Reply to: Mustang.

[Scary]

I have still got mine but use it less and less. I do get around 25MPG on it when I use it for a long commute; around town it's tulipe though! Sadly, lack of use and a growing family mean I will probably have to sell it this year!

What will the new nick be? MondeoEstate? Galaxy?

[Sysman]

There was one of these parked on the hill yesterday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fo...tang_GT500.jpg

Very pretty.

Coincidentally there was one parked outside the place I was working at last Friday. This one was white and from the rear I didn't really clock it until the magic letters "S H E L B Y" on the back caught my attention.

It looked much better from the front.

[Sysman]

I came up to the point of buying a brand new one and importing it when it was 2 dollars to the point. Fully specced Stang worth $30000+ for the price of a small family car... sorted... Then the fuel prices went through the roof and a quoted 14mpg in the manufacturers literature gave me the eebijeebies...

Still get a pang when I see/hear one passing.

Yep, a colleague was on holiday in the States a few years ago and when he saw the USD price he just had to have one. Quick phone call back home to get the funds transferred and he was sorted.

He took the precaution of getting a sensible exhaust for the import inspection, but had the proper exhaust system sent separately to fit once that was done

[Mustang]

I came up to the point of buying a brand new one and importing it when it was 2 dollars to the point. Fully specced Stang worth $30000+ for the price of a small family car... sorted... Then the fuel prices went through the roof and a quoted 14mpg in the manufacturers literature gave me the eebijeebies...

Still get a pang when I see/hear one passing.

I have still got mine but use it less and less. I do get around 25MPG on it when I use it for a long commute; around town it's sh1te though! Sadly, lack of use and a growing family mean I will probably have to sell it this year!

[Mustang]

I would have added the Mustang to my '**** the planet' list of cars to own before the petrol runs out, alongside the VXR8, but they haven't bothered to make it in RHD.

Dad's hobby is classic cars. He currently has a 7L Jensen......! What makes ownership even sweeter is that because the car is older than 25 years he pays ZERO road tax!!

[northernladuk]

It's OK NLU - I understand that some people dont appreciate a real car when they see one!! Thanks for defending the cause!

I drive a 3.8L convertable (sadly not a Shelby) and certainly would never have described it as pretty.....!!

I came up to the point of buying a brand new one and importing it when it was 2 dollars to the point. Fully specced Stang worth $30000+ for the price of a small family car... sorted... Then the fuel prices went through the roof and a quoted 14mpg in the manufacturers literature gave me the eebijeebies...

Still get a pang when I see/hear one passing.

[Mustang]

Pretty?? PRETTY??? Mustang is gonna come on here spitting blood when he reads this.

I don't think the ultimate American muscle car was built to be pretty. Lambs are pretty, puppies are pretty. Shelby's are supposed to be snarling snapping untamped wild animals who will rip your nuts off if you go close (bit like my neighbours poodle but thats another story)

And forget the looks. Wait till he fires the bugger up.. I wudda jizzed in my pants if I had been there

It's OK NLU - I understand that some people dont appreciate a real car when they see one!! Thanks for defending the cause!

I drive a 3.8L convertable (sadly not a Shelby) and certainly would never have described it as pretty.....!!

[Mustang]

Hiya!

Someone call?!!

[threaded]

I would have added the Mustang to my '**** the planet' list of cars to own before the petrol runs out, alongside the VXR8, but they haven't bothered to make it in RHD.

You could most certainly buy a RHD Eleanor...

[PAH]

I would have added the Mustang to my '**** the planet' list of cars to own before the petrol runs out, alongside the VXR8, but they haven't bothered to make it in RHD.

[sasguru]

Pretty?? PRETTY??? Mustang is gonna come on here spitting blood when he reads this.

I don't think the ultimate American muscle car was built to be pretty. Lambs are pretty, puppies are pretty. Shelby's are supposed to be snarling snapping untamped wild animals who will rip your nuts off if you go close (bit like my neighbours poodle but thats another story)

And forget the looks. Wait till he fires the bugger up.. I wudda jizzed in my pants if I had been there

You can always tell when someone is a single virgin.

[TimberWolf]

How long does a 500 BHP engine last though?

[northernladuk]

Pretty?? PRETTY??? Mustang is gonna come on here spitting blood when he reads this.

I don't think the ultimate American muscle car was built to be pretty. Lambs are pretty, puppies are pretty. Shelby's are supposed to be snarling snapping untamped wild animals who will rip your nuts off if you go close (bit like my neighbours poodle but thats another story)

And forget the looks. Wait till he fires the bugger up.. I wudda jizzed in my pants if I had been there

[threaded]

I've driven an Eleanor, better than the stock, but there again, a wheelbarrow is better on corners.

[DimPrawn]

Go on, treat yourself to a 500 bhp V8. Act on CO2.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1565179.htm