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Post by Humph on Aug 23, 2016 19:51:21 GMT
A friend has just recently bought a new 16 plate right hand drive Ford Mustang. Not very subtle in a bright yellow with black leather trim. I didn't want to like it. But y'know...
It's not overly muscular being a two point something engine but it still goes well enough. He's considerably younger than me and much more single, so why not I suppose.
I liked it a bit more than I thought I would when I saw it the other day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 20:06:13 GMT
I like Mustangs a lot.
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Post by Humph on Aug 23, 2016 20:18:23 GMT
I liked it a bit too much. Trouble with it would be ( in my case anyway ) being that old geezer with a flashy coupe. Cars have context.
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Post by Hofmeister on Aug 23, 2016 20:23:47 GMT
I like Mustangs, a lot. But ford have produced some right old dogs in various guises, but 2.2? really? Its has to be a V8 and throb a lot.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 20:29:23 GMT
Mustangs went through a very dodgy patch in the mid 90s, but other than that I've always enjoyed them. I agree though, 2.2 does seem a bit girlie.
Generally though I rather like American cars. They don't compare very well with the likes of BMW, Mercs and similar, but compared to European Fords, GM and most of the Japanese, I think they do rather well.
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Post by Humph on Aug 23, 2016 20:32:07 GMT
Even the girlie one has 300 bhp. Enough to trouble a camera anyway. But I know what you mean.
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Post by Hofmeister on Aug 23, 2016 20:39:05 GMT
Most of the older V8 throbby ones didn't have 300 things, but they were very torquey and they throbbed a lot. 2.2 turbo'd does not throb.
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Post by Humph on Aug 23, 2016 20:41:04 GMT
Made me throb a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 21:50:39 GMT
So does a Midget.
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Post by Rob on Aug 23, 2016 22:04:36 GMT
Surely it's using the 2.3 turbo from the Focus so abut 320PS. It won't sound as good as a 5.0 V8 but it will do more MPG, cost less in tax etc.
Not sure how a Midget makes anyone throb.
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Post by Avant on Aug 23, 2016 23:08:42 GMT
You might throb if a sprite made frog eyes at you....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 0:08:22 GMT
Rob, who knows? The bloke Face times the dog, what hope of understanding is there?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 6:22:16 GMT
Even in the 70s and 80s there were some American cars which did the job in their own country very well. They were rubbish outside North America but perfect in it.
A V8 Mustang is almost de rigeur but in Europe the smaller turbo engine makes more sense. Not sure it's the car for me; I like to think I'm a bit more subtle.....
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Post by Humph on Aug 24, 2016 8:45:47 GMT
Me too, I wouldn't actually bring one home, but I'd still like to drive one. Bit like a holiday romance with a totally unsuitable woman. 😉
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2016 11:56:16 GMT
Do you have experience of that?
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