" the REPUTATION of the fox-body has degraded to the point that it is just an old car." ..... I believe this comment is proof of three things.
1. you're too convinced of your own intelligence
2. you love to hear yourself talk
3. you don't know jack ***** about owning a mustang or else you just plain don't love your mustang.
all of which leads me to 4.
4. please refer to #2.
I think you're judging me unfairly. Someone else recently mentioned that the 5.0 is no longer the king of the road. That's the point, and quite frankly only people like you and me look back at the 5.0 mustangs and their accomplishments as glorious. People do not view 5.0s the same way they see the Boss 302, 429, Shelby GT500. All of those cars are fondly regarded by all. As evidenced by the value of a mint 5.0 in comparison with the aforementioned classics, the 5.0 is not yet old enough to be a classic. Maybe one day it will be. People don't look back in awe, and if you stop next to a new Z06, KB terminator, GT500, nicely modded LSx, they may give you a thumbs up and say, "nice car," but they aren't thinking, "It's probably faster," even if you're modded.
every where i go i get compliments and all kinds of questions about my "old mustang". i can't count the times people have tried to buy it. your entire discussion, or argument as you would like it to be is useless. mustangs have lost no reputation, and they can still compete. they always will, which is one of the many things that make a mustang a MUSTANG. it's the only car like it. all this psycho-babble crap about what you could do with a mustang or another car is all loose ignorant conjecture. hell, if i flapped my arms fast enough i could fly. but am i going to? probably not. do all the numbers and specs make one car better than another? no. but for me, and most everyone else on this site, the mustang is the better car for me. for all your preaching, tell me how many cars do you think will have the same cultural impact as the mustang fifty years from now?
Who questioned cultural interest in the mustang?
"loose ignorant conjecture?" Actually, it's nothing but an opinion, and you seem to be getting wrapped up in it. I just don't see the same perception/reaction for the fox-body that I remember seeing. People with the new stuff just aren't intimidated by a fox-body or group of fox-bodies like they used to be. They are intimidated by other new stuff, LSx's, Cobras, Supras etc...
So Fastdriver you're telling me you've OWNED Z06's and you just decided to give that up because you just love Fox body Mustangs soooo much, but now you're starting a thread about how they can't keep up with today's technology, and then in the same breath you're contradicting me for standing up for the Mustang, while even still at the same time saying your Mustang WILL be faster...
I must have missed how all this makes sense. I give up.
I own a C5 (my 2nd) - didn't give anything up. I don't think that there's anything wrong with standing up for the mustang, but I do disagree with some of the points you made. Nevertheless, I don't see how my disagreement fails to correlate with my belief that they don't keep up with today's tech. My mustang will be faster, and it still makes sense, because a mustang built like mine is so rare that it has no impact on the perception of fox-body mustangs by the general public, or more specifically by gear-heads.
Chris
