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how you know you drive a mustang

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wild pony1986

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This is how you know you drive a Mustang. lol

1) Your goal in modification is to beat a stock LS1 F-body.
2) Your first mod is flowmasters
3) You have mufflers and a K&N for a new mustang before you take delivery
4) Your car has 10,000 miles and the dealership mechanics say the squeeks and rattles are "normal"
5) Your answer for those squeeks and rattles is a louder exhaust.
6) You spend the money you withdrew on gas instead of food like you planned.
7) You have "Bullitt" on DVD, and you've seen the chase scene tons of times, but never the rest of the movie.
8) You notice every **** ricer on the road tries to race you
9) You look in the rearview every time you notice Mustang headlights.
10) You recognize the year and trim of that Mustang by those headlights (or tail lights in some cases)
11) You floor it under every bridge and overpass just to hear your car.
12) You can hear a Mustang from a mile away, and tell the difrence between a 5.0 and a 4.6
13) Your windows squeek
14) You turn your music down and roll down your window to hear another Mustang's exhaust.
15) In the short walk from your car into the convenience store, you turn
around at least twice to admire your car.
16) You have ever come to a complete stop if there is water on the road
17) You have a towel and some quick detailer in the trunk in case you
forget rule 16.
18) The first thing you do when you get in your car is turn off the T/A
19) You know what T/A stands for
20) You have "lost a race" because of your T/A
21) When you have to respond, "what glove compartment"?
22) You know what PI stands for.
23) You use parts catalogs for reading material while on the "throne"
24) You laugh histaricaly at Fobras and Faleens, and you can spot them from a mile away.
25) You spend hours looking at different brands of the same product.
26) You know that you're one of the few cars on the road with true duals.
27) You get pissed that people want to ride in your car cause they add weight.
28) You put your mercedes outside so your mustang can stay in the garage.
29) When the stoplight is considered practice for the dragstrip.
30) An "intake" to you is more than just the piping leading to your throttlebody. (full manifold and up)
30) You wish they made INTAKES for your car that was under $1500(4.6)
31) You have to put the beer cooler in the back seat because it will not fit in the trunk. (coupe/convertible).
32) You you already know you're calling in sick the weatherman says 3-6 inches of snow forcasted for the rush hour.
33) You've ever been pulled over by a cop just to see your car
34) You have over ten parts catalogs under ur bed (best aftermarket)
35) You know where the real cupholder is (5.0 guys)
35) For every suspension mod you've done 10 engine mods.
36) You change your exhaust setup more often than u change ur hairstyle.
37) You've made your ricer friends hypotheticaly crap their pants on their first ride along.
38) You can change ur sparkplugs in 15 min... all 8
39) Your car is looked down on by older people if it doesnt have a 5.0
40) Your car leans to one side (5.0 guys)
41) You stare in astonishment if you see someone with a working ashtray door (5.0 guys)
42) Your air silencer is home to some mouse in the corner of ur garage
43) Your car has 200,000+ miles and still spanks others (5.0 guys)
44) You dread being at a stoplight next to a cop for fear of them hearing ur car at anything above 2k rpm.
45) You set off alarms like no ones biznis.
46) You remember people by what they did to their car.
47) You've gotten used to the "drone"
48) You occasionaly brag about how many stock things u still have on ur car.
49) You know what the porno interior is (5.0 guys)
50) You can tell when other drivers hide their jealousy with anger when you beat them, because they are used to beating Mustangs.
51) In the rain you still park your car a mile from the mall, because you don't want to car dinged.
52) Your car is always up on jack stands to make it faster, not because it broke (cough DSM owners)
53) You spend two hours a night on stangnet.com or STVperformance.com
54) The first place you look on a random Mustang is the front for foglights or the rear for dual exhaust
55) You've ever been flagged down in a parking lot by a total stranger and the spent the next 30 minutes shooting the breeze about the merits of the Foxbody vs. the SN95.
56) On long trips with your buddies, you still take two cars because no one will sit in the back seat.
57) You have the church van or school bus driving beside you telling you to punch it.
58) You have a 4 foot parts pile in your living room waiting for install.
59) When you come home late at night, you put it into neutral halfway.
60) You know what people are talking about when they say 4v.
61) You have to explain why modular cobras are called a Quad-cam.
62) You put your car in neutral to say "hello" to the f-body watching you drive by
63) You always do heel and toe downshifting.
64) You know ford transmissions are junk, But continue to modify anyways.
65) You know that 5th gear ( 5.0 guys ) cannot go past 145
66) You feel the body twist when launching hard ( 5.0 )
67) You can always win a arguement about best bang for the buck.
68) You cannot roll on Turbine wheels
69) You are always upgrading something.
70) You know the 5.0 with the airbag didn't come with tilt wheel.
71) You fear cops being behind you because they will harrass you about you're BFG or Nitto DR's having no tread in the center.
72) You drive with the windows down so cops don't harrass you about dark tint.
73)Everyone stares at you, girls turn around to look
74. You hear the Terminator theme when you're about to race (2003/2004 Cobra guys)
75. When talking to Chevy guys, you point out you're starting with less displacement then they, even though that's their point too
76. You cuss Ford on a daily basis for not making a 302 mod engine stock in the S197
77. You wish the V6 had 300 hp, V8 400 hp, GT500 500 hp, all stock numbers
78. Your doorjams are cleaner than other people's cars
79. You hate opening the trunk after a washing... drip drip...
80. Under your hood is cleaner than other people's cars
81. Your car is driven once after washing, and under the plate is filthy
82. After a wash and wax, you park it in the garage facing out so the neighbors can see it
83. You always drive by store windows, so you can how it looks when going by
84. Your wife/girlfriend shows up naked, with a pizza and beer, and you'd still rather be under the hood
85. You go out and buy a digital camera so you can post pictures on forums
86. You do a burnout in front of a store so you can see how it looks
87. When you watch a western, you find yourself saying "that horse needs a stripe"
88. You hear the theme to Rawhide when passing a group of bikers
89. You know what a Mustang Melvin is
90. You immediately notice on a Fox if it has 4 or 5 lug wheels
91. You never say "point" when discussing engine displacement
92. You've never mistaken a Taurus for an SN95 from long distance
93. You open the door, it squeaks
94. You finish closing your door with your ass cause it didn't close all the way
95. You know the Ford ignition sound and turn your head to it, no matter what kind of car it is
96. You look under the hood of a stranger's car and start telling him/her what they've done to it
97. When you use a burnout as your horn_________________
 

331strokerlx

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Well said
 

tannerc91gt

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i honestly have done 99% of those
 

wild pony1986

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i thought it would give yall a good laugh i know it made me realize how much of a mustang man i really am...lol
 

NIKwoaC

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Ha, yea that list comes back around maybe once or twice a year. Good stuff.
 
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bamajason

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its funny that i got my mustang about month and half ago and have done half of those things.lol

and its been on jackstands more then i have drove it for modding.
 

wild pony1986

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lets see if anyone can come with some other things to add to the list and see how long it will get?
 

tannerc91gt

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theyve got this same list going in the 4.6 section
 

Jaym14

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that list so so accurate its amazing
 
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BLCK95GT

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very true,,, i got a bigger goal tho.... to KILLLL my kid brothers LS3
 

foxmustangman

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#77 is now true haha, as is #76

Who owns a Benz and a Mustang? (#28)

I'm assuming T/A stands for Traction Control and not Trans Am, because i can't turn one of those off in my car (#18-20), though I'm not sure what the "A" is for.

And unless PI stands for Performance Index (#21) then I have no idea what PI stands for.
 

tannerc91gt

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foxmustangman said:
#77 is now true haha, as is #76

Who owns a Benz and a Mustang? (#28)

I'm assuming T/A stands for Traction Control and not Trans Am, because i can't turn one of those off in my car (#18-20), though I'm not sure what the "A" is for.

And unless PI stands for Performance Index (#21) then I have no idea what PI stands for.
Click to expand...

PI is performance improvement. 99+ 4.6s had "PI" heads,intake and cams. i dont know full details though, i think it was a 50+ horsepower difference

and T/A is traction control in the newer stangs. my 01 has it
 

lancec2c30

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Haha, somebody put a lot of time into that list.
 
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LAZERREDGT

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11) You floor it under every bridge and overpass just to hear your car

lol Thats me!!
 

Mustang5L5

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Lol.

I had an '03 GT as well as my 5.0...so most of that list is me.
 

nisreo

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nice. good read. and yea ive done most of that
 

NIKwoaC

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foxmustangman said:
#77 is now true haha, as is #76

Who owns a Benz and a Mustang? (#28)

I'm assuming T/A stands for Traction Control and not Trans Am, because i can't turn one of those off in my car (#18-20), though I'm not sure what the "A" is for.

And unless PI stands for Performance Index (#21) then I have no idea what PI stands for.
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Ha, you noob. The "A" is for "assist". As in, "Traction Assist".
 

cjrpony

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#23, that me all the time!
 

Repostyle

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There's a fairly long tunnel getting on the freeway by my house. It's the long way home, but when in the stang...
 

90lxcoupe

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#98. you cant stand mustang guys cause of half of the reasons on that list
 
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