Gonzo, what is this Mustang kick you are on?

[Hell Puppy]

GonZo is getting his first taste of driving a high performance car. If you drive anything even remotely sporty or powerful, the one car you can ALWAYS count on to challenge you on the road or at a redlight is a Mustang.

They have arguably the cheapest "muscle car" on the market and feel like they have something to prove.

They're kinda like Tanner from the Bad News Bears.

And because of that, as GonZo has discovered, it's loads of fun to blow them off the road.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

GonZo is getting his first taste of driving a high performance car. If you drive anything even remotely sporty or powerful, the one car you can ALWAYS count on to challenge you on the road or at a redlight is a Mustang.

They have arguably the cheapest "muscle car" on the market and feel like they have something to prove.

They're kinda like Tanner from the Bad News Bears.

And because of that, as GonZo has discovered, it's loads of fun to blow them off the road.

"Eating Millionaires and Mustangs for breakfast..."

[pam]

What Mustang? Where? Classic mustangs aren't muscle cars, they are classed as pony cars.

As for being cheapest, I'd assume you're talking the current $40k Mustangs (ick, ptooey, eww).

Chicks who drive muscle cars rock.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by pam

What Mustang? Where? Classic mustangs aren't muscle cars, they are classed as pony cars.

As for being cheapest, I'd assume you're talking the current $40k Mustangs (ick, ptooey, eww).

Chicks who drive muscle cars rock.

I just had a GT for desert on the way back from lunch.

[venturi]

Originally Posted by pam

What Mustang? Where? Classic mustangs aren't muscle cars, they are classed as pony cars.

As for being cheapest, I'd assume you're talking the current $40k Mustangs (ick, ptooey, eww).

Actually, that's not entirely accurate; nor is the following but it gets a little closer.

The Mustang, Cougar, Camero, Firebird and Charger & Challenger ( I can't recall what the early ones on the Chrysler/Dodge side atm *brain fart*) were all essentially engineered specifically for stock car racing in the mid-to-late 1960's. They were very fast, very light and most importantly disposable (i.e. very cheap to build). Because the rules of stock car racing require that all cars on the circuit be built off of actual production models they needed to have a line of cars that could be easily and affordably converted into into stoopid fast race cars. They all mostly hit the open market with straight sixes and the smaller V8s like the legendary 289 and 318 short blocks but not long after the 327, 350 and 360 cu.in. V8s and then the 400+ cu.in long blocks were introduced to the lines that truly brought the age of the "muscle car" into existence.
IMHO, the only thing that has really changed over time in all these production lines is the price tag which has increased much much more rapidly than the quality/value of any of them has.

So Gonzo, whatcha driving these days? I knew you were shopping around a bit a while ago, but never heard/read what you ended up getting.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by venturi

So Gonzo, whatcha driving these days? I knew you were shopping around a bit a while ago, but never heard/read what you ended up getting.

2007 Dodge Charger SRT 8

[bluemoney]

Originally Posted by gonzo

2007 Dodge Charger SRT 8

That would have looked real good parked out front of the Grill

[Jace]

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by bluemoney

That would have looked real good parked out front of the Grill

I was trapped on the Apalachian Trail

[softball]

Originally Posted by pam

What Mustang? Where? Classic mustangs aren't muscle cars, they are classed as pony cars.

As for being cheapest, I'd assume you're talking the current $40k Mustangs (ick, ptooey, eww).

Chicks who drive muscle cars rock.

I don't know about that....

[pam]

From another board about muscle cars

"ONE more time.....a 'MUSCLE' car was a MID-SIZED, BIG-BLOCK POWERED, AFFORDABLE 5 OR 6 SEAT car starting with the GTO option on a LeMans in 1964 and continuing until the last BIG-BLOCK, MID-SIZED, HIGH-PERFORMANCE car was offered for sale to the public."

It refers to a class of car.

The newer Mustangs are ugly as hell -- ever since the Mustang II and Fox bodies they've been ugly as hell to me. No, I take that back -- in 1969 they went ugly to me

[softball]

Originally Posted by pam

From another board about muscle cars

"ONE more time.....a 'MUSCLE' car was a MID-SIZED, BIG-BLOCK POWERED, AFFORDABLE 5 OR 6 SEAT car starting with the GTO option on a LeMans in 1964 and continuing until the last BIG-BLOCK, MID-SIZED, HIGH-PERFORMANCE car was offered for sale to the public."

It refers to a class of car.

The newer Mustangs are ugly as hell -- ever since the Mustang II and Fox bodies they've been ugly as hell to me. No, I take that back -- in 1969 they went ugly to me

what about a C2 vette?

[pam]

Want a link to post there? They've been fighting about this all week.

To some all classic 'Stangs are muscle cars, and to some, they aren't. At least they classify my goat as a muscle car, since chicks who drive muscle cars rock :P

I don't like Corvettes so can't really judge them other than saying I don't like them.

I'm a 'Stang/Firebird/goat/RoadRunner kinda gal.