opens convertible top. Hiker gets grilled some more. :D But he seemed to like it anyways :D
I think this is the last Mustang I didn't think was ugly. I want it.
Former Enterprise employee here. They haven’t ordered manual cars for the US fleet in 10+ years, however I saw a manual car when working in upstate NY once. It was a Chevy Cruz from Canada, and they had it immediately pulled (wholesaled) once i put it in inventory. In Europe manual rentals are just as common as automatics which is kinda neat!
Don't go to your typical rental place (Hertz/Enterprise) for stick shifts. Use Turo for that.
This is just about how I describe having my Kia Stinger GT RWD. Screw everyone else, this car makes driving an event!
There use to be manual transmission cars but they were literally the premium rentals like corvettes challengers
I have a 2010 V6 lol got it in 2018 still going strong only 132k miles, that 4.0 engine might not have as much power as the 3.7 from 2011 but it's sure ass hell more reliable
Back in 2011 as a porter at a Lincoln dealership, I got the pleasure of driving a brand new, only 400 miles on it 2011 Mustang GT500 SVT Cobra around the dealership parking lot. It's a pretty big and empty parking lot, so I had plenty of space to fool around. I took one of my coworkers with me, turned off traction control, it was a nice, sunny, warm day, and I went bananas! In first gear it took NOTHING to spin the tires! My whole time out there was basically just doing donuts and drifting lol. Somehow, some way I found myself pointed at a parked Pontiac Gran Prix and had to slam on the clutch and brake to stop the damn thing! Luckily it stopped. At that point I brought it back to the building and left it tf alone before I do something stupid lol.
That hiker was very nice and respectful. I hope he enjoyed riding in that pretty machine
Crashing at a cars & coffee near you
before even hitting the link I knew this was the next raffle car. I’ll wait for the next real review to watch again.
I wouldn't be upset about the raffles if the mugs were actually RCR-related.
If I wanted some generic car culture drivel like what's been on all these mugs, I'd go basically anywhere else on the internet. I'd probably actually get my money's worth, at least.
The mug this time around doesn't even have a joke on it, it's just a picture of the car. I could walk to WalMart right now and get that exact mug for a tenth of the price.
I kind-of wish Roman would end up with this. He deserves it.
I worked for enterprise and the other franchises they own. We had manuals and had a fee and if the clutch came back looking like Florida, you signed a form during rental that made you responsible for all, some or a percentage of repair.
Needs the FUDGEMAN tire treatment 😂
When Mr. Regular mutates into Mr. Plinkett is the best Mr. Regular
Thanks for providing the permission structure I have been looking for to own a convertible mustang.
Major rental companies in my region stopped carrying manuals here in the early 90's and they were almost exclusively trucks and SUV's by then. Nowadays you can only get them from specialty rental services here
In Europe they're the standard though and I had to teach some customers from Europe how to drive automatic, especially in column shifts.
I own a convertible 2009 GT/CS and boy do I love it.
I love that you don't bash the 3v just because something newer and better exists. Something newer and better will always exist and if it doesn't just wait. The 3v is what it is and does what it does and doesn't deserve to be crapped on the way it is just because the 5.0 exists.
watching for a long time finally able to get at least one entry very happy with the video and good luck getting to austrilla that would be super big
We rented a Mustang non-convertible for a trip to California. About half way through the week the check engine light came on and it was a shitshow as there wasn’t another muscle car rental around in Orange County. We spent the rest of the week with a Hyundai Ionic.
I rented a small car once and they upgraded me to a mustang convertible for free. 4-cylinder 300 horsepower it was like an American Miata I enjoyed the hell out
I had the same experience on a recent trip to northern California. We rented a small car and they had a 4 cylinder turbo mustang sitting there. It was very fun to drive. Never ever had a desire to drive or own a mustang, but I'm glad I did.
@@bigdavey8863 I think that's exactly what Ford wants
The rental agency I worked at in the late 80s did have a few manuals, all in the low end cars (think Dodge Colts). I think they did it to upsell into more expensive cars... "I can't drive a stick! What else you got?"
You gotta press it and keep pressed to disable advance track and go full crowd control mode !
You have to do the, 2012-13 Boss 302. It is the Ultimate S197. Car review outlets called it the best handling mustang ever at the time. Which doesn't like much but it out tracked the BMW M3 and the Audi R8 at Laguna Secca. While the 2013-14 GT500 is faster than the Boss 302 in stock form, the Boss 302 got a built engine from factory. It just needs a blower to beat the GT500.
In 2018 I went to Atlanta and rented a Camaro V8 vert with 3 pedals, it had a ton of electrical issues and shut off randomly, then I went back to Hertz and got a replacement V8 Mustang Coupe also with 3 pedals, so they do exist in the US, but I bet there isn't many more these days.
I still chuckle that someone with a straight face at Ford sold the brass on the idea that the Probe would be the perfect replacement to the Mustang.
Rented one of these on a trip to glacier national park. It was a pretty great time
The only convertible I ever drove was a ‘69 Roadrunner with a 383 and a Torqueflite. My dad had borrowed it for a few weeks as he was hunting for a new road car; Buick, Olds or Cadillac. He finally settled on ‘70 Marquis. The Roadrunner was rough as a cob. The taut suspension made the back end hop around on curves if you hit an expansion joint. We took it to the international livestock exposition in Chicago and it was exciting on the freeways in fast heavy traffic.