You wanna hear something funny? I just bought a 19 year old fox, drove it home
1200 miles without a hitch, got better milage than my 2008 f150 and it was a HELLUVA lot more comfortable.
My buddy riding with me agreed it was more comfortable, and my wife does too. My truck's got the FX4 leather seats....Maybe it's the ride. the truck is 4X4.
Awwww c'mon Allen, who are you trying to kid? Unless your truck is completely baffed, I don't believe that for a millisecond. I've got the same truck as you do and it's 10-times the driver as the Fox body. For starters, there are no jarring bangs on every crack in the road, no vibration at speed, no dipping or wandering on low spots. Just strait line tracking!
Now, if you want to compare seat comfort…then that’s definitely subjective. F150 seats are certainly a love them or hate them design. I like the room and sturdiness they provide, but they’re not what I would consider supportive, nor would I consider the power seat position settings optimum for comfort. I would regard even the most basic LX seats “plush” by comparison. But you can’t judge the entire spectrum of the vehicle base on one downfall.
Don’t confuse the excitement of buying a new (to you) car, and the different driving characteristics it boasts over reality. A different, or more fun driving experience I would buy, but a better driver overall? Your F150 is of course no performer by comparison and isn’t nearly as nimble, but from a sheer comfort perspective, the F150 has the weight, the width, the wheel base, the full framed chassis strength and the
suspension travel to ride and drive far superior to any Fox….or any other little car for that matter. I think you’re telling yourself the car is better because that’s what you want to believe more than anything.
The gas mileage though I agree completely on. I got 6-7mpg better mileage with my Mustang on the way home over my truck. But to be fair, the truck literally weighs twice what the car does and is rolling on 32” tall wheels and tires, through a much heavier and heavier built drivetrain.
I’ll go as far to say, My F150 FX4 is the best vehicle I’ve ever owned…and I’ve owned a lot of them. Coincidentally, before this truck, the ’83 Mustang L I had as a teenager was probably the best vehicle I’d ever owned. But thinking back on it now, was probably more because of the fond memories associated with it, then the mechanics or the quality of the car itself.
Brian is a bit, shall we say, anti-fox body. He's always been in here arguing what a peice of junk they are, and like to compare them unfavorably to every other car built, which is why it blows me away that he actually purchased one.
There you go, putting words in my mouth again.
Not anti Fox body at all. Although at times, I do seem to be the only one here not looking at the car through rose coloured glasses by the looks of it?. I'll be honest...you're starting to sound a little like those 4th Gen F-Body guys in the way they talk about the LS1 being touched by the hand of god. Realistically speaking, the Fox cars were thrown together with spit and bubble gum. They were built and designed at one of the worst points in automotive history. And they all seem like they were built on a Friday afternoon.
There's almost nothing than any more modern car doesn't do better. I find it laughable how some guys consider these the best cars ever built, yet replace that 5.0L power plant with the 2.3L I4 these cars were optioned with and they won't give it a second glance.
Fox's are cool looking...even by today’s standards. They've got nice lines…especially the Coupe’s IMO. They’ve got a great exhaust tone and because of their favorable power to weight ratio, haul the mail for a little car. But, a marvel of the automotive industry, they are not.
First thing I notice when going from my MN12 to my fox was wow....this thing rides like a tank. Second thing I notice when I put the pedal down was wow...this things slllllooooowwww. Then I tried to take a corner and knew immediately I was in for all kinds of disappointment if I though this thing was going to perform like my last car. Compared the interior quality, chassis refinement, etc, etc....I'll tell you, it didn't look good for the Mustang.
But then you know what....I got 3-complements on the car, just on the way home. I liked the way it looked from anywhere I stood, unlike my Cougar that needed the right light and the right angle to get even 2nd place in a beauty contest consisting of of 2 competitors. It felt good to row through the gears again, which wasn't an option (or at least, not a cost effective one) with my XR7. It's nice to see whole companies dedicated to an aftermarket for these cars, when I had to scrounge and scrape to find anyone who supported the MN12 market....and then pay 3-times as much for the parts when I did find them.
Yes. There are certainly high and low points to every car.
I LIKE MY FOX for the reasons stated above, but am not so blinded by loyalty to the model that I don't recognized it's short comings as well and can dislike it for those same reasons.
It doesn't make me a hater, it makes me a realist.
