Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble

[CB]

Took it for a cruise today, by that I mean a grocery and Crappy Tire run (250 km round trip). Here are some initial thoughts:

• The amount of horsepower and the ease of using it means I am incredibly likely to get a speeding ticket. Wide open throttle is a drug and I'm an addict.
• Sound system is pretty good. Is it worth losing the trunk space? Maybe not, but still.
• Trunk is very useable. Cooler fits in with no issues.
• It soaks up highway kilometres with no problem, no fuss. It's such a good cruiser.
• Sync by Microsoft is... well, times have improved things. No interior screen is a novelty and I dig it.
• The track only apps in the main display includes a timer for 0-100 mph runs. I am horribly tempted.
• It looks the business.

Uhhhhhhhh sea shanty.

[Snuze]

@CB Glad you're enjoying it!

[CB]

@Snuze said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB Glad you're enjoying it!

I love everything about it. V8 is love, V8 is life.

[bbg2d]

@CB Self awareness leads to enlightenment, which leads to nirvana...

[facw]

@CB But what does Sammy think of it?

[Snuze]

@CB Don't remind me. I miss the 2 weeks I got to enjoy driving a V8.... sigh

[CB]

@facw said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB But what does Sammy think of it?

I haven't found a way to safely (and cleanly) put her in the back seat, because it's not flat. Will require some brainwork to sort that out.

[CB]

@Snuze said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB Don't remind me. I miss the 2 weeks I got to enjoy driving a V8.... sigh

The Camaro would be great if it wasn't a GM product.

Then again, I'm driving a Ford, so my resentment time will come.

[atfsgeoff]

@CB do the rear seats fold down and flat?

[CB]

@atfsgeoff said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB do the rear seats fold down and flat?

They fold down, not really flat? But I prefer access to the seatbelt clips because I seatbelt Sammy in when we go for a drive. Safety first!

[atfsgeoff]

@CB said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@atfsgeoff said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB do the rear seats fold down and flat?

They fold down, not really flat? But I prefer access to the seatbelt clips because I seatbelt Sammy in when we go for a drive. Safety first!

I feel like if Safety were your priority, you wouldn't be driving a Mustang lol

[bbg2d]

@atfsgeoff He now lives his live one quarter mile at a time

[Krusty Walnut]

@atfsgeoff Safety for him or pedestrians?

[OPPOsaurus WRX]

It's weird to see someone talk about a mustang and kilometers

[davesaddiction]

@CB

POWA!!

Yeah, it’s addictive.

[facw]

@davesaddiction Meanwhile:

Not to slam the Mustang at all, they are different cars good at different things.

[HoustonRunner]

@Snuze said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB Don't remind me. I miss the 2 weeks I got to enjoy driving a V8.... sigh

I forgot it was that short…damn.

[MybirdIStheword]

@facw well to be even more fair CB's mustang has 100 more horsepower than the one top gear tested.

[Highlander]

@CB I would have already done 100+ in that car. You have more willpower than I do.

[Smallbear]

@CB said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

V8 is love, V8 is life.

This is the way

[Snuze]

@HoustonRunner I owned it for 6 months, but really only drove it the first 2 weeks. After all the shit that went down (a lot of which while I was away in Japan), I did drive it a handful of other times but each time was when I found another issue.

[zipfuel]

@CB I remember cruising on a quiet highway in a rental Camaro SS once and grappling with the realization that the only thing keeping me at legal speeds was self control.
A quick push of the loud pedal and that thing would be past 100mph and still accelerating in a blink.
Are there areas nearby where you might -ahem- know where the speed traps are located?

[CB]

@zipfuel said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

@CB I remember cruising on a quiet highway in a rental Camaro SS once and grappling with the realization that the only thing keeping me at legal speeds was self control.
A quick push of the loud pedal and that thing would be past 100mph and still accelerating in a blink.
Are there areas nearby where you might -ahem- know where the speed traps are located?

I could guess, but the main issue out here is wildlife. One deer runs out at 170 km/h and you're toast.

[ibRAD]

@CB said in Mustang thoughts: it's going to get me in trouble:

I could guess, but the main issue out here is wildlife. One deer runs out at 170 km/h and you're toast.

Well sure, but most deer top out at about 50, so you're probably OK.

[Nicky Chagrin Janitor of SHIELD]

@CB I knew my fast car would eventually get me in to trouble. It finally did one day, with a ticket that was far enough above the speed limit that I would have had to do a court appearance if this weren't the kind of area where they love it when you get a lawyer to fix tickets.