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slidebite posted:
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Colostomy Bag posted:Sadly, after years of alcohol and paint fumes that design has somewhat grown on me. I had a white (non-cobra, but V8) one of those, and had so many people saying how cool it was. Little did they know I had it because it cost $400, and the T-tops leaked onto the seatbelt so I never buckled up. They are awfully similar to the 60's/70's mustangs, the 130 hp V8's certainly didn't make any friends but it was all the same. The 4 cyl ghias probably are the ones people remember as being lame, because those ones were not only ugly but slow. I bet if you put a new v8 in them, they would be cool
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The Mustang II sucked because it came around at the time of the mandatory addition of catalytic converters to exhausts, and the conversion of HP ratings from gross HP to SAE net horsepower, so people thought the II was a major HP loss from the first generation, when it really was equal or a little better when comparing net HP to net HP. The 5.0 in the Mustang II made a very comparable amount of power to the original '65 Mustang, and the II was 500 lbs lighter than the 71-73 Mustangs. The automatic 4 cylinder Ghia sucked poo poo through a straw and should have never been created, but it is what it is, Ford marketing do what Ford marketing do, just like with the Mach E.
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Feb 1, 2024 01:46
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Ah, remember rumors when Ford was going to convert the Mustang to FWD? Got the Probe out of it.
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There is nothing wrong with a Mustang II that Farrah Fawcett couldn't fix. 
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God took her, still left the car.
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Colostomy Bag posted:God took her, still left the car. 
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I think mustang 2 is a neat car
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Colostomy Bag posted:God took her, still left the car. lomarf
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I'd drive a Mustang II with a 3 rotor in it.
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I'd drive a Mustang II with a 3 rotor in it. Air in, Apex seals out
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id rather have a V8 pinto, tbh the problem with the mustang ii is that every other iteration is cooler. the big malaise mustangs that came before it were cooler, the fox body that came after it were cooler, even the pinto had classic lines that the ii absolutely did not. there just is very little to like about it besides being a steering rack donor.
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This is solidly wrong thread, but in relation to small car with a 3 rotor... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bixk0LcsYVY God I would kill to have one of these
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The RX3 has such a great looking face, the headlight and grille setup are top tier.
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Mustang II refitted with a modern Coyote V8. Not sure if the car is still terrible, but the driver gets a little more frisky than is prudent on public roads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP40fdTpov4
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Number_6 posted:Mustang II refitted with a modern Coyote V8. Not sure if the car is still terrible, but the driver gets a little more frisky than is prudent on public roads. If that's a gen 3 Coyote, that thing is probably loving terrifying, because that's something like 6lb/hp, a Corvette C5 is 9lb/hp, and a S550 Mustang is around 8.6lb/hp. With the sloppy suspension that came in most cars of the time, I would be absolutely petrified of hauling on it. E: 444hp, which works out to 6.3lb/hp, if it's bone stock on the engine, and since he said he got it tuned, it's probably not stock. E2: from the comments he's dynoed it at 700 RWHP currently (in the video it was roughly 400RWHP), which if he's at the strip thats a lot of go power, I'd want a wheelie bar if I was doing passes in that. orange juche fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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The Mustang Ii is a far better looker than almost all the poo poo being sold today. Rather drive one too even for how wretched it is. Gg the modern car fleet is just depressing
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man thats a lazy transmission for how much motor it's got. those are some soft shifts
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Raluek posted:man thats a lazy transmission for how much motor it's got. those are some soft shifts It's an early 2000s auto probably so yeah, slushbox.
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If the Mustang II was a Datsun, people would be drooling over it instead of comparing it to late 60's muscled up ponycars.
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:If the Mustang II was a Datsun, people would be drooling over it instead of comparing it to late 60's muscled up ponycars. Why is that?
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:If the Mustang II was a Datsun, people would be drooling over it instead of comparing it to late 60's muscled up ponycars. Nah, it was poo poo. They went into this in James May's 'Cars of the People': It was never a good product, couldn't even stand up to any of the Japanese or German imports in both performance, efficiency, or price. Datsun had better products than that. The only thing the Mustang II did was ensure the badge didn't die during the Oil Crisis. It was a half-assed product created by board room compromise rather than actually developing a solution that customers needed. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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I understand the love for a first car but not enough to do this https://x.com/v4mpthem/status/1752967955657191846?s=20
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Sounds like they love the plate more than the car itself
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No chance he doesn't end up regretting that, what a dumb impulsive decision to make
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No ragrets
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He did that with a marker for social media clout, right? right?
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Nitrox posted:Sounds like they love the plate more than the car itself Plate goes with the car usually (this isn't a private plate) so it's even sillier tbh. Wistful of Dollars posted:He did that with a marker for social media clout, right? Hopefully.
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Yeah I really think that’s marker. In any case why would you do the plate, the plate isn’t the car. Get the emblem and maybe model or something.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Sadly, after years of alcohol and paint fumes that design has somewhat grown on me. Yes, and yes. The hatchback Cobra II with all the spoilers and stripes, at least. There's a multitude of vehicles I'd prefer before it, but it's not the worst. orange juche posted:Air in, Apex seals out Nah, usually takes boost for that. orange juche posted:This is solidly wrong thread, but in relation to small car with a 3 rotor... Christ almighty that thing is violent. Took a few tries to get the chassis set up so it didn't immediately try to kill everyone and it still tried to make a right turn on the 1-2 shift. edit: I'd love a Coyote in my Crown Vic. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Feb 1, 2024 |
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(the terrible car poo poo is the Range Rover in a city) Easily stolen and done so in enormous number in London, insurance companies are now outright refusing to insure them or the pricing is ridiculous like this lady has found out. 'extortionate premiums are destroying lives' is a somewhat hilarious headline though. British media is loving trash. https://twitter.com/BobFromAccounts/status/1753047179663376468?t=b5TqZ2BylcTpeuJlpVMwlQ&s=19
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Siding with the Insurance Company is the terrible car stuff here, IMHO
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Yeah, screw his land rover, but gently caress insurance companies.
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One of those 'everyone is terrible' cases
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No. 6 posted:One of those 'everyone is terrible' cases
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:The Mustang Ii is a far better looker than almost all the poo poo being sold today. The only thing I don't like is the underbite air dam. The rest is decent to good.
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weirdly chilly pussy posted:If the Mustang II was a Datsun, people would be drooling over it instead of comparing it to late 60's muscled up ponycars. ehhhh, i mean, with any, drat near ANY car that is fun to drive for ANY reason, sooner or later when they get cheap enough there's an enthusiast community that develops around them. the loving volvo 240 has, or probably more realistically had, a sizable community of enthusiasts when the two-doors and/or turbo models could be found easily and there were plenty of donor cars around for parts, because while in stock form they didnt have much for power, they were very smartly engineered with decent stock suspension, so they could stand up to year after year of autocrossing or amateur rally and the like. same with the bmw 2002 and e30, the volkswagen beetle, the mk 1 golf, and even the fuckin chevy corvair and the ford pinto. but never happened for the mustang 2. now, this could be down to them having a bunch of desirable parts for enthusiasts of other cars, (someone mentioned the steering rack, iirc minitruckers loved the diff/irs) leading to them getting cannibalized one by one as they aged rather than accumulating and getting cheap to own drive and race. but, idk, it could also be that they blew rear end and were no fun
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Olympic Mathlete posted:(the terrible car poo poo is the Range Rover in a city) London is one of the easiest cities to live in without a car, right?
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Failson posted:London is one of the easiest cities to live in without a car, right? Maybe less so in the outlying leafy suburban parts where right-wing paper bait Land Rover drivers live, but generally yes, yes it is. And less so means a fifteen minute walk to the tube rather than ten.
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Jean-Paul Shartre posted:Maybe less so in the outlying leafy suburban parts where right-wing paper bait Land Rover drivers live, but generally yes, yes it is.  FIFTEEN MINUTE CITIES
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