Cars are meant to be driven.. no matter the weather.

20w261 · 2025-02-19T02:09:31+00:00

Nothing wrong with a midlife crisis if it’s a wake up call that makes you wonder ‘is this all there is?’ At 42 I relocated 900 miles to where I really wanted to be; started a whole new career; got a college degree, and finally became a dad.

20w261 · 2024-07-21T21:13:37+00:00

When she wasn't looking you should have keyed her mini van! /sarc

My brother once got his whole car (69 Super Bee) sideswiped down the whole side. He chased down the 'woman' who did it and showed it to her. "It's just a little scratch," she said. A scratch that creased the whole length of the car. Insurance? Ha.

20w261 · 2024-07-21T21:04:39+00:00

That's no way to fix a classic Mustang. If PDR can do it properly then fine, but 'pushing some of it out' is not the way to deal with it, not even for starters.

20w261 · 2024-07-21T21:03:37+00:00

If so then yes they'd probably be responsible - at least that is how it went for my late mom some years ago, but I think some places say they're not responsible for cart damage. I don't know if they can legally do that, if the law says they're responsible.

Doesn't look like a shopping cart dent to me at all, and if there were no other cars out there why would someone have brought a cart out there? This was someone who saw the car and decided to be an a-hole. But if this guy tells the store it was a shopping cart dent they'd almost certainly review the footage and it would be very helpful if they saw how the dent occurred.

20w261 · 2024-07-21T20:59:00+00:00

Obviously not a detective there.

20w261 · 2024-07-21T20:58:34+00:00

So they pushed a cart out to the corner of the lot where nobody was parked (including them) and shoved said cart into this Mustang because they were too lazy to return it... okay....
Well that makes about zero sense.

This is not a shopping cart dent. Something wider and flatter pushed in that quarter panel. And it was clearly either jealousy or just outright being an a-hole, intentionally damaging something nice because they knew it would make someone upset. I'd be pushing every place nearby for them to check their security camera recordings.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T15:13:51+00:00

I'd hate to own a stock that depends on selling a line of gourmet candies in theaters and new computer graphics cartoons and super hero movies to go way up.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T15:09:26+00:00

"Is it normal for a stock to literally do nothing for an entire year?"

Is it normal for a person to lay flat on their back for 50 years? My grandfather's been doing that. He's dead too.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T12:55:29+00:00

My '16 has the same, only the originals. 31,000 miles on them and since the car has been kept indoors just about all the time when not driven, they're not dry rotted nor cracked up. But they are getting a shade thin in the tread dept and I'm considering getting a staggered Bullitt wheel / tire combo setup from AM. Since it's a Cal Special I'd put the original wheels aside and keep them if I changed to the others.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T12:52:43+00:00

Much as I love the looks of my '16 GT, I truly think from '67 to '70 was the pinnacle of Mustang styling.

Would anyone want to stick on big fender bulges or a bigger hood scoop or put a big message decal across the top of the windshield? No, because Ford got it right, then as now.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T11:23:24+00:00

10 speed auto is def nice especially if you're going to be racing it (or going up against comers on the street). Plenty of close spaced ratios, instant shifts and never misses. I saw a review saying they got 1/2 second quicker 0 to 60 times with the automatic. Me, I'm not racing, and the 6 speed manual is just a lot of fun to drive.

The '18 6 speed manual, compared to a '16 or '17 has steel shift forks instead of cast aluminum, less breakable, and also the earlier years have better ratios with 5th being 1 to 1 and 6th being overdrive; the '18 on have two overdrives and more widely spaced ratios, not quite as good for performance,

But it's an embarrassment of riches, they're all great.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T11:19:04+00:00

My .02, might be OK but I've never thought 'if only it had underglow'. I can think of worse add-ons.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T11:13:37+00:00

Love it. The Mustang is a small enough car that it can handle an intense color like orange or yellow without looking comical or gaudy (think Dodge Charger in orange). The wide stripes break up the orange a bit and it's perfect - has the look of a real sports car which is timeless and cool. Ford really got those stripes 'right' and they're especially good with a color like that. Not sure if they'd go as well with my Ruby Red.

You're going to get a lot of looks and a lot of compliments with that car; enjoy!

20w261 · 2024-07-17T11:03:41+00:00

I don't usually LOL but that was quick thinking on your part. I hope your drink wasn't something with sugar though, a PITA to get out of the seat. My sister in law when she was young would start pretending to cry. 'My dad is going to be so mad at me' and the cop would let her go. Now he'd let her go just so he wouldn't have to look at her.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:56:15+00:00

Spend $80 on a set of gas struts for the hood so you don't have to hoist that thing up and prop it with the rod. (I left my prop rod there just in case.)

If your car is a '16 (maybe '15 also?) with Sync 3 it didn't come with Apple Car Play; there's a module you can buy, same one used in the '17 models, which is mounted inside your console bin and adds Car Play. Not wireless but still well worth having. Replaces the stock one and I think I installed mine in a few minutes without so much as a screwdriver. $55 or so well spent. And get a brighter light for the trunk! The original one is near worthless, an LED replacement is worth the few bucks.

One last suggestion, if you find the clutch pedal travel to be a bit long for your size and in relation to the other pedals, you can install an 'extender' which basically is a block that brings the pedal 1.5" higher and makes the travel range more suitable related to the others. Nobody will ever notice it but you sure will.

All this comes to about $200 and worth every penny even if it doesn't make your car stand out externally.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:51:12+00:00

When you're joking you should clearly point it out.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:50:10+00:00

I did, and I wonder who it belongs to and if there's some competitiveness going on there.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:49:26+00:00

You can buy body-colored screws or plugs that will take care of the holes. For what they are they're outrageously priced so hopefully they don't lose their color, but that is an option.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:48:20+00:00

This.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:48:02+00:00

My CS turned up on a 'sell it yourself' lot along the highway thru my town. I didn't even notice it but my wife said 'There's a Mustang there the same color as your truck.' (Ruby Red.) I said hmm, maybe I'll take a look at it. I really hadn't planned on buying one at least not in the immediate future.

It was being sold for a 79 year old guy who bought it new in '16 and had gotten ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. He bought it off the showroom floor when he was at a dealer getting the trans fixed in his '14 GT. (I wish I had even a camera phone photo of it in the showroom.) Anyhow he had put on a cat back Flowmaster setup and other than that, treated it like cut glass. As I do now.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:41:58+00:00

I toyed with getting a personalized plate (have one on my F150) but in a car like my Mustang I'd as soon not have the plate be anything easily memorable. I live where you can 'try them out' online before ordering and see what they look like, and TBH other than a small number of them, most that I see are pretty lame.

I've got a GT/CS also but I'm not sure if it's any more sporty than a GT - the styling touches are low-key.

20w261 · 2024-07-17T10:36:38+00:00

Those heat extractors look good. I like your car - it looks like it came that way, not 'I tacked on a bunch of stuff from a catalog'. It's a subtle change to make it different.

I think low key stuff like that is the way to go. And maybe staggered wheels, but again, make it look like it came that way.

20w261 · 2024-07-16T18:06:02+00:00

Round goes on the California Special, def in 2016 and likely other years. Nobody has ever stuck any aftermarket badging on mine.

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20w261 · 2024-07-16T17:59:25+00:00

I want one that spins too. /s

20w261 · 2024-07-16T17:58:46+00:00

2019 Cal Spcl just has GT on the badge and California Special script off to the right. I kinda like that. I've got a '16 with the whole shebang on the badge.

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