In reply to Wally:
I'm just trying to figure what bizzaro world words you use to find some of your pictures.
Very much admire the oddball stuff you manage to find- pictures or articles.
In reply to Wally:
I'm just trying to figure what bizzaro world words you use to find some of your pictures.
Very much admire the oddball stuff you manage to find- pictures or articles.
The main problem with a Mustang of any sort remains two doors.
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
More than two doors on a mustang? Is it not heavy enough already?
I think what he wants is a 4 door version as a touring sedan. At least, that's what I want. 
In reply to RossD:
You can still order a P71 for another month or so. 
Brett_Murphy wrote: The main problem with a Mustang of any sort remains two doors.
Get off my planet.
When I'm Emperor of the Known Universe, four door cars will be banned. Coupes, hatchbacks, wagons, or GTFO. No four-door trucks, either.
You can have the opening panels like on an extended-cab pickup or RX-8, though. And the Velocetor gets a pass, but only if Hyundai agrees to put never sell any turbocharger-equipped car as auto-only ever again.
I make my living with sedans dude, get off my planet 
ransom wrote: Maybe it could become ESVO (*Extra* Special Vehicle Operations) and build really weird stuff. Like a 3/4 to 7/8 scale Mustang under 2500 lbs...
Already seen that one. Wasn't it called the Mustang II?
Why not drop the V-6 turbo and AWD package from the SHO/Flex in the Mustang? Now THAT would be interesting!
pinchvalve wrote: Why not drop the V-6 turbo and AWD package from the SHO/Flex in the Mustang? Now THAT would be interesting!
Cause the SHO drivetrain is transverse FWD and the Mustang is an FR RWD?
/debbiedowner
ReverendDexter wrote:Brett_Murphy wrote: The main problem with a Mustang of any sort remains two doors.Get off my planet. When I'm Emperor of the Known Universe, four door cars will be banned. Coupes, hatchbacks, wagons, or GTFO. No four-door trucks, either. You can have the opening panels like on an extended-cab pickup or RX-8, though. And the Velocetor gets a pass, but only if Hyundai agrees to put never sell any turbocharger-equipped car as auto-only ever again.
This.
pinchvalve wrote: Why not drop the V-6 turbo and AWD package from the SHO/Flex in the Mustang? Now THAT would be interesting!
Meh, it'd be better in a Focus body. Or Focus derivative... like the Mazda5.
ZOMG... twin-turbo 3.5L AWD Mazda5... :drool:
DirtyBird222 wrote:ransom wrote: Maybe it could become ESVO (*Extra* Special Vehicle Operations) and build really weird stuff. Like a 3/4 to 7/8 scale Mustang under 2500 lbs...Already seen that one. Wasn't it called the Mustang II?
There's no "II" in "Mustang". I'm not sure whether to recognize that aberration as a car at all.
I mean, of course, apart from having suspension and steering superior to all the prior Mustangs. But I can thank the Pinto for that and continue to ignore this
In reply to ReverendDexter:
Show me a proper wagon (not a shooting brake) that doesn't have 4 doors and was made in the last 25 years.
If a car has a usable back seat, it should have doors for those seats. Anybody that thinks otherwise is a fashion victim or was born prior to 1968. Maybe both
Full disclosure: I have two neon coupes, a 2 door golf and have owned lots of two door cars. I even owned an older 2 door Grand Prix. That is what turned me off on some 2 door cars: the doors were so long and heavy that they started sagging enough that you had to lift them up while you were pulling them shut in order to get them closed.
Conquest351 wrote: To do it correctly, they need to make it LIGHT, and make their focus on the suspension and brakes. Basically, take the Boss 302 Suspension and put it under a V6 Mustang with an SHO motor and 6-speed manual transmission. Dare I go out on a limb and suggest IRS as an SVO only suspension component?
That was my thought as well. I don't think offering an SVO Mustang that costs more than a GT, but less than a GT500 (maybe in the Boss area?) would be out of the question if it had a little more of a "euro" focus.
Brett_Murphy wrote: Full disclosure: I have two neon coupes, a 2 door golf and have owned lots of two door cars. I even owned an older 2 door Grand Prix. That is what turned me off on some 2 door cars: the doors were so long and heavy that they started sagging enough that you had to lift them up while you were pulling them shut in order to get them closed.
wow.. I have not seen that kind of behaviour since the 70's pillarless caddys. I remember a friend's mom had a 4 door caddy without the B pillar. The car, after a couple of years, had sagged so much you could not open both doors on the same side at the same time
ReverendDexter wrote:Brett_Murphy wrote: The main problem with a Mustang of any sort remains two doors.Get off my planet. When I'm Emperor of the Known Universe, four door cars will be banned. Coupes, hatchbacks, wagons, or GTFO. No four-door trucks, either. You can have the opening panels like on an extended-cab pickup or RX-8, though. And the Velocetor gets a pass, but only if Hyundai agrees to put never sell any turbocharger-equipped car as auto-only ever again.
THIS...
Made me LOL... At work...
Brett_Murphy wrote: In reply to ReverendDexter: Show me a proper wagon (not a shooting brake) that doesn't have 4 doors and was made in the last 25 years.
Um, every single one. Wagons have five doors (six if they have ambulance-style doors on back instead of a hatch or tailgate).
Besides, when I'm EotKU, I'm also scrapping CAFE in favor of CAKE: Corporate Average KErbveight. Within 3 years of my coming into power, the average weight of a company's non-industrial vehicles must not exceed 3500 lbs. That includes pickups and SUVS.
3500lbs for a truck? Damn man, my truck is around the 6000 lbs range and I just knocked out an average of 15 mpgs for 25 gallons.
Brett_Murphy wrote: In reply to ReverendDexter: Show me a proper wagon (not a shooting brake) that doesn't have 4 doors and was made in the last 25 years.
RossD wrote: 3500lbs for a truck? Damn man, my truck is around the 6000 lbs range and I just knocked out an average of 15 mpgs for 25 gallons.
No, hahaha. I'm not that insane, lol. CAKE isn't a maximum weight, it's a maximum average weight across a company's offerings.
So a company can have a 6000 lb truck, but then they also have to have two ~2250lb cars in the lineup to balance it out.
I'd probably have at least a partial exemption for diesels, make them only count at the weight of an elsewise-similar gas-powered vehicle.
vw_jason79 wrote:Brett_Murphy wrote: In reply to ReverendDexter: Show me a proper wagon (not a shooting brake) that doesn't have 4 doors and was made in the last 25 years.
am I the only person who liked these? I almost bought one new.. but walked when I discovered you could not get it in a 5 speed. I bought a Hyundai instead
In reply to vw_jason79:
I could be pedantic and say that isn't a proper wagon since it only has two doors.
Instead: what is that?
In reply to Brett_Murphy:
I think it's a VW Fox.
It's a VW Polo / Fox.
The full sized GM truck from 1988 to 1998 in 2WD, standard cab, runs around 2 tons. I wonder what it would take to get one to 3500 lb; Aluminum LSx, aluminum radiator, fiberglass hood, what else? Rubber "carpet" lighter than the real stuff perhaps? I'm sure that bench seat weighs a ton... I'm threadjacking again aren't I.
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