Author Topic: Mustang values drop through the floor... (Read 838 times)

Big Mouse · « **on:** December 23, 2007, 08:52:39 pm »

...after getting beaten by a G-Wizz in a drag race!

breathe

well done Ford, back to the drawing board

art b · « **Reply #1 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:40:17 am »

top gear

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #2 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:43:01 am »

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

art b · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2007, 10:03:23 am »

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

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2007, 11:35:29 am »

ya reckon

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

55starchief · « **Reply #5 on:** December 24, 2007, 11:42:15 am »

Quoting: philoldsmobile

its just been a piece of crap so far.

think that pretty much sums up most modern cars.

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #6 on:** December 24, 2007, 12:12:43 pm »

sadly it seems to...

F Body · « **Reply #7 on:** December 24, 2007, 12:34:30 pm »

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 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 24, 2007, 01:58:34 pm »

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

art b · « **Reply #9 on:** December 24, 2007, 03:40:43 pm »

wait until ya get an alfa....

philoldsmobile · « **Reply #10 on:** December 24, 2007, 04:36:14 pm »

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

art b · « **Reply #11 on:** December 24, 2007, 06:00:09 pm »

g-wizz for you next then....

Fieldy · « **Reply #12 on:** December 24, 2007, 07:41:18 pm »

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 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 24, 2007, 09:32:01 pm »

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 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 24, 2007, 10:28:57 pm »

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 · « **Reply #15 on:** December 24, 2007, 10:43:03 pm »

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

Fieldy · « **Reply #16 on:** December 26, 2007, 04:04:32 pm »

Thats funny....never knew that

art b · « **Reply #17 on:** December 26, 2007, 05:16:40 pm »

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 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2007, 10:09:59 am »

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

art b · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2007, 10:12:30 am »

get another bike....