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Killa

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these fox can take alot of abused, and still running, she run good if you abused her once in a while.
 
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90lxwhite

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Either I outgrew abuse or the abuse outgrew my wallet one.
 

Gearbanger 101

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Abuse is such a nasty word. I like to think of it as "discipline".
 

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Im the 3rd owner of my current mustang. I bought it off my brother who bought it when he was 18.. He did it all clutch drops, long burnouts... lets just say I replaced a lot of parts when I got it. They can take a lot of "abuse"

A buddy of mine out of highschool had a nice built engine in his and he had bolt in subframe connectors. He ended up twistin the frame and ovaling out the bolt holes. there was a wrinkle down one of the rear quarters. he ended up fixing it and selling it. I the guy who bought it is on there, sorry about that. man that car was fast.
 

J_Squared

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Gearbanger 101 said:
Level of abuse kinda depends on the owner and what stage of it's life it's in.
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I am pretty sure my car and I fit in at least two, maybe even three of those categories. And I didn't buy it new...
 

stykthyn

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I abused mine once. The judge made it point to a diagram when it took me to court.
 
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All remaining Fox Bodies have definitely been beat on pretty hard at one point in its life.. I've beat on several! All my buddies lost their licenses and I always got to drive their fox bodies and man I think I was better at driving then they were! I think they are the toughest car hand down for abuse and come back for more... My buddy tried blowing up his 88 hatch cause his girl said she would pay to replace the motor and he ran 8 full bottles through it before blowing it up and he had 100k+ hard miles on it.
 

revhead347

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I only drive it to go fast. Every single shift at the redline.

Kurt
 
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