- May 15, 2004
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First off, I don't like buying used cars......if at all possible I always buy them new.
However, I knew if I wanted to finally get me a Mustang GT it was going to have to be slightly used.
I've had my 02' GT for about a month now and it has 32.3k miles on it.
We also just this past weekend got my wife a new car.....an 04' Corola S, sharp looking car....but a bit slow for my taste..
Anyway...
First question > Does your car idle perfectly smooth? Mine idles smooth but if you watch the tac it will flutter up and/or down just a tad every once in a while. Is this normal?
Second question > My transmission operates 100% as it should, however after driving on the highway for say 20-30min. and then getting back down to low speeds in town, my trany clanks and clunks a bit. It works just fine, it just gets a little noisy. I took a ford tech for a ride-a-long and he said it was nothing more than transmission slack and it was nothing to worry about. What do you think?
Last question > With the car in neutral, and coming to a stop while turning, say into a parking spot for instance, I will sometimes here this "knock...knock...knock...knock" noise from under the rear of the car. It almost sounds as if something is knocking against an exhaust pipe or something. Any idea what this is???
Any help or opinion is appreciated. I may be a bit anal about stuff like this but I like to keep my stuff, espically my cars, in good condition. Just the fact that I know some other dude used to drive my car around makes me pay particularly close attention to stuff like this.
Thanks.
However, I knew if I wanted to finally get me a Mustang GT it was going to have to be slightly used.
I've had my 02' GT for about a month now and it has 32.3k miles on it.
We also just this past weekend got my wife a new car.....an 04' Corola S, sharp looking car....but a bit slow for my taste..

Anyway...
First question > Does your car idle perfectly smooth? Mine idles smooth but if you watch the tac it will flutter up and/or down just a tad every once in a while. Is this normal?
Second question > My transmission operates 100% as it should, however after driving on the highway for say 20-30min. and then getting back down to low speeds in town, my trany clanks and clunks a bit. It works just fine, it just gets a little noisy. I took a ford tech for a ride-a-long and he said it was nothing more than transmission slack and it was nothing to worry about. What do you think?
Last question > With the car in neutral, and coming to a stop while turning, say into a parking spot for instance, I will sometimes here this "knock...knock...knock...knock" noise from under the rear of the car. It almost sounds as if something is knocking against an exhaust pipe or something. Any idea what this is???
Any help or opinion is appreciated. I may be a bit anal about stuff like this but I like to keep my stuff, espically my cars, in good condition. Just the fact that I know some other dude used to drive my car around makes me pay particularly close attention to stuff like this.
Thanks.
