Germans definitely associate American V8s with good times, and they appreciate a handsome design. Lot's of stares on the street and in traffic.
I only took it over 80 once on the 420 mile drive home, and now it is getting close to being broken in, so I can let all 300 horses run free now.
The other night the wife and I went for a drive around, and after she got used to it, she loved it. We stopped and had a glass of wine at an Italian place down the street, and parked in front was a yellow Porsche Carerra GT. So I parked in front of it, and later talked to the owner, who was in town to do some laps on the Hockenheim track.
It is also a beautiful car, but the Mustang looked so nice he was excusing his car for being dirty from the road (Yellow really isn't right for the Porsche anyway, IMHO).
He knew that his car cost 16 TIMES what mine did, and yet he was impressed with the Mustangs looks and knew all about it, which is contrary to most people's stereotype of a "Porsche snob"
German gate guards are also finding it necessary to check the car when I enter a base, a heck of a lot more often than before.
Wish I was back in Germany with mine.
