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Old 12-08-2009 | 12:08 PM
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Don't get me wrong.....I love my car and its by far my favorite car I have owned.......here comes the BUT......... the past few days because of the weather I have been driving my girlfriends car......and really like how easy it is to drive its an alero that has a 3400 in it so its got pick up.......i dont know i love my stang but i really miss something that is a smoother ride and parts are cheaper too.....but my post was are any of you just kind of tired of your mustangs like this???
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 12:35 PM
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I got tired of the 6er and now I have a 4 banger....... But it's faster, funner to drive, handles better and gets better gas mileage


I'll buy another stang some day
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 12:42 PM
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I sure wouldnt mind only filling my car once a week if that was possibly since I drive 500mi per wk, but I cant see myself in anything but my mustang!
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 12:45 PM
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I have had that same feeling too for a while. I love my 6er though and short of it being totalled I'll never get rid of it. My DD is a chevy malibu that is paid off and its ok for running around but I kind of what something a little nicer. The wifey is driving a Milan which has treated us good, and we only have like 1.5 years left on that one. I really want to get either a used Audi S4 for the safety of it, or a Chevrolet Traverse. My neighbor just got the Traverse and I really liked it. It feels like driving a car basically which I liked.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 12:57 PM
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Shut up ******, you have a V8.

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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:00 PM
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So you're getting tired of your mustang after driving an Alero? I don't see how that could be. If you think parts are expensive for a Ford, then wait until you have to replace parts on an import. My friend just had his thermostat changed in his Mazda Millenia, and it was like $300. The thermostat is under the intake, so it had to be removed.

Go back to driving your car and you'll think Alero, what?
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:01 PM
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I'm definitely not tired of the Mach 1, especially not now since I won't get to drive it for about another 4 months. What I do need is a DD though, since the Mach is in storage I'm back to sharing cars with my parents, which sucks.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:15 PM
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Got tired of the one I had loooong ago... But it never was problematic or ever broke down...it was truly trouble free for the time I owned it.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
So you're getting tired of your mustang after driving an Alero? I don't see how that could be. If you think parts are expensive for a Ford, then wait until you have to replace parts on an import. My friend just had his thermostat changed in his Mazda Millenia, and it was like $300. The thermostat is under the intake, so it had to be removed.

Go back to driving your car and you'll think Alero, what?


oh yeah i would never trade my car for an Alero....i just really want another DD something cheap and to keep the miles off......i love my stang but....i would really like to get a dd focus or something.....something that when i have more then two people they are comfortable......to keep insurance down too.....side note.....i really dig your 00
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:44 PM
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I will say that the hatchback foci are great DDs that you can still have fun with when you want to. Even the SVT won't wow anybody in a straight line but on a twisty road they just feel so good
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 01:49 PM
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I'm not tired of my Mustangs. I don't get 'tired' of them... as in 'don't want them anymore'. I'm just tired of paying the payments on my '05 and I'm tired of shelling out money to keep my '93 running. But I do what I gotta do.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 2000V8
oh yeah i would never trade my car for an Alero....i just really want another DD something cheap and to keep the miles off......i love my stang but....i would really like to get a dd focus or something.....something that when i have more then two people they are comfortable......to keep insurance down too.....side note.....i really dig your 00
Thanks man.

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I will say that the hatchback foci are great DDs that you can still have fun with when you want to. Even the SVT won't wow anybody in a straight line but on a twisty road they just feel so good
I would take a SVT focus as a dd. Wouldn't seel my stang for it, but as a second car sure. I've driven my friends and they're nice, but his is supercharged.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 02:31 PM
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I would love to get mine procharged but I just don't have the cash to do that and the nessesary mods to support the extra power.

I like how much space you get on the inside compared to how small they look from the outside


edit: the 6 speed is super fun too
 

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Old 12-08-2009 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 00blkstanggt
So you're getting tired of your mustang after driving an Alero? I don't see how that could be. If you think parts are expensive for a Ford, then wait until you have to replace parts on an import.
An alero is an oldsmobile... not an import... sorry had to point that out because I have one...

I have it nice, i get a little bored of just having a V6, but after winter is over I refind my love for it, and I love the fact that it is a mustang all the time, even though its 2 cyl. short of what i really want
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 04:17 PM
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I got tired of my v6. I had done everything I wanted to do to it, so it was boring, and slow. I will eventually get tired of the GT and want a something different. I drive my girlfriend's car a lot and enjoy not having a sore back or worrying about every bump or dip in the road. Driving the mustang is stressful.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 01FR500
I got tired of my v6. I had done everything I wanted to do to it, so it was boring, and slow. I will eventually get tired of the GT and want a something different. I drive my girlfriend's car a lot and enjoy not having a sore back or worrying about every bump or dip in the road. Driving the mustang is stressful.
I know how you feel. With my friends you never know wtf is gunna happen...Last week one of them jumped through my trucks winshield. A sore back ive never had from my car or any car for that matter, maybe it has something to do with your posture?
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 04:25 PM
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When I start to feel that way I just make it faster.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 04:41 PM
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I know how you feel. With my friends you never know wtf is gunna happen...Last week one of them jumped through my trucks winshield. A sore back ive never had from my car or any car for that matter, maybe it has something to do with your posture?
It has to do with the 350 lb. front coilovers and 515 lb. rear conventional springs, and being so low my fist won't fit between the ground and my subframe connectors.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 04:50 PM
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im getting tired of my GT. have been for the last year. ill be done school soon enough to get something nice and fast.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 05:03 PM
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im getting tired of my GT. have been for the last year. ill be done school soon enough to get something nice and fast.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 06:43 PM
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I get a little tired of my car every now and then, I wont lie. But Id only get rid of it for another mustang. Haha. Plus if things go well for me this christmas/bday, Ill be getting the SCT chip, and something new on the car always sparks new interest. Plus...every other car I drive is nowhere near as comfortable as the mustang. smoother ride, yeah, But these new 2010 civics sedans, for example...you basically have to sit straight the **** up, and close as **** to the wheel, and the seat doesnt go down as far as the driver seat in my car....Plus, I really hate how the seats in these newer cars are so ******* stiff.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 07:31 PM
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Yeah I must say I get tired of my car all the time. The lack of people space, along with getting in and out of the car day in and day out, rough ride, and numerous other little tidbits irratate the **** out of me. I have been looking at getting a new F150 as a DD, TONS of people room (crew cab) and a decent ride too. Don't worry though, since my mustang has been paid off for almost a year now, I have no plans of getting rid of it. My ideal situation is to turn my car into a trailor queen one day and only let it see the light of day for car shows. Lol. But yeah. . . . . I have always driven trucks, my mustang was the first car I ever owned. I do get tired of it as a DD, but I will never get rid of it.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 07:46 PM
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I usually get tired of cars after about 8 months. Hence the reason why I'm almost 20yrs old and have had 7 or 8 cars. But I'm not tired of the Mach just yet. Although this weather sure as hell doesn't help much...icy roads, snow, etc. I've been driving my brothers Lebaron the past few days because the Mach can't go anywhere in this slushy crap. I did have that 'ole v6 there for about 6 months though. I find it real easy to get tired of a six.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 07:50 PM
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I actually have only gotten tired of my car like once. But ive only had it for a year. I know right now theres allot more mods i need to do before even get bored. And i couldnt sell this if i tried.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 08:46 PM
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I'm consistently getting tired of mine. I always want it clean and this is a nasty season so i cant justify spending an hour cleaning when i have to drive it every day. I also hate driving it every day, especially with my sligtly warped rear axle. If the car was alot smoother i could cope with it, but it seems like every day my tach and speedo dont agree.. when i first got it it would run 70 at 2k rpm now it says 65 and 2k, it just does some weird crap, i drove a 5cyl zq8 colorado and it felt great, i just dont feel all tight and surrounded like i did in my mustangs cloth seats, i cant use the i need a DD excuse becuz mines 6 cyl, but i need a diff DD than it. All in all, im tired of it, and im ready to let it go although ill miss all those highschool times and things thats happened in it. I found an extended cab zq8 yellow colorado im liking right now thats clean with 20k miles their askin 14k at a dealer, im bout to just throw my car up there and drop 10k cash on the table and say take it and gimme the truck. It'll be my first vehicle without a rebuilt title, and im gonna wait a couple months to avoid winter driving it.. but i dont care what happen, i go with the flow.. but i hope things work out.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 09:22 PM
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I do actually wish i had my DD back...i love that little truck. But with my dumbass brother blowing the motor in the saturn now he gets my DD...how the **** thats fair i dont know. But im hoping the springs and C/C plates im putting in my baby this christmas will smooth the ride out allot. Btw NEVER take your tires to discount tire rack to have them rotated and balanced...My car vibrates SO bad because i took it to them. It literally rides twice as bad than before.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 09:47 PM
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I never get tired of my car, when i drive other friends cars and such there is no fun in them, they don't seem exciting to drive at all, I love driving my car and I hate winter for the fact I can't every open it up since the roads are like a constant 20 degrees and every other weekend we get beat to hell with snow. Plus anytime I offer to pick people up in it, they get super stoked which makes me love it even more. I got bored with my sixer just because of a lack of power and I really wanted a 5spd and a vert, I hated that autotragic transmission it had.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 09:58 PM
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Definitely not.. Especially since I have a Daily driver, the Mustang feels like a new car every time I get to drive it. I can't even imagine what it's going to be like when I can get it back out of the garage this spring. It will be paid off by then too, so I'll have the money to really play with it and make it exactly what I want it to be.

All I've asked for this Christmas was gift cards for my car.. lol
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 10:20 PM
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i get bored of mine here and there, so i use my dd alot now since its cold and wet. only used the stang twice since october, plus i hate driving it in the morning due to how loud it is, it gets annoying, so its nice to have a smal,l quiet dd for those days.
 
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Old 12-08-2009 | 11:47 PM
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The only thing I hate about my stang is not being able to keep her clean as day 1. When she's cleaned up real nice then I'm proud again. my Mustang is my DD so I don't have much choice to drive it looking a little gruffy now and then. But when I see my car in the parking lot at work or at Walmart or wherever, I'm proud to own her. And plus, with only 27K miles, still rides like a new car.. Hell, I drove a 76 Monte Carlo for years, gadaaam door weighs 1000 lbs.. lol. and she floated at 55 miles per hour.. Nope I haven't grown tired of mine yet..
 



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