iwashmycar
Dirt-Old 20+Year Member
Maybe that's what GTSETG tried to do to hers. Geesh and she claims it was the battery
My '94 TurdBird is about as close to a "new" car as I'm likely to get for quite awhile, but I'm plenty happy with it as a DD. I will likely never put much into it for any kinds of mods, aside from maybe J-Modding the valve body for longevity's sakes, because 1. it costs WAYYYY more to mod an early 4.6L than any 5.0L, 2. it's almost as big and heavy as the '90 Town Car I sold a few months ago, 3. while the quietness and squishy ride is nice for DD'ing, it does NOT have that stripped-down, balls-out feel that the Notch does.
The Notch is not a date car by most folks' standards ... well, aside from Frankie's sense of taste ... but it's definitely a lot more fun to row through the gears, feel that jerk on every shift, and get that total-car vibe with every RPM that is absolutely gone from the MN12, S197 and even the later SN95 cars. It's nothing to impress folks with by looks, generally speaking, nor is it a comfortable ride in even the vaguest sense of the word. It's strictly a beast, plain and simple. Rough, stripped-down, ultra-minimalist motor fun, with raw testosterone dripping out the tailpipes.
If I had the money, I would LOVE to have an '05+ Mustang ... even a V6 model ... but only as a DD. They've become more appealing to the masses for the sake of eye candy and comfort than sheer performance (although 300+ horses is nothing to sneeze at, even if the car weighs a buttload more) and total fun factor. In the meantime, MN12's and Panther cars are, to me, among the all-around best used DD's one can buy at the moment, and Foxes are the tops in weekend warrior joy.
The Notch is not a date car by most folks' standards ... well, aside from Frankie's sense of taste ... but it's definitely a lot more fun to row through the gears, feel that jerk on every shift, and get that total-car vibe with every RPM
Road feel.....you mean like jumping around on anything other than a perfectly flat surface, feeling every crack/rut/pebble on the road and the copius amounts body flex/noise that goes along with it?Any type of road feel
"Tossable" in the corners all depends on your perspective. Taking a fox into a corner at high speeds with the amount of oversteer they display always makes you feel as though it's going to be your last, because you never know it you're going to come out of it alive. But when it comes right down to it, I'd feel a lot more comfortable running through a set of twistys in an S197 than a 28-year-old chassis that was originally build for an econobox Ford Fairmont.any feeling of being "tossable" in corners.
You're crazy....stock for stock, the 3V sound is sex to the ears!!! WAAAAY nicer in stock trim than any of the previous 5.0L OHV or 2-valve OHC engines. Sure a Fox with an aftermarket exhaust system can sound pretty mean.....but they make plenty of mean sounding systems for the '05's too. It's a personal taste my friend, but the general consensus among the masses is that the 3V in stock trim is the nicer sounding set up.An exhaust note worth mentioning.
That's funny....I bet the guys running around in the early-60's to early-70's Mustangs were saying the same thing when the II's and Fox Bodies hit the streets.The Mustang driving experience.
I bought the new one because I started to tell myself that it just didn't make sense to keep putting money in to an 18 year old car. I was wrong and am happy to admit that.
Road feel.....you mean like jumping around on anything other than a perfectly flat surface, feeling every crack/rut/pebble on the road and the copius amounts body flex/noise that goes along with it?
"Tossable" in the corners all depends on your perspective. Taking a fox into a corner at high speeds with the amount of oversteer they display always makes you feel as though it's going to be your last, because you never know it you're going to come out of it alive. But when it comes right down to it, I'd feel a lot more comfortable running through a set of twistys in an S197 than a 28-year-old chassis that was originally build for an econobox Ford Fairmont.
You're crazy....stock for stock, the 3V sound is sex to the ears!!! WAAAAY nicer in stock trim than any of the previous 5.0L OHV or 2-valve OHC engines. Sure a Fox with an aftermarket exhaust system can sound pretty mean.....but they make plenty of mean sounding systems for the '05's too. It's a personal taste my friend, but the general consensus among the masses is that the 3V in stock trim is the nicer sounding set up.
That's funny....I bet the guys running around in the early-60's to early-70's Mustangs were saying the same thing when the II's and Fox Bodies hit the streets.
Nope...you were right the first time. From a practicality standpoint, it doesn't make sense to keep sinking money into an 18-year-old car. Driving newer is always the better decision from a financial standpoint after that many years. That being said, if "practicality" was the issue, owning a Mustang period wouldn't be a smart idea. We should all be running around in Ford Focus's if that was the case.