Author Topic: This oughta be a crime (Read 4508 times)

Monkeyleg · « **on:** November 25, 2009, 06:19:19 PM »

Over on the Mustang forum there's this car for sale.

That paint job is criminal. The interior is a hanging offense. To top things off, the paint isn't even glossy.

I wonder what kind of beating in price the guy's going to take?

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2009, 06:24:22 PM »

Quote from: Monkeyleg on November 25, 2009, 06:19:19 PM

Over on the Mustang forum there's this car for sale.

The owner has watched Tron too many times.

mellestad · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2009, 06:30:38 PM »

I like it. I wouldn't want to drive it, but I like it.

Easy to find in the parking lot, right?

Racehorse · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2009, 06:36:54 PM »

While I hate the color and most of the modifications, I have to admit that I like the matte paint job.

brimic · « **Reply #4 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:00:15 PM »

2006 Ford Mustang
V6/5spd
35k on it
Runs, shifts, stops, steers AWESOME
Eleanor body kit
22" Chopperz with matched paint
Custom blue paint
Interior pieces painted black and blue
Pioneer indash
2 12" Rockford Punches and amp
HIDs
Custom LEDs in interior
$12,000 CASH or trade on

?
I'm between Chicago and Milwaukee

Tell the truth, its your car isn't it?

Strings · « **Reply #5 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:06:16 PM »

Dick... how COULD you do that to that poor Mustang?

Declaration Day · « **Reply #6 on:** November 25, 2009, 07:17:31 PM »

I like the color. I also tend to like color-matched interior bits, but they must be done properly lest they look cheesy.

What is wrong with this car, IMO, is:

1. It has too many color-matched interior bits.

2. Plastic junk tacked on to the body. I don't like any of that, unless it is subdued and functional.

3. Rims are completely wrong for a muscle car.

roo_ster · « **Reply #7 on:** November 25, 2009, 08:02:36 PM »

Uh, its a 'stang with a V6.

Why are we still talking about this?

nico · « **Reply #8 on:** November 25, 2009, 08:33:16 PM »

Quote from: jfruser on November 25, 2009, 08:02:36 PM

Uh, its a 'stang with a V6.

AND 22" wheels. . .

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2009, 08:39:11 PM »

It's a V6 undertorqued mustang... made to look like a Honda rice-racer.

Seems to me that the money on the rimz should have been spent on the car up-front, and gotten a 5.0L V8.

Declaration Day · « **Reply #10 on:** November 25, 2009, 08:40:36 PM »

Quote from: jfruser on November 25, 2009, 08:02:36 PM

Uh, its a 'stang with a V6.

Why are we still talking about this?

The specs for the 4.0L V-6, according to the Ford website, are 210 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque. That is incredibly unimpressive by today's standards.

Having owned or driven several sports cars / muscle cars, I find it much more fun to have a slightly smaller engine that I can push near its limits than a huge V-8 that I can't legally use properly. If I lived near the Autobahn I'd have a different opinion.

But again, the six they stuff in the Mustang is anemic, especially for a roughly 3500 lb car.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #11 on:** November 25, 2009, 08:40:56 PM »

Don't be such a hater, Dick.

(Then again, I call them Disgustangs to my mom's face, too. So goes my inheritance...)

nico · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:05:41 PM »

Quote from: Declaration Day on November 25, 2009, 08:40:36 PM

210 hp and 240 lb-ft of torque.

it's a diesel?

Declaration Day · « **Reply #13 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:12:01 PM »

Quote from: nico on November 25, 2009, 09:05:41 PM

it's a diesel?

No.

nico · « **Reply #14 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:14:03 PM »

Quote from: Declaration Day on November 25, 2009, 09:12:01 PM

No.

that was a joke about it making 30 more lbft of torque than hp

Declaration Day · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:15:33 PM »

Quote from: nico on November 25, 2009, 09:14:03 PM

that was a joke about it making 30 more lbft of torque than hp

I know. I'm too tired to come up with a smart-ass answer this evening, so I kept it simple.

Declaration Day · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:17:52 PM »

Quoting Gewehr from the pickup thread,

"340HP/340ft/lbs is nothing to sneeze at, while getting 23mpg highway at the same time."

Ford would be wise to squeeze that new Ecoboost V6 into the Mustang next year.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:23:48 PM »

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This oughta be a crime

[Microbalrog]No, it shouldn't be a crime. The car belongs to this individual. He/she has a perfect right to paint his car in any color of their choice.

Just remember there is no oppresion. [/mb]

Is "Eleanor body kit" named after the Eleanor in Gone in Sixty Seconds? If so, is it the original or the re-make?

roo_ster · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:36:47 PM »

Then there is the existential question:
"Is it truly a Mustang if it has fewer than eight cylinders?"

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #19 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:38:31 PM »

not really

roo_ster · « **Reply #20 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:50:10 PM »

Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on November 25, 2009, 09:38:31 PM

not really

"The New Ford Gelding: Who's gonna miss those two ~~testicles~~ ~~cylinders~~ little things anyway?"

"The New Ford Gelding: Impotent is not exactly underpowered."

Declaration Day · « **Reply #21 on:** November 25, 2009, 09:57:14 PM »

Quote from: jfruser on November 25, 2009, 09:50:10 PM

"The New Ford Gelding"

That would have been a better name for the godawful Mustang II from the mid 70's.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #22 on:** November 25, 2009, 10:56:22 PM »

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Tell the truth, its your car isn't it?

Nope. And having it so close to Milwaukee makes me nervous. I'm afraid that whatever that car has may be contagious.

Antibubba · « **Reply #23 on:** November 25, 2009, 11:07:54 PM »

Even without pictures, Runs, shifts, stops, steers AWESOME would have told me everything I needed to know.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #24 on:** November 25, 2009, 11:39:11 PM »

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Custom blue paint

Since when has Krylon been "custom"?

But I give him points for no runs or streaks.

stay safe.

skidmark

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Author Topic: This oughta be a crime (Read 4508 times)