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Johnlodge
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Putting the rest aside (more than enough threads on that subject), this kind of slipped under the radar this week. The new Mustang. HOT.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/th e2010mustang/
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Jita1
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks good. They re-designed the rear end. Looks much better than the current model.

(Message edited by jita1 on November 20, 2008)
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:50 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Go to gallery, then use the thumbnails at the bottom. There are several good shots of it. The 360 view thing is novel, but the gallery is your best bet.
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok, well there's one good shot of it anyway.
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Jita1
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Johnlodge, I figured it out and edited my comments.
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Detroitnerd
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:52 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Haha. After all the dark speculation, I thought it'd be a joke site with a saddled horsey. :-)
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 2:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm laughing as I cry, DN.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 3:33 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

DAMN that's hot....
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Rb336
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:25 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i love the more chiseled logo
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Lodgedodger
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's gorgeous! I love it.
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Ray1936
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, well, how do you get a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood home in that thing?
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:32 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

In the wife's mini-van with the fold-down seats.
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Eastburn
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I've got a '06 GT convertable - love it. Never had a car that gets more positive comments.

This one looks even better.

Who says Detroit (?) can't build good cars?

When I bought the GT I looked at every convertible within $10,000 of its price. Nothing came close to it (for me, anyhow).

Ray, I've got a F150, too. Problem solved.
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Cambrian
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

One passed by me in camo on my way to work. I had to go over a 100 MPH to catch up to him for a better look.
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Cman710
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 4:56 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

While on vacation recently, we were upgraded from a Mustang to a Pontiac G6 hardtop convertible. I thought it was also a really nice car, with a little more space than the Mustang.
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Lodgedodger
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 5:00 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You know, not to thread-jack, but people who speed up for "a better look" endanger the lives of the folks driving those cars.

My spouse has been in a few very scary near-misses due to drivers trying to get a photo or a better view of shrouded vehicles...
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Bosch
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 6:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I like the video, with a background of warehouses, electric poles, and cyclone fence. No more Hollywood BS.
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Jarvo
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

...a nice presentation.
I would think there will always be a devoted market segment for the ole Mustang. The decision/commitment from ford to continue to produce the pony car will pay off, even with the shakey situation of the auto industry today.
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Bussey
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:37 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How often do you buy plywood? What are you a contractor or just really bored?
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Ltdave
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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 10:22 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

but dont anyone buy one. they are JUNK! just ask all of the foreign brand ass kissers...

it wont be worth 1/4 of the price 5 years from now, IF it lasts that long...

jeez! i only got 165K miles from '88 GT but it was going to need a clutch and a second set of brakes. besides i was starting a family and needed a bigger car...

seriously this is SWEET. i dont care too much for the rear facia but itll grow on me. i like the front end better than the current model...
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Reddog289
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Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 3:28 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Like it better then the new Camaro which I went nuts over, AND with the way people drive in my house I might not mind fixing a clutch on that car.
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Ktkeller08
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Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:10 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I like it better than the current Mustang, but I think I like the new Camaro better... but WHO CARES no matter what I have to get a real job to get either. haha GO BIG 3
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 8:43 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:


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Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 8:37 pm:

How often do you buy plywood? What are you a contractor or just really bored?



Obviously Ray and I buy lumber more than you do. That's because we're real men. (Tim Allen grunting sounds)
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Cambrian
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Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:13 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"My spouse has been in a few very scary near-misses due to drivers trying to get a photo or a better view of shrouded vehicles..."

As I'm sure she would also be endangered by a speeding ambulance or police officer trying to catch up to a speeder.
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393bird
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Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 4:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

One of the things I like about the newer Mustangs, is the wide range of performance options that you can get with them, and after market if desired. I bought my wife a 2007 V6 automatic convertable when they came out, and she loves it. It is a FUN car. If you want a little more go, they sure have that also.

If it was for me, it would be some thing along the lines of a GT500. :-)
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Drjeff
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Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 1:42 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's cool they brought back the sequential brake lights for the first time since the 60s. I'm a fan of the 2005-2009 models (I have a 2005 convertible), but this is a nice update. The interior is supposed to be significantly better in terms of materials.

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