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EDGEMAN OP
Sep 15, 2022 at 09:49 AM ET
Ford's new Mustang sticks with pure gasoline
This article has pictures of the new Mustang...very nice looking! Ford unveiled an all-new version of the two-door Mustang coupe at an event in Detroit Wednesday night. It has a new body design and new engine options, but the one thing it won’t have is electric motors. The new Mustang will be offered only with pure gasoline power, at least for now. Buyers will just have to choose how much gasoline they want to burn to make how much power.

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Will Stewart Will Stewart
Here's a Car and Driver link with lots of pics ... my thoughts ...
It looks a little bit too much like a Camaro for me, but I'll get over it. I watched a 20-minute video on YouTube this morning (you can tell that Ford gave pre-launch access to the biggest YouTube channels, and these guys had their videos ready to go), and while I'm still not sold on the front/side design, I do like the back-end design. I think Ford did the car a disservice by launching in that trendy, blah, gray color, but I digress. The interior: hmmm. I think I like it, but my one big gripe is no dedicated knobs for the HVAC. The HVAC controls reside perpetually at the bottom of the touchscreen, and as long as the "Auto" setting is a good one (it's great in my 2019 GMC Sierra), I guess that'll do. But the dedicated volume knob being on the far side of the control stack? Interesting choice. I'd probably never use it, anyway, and just use the steering wheel controls. The BIG draw is that the engines are pure ICE -- not even a hybrid, much less electric. Gas-powered cars are going the way of the Dodo, and the chance to get the final gas-powered Mustang is a huge lure for me. For those that don't know (which is most of you), my first car was a 1965 Mustang, and my second car was a 1988 Mustang GT. So I pay attention to Mustangs, even though I sold my 88 in 1993 (and bought a Probe GT -- go ahead and make your jokes, that was a GREAT car). I'm going to think long and hard about getting one of these. I won't wait for a Cobra or Shelby or whatever. I'd probably get a dressed-up GT, which is estimated to be about $55k-$60k. So I gotta save up for a while first. (Kids'll all be out of college by then, haha.)
HokieGator HokieGator
By then the interest rate will be 80%.
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EDGEMAN OP
Guess you should pay cash for it.
Stroke that check Gator!
AZHokie59 AZHokie59
Sold my 65 mustang convertible back in '78 for $1K, Wish I had kept it.
3spd manual with a blueprinted 304. ** Edited by AZHokie59 at 9/15/2022, 4:30:59 PM
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EDGEMAN OP
How much was it bored over?
Or did you make it a stroker?
AZHokie59 AZHokie59
Bought it hat way, so don't know. Only kept it for 2 months☹️ Sold it to
Hulk Hogan's FIL, who died a few months back from COVID. He was the LAPD chief helicopter pilot when he retired. Sad story, he never went out, contracted it from his gardener.
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EDGEMAN OP
Very sad
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Mighty Fine Catch
"She wanted a Taurus, and all you did was show her your probe" Mr. Mercer
Al Czervik Al Czervik
You sold a Mustang GT 5.0 302 V8 to get a Probe? Will, Will, Will, Will...
How much did your man card infraction cost you in 93?
typed by ben typed by ben
That era Mustang was a dog
The '93 Probe GT was probably faster
Will Stewart Will Stewart
Well, it did come in handy that I sold it.
I sold the Mustang in 1993 for $6k and financed the Probe. Lost my job in May 1994 ... that $6k came in handy. It got me through until I could find another job. Things happen the way they're supposed to.
Al Czervik Al Czervik
Then definitely get yerself back in the saddle brother! You earned it.
I still have mine, 1988 GT convertible. Drove it off the Roanoke Ford showroom floor all those years ago. ** Edited by Al Czervik at 9/15/2022, 2:34:23 PM
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EDGEMAN OP
This guy also disapproves:
Rolling, in my 5.0..
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EDGEMAN OP
I've never owned a "muscle" car, much less a pony car.
I'm really tempted to buy the GT with the Coyote 5.0L since it's the last one. Remember what they said in Mad Max..."it's the last of the V8 Interceptors." Don't want to be on my deathbed thinking, "I could have had a V8."
Will Stewart Will Stewart
I'm really glad I bought the cop car back in July 2021.
I got a 2006 CVPI for $3,500 ... cars with that same amount of mileage (and idle hours and such) are now going for $5k-$6k. It's another "keeper" ... has 150k miles on it and should be good for 100k-150k more. Good ole fashioned gas-powered V8 with a 4-speed tranny. Really fun car to drive.
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EDGEMAN OP
I think that car will go far more miles than that without major issues
Cab companies bought them from police agencies after a couple hundred miles, then drove them for many hundreds of thousands of miles more. Those are very solid automobiles.
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The Gobbler
Yeah, well I had a 1978 Mustang....
Baby blue - worst car in the history of mankind.... Burned more oil than gasoline..... Ugly.....like Mama can't even love it ugly I blew it up
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EDGEMAN OP
You don't know what oil burning is until you've owned a Chevy Vega...lol
"Fill her up and check the gas."
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HokieFanDC
My folks had the puke green Vega back in the 70s. Ewwwww.
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EDGEMAN OP
They actually drove really well...one of the best handling cars in...
...it's class. it was also the slowest accelerating car in it's class, and burned more oil than any other car in it's class...lol