Question about cheap interior

[crewwolfy]

It's a balance. You can't make water hot AND cold, you can't make pop diet AND taste good (no you can't), and you can't make a car fast AND luxurious for $26K.

 

[DukeOfValencia]

It's a balance. You can't make water hot AND cold, you can't make pop diet AND taste good (no you can't), and you can't make a car fast AND luxurious for $26K.

off the subject... you said pop... you are definetely mid-west. Reminds me of visiting family in Chicago... All these year and it still sounds funny to me!

 

[shooterm1]

It took me a while to figure out what it was, but that little strap with a magnetic button on the side of your seat is there to hold your seatbelt closer to you. It makes it much easier to grab.

that's funny! the magnetic snap thingy wont stay closed for any length of time even without the Selt Belt through it ....

Seriously, I think if I read one more post about the "cheap interior" with no supporting facts to back the statement up, I'm gonna jerk the wheel into on-coming traffic!

Take your thumb nail to the console and get back to me !!!

 

[The Fang]

That doesn't constitute cheap. only fragile!

 

[03 SVT VERT]

My Rolls Royce has a cheap interior because I dropped the champagne glass, while my chauffer hit a bump in the road, and it shattered. Rolls-Royce really puts a junk interior in their motor cars, especially for $318,000.

 

[SVTdriver]

I think the interior is right on target for the price and type of car the Mustang is. The plasics are the latest compounds, they are lightweight, and snap together with good security. I'm in the business, and a see more interiors than most people. Several posts mention American and German cars "with the same value". The Germans dont build a large, roomy five-passenger sedan with most options for $25K. It's just a fact. Where the real quality comparison comes in to play, is a car that's 5-6 years old, w/ 80,000 miles on it. The Germans are the best hands down. But the Germans dont build $28K sports cars. And for sure not with V8s! It's apples to oranges.
Japanese interiors don't wear any better than new US cars. And again, the Japanese don't build V8 sports cars. If you want to see one of the finest build-quality cars out there, look at a new Audi, say an A6. No car has any better fit and finish. But also, it's $50-60K depending on engine. The NEW Mustang has the best assy and construction of any Mustang ever. Anyone that's actually disassembled one can't help but notice how logical and clever the pieces go together. Look under the dash; very open and clean. None of the rat's nest of the previous series. You can compare cars several ways, but it has to be fair. All 300hp cars don't cost the same.

I have an Audi A4. And while the intrior looks nice. ARGH the little things kill it. It's made of some damn soft plastic/rubber junk. It seems to scratch completely off if you fart in the direction of the car. The seatbacks are a hard plastic. Of course they don't stay on very well. And getting XM installed meant my center console now has bits of the rubber/plastic missing. (I watched him install it. And he wasn't abusive). The headlight switch surround even has some of the plastic/rubber stuff scratched off. I prefer the durability of my 97 Cobra by a long way to the audi. And my friends 05 is even better than mine.

 

[Unbrdld07]

kind of funny, but I do haul lumber in my car! 8 foot lengths without scratching a thing. I just fold down the seats and lay a towel in the back and on the seat, the boards never touch anything in the car. But there is no way I would turn my dog loose in my car. She would end any interior in a flash. I think it's the best car I've ever owned. It's my third and best mustang for sure. I even love dinking with the mycolor.

Never said I wouldn't upgrade someday...as for hauling lumber in yours...you'll have to do yours before I do mine :SNSign:

 

[Unbrdld07]

i would have to say my interior (dark charcoal) shows the "cheepness" of the interior. i mean if i look at it wrong it will scratch. haha im not complaining because the car is what i payed for it and what i wanted so theres nothing i didnt expect. but that damned center console.. i hate the ignition switch too with the scratches.. maby thats just my carelessness but that and the drivers side door corner plastic.. yeah scratched that up cause im 5'9'' and have to sit like on the steering wheel. haha well ill have to admit give the interior a one over with some armor-all and the majority of the scratches go right away

No offense sir, but ARMORALL???? Not in MY car, only Maguiars for me.

 

[Berserker]

Never said I wouldn't upgrade someday...as for hauling lumber in yours...you'll have to do yours before I do mine :SNSign:

Well so far, at 6000 miles, I don't have a single scratch anywhere except some very small ones near the ignition. I'd keep everything the same and just replace the vinyl with leather and maybe put leather on the dash like the gt500 concept. I thought that looked really cool.

 

[Sanctus]

No offense sir, but ARMORALL???? Not in MY car, only Maguiars for me.

hahah well it was an xmas gift from a frugal aunt of mine.. and its the first usefull gift i have ever recieved from her.. im not letting it go to waste. haha i mean how many copies of the Guniess book of world records do you need? in case you ever need one i have the entire line dating back to like the dawn of time. haha but you seem passionate about not using armorall. any specific reason why? i havent had a problem with it sofar.

 

[Unbrdld07]

Well so far, at 6000 miles, I don't have a single scratch anywhere except some very small ones near the ignition. I'd keep everything the same and just replace the vinyl with leather and maybe put leather on the dash like the gt500 concept. I thought that looked really cool.

I was just pullin your chain! Glad you kept your sense of humor
I wouldn't haul lumber in mine though...unless I had ABSOLUTELY no choice

 

[Unbrdld07]

hahah well it was an xmas gift from a frugal aunt of mine.. and its the first usefull gift i have ever recieved from her.. im not letting it go to waste. haha i mean how many copies of the Guniess book of world records do you need? in case you ever need one i have the entire line dating back to like the dawn of time. haha but you seem passionate about not using armorall. any specific reason why? i havent had a problem with it sofar.

A few years ago an article came out about it eventually drying things out, instead of protecting things, so it was when I got my 05 Gt that all everyone kept telling me Maguiars for the whole car. I haven't been disappointed in they're products so far. I know theres a lot to choose from and probably even better ones than that, but until then it's Maguiars

 

[Berserker]

I was just pullin your chain! Glad you kept your sense of humor
I wouldn't haul lumber in mine though...unless I had ABSOLUTELY no choice

I must admit, it was finished poplar, walnut and quartersawn oak for framing and only a few boards at a time, but funny that I did it in my mustang. I was shocked that length would sit in the car and not ride against anything.

 

[Unbrdld07]

I must admit, it was finished poplar, walnut and quartersawn oak for framing and only a few boards at a time, but funny that I did it in my mustang. I was shocked that length would sit in the car and not ride against anything.

If you think thats funny, I must admit I haven't figured out How to get the back seat down even if my life depended on it God I hate confessions!

 

[Berserker]

If you think thats funny, I must admit I haven't figured out How to get the back seat down even if my life depended on it God I hate confessions!

I had a hard time at first too. There are loops on the upper outer side of the seats. You have to pull pretty hard. I though I must be pulling on the wrong thing since it felt like I was about to break something before the seat finally unlatched. After you use it a few times it frees up really nice but it's hard to pull the first time. Here's a confession that's pretty stupid. By the mirror there are these little things that look like mics or cameras and I thought that the dang car was rigged to spy on me so I was about to jab those things out and have the hole patched but I got on here and checked first. It's part of the active anti theft.

 

[celticstanger]

It's a balance. You can't make water hot AND cold, you can't make pop diet AND taste good (no you can't), and you can't make a car fast AND luxurious for $26K.

'Nuff said - I think crewwolfy's post says it all, most simply and effectively.

are you guys using the seat belt retainer loop on the lower side of the seat? It places the seat belt right at your hip to grab it. I still PREFER the shoulder loop like the past, but if you just use the lower belt loop it is still a piece of cake.

YOU'RE f'n kidding me!!! You mean I DON'T have to perform the left-hand-under-the-right-shoulder-and-pull-until-right-hand-can-reach-seat-belt move?!?

 

[Unbrdld07]

I had a hard time at first too. There are loops on the upper outer side of the seats. You have to pull pretty hard. I though I must be pulling on the wrong thing since it felt like I was about to break something before the seat finally unlatched. After you use it a few times it frees up really nice but it's hard to pull the first time. Here's a confession that's pretty stupid. By the mirror there are these little things that look like mics or cameras and I thought that the dang car was rigged to spy on me so I was about to jab those things out and have the hole patched but I got on here and checked first. It's part of the active anti theft.

I found the seat belt loops today Gonna have to shut down for tonight we are under seige, I'm at the headlands here and its blowing worse and worse. They say COFESSION is good for the soul

 

[Reg55]

I love my car the way it is, no doubt. But it is cheap inside. Check out the interior of a Lexus (similarly priced).

What Lexus costs $25,000 and is as much fun to drive as a new Mustang GT?

The IUP helps a lot, but the interior will need to be revised by 2009.

 

[Berserker]

What Lexus costs $25,000 and is as much fun to drive as a new Mustang GT?

The IUP helps a lot, but the interior will need to be revised by 2009.

It is what makes the mustang such an attractive muscle car. The fact that it is priced right and easily moded. We can all custom this car to our needs and be happy as hell. I don't think this mustang would have the same appeal if it were 39,900 and came with all the interior of a bmw. I love this car just like it is.

 

[danalor]

When I show my mustang to people I refer to the inside as "Spartan" meaning its functional without all the frills and extras, damn we have no glove box light, no vanity mirror, no fake leather, fake carbon fiber. Man, but the inside looks mean and lean which suits the car to a "tee".