who daily drives their 94-95 gt/cobra?

Nik_95Cobra

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Daily drive mine, never have any problems.

 

BlackVert

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i'll be DDing mine after i get it back on the road

 

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95five-oh

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DD during the summer but while im at school i'll barely drive it.

 

Kevin R.

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I drive mine daily and it sure shows. 186k here.

 

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In the spring summer and fall I daily drive mine.
About 86,000 miles and 511rwhp.
I get on it here and there. Most of the time it is just 1/4 to 1/2 throttle though.

 

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dd here as well, 187,xxx fun miles

 

fastgtfairlane

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i dd my 94 gt with 138,000miles on it. i dont drive it hard and i dont drive it easy either. the most beating i do on it is when i first put a performance upgrade on it. i also have a small hitch on it to tow my 15 foot boat. i really want to get a small truck and not dd my car so i can clean it up and build it how i want it.

 

Modular2v

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so what im getting is the people that dont want to dd their cars is due to "wants and upgrades' Not because they feel its too unreliable?

 

juiced_94gt

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Modular2v said:

if u had to choose between ur 02 and ur 94 which would u keep? Im having to choose between my 95 cobra (85k miles) and my 03 gt (49kmiles)

Bottom line: can i relie on the 95 for a dependable daily driver? It is all stock except for exhaust

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The 94 hands down...I drove it for 260k before the rebuild and i only rebuilt it because i wanted to not because anything failed, the 02 is nice but my girlfriend drives it because it's an auto, it's ok but let's put it like this i put a s-trim on the 02 with 8lbs and it hit the dyno with 345 rwhp...it feels slow compared to my 331 afr headed 94 keep the 94, it wont let you down plus it's cheaper to modify as an added bonus.

 

final5-0

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Modular2v said:

so what im getting is the people that dont want to dd their cars is due to "wants and upgrades' Not because they feel its too unreliable?

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That just about describes it for me

I mainly don't wanna rack up the miles on mine
but
There are other reasons

Grady

 

fastgtfairlane

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my car has had very few problems. its never left me stranded and never had any problems i couldnt fix. i want to not drive it every day so i can make it more of a toy and hot rod.

 

Modular2v

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thanks for all the replys guys! Im mostly afraid of the car giving out on me even though all vital signs are great....compression, oil ps, temp etc... I dont know why im so afraid of having to solely rely on the car...i have a truck (92 diesel f250) and i have two more 302 (forged piston) short blocks sitting on stands in the shop. I guess its just the idea of daily driving a car thats 12 yrs old that scares me

 

The Green GT

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If it breaks.

Upgrade it.

And parts for these cars are cheap, and 5.0s are easier to work on than Modulars. Ive had stuff broken and fixed with in 24 hours. Like the harmonic balancer and the dizzy for example. Most of the time is spent figuring out whats wrong. lol Thats where stangnet comes in.

 

MysteryMachine

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I think the problem with mine is I bought it off a young guy and I'm young. I admit i beat the piss out of it. I'm not the best when it come to checking oil and stuff like that which don't help either

 

Modular2v

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im just torn between the two! Going to have to make a decision soon!

 

final5-0

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Its so simple ... at least as how I see it

If you wanna dd your Stang

You are gonna have to make compromise about some things like

gear ratio
cam specs
soft sticky tires
etc

It you make it a Weekend Toy

You can go more radical with the mods

I never forget ... they don't make a push rod motored Stang anymore

As time passes ... it gets harder and harder to find a REALLY clean one :Word:

Not driving mine daily will allow me to enjoy it for a long time ... hopefully

Grady

 

94-302-vert

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I DD mine... 8 months a year... 41K miles in 3 years with a lot of down time...

Only let me down once... and at that it still didn't let me down... the starter failed the first time I took the family out to a cruise night, 45 minutes from home... I fould a couple guys to help me bumps tart it and we jsut drove straight home...

so that DOESN'T count as being stranded right?

 

Modular2v

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i plan on keeping the car completely stock!

 

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wytstang

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Modular2v said:

thanks for all the replys guys! Im mostly afraid of the car giving out on me even though all vital signs are great....compression, oil ps, temp etc... I dont know why im so afraid of having to solely rely on the car...i have a truck (92 diesel f250) and i have two more 302 (forged piston) short blocks sitting on stands in the shop. I guess its just the idea of daily driving a car thats 12 yrs old that scares me

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Last year in Feb I drove my car 10 hours straight @90+ moving from south Fl to SC. The following 2 weekend I went to central FL 6 hrs each way @ 90+mph. The only problem my car has giving me is the crappy T5 I've had rebuilt (2 yrs apart) and it's crapping out again. As soon as the funds are available the stocker is coming out and an A5 or Tremec is going in. I just keep the car tuned with a maintenance plan and she treats me right. I have no problems (besides gas prices) on driving the car across the U.S and back with few stops.

 

Modular2v

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wytstang said:

Last year in Feb I drove my car 10 hours straight @90+ moving from south Fl to SC. The following 2 weekend I went to central FL 6 hrs each way @ 90+mph. The only problem my car has giving me is the crappy T5 I've had rebuilt (2 yrs apart) and it's crapping out again. As soon as the funds are available the stocker is coming out and an A5 or Tremec is going in. I just keep the car tuned with a maintenance plan and she treats me right. I have no problems (besides gas prices) on driving the car across the U.S and back with few stops.

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i have been driving the cobra everywhere.....currently the car is getting 22.3 mpg..........that is better than my 03 gt Is that about what everyone else is getting?