same here man. my dad and both of his brothers have always been ford guys, and all had several mustangs when i was younger (one of which was a 71 mach 1). when i turned 16 i swore i would have a mustang, but all i could afford at the time were the mid 90's cars and no way was i going to buy a v6 with a whole 150 hp lol. all the GT's i could find, they wanted some rediculous amount, or they had been beat to near death.
then my dad my firebird sitting on the lot where he worked at and i picked it up for next to nothing. but after i started playing with it and learned about the LS1, there was no going back to ford lol.
but that is a good looking car, and i love that color. the only other color i would buy one in is that 13' gotta have it green or whatever its called.