I dont know who I am anymore???

[Makdaddymac]

since i could buckle my own seatbelt i wanted a 5.0FOX mustang,I finally got one,it was not the best of ones but i loved the thing to death..My whole fmaily advised me not to buy such an old car,even my father and uncle who both regret giving up there boss 302 and mach 1....I swore i was going to keep mine so i wouildnt be going down there route...But it was giving me to many problems and i sold it about two days ago...It had its problems,frame damage was the only one i couldnt bear.Knowing that is value would never be good because of it the damage...Im car shopping agian...Im looking at cars like 240's,miatas..rwd,good on gas,both neat and easy to work on....i want a 240 the most,and dont hitnk i can even fit in a miata..Im also considering an 2000 civic si...i dont know wht happend to me...Some were a long the line the fox body didnt hold up to my life long dream,the tractionless,150-180 miles to the tank...
wells here i am money in the bank,looking for 240's miatas,celicas,and yes even a civic...But i think there is a sign...Ive known about an 86svo bone stock mint condtion for sale for about 2months...The guy who owns it is not really advetising.So i think it is still up for grabs...I heard he is asking 5k,mileage unknown to me but i htink i heard 80k somewere....Im gonna ask him if he still has it and look at it....Part of me says yah,do it,its and SVO,its rare...While the other part says its a 1986 that wont hold up to the D-Driving i will need out of a car.But then again i dont know to much about these things except there rare..None if my cars had a/c,so i was making that the top priority for my next car...Im pretty sure the 86svo doesnt have a/c but i could be wrong..I dont know what to do....

 

[RS200]

I lost my religion once. That was a strange couple of weeks. I was so pissed at my 5.0 that I went and bought an RX-7 and put my 5.0 up for sale. Well, the 5.0 didn't sell, and I was having fun with an RX-7 at the same time..I had enough money at the time to afford it. It will come back. Trust me.

 

[stykthyn]

I would pass on the SVO as a daily. toy yes, daily no. I have seen too many people have problems with them.

 

[bubba-dough]

I would pass on the SVO as a daily. toy yes, daily no. I have seen too many people have problems with them.

I agree about the dd part. My opinion on it is its a rare and/or collector car. It should be a weekend car, project car or show car.
Warning, I get defensive with the SVO Your making them out to sound like a troubled car by that statement. They are reliable. They just need the same maintenance and upkeep as any other car. Hell my buddy uses one for his dd. He has been driving it like that for as long as I have known him (about 15 yrs).
As for car shopping. Just get something that fits your needs for now. If a Mustang is in the future you will eventually come back to them. Good luck.

 

[Daggar]

If I had nothing but time and money, I'd love to make a 300+ HP Turbo 4 banger SVO.

 

[stykthyn]

not knocking the svo, I think they are great, but come on, its a 20 y/o car. how many have been kept up to the point where they wont require quite a bit of resto or upkeep to maintain their roadworthiness

 

[bubba-dough]

If I had nothing but time and money, I'd love to make a 300+ HP Turbo 4 banger SVO.

I've basically got a turbo 4 out of a Turbo Coupe I want to build and put in a Ford Ranger GT. If I could only get the guy to sell it to me, I've been tryin

 

[Deleted member 87397]

I'd say get yourself a nice, cheap, reliable DD and when you can afford it, pick up another stang to play with in your spare time. No matter how mad I get at my stang sometimes or how hopeless I think restoring it is, I never sell it cuz I can turn around and hop in my DD and get wherever I need to go.

 

[Makdaddymac]

yah im gonna go look at a 240sx tommorow spend about 3k. Save up for a couple months and get another 5.0...I already miss the little SOB...

 

[old_blue]

get a 99+ mustang
reliable, decent mileage, power....... or are you not looking for payments??? jsut an idea.

 

[Blakthorn]

if this is your only car, i would get something more reliable (newer) and still fun to drive

 

[emagdnim]

Im in the same situation kinda because my 5.0 got wrecked. Now I want a notch I know they are old cars but I know them inside and out so if something breaks I can fix it. With a newer / different car I will need to relearn everything and it will probably be more complicated and harder to work on.

 

[jrichker]

How about the Ford 4 cylinder turbo engine in a Miata? Interesting project for sure....

 

[Darkwriter77]

I've been fighting that inner demon the past month or so since my ex-girlfriend/current roommate decided she's gonna up and leave in February, meaning I'll have all the bills to myself and no longer have the luxury of borrowing her '90 Lincoln Town Car (which used to be mine) when I need to do some fixin' or upgrades to the 'Stang. True, I'll have another extra parking space available in the driveway when she leaves, and I was sooooooo very close to being 100% convinced that I was gonna sell the 'Stang and buy the Lincoln back from her for my DD. Thing is, being a man has its advantages, and one major advantage is that, such as in this case, common-sense logic tends to be the better decision-maker.

My "inner chick" - y'know, that emotion-driven, whimsical side present in every man's ego, no matter how much they try to deny it - was screaming that I should buy the Lincoln back because: 1. It rides much nicer, 2. Driving an auto is WAY easier to live with in downtown Phoenix rush-hour traffic, 3. The gas mileage is almost the same, 4. It has the same identical stereo setup as the 'Stang but sounds 10x better, 5. The heater works.

Those might sound like semi-logical arguments, but when you consider that this or the 'Stang would be my one-and-only DD, the other arguments come into play with much more weight: 1. I have a spare part on hand for every single electrical doohickey underhood stored in my trunk, so (aside from catastrophic engine failure) I'll never be left hangin' on a roadside, 2. Lincoln digital dashes SUCK, 3. An extra 2-3 MPG average equates to a lot of saved money when you drive as many miles as I do (350+ a week), 4. Tiny parking spaces at work are much easier to handle with a car 1/2 the size of a Lincoln, 5. Extra horsepower has gotten me out of tight spots more than a few times, 6. Removable sunroof and scissor-design window mechanisms are better than a solid roof and crappy cable-and-plastic window regulators (2 of 4 are broken on the Lincoln), and no airflow + no A/C + Arizona heat = DEATH, 7. If a T-5 takes a dump, it's cheap and I can replace it in my driveway, whereas an AOD weighs/costs a ton and usually can't be forced to limp home when it pukes, 8. I've just about got the car to 100% where I want it, so to sell it and buy the Lincoln would basically mean I'd have to start all over again with maintenance and upgrades ... which I am soooooo not gonna have money to deal with next year.

As the case may apply to you in your Mustang versus import debate, even though you've already ditched the Fox, here's some reasons you should consider scoring another 5.0 (or at least a four-banger 'Stanger):
1. The average stock T-5'ed 5.0L will net around 25 MPG highway (if driven sanely).
2. A 5.0 is every bit as reliable as any equivalent year Nissan, Toyota, or Honda, but is actually far less likely to get stolen/broken into - ever notice that imports always top the list of most-stolen autos? And when it does come time to replace major components such as a starter or alternator, 5.0 parts literally cost HALF that of an import, and are in-stock at most places all of the time. (That, and you actually have choices of more than one brand.)
3. There's hardly a single part on a Mustang that you can't somehow upgrade/modify/customize or otherwise replace as necessary/desired; imports are generally limited to stupid cosmetic things like shift knobs, wings, lights, fart cans, and anything else marketed by APC.
4. A FWD car is nothing but a huge headache to work on, as you've usually got 3" or less between the motor and the frame to put your hands/tools into, and most import RWD's are hardly any better. (You can literally stand inside the open engine bay of a 2.3 Mustang, however.)
5. Three words: TIMING BELTS SUCK. Although I think a 2.3L uses a timing belt, the 5.0 has a timing CHAIN that will easily last well over the 100k mile mark, and isn't prone to randomly breaking/slipping and thereby causing disastrous piston-to-valve contact under normal driving conditions. (I don't consider revving beyond 3500 RPM's to be "normal" driving, though.)
6. Torque is a beautiful thing to have, indeed.
7. That wagerline.com ad to the right of this Quick Reply box with the two hot cheerleaders is distracting the heck out of me.
8. There isn't a four-cylinder ANYTHING on earth (excluding motorcycles) that doesn't sound like a pissed-off bumble bee when it's being run at WOT, which is just silly.
9. I like to pad my lists to come out to 10 sometimes for no reason, at all.
10. Once you've owned and truly come to love a Mustang of almost any year, you WILL hate yourself eternally for selling it, and you WILL continue to kick yourself in the arse until you finally break down and buy one again.

If you're looking at cars in the $5k range, you can actually score a decent early SN95 ('94-'95 models, usually) for just a couple hundred bucks under that mark - a lot more comfy, more modern looks (chicks dig all that weirdness), and fewer years of age = fewer squeaks n' rattles and little things to fix from time to time.

There. Now, after having typed out that small novel, I shall go dunk my fingers in ice for a few minutes and then type the rest of my e-mails with my toes.

 

[Black1987Stang]

ive seen a 302 in a miata, supercharged, stroked and all that good stuff too......my friend was selling his miata, ran like 12.4 in the 1/4, custom 16g turbo kit etc....pretty mean for a little car and only wanted like 4400 or something at the time.....I say u gonna miss the stang and eventually get another eventually so get one now hah....my friend went through 3 different vehicles cuz of 3 stangs he had (6 total) he had a white fox then sold it for a chevy truck, regret it, sold that truck got a blown fox, sold that for another truck, got sick of going slow so he got another stang...4.6 this time tho and he regrets ever selling his first 5.0

 

[Jaswir]

but i think the 88-93 5.0 is one of the best cars for DD... yeah u might of had one with alot of problems but mine has never left me on the side of the road... again its not great on gas... but i would get a DD and then get another as a toy to work on... i can't wait to stop DD mine and rip it apart and really start to work on it... which i can't because i always need to go somewhere...