What do you love most about your stang?

[Az Pete]

As stated several times, they are not really a "reasonable" car in the real world of economy nor do we drive them as if they were.

What I like best is the fact that it says "MUSTANG" on it. No other name would fit the stance, attitude, look, sound or overall crowd pleasing effect that any Mustang carries with it. Just sit back and watch as one cruises any parking lot. People just stop and look. Every time I drive one of ours ("00 Vert or '66 Coupe) I think of one of the many items that really makes me feel good. Of course, then I have to play a bit also. It is rough being forced to drive the Vert every day also.

 

[007]

1. I fell in love with this body style when I came over from England, and then I waited to get one. The new stangs look like poo in comparison (especially since I got new lights).
I get so many compliments on my stang... Right now I'm driving a brand new BMW 330xi and no-one would ever bother to comment on it.

2. Stangs sound awesome.

 

[myponyrocks]

I like how it handles in the snow.

Honestly my 03 does a pretty damn good job....

View attachment 414692

View attachment 414695

View attachment 414697
I really enjoy this view when I see SUVs and stuff on the side of the road or stuck, I know my limits and do my best to compensate for them. Knock on wood, but so far so good. (4 winters now)

As to things breaking, I'm dead serious, I actually like it... And honestly its less stressful than my '67 that would do a donut from a stop light if it so much as sprinkled. This car's pretty damn good for what it is.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

I really enjoy this view when I see SUVs and stuff on the side of the road or stuck, I know my limits and do my best to compensate for them. Knock on wood, but so far so good. (4 winters now)

I noticed all three of those pictures were taken on plowed and cleard road surfaces. Lets see a few of you driving through the snow storm, or trying to get out of your driveway the morning after a big dump the night before and then we'll see which of you (you or the SUV guys) is doing the laughing.

The problem with the SUV crowd is that a lot of them haven't got a clue how to drive them on anything but pavement. They just don't get the concept that although they make still take off like a bat out of hell over nearly any amount of ice or snow, they still don't slow down or take a turn any faster than any other vehicle on the road......even worse in some cases, since you're now throwing all of that weight into it.

 

[myponyrocks]

if you call that plowed I'm lol'ing on you that was 3"s and a nice drift that I launched over on the pic with the truck and SUV stuck.

The highway was obviously plowed and that was 4 days after the storm. Anything under 3"s I do pretty damn good especially with all the hills here. I love my car (obviously some will say I don't since she's not sitting in a garage)

View attachment 414691

*EDIT* If you expect to get out in more than a few inches before a plow in these or most other cars, you deserve to get stuck, I plow snow and get stuck at work until it's open and by that time USUALLY most of the roads are some what passable, the ice still sucks, but I make it.

 

[007]

Winter driving is all about tires. Snow tires on my RWD BMW made a MASSIVE difference. I cant even get my stang out of the driveway in the snow - thus it gets garaged. I wouldnt want to get it all salty anyway.

 

[02LaserRed2V]

For me, I LOVE the sound, and the respect that comes with that sound....V8. Its an awsome feeling when your taking off and EVERYONE within half a mile turns and looks to see whats making that sweet sound

I feel the same. I get a lot of "wtf???" looks and scare old ppl when driving lol

that it responds so well to mods, is fast stock, can hold lots of HP on the stock bottom end, comes with a great stance from the factory, has great quality paint, has an awesome up-to-date interior with technological options, high quality comforatble seats, comes with HIDs stock...wait.....nevermind

You have an SRT4?

Seriously, one of my biggest pet peeves of 99-04 Mustang GTs are how they come with possibly the worst looking stance of any sports/performance cars.

 

[myponyrocks]

I Seriously, one of my biggest pet peeves of 99-04 Mustang GTs are how they come with possibly the worst looking stance of any sports/performance cars.

Easily fixed IMO not a huge complaint about the car, if I ever move to an APT with smaller speed bumps I'll be fixing mine more than I allready have (IE ass comes down)

 

[02LaserRed2V]

Easily fixed IMO not a huge complaint about the car, if I ever move to an APT with smaller speed bumps I'll be fixing mine more than I allready have (IE ass comes down)

lol yeah, it's a minor problem. I just cringe everytime I see a stock one, especially when parked beside mine. I had no idea they sit so freaking high until I had mine lowered.

 

[myponyrocks]

lol yeah, it's a minor problem. I just cringe everytime I see a stock one, especially when parked beside mine. I had no idea they sit so freaking high until I had mine lowered.

Remind me not to park next to you lol, I only got like 1/4" lowered in the front.

 

[Pennywise2]

I truely love the tastefull,stylish,curves of the 94-98 SN95
body style.I enjoy the nice sound of my mustang too.
The best thing about my mustang is I enjoy the torque(performance)!

 

[mity2]

History! I love its history man. I used to be in to Japanese cars. Sure they are nice and all, but they have no history! One that have strong historical back ground do not come to US, like Skyline - first one was from 1957.

I love the looks from people who have had one sometime in their life, or one who have them currently. They all love you just because you have Mustang(thats not riced out that bad. lol).
Even cop tells me that i got nice car - after busted me streetracing, and let me go!
if i was in my old MR2, my ass would still be in jail...

 

[GDawg]

History! I love its history man. I used to be in to Japanese cars. Sure they are nice and all, but they have no history! One that have strong historical back ground do not come to US, like Skyline - first one was from 1957.

No history in the U.S.

I think eventhough Skyline is Nissan which used to be Datsun for us.... Mitsubishi used to make the engines for the Japanese "Zeros" that used to fight our Air Corp in WWII. Who used to make the engines for our Mustang fighters? I used to know... Jaguar? Or was that Brit fighters?

 

[stanger250]

I agree with the "cant go anywhere without getting complimented or someone wanting to race " heres a pic of my 2000 gt with 19's, 285 in the rear, 245 in the front. cobra brakes front and rear! headers, o/f x-pipe, flowmaster. eibach lowering springs, kyb shocks and struts.3.73 rear end, ram air intake, diablo delta chip.

 

[mity2]

No history in the U.S.

I think eventhough Skyline is Nissan which used to be Datsun for us.... Mitsubishi used to make the engines for the Japanese "Zeros" that used to fight our Air Corp in WWII. Who used to make the engines for our Mustang fighters? I used to know... Jaguar? Or was that Brit fighters?

P-51? originaly flew in 10/26/1940 as XP-51 powered by supercharged Allison V-1710.
Later model P-51B/C/D flew with Rolls-Royce Merline V-1650 built under licence by Packard.

Interesting you mention Mitsubishi A6M. prototype Zero - A6M1 Type 0 Flew in March 1939, which was powered by 780hp Mitsubishi Zuisei type 13 radial engine.
But production zero - A6M2 model 0(type 11, and 21 - type perticipated in 12/04/1941)and so on - were powered by 940hp Nakajima Sakae Type 12 engine.
A6M3 (type 32) was powered by 1130hp Nakajima Sakae Type 21 with 2 stage superchargers
A6M6 (Type 52) was powered by 1400hp Nakajima Sakae Type 31a with water methanol injection(to deal with lack of high octan fuel)
A6M8 (known as Type 63 "Kai") was prototype with self sealing fuel tank and 4 - 20mm cannons with part wooden frame designed for Kamikaze role, which only 2 were built - with one lost due to air raid by B-29 was powered by 1500hp Mitsubishi Kinsei 62 engine - only other mitsubishi zero powered by Mitsubishi engine other then prototype.

Nakajima aircraft company, re-appear after WWII as Fuji-Heavy industory - parent company of Subaru

 

[hotmustang331]

^Apprently stangnet is not the only message board you go to LOL.

You sound like me rattling off specs of different mustangs hahahaha.

 

['13_ImpactBlue_GT]

Its history and the sound, esp when going under overpasses

 

[ShapeShifter]

exhaust!

 

[XxMustang281xX]

the long shifts, the way u can barely drive them in the rain, the trouble you get in revving, squealing tires, and speeding, lmfao.

 

[65fastback2+2]

glad someone answered the p-51 thing....I read it and mumbled "no, it was a supercharged rolls royce merlin"....hehe....ya, im joining the air force in 2 years...

What I love about my mustang?

The Shaker