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utee94 · « **Reply #3514 on:** April 01, 2022, 12:40:59 PM »

Those Mustang IIs are pretty hideous looking, IMO. The Mustang club that I was a member of, wouldn't even let them join. Or at least they claimed they wouldn't, I'm not sure anyone that owned a Mustang II ever really thought about joining a Mustang Club.

utee94 · « **Reply #3515 on:** April 01, 2022, 12:51:20 PM »

I guess my 1981 Dodge Omni got decent gas mileage. But that was partially because with its vapor lock issues originating from its Volkswagen engine, it stopped working about 1/2 the time during the Central Texas summers, and left me stranded in all sorts of places on numerous occasions. But it sure saved me money, by not operating...

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3516 on:** April 01, 2022, 01:44:10 PM »

I've been looking at new Mustang convertibles, the GT. They run about $50 K. I was looking at Corvettes, the only ones nearish me are $80 K, and up. BMW stopped making the 240i convertible, at least for now, I really like that car. I would get a Camaro convertible perhaps if you could see out of them with the roof up. They seem like a pretty decent car otherwise.

In reality I'll probably just be looking and not buying, especially now.

Corvettes seem really large for a two seater.

utee94 · « **Reply #3517 on:** April 01, 2022, 02:26:42 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on April 01, 2022, 01:44:10 PM

I've been looking at new Mustang convertibles, the GT. They run about $50 K. I was looking at Corvettes, the only ones nearish me are $80 K, and up. BMW stopped making the 240i convertible, at least for now, I really like that car. I would get a Camaro convertible perhaps if you could see out of them with the roof up. They seem like a pretty decent car otherwise.

In reality I'll probably just be looking and not buying, especially now.

Corvettes seem really large for a two seater.

My daughter really wants a Mustang convertible. Her grandparents really want to buy her one. It wouldn't be new, of course, probably something like 3 years old with the lowest miles possible. And she doesn't want, or need, a GT. She just likes the way they look. I think she likes silver.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3518 on:** April 01, 2022, 02:38:08 PM »

We've had some rental Mustang convertibles. They have decent trunk space. We had a V6 version once that was "so so" and later the 4 cylinder eco with the ten speed transmission that was pretty bad, I thought. My wife likes convertibles. We have two parking spaces side by side and it's nice to just park in the middle now. And I don't need a second car at all, just dreaming really. The BMW 240i sounds really good, it's an in line six, and gets pretty good gas mileage.

FearlessF · « **Reply #3519 on:** April 01, 2022, 10:53:07 PM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on March 31, 2022, 11:35:05 AM

My 73 cornered decently well on smooth pavement, for the time period. It had the F41 suspension on it which meant higher rate springs and shocks and a rear stabilizer bar. It also had leaf springs of course.

They didn't label it an SS in 73 for whatever reason, though it had a 350 in it.

I think that 5.7 L engine was rated at 185 hp, which is pretty pathetic really.

that's why it wasn't an SS - also the tranny and rear end

my 70 SS 350 was rated at 300hp, muncie 4-speed tranny and 12-bolt posi rear end with 411 gears

FearlessF · « **Reply #3520 on:** April 01, 2022, 10:54:44 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on April 01, 2022, 02:26:42 PM

My daughter really wants a Mustang convertible. Her grandparents really want to buy her one. It wouldn't be new, of course, probably something like 3 years old with the lowest miles possible. And she doesn't want, or need, a GT. She just likes the way they look. I think she likes silver.

I wouldn't want my daughters driving a convertible for safety reasons - especially if it was her first car

longhorn320 · « **Reply #3521 on:** April 01, 2022, 11:05:40 PM »

Quote from: FearlessF on April 01, 2022, 10:54:44 PM

I wouldn't want my daughters driving a convertible for safety reasons - especially if it was her first car

which brings to mind one of the scariest moments a parent has is when their child drives away in the family car alone for the first time.

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3522 on:** April 02, 2022, 05:42:46 AM »

Quote from: FearlessF on April 01, 2022, 10:53:07 PM

that's why it wasn't an SS - also the tranny and rear end

my 70 SS 350 was rated at 300hp, muncie 4-speed tranny and 12-bolt posi rear end with 411 gears

The way they rated horsepower changed in 1972, they started using SAE net, which dropped numbers a lot. My car's engine dropped from 285 to 185 because of this, though I think 5 of this was because of the added AIR pump. They did not build an SS model in 1973. The engine in mine was the most powerful they offered.

FearlessF · « **Reply #3523 on:** April 02, 2022, 08:25:17 AM »

didn't they also change in 1973 with emissions controls and lower compression for gasoline or some reason

wasn't Ralph Nader the evil person involved in this?

Cincydawg · « **Reply #3524 on:** April 02, 2022, 08:29:24 AM »

The only emissions change on my engine was addition of the AIR pump, which sapped about 10 hp. Unleaded gas was still mostly in the future. I know I used low lead in 1980, that was regular gas. In 1975, most cars had catalytic converters and that required use of unleaded, which cost more. TEL is a cheap was to boost octane.

Then ethanol happened, from corn. Ethanol is also an octane booster, a pretty good one, but it reduces the power inherent in the fuel. Premium gas can have a higher ethanol level than regular because of this, which means you'd get slightly lower fuel economy and power from premium.

40% of our corn crop goes to fuel ethanol, a thing nearly everyone agrees is nonsensical.

FearlessF · « **Reply #3525 on:** April 02, 2022, 08:34:22 AM »

everyone but corn farmers

greedy sumbitches

CWSooner · « **Reply #3526 on:** April 02, 2022, 11:19:15 AM »

Quote from: utee94 on April 01, 2022, 09:32:58 AM

My i s c & a aggie wife drove a silver RX7 in high school. We weren't dating at the time, but we were friends.

That's a newer one than my 1980 model. You can tell by the more smoothly integrated bumpers on your future wife's car.
If that is her car, that is.

CWSooner · « **Reply #3527 on:** April 02, 2022, 11:24:09 AM »

Quote from: Cincydawg on April 02, 2022, 08:29:24 AM

The only emissions change on my engine was addition of the AIR pump, which sapped about 10 hp. Unleaded gas was still mostly in the future. I know I used low lead in 1980, that was regular gas. In 1975, most cars had catalytic converters and that required use of unleaded, which cost more. TEL is a cheap was to boost octane.

Then ethanol happened, from corn. Ethanol is also an octane booster, a pretty good one, but it reduces the power inherent in the fuel. Premium gas can have a higher ethanol level than regular because of this, which means you'd get slightly lower fuel economy and power from premium.

40% of our corn crop goes to fuel ethanol, a thing nearly everyone agrees is nonsensical.

Last I heard, it takes more energy to make a gallon of ethanol from corn than the gallon of ethanol contains. The whole program is there to buy the votes of corn farmers.

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utee94

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