Mustang values drop through the floor...

[Big Mouse]

...after getting beaten by a G-Wizz in a drag race! breathe
well done Ford, back to the drawing board

[art b]

top gear

[philoldsmobile]

on the plus side, all mustangs are low mileage, coz there always frikkin broken!

[art b]

never bored wiff a ford.......

[philoldsmobile]

ya reckon

its frustrating, because its a really nice car, its just been a piece of crap so far.

[55starchief]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

its just been a piece of crap so far.

think that pretty much sums up most modern cars.

[philoldsmobile]

sadly it seems to...

[F Body]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

its frustrating, because its a really nice car, its just been a piece of crap so far.

Should have broken bought a Chevy

[philoldsmobile]

shoulda bought that volvo C70 i was looking at...

[art b]

wait until ya get an alfa....

[philoldsmobile]

cant be any worse! in fact US built cars come significantly lower in reliability charts than italian ones..

[art b]

g-wizz for you next then....

[Fieldy]

Quoting: philoldsmobile

its frustrating, because its a really nice car, its just been a piece of crap so far.

I always thought your Mussy was reliable as clockwork....what's happened?

[philoldsmobile]

Quoting: Fieldy

I always thought your Mussy was reliable as clockwork....what's happened?

Transmission shudder (took 2 attempts to fix)
both lower balljoints
couple of rear suspention bushes
head gaskets
transmition oil leak from gear selector seal
trans leak from rear of pan
front crankshaft oil seal leak
faulty fan relay leaving the fan on a couple of times
rad leak
aircon now NFG


not much really......

even a bad Alfa would have had less problems in 18 months of ownership..

[HardRockCamaro]

To be fair it's an old and original car (12 years?), the mileage and condition don't help stuff like gaskets which fail with age.  In fact you could argue that lack of use (ie low mileage) might be worse if anything as stuff might dry out more?

The transmission shudder and head gaskets are a known issue I believe?  The rest is almost all gasket/seal related.

[philoldsmobile]

yup and yup.. i'm hoping i'm on top of it now, but its a classic case of an under used car..

[Fieldy]

Thats funny....never knew that

[art b]

bit of a money pit so far,
my 10 yr old ni$$an from japan has 40k on it and is like a new un....

[philoldsmobile]

ya know its got bad when i'm looking at buying an Alfa Romeo in the hope of increased reliability.....

[art b]

get another bike....