2005-2009 Mustang Information on The S197 {Gen1}

Terrible first weekend

Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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Plenty of rain, not enough sun. :bang:

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550 miles though in 4 days, I can't stop :drive:

Used 38 gallons of gas too


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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:29 PM
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Originally posted by dustindu4@April 23, 2005, 4:24 PM
Plenty of rain, not enough sun. :bang:

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550 miles though in 4 days, I can't stop :drive:

Used 38 gallons of gas too


LMAO! I was beginning to wonder if this post was going to be appropriate for a public forum!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 04:33 PM
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Well at lest I had good weather for the first day and a half after I got my car. But now rain at least up to Tuesday. :bang:
I was only able to get about 140 miles on mine.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 06:40 PM
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14.5 miles per gallon isn' bad considering you probably couldn't keep your foot off the accelator! :drive:
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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better than mine!! IM STANG-LESS
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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I feel your pain Dustin. Boy do I ever.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:08 PM
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hey craig....i noticed in ur signature....u live in ohio and u got ur car pretty quick....it made me think that my car could have been on the same truck as u and made a stop dropped ur car off and is heading to NJ via route 80. driving down 80 is a long and boring drive tho i drove out there to cedar point. i just hope i see that thing soon u guys r lucky!!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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Greg, I got mine on the 10th day after it was shipped. If the same is true for you, Monday or Tuesday should be the day.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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Look at the bright side, Dustin. At least you didn't buy a convertible!

I hope you're right about the ship-to-delivery estimate. That means I'll get my 'Stang on the same day!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 08:27 PM
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14.5 mpg .... you are having fun!!!!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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I was out tonight driving it pretty hard. When the roads are wet it's real fun fish-tailing around corners in 1st gear. Roll down the window for full audio effect. Funny to do when people are around. The TCS will kick in if you get overzealous (a TCS message shows up on the display too). It reminds me a lot of pulling the e-brake around corners in my Honda during the winter (minus the 300HP growl of the exhaust)

Taking off fast from the line stinks too in the rain. The rear wheels will hop like crazy. It's annoying. I might get the control arms to stop it. I'm not a fan of burning out though. I did take the TCS off and do a 180 in a cul-de-sac, that was fun. The car still scares the heck out of me when you do stupid things. The sound from the exhaust makes it sound like the world is ending.

I do like how the car is quiet at low RPMs and screams when you launch it. I'm really liking this stock exhaust. If I got the Flowmasters I would drive the people in my condo complex crazy. This car purrs the a kitten at cuising speed and growls like a lion when you really step on it. The 5-speed is nice because if you want to make noise you can downshift. People with auto trannys are missing out
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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Congrats on finally getting your Mustang Dustin I agree with what you said I picked up mine on the 20th as well and I'm 42 Thursday I think I'll have to buy some Depends :scratch: I do like the diplay info you have so far with what gas left as well that Alarm at 80 kilometers Sorry I'd have to run out and change to English but I'd wanna drive more, except I worked 13 hrs then crused for a few more and its too much fun to go to sleep So I think sleep or die I chose sleep.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Originally posted by RaGsHoCkEy88@April 23, 2005, 7:40 PM
better than mine!! IM STANG-LESS
I have a one more week feeling for yours to arrive ? oor next week.
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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Originally posted by dustindu4@April 23, 2005, 10:08 PM
I was out tonight driving it pretty hard. When the roads are wet it's real fun fish-tailing around corners in 1st gear. Roll down the window for full audio effect. Funny to do when people are around. The TCS will kick in if you get overzealous (a TCS message shows up on the display too). It reminds me a lot of pulling the e-brake around corners in my Honda during the winter (minus the 300HP growl of the exhaust)

Taking off fast from the line stinks too in the rain. The rear wheels will hop like crazy. It's annoying. I might get the control arms to stop it. I'm not a fan of burning out though. I did take the TCS off and do a 180 in a cul-de-sac, that was fun. The car still scares the heck out of me when you do stupid things. The sound from the exhaust makes it sound like the world is ending.

I do like how the car is quiet at low RPMs and screams when you launch it. I'm really liking this stock exhaust. If I got the Flowmasters I would drive the people in my condo complex crazy. This car purrs the a kitten at cuising speed and growls like a lion when you really step on it. The 5-speed is nice because if you want to make noise you can downshift. People with auto trannys are missing out
I fear this car. I have been nervous as heck every second. I have barely had the radio on even. It's sooooo different than anything I have ever driven, and is night and day from my other car.

I did finally get on it once on the wet roads, and it hopped pretty bad too. Road was bumpy though. I wheel hopped it a little when I did a steep downshift to second! That scared me, but I think the TCS did it's job. The noises this car makes are just crazy. The only other cars I have heard make these noises are full blown race cars. Kind of cool really.

Drive on!
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Old Apr 23, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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Jeez. A bunch of us got our cars this week and are all having the same luck this weekend. I feel your pain Dustin, but as was said earlier - at least you aren't like Bill and I with our new verts looking at the crappy weather.

And none of us lives next to each other. What a drag.

But at least we got 'em. We will have lots of sunny days to enjoy driving them this summer.
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