Road feel.....you mean like jumping around on anything other than a perfectly flat surface, feeling every crack/rut/pebble on the road and the copius amounts body flex/noise that goes along with it?
Actually, the new car makes a heck of a lot more noise on small uneven pavement than the fox. Sounds like an old Chrysler Minivin. I replaced the strut mounts and tightened up the sway bars endloinks and it still feels like it's going to fall apart when you go over manhole covers or pavement joints.
"Tossable" in the corners all depends on your perspective. Taking a fox into a corner at high speeds with the amount of oversteer they display always makes you feel as though it's going to be your last, because you never know it you're going to come out of it alive. But when it comes right down to it, I'd feel a lot more comfortable running through a set of twistys in an S197 than a 28-year-old chassis that was originally build for an econobox Ford Fairmont.
"Oversterr on a fox? only if your pounding the throttle early. My experience is they tend toward understeer"
You're crazy....stock for stock, the 3V sound is sex to the ears!!! WAAAAY nicer in stock trim than any of the previous 5.0L OHV or 2-valve OHC engines. Sure a Fox with an aftermarket exhaust system can sound pretty mean.....but they make plenty of mean sounding systems for the '05's too. It's a personal taste my friend, but the general consensus among the masses is that the 3V in stock trim is the nicer sounding set up.
Opinion only. I like the sound of a 5.0 with long tubes more. But some folks like the sound of the new ones.
That's funny....I bet the guys running around in the early-60's to early-70's Mustangs were saying the same thing when the II's and Fox Bodies hit the streets.
Nope...you were right the first time. From a practicality standpoint, it doesn't make sense to keep sinking money into an 18-year-old car. Driving newer is always the better decision from a financial standpoint after that many years. That being said, if "practicality" was the issue, owning a Mustang period wouldn't be a smart idea. We should all be running around in Ford Focus's if that was the case.
Actually, I was wrong the first time. I used to have no payments and spent money on fixing things that went wrong with the car.every few years. Now I owe 20 large and spend more money fixing things that go wrong with the new car weekly/monthly. At 11,000 miles, it just blew a head gasket ( this car has NEVER seen redline) Warranty will cover the repair, but it won't cover the towing costs. The Brakes squeal like a banshee, but Ford says this is normal, so they won't fix it, and the ever popular front end clunk is STILL there. In the 2 months I've owned it, I haven't put 600 miles on it because it hasn't been out of the shop long enough. I have however, put another 1200 trouble free miles on the fox.
It is officially up for sale, as it has taken every last bit of enjoyment out of owning a mustang. I will eat the money I sunk in to springs, struts and camber plates in an effort to get rid of the clunk and just be happy to finally be rid of two and a half months of frustration.
Carmen you need to tell me your secret bro....haha......drive the foxes and enjoy them, that's what they are all about
Don’t confuse refining the package with going soft. I find it funny that people have complained about the Fox Mustangs rough edges and unrefined persona since it rolled off the assembly line in the early 80’s. Now that all of those complaints and concerns have been address with the new model, they want to complain some more because it’s no longer the same car. Well, what’s that tell ya? 
peace
:notice: must of been such a horrible car since ford made so many foxbodies for so many years with great success!!!!!
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