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What do you do in the final days with your Mustang?

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stanger9410

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I dont know what you guys do, but this is what we did
 

Gearbanger 101

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I'd hate to be the guy that bought your car.
 
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85_SS_302_Coupe

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"LX for sale, $$$$$ invested, well kept, never beaten or raced"
 

CarMichael Angelo

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In the final days w/my car,...I intend to sit w/ it in a softly lit room, w/ quiet music playing in the background.
After I've made my peace w/ the inevitable,...I'll smother it w/ a pillow
 

NIKwoaC

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What do you mean by "the final days"?
 

jdb3rd

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madmike1157 said:
In the final days w/my car,...I intend to sit w/ it in a softly lit room, w/ quiet music playing in the background.
After I've made my peace w/ the inevitable,...I'll smother it w/ a pillow
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Thats funny. By the way got my 5.0 mag the other day and saw your article nicely done.
 

Onefine88

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I've owned both my Fox Mustangs combined a total of 34 yrs. For some reason I have never been able to bring myself to abuse them such as that. Sorry, Its just me

I give it:
2 thumbs down
 
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CarMichael Angelo

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NIKwoaC said:
What do you mean by "the final days"?
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I wondered about that too, because when I sell any car, I don't get to keep it for a few extra "final days" after it's sold so I can beat it.
 

Noobz347

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Meh.... that's not beating on it. That's just giving it a send-off!

Hell if I had worry about whether the car could be injured by doing a couple of burnouts then I wouldn't be concerned with missing the thing.
 

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unlike
 

srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end
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when i sold my lightning i took it for one last spin... up my street side ways

damn i miss that truck
 

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Yeah c'mon...it was a few burnouts. Not like you were dumping the clutch @ 5000rpms. If the car breaks from that then there're other issues.

Why build it if you aren't going to have any fun
 
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dislike.
 

Bullitt347

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"Caveat Emptor"........let the buyer beware............really the only thing that was harmed was about 2/32" of tread on the rear tires. Other than that what damage was actually done?
 

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madmike1157 said:
In the final days w/my car,...I intend to sit w/ it in a softly lit room, w/ quiet music playing in the background.
After I've made my peace w/ the inevitable,...I'll smother it w/ a pillow
Click to expand...

I sure hope I go before my car! If so, my previously-purported plans of being buried in it shall apply.
 

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I guess it could be worse. The next owner of your pride and joy might live in the same area as you and could drive the ever living out of it once it's in their possession. You'd get to see it slowly being run into the ground one day after the next.

Happened to me....really sucked too.
 

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Here's a true story. My best friend's brother once had a Chevelle and sold it. He left to meet up with the buyer and decided to drop the hammer coming out of the driveway...it sheered the teeth off the ring in the rear end. He had to take a big hit on the sale because of it.
 

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Well, mistreating the car like that because it's going to someone else who is paying honest money for it is definitely against my ethics. Damage to the car is probably just tire tread, and the clutches in the rear differential.

It wouldn't be a big deal to me if you posted a vid romping on your own car, or if you were giving the car away or something, but seems to me that the golden rule applies here.
 
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Maybe he just ordered a new stroker motor and gave the car one last hoorah on the stock 20+ year old motor.
 

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The only reason half our cars are still on the road is because the people before us treated them with respect
 
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