I Hate Old Ricers!!!!

[preludepride]

this point in whos life?a stang better than feet......nope.

[Melt]

Originally posted by preludepride
this point in whos life?a stang better than feet......nope.

One day my dad dropped me off in are 1996 Mustang

what I was trying to say is he has no right to make fun of anyone elses car if he doesnt own one himself

[preludepride]

sorry melt.i thought you were talking to me...a fellow import-tuner.we all got to show these fu*kin hicks how we do it...jap style

[Jimster]

Originally posted by Polygon
I would also like to point out that Fiat owns Ferrari.

Anyhow; my take on this is that the Mustang is everywhere. There are less Gallants on the road than Mustangs. They are just as bad as Civics. Why pay special attention to a car that he had probably seen several times that day?

The Mustang with the V6 was what has kept the Mustang afloat and put the F-Body under. Simply because it is a chick car, you heard me right. Pretty much all of the V6 Stangs I see around here are been driven by a woman. It is an image car, that’s it. It isn't fast, it has very little power and a lot of weight to push around, and that equals a slow car. You are about as fast as that Gallant that you called a piece of shit.

Next time you want to bash on cars have a little more knowledge, because you just ended up making an ass out of yourself. Besides, not everyone likes American cars, just like you don’t care much for imported cars.

In a nutshell yes- FIAT Auto Group owns FIAT SpA and Ferrari SpA- FIAT SpA is Alfa Romeo, FIAT and Lancia- Ferrari SpA is Maserati and Ferrari- but the two SpA's are seperate divisions Just a pointless economics lesson there

Anything I was going to say has been said

[Kobal]

I really dislike Mustangs, easily the most overrated vehicle ever built. And I'm a fan of classic American iron, so don't call me an export-hater.

Oh, preludepride or whatever, you're a goddamn idiot.

[Jimster]

Originally posted by Kobal
I really dislike Mustangs, easily the most overrated vehicle ever built. And I'm a fan of classic American iron, so don't call me an export-hater.

Oh, preludepride or whatever, you're a goddamn idiot.

Export????? It's domestic dude- Ameican cars seldom leave the US

[fordjay16]

Originally posted by preludepride
sorry melt.i thought you were talking to me...a fellow import-tuner.we all got to show these fu*kin hicks how we do it...jap style

Are you even japanese? Before you go calling the v6 mustang all show you should consider that most of the jap cars that you tuners have are build for gas mileage not speed. I like Ford's because where I live it is easy to get parts for them and you sound dumb calling fellow enthusiasts fu*kin hicks because they like mustangs.

[Melt]

we dont have a problem with real mustangs .... just that sorry exuse for one known as the v6

[Jimster]

Originally posted by Melt
we dont have a problem with real mustangs .... just that sorry exuse for one known as the v6

I even have a problem with the GT to an extent- it's no where near as bad as a V6- but still not even half as good as a Cobra

[fordjay16]

i agree the v6 stang is under power but the 4 cyl it replaced was a bigger piece of shit.

[Kobal]

Originally posted by Jimster

Export????? It's domestic dude- Ameican cars seldom leave the US

Just an expression, buddy. An American car isn't domestic to someone from Sweden, and we have a lot of Europeans on these forums. I was attempting to be all-inclusive, not technically correct.

Also, to paraphrase something I said on another thread, damn near any car can be fast. I used to work with a guy who owned a late-model V6 Mustang that he put a lot of hard work into, and the results showed. However, I personally do not like the cars because of their appearance, pitiful stock performance, and their over-blown (and often fictional) status in the history of automobile racing. And I'm sick of seeing three of the motherfuckers for every one other car on the road.

[Blue02R6]

Wow. Everyone I know would have walked past both. Mustangs, are family cars, they are economy cars. Thats how and why they were created. They were also created as a chick car. I get tired of people looking past 1970 firebird to look at some new car with exhaust tips.

[Kobal]

Originally posted by Blue02R6
Wow. Everyone I know would have walked past both. Mustangs, are family cars, they are economy cars. Thats how and why they were created. They were also created as a chick car. I get tired of people looking past 1970 firebird to look at some new car with exhaust tips.

The Mustang was created because Ford was near bankruptcy; no one wanted their disgustingly boring family cars in the 60's. Ford designers brainstormed for a car to hook the younger hot rod consumers at the time.
What they ended up with was a small, sporty, disturbingly affordable car; basically a pristine blank canvas for the 'rodders back then. They sold like hotcakes, giving Ford the edge over GM for the fist time in 40-some years, so they never stopped making them.
They basically have not changed the Mustang at all performance-wise in the last 40 years. It's still affordable cool for the kids. Older dudes like them because it's nostalgic, younger kids like them because their dads liked them. Through this sort of lineage, the car has attained an almost legendary (and almost entirely fictional) history.
No one with any sanity ever bought a Mustang to seriously race it. They handle like shit and are underpowered. You have to sink a lot of money into them to make them seriously fast, and that damn near defeats the purpose of owning one in the first place. Any equally-equipped Trans-Am or Camaro can dust them; those cars were so much better than 'Stangs it wasn't even funny.

This is mostly why I hate Mustangs.

I'd like to add that the Boss 429 and Shelby Cobra's do not qualify as Mustangs, as they are highly modified from stock and were therefore twice as expensive. Not the same classification at all.

[Swoxy]

look at the top of your computer by the name of the web site thats right its a skyline not a fu*kin mustang

Beautifully put.

[Chris V]

Man, I don't know where to start...

Mustangs handle like shit? I'd like to see you say that over on the Corner Carver's boards. These guys are SERIOUS road racers, with all sorts of differerent kinds of cars, and THEY know better than make a retarded comment like that. And teh Mustangs I've owned and autocrossed that weren't heavily modded would make you eat your words. Sorry, but I think you'r etalking out your ass. I've been building race cars for a couple decades and know better than to say that Mustangs are jokes.

There is so much I could go into on just that subject alone, but I won't right now, as there is more to get to.

V6 Mustangs. Guys, if any other manufacturer made a sub-$20k, RWD, V6 sport coupe that ran the quarter in 15.5 seconds or so, everyone would be calling it a performance bargain and a great base to build from. That's what a 5 speed V6 Mustang runs. The automatics run 17 second quarter miles. Sounds slow, but let's put that in perspective: the 240SX runs 16s, and GTIs run 15.5-17 seconds depending on engine. The 6 cyl Lexus GS300 runs 16s. The N/A RX7s ran 16-17 second quarter miles. The Celica GTS models for the past decade ran 16s. The ITR runs about the same.

While the V6 may be slow compared to the V8 Mustang, in comparison with everything else in it's stock class (sporty 6 cyl coupes and hatches) it certainly isn't slow. And it's cheap to upgrade. Guys in the V6 Mustang clubs are running 13s with bolt ons. If you think 13s are slow, you're on crack.

And the insurance on a V6 Mustang is way better than on a V8 one. A sporty new car with reasonable insurance, good aftermarket, and low initial price is a bargain.