Alright, a little about myself, I live in Michigan, mostly a GM fan. I'm restoring a 1984 Pontiac Fiero SE, 2.8 v6 (converted from a 4 banger, also for those who don't know, the fiero was the only mass produced mid-engined sports car by a domestic manufacturer) I also own a 1993 Pontiac Grand Prix SE, my dad owns a 1998 Chevy prizm (Toyota), and a 98 Chevy Metro (Suzuki). Your probably wondering why I'm here. Well first off, I really like the '05 Mustang, the 99-04's are ok, but I don't really like them. My dad use to own several ford's but gave up on them so to speak, litterally started to fall apart, all of them. 1988 Ford Ranger 2.9 (Blew the engine, after putting Restore into it), 1991 Ford Ranger 4 x 4, day after he bought it, $1500 worth of work, 1992 Mercury Topaz (started falling apart, a/c compressor, power steering rack, etc. etc.) Then I got a 1986 Ford ranger 4 x 4 with 110,000 miles for free, but it was rotted out, and a lot of cancer, sold it for $300 after putting brake lines into it. I've also owned 2 other Fiero's, one was a 1985 GT, a lot of problems, kept eating belts, another was a parts car, and was stripped, and the frame was sent to the yard. Now we've had a lot of cars. But every Ford we've owned in the past was horrible, just horrible. I don't know if it's just my father convincing me or what, or if GM and Ford's share the same quality of being crap. I want to get a 2005 Mustang, but I've seen people posting on other forums how their ford cars have litterally fallen apart. If I get a mustang, I don't want it falling apart, I want it to survive, you know. I know of friends with 5 year old ford's, falling apart now, but I also have a diehard ford friend, that never has any problems with any of his ford cars, other than a few parts here and there. The I think of ford's automatic transmissions and shudder. I want to believe in Ford, and I want a 2005, but don't want crap. I really would like to know if everyone here, ever has any problems with their ford's in general. The mustang is a beautiful car. I'll also be turning 18 when the new ones start coming off the assembly line, any chance of me being able to afford a GT? I have a sucky job right now, but only because of child labor laws in Michigan. I could probably get a job working $10 an hour *maybe* when I'm 18, I'd have to work 40 hours a week though, unsure if I could finance though, my father has great credit, I have none, and he won't co-sign. This is a wonderful forum. Anyone wanting to check out the pontiac fiero forums click on this link www.fiero.nl/forum
Thanks, for my rant/introduction
Thanks, for my rant/introduction