my mustang has FINALLY arrived! hello from a total newbie
9/1/11, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by paesce
haha...alright. well I have to say at the moment in city driving the display is mostly indicating mileages of like 11-12 mpg. and this even though I'm trying to keep the rpm's low al the time since I'm also want to break the car in decently. but I guess this is just because it's so new and will get better after some time, right?
9/1/11, 02:18 PM
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thanks for the info and the advice! I do have a manual and I think I have the 3.55s. well I just think the difference between city and highway is pretty big and today I got the worst figures so far because every red light I came across I had to stopp and there was just lots of traffic, so extremely stop and go. last sunday I did a trip with mostly highway driving and then I had an average of about 21 mpg.
I will try to experiment with the said gear jumps and sometimes I also notice the skip **** makes me shifting from 1st into 4th.
I will try to experiment with the said gear jumps and sometimes I also notice the skip **** makes me shifting from 1st into 4th.
9/1/11, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by paesce
thanks for the info and the advice! I do have a manual and I think I have the 3.55s. well I just think the difference between city and highway is pretty big and today I got the worst figures so far because every red light I came across I had to stopp and there was just lots of traffic, so extremely stop and go. last sunday I did a trip with mostly highway driving and then I had an average of about 21 mpg.
I will try to experiment with the said gear jumps and sometimes I also notice the skip **** makes me shifting from 1st into 4th.
I will try to experiment with the said gear jumps and sometimes I also notice the skip **** makes me shifting from 1st into 4th.
9/2/11, 01:08 PM
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Also, your MPG will get better the more you drive it and it recognizes your driving habits. Please, continue to enjoy your ride!
And we all know what you'll be thinking while you drive...
Deysha
9/7/11, 03:52 PM
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WOO HOO!!! Congrats, paesce! That is one gorgeous ride you got there! Also, your MPG will get better the more you drive it and it recognizes your driving habits. Please, continue to enjoy your ride! And we all know what you'll be thinking while you drive...
Deysha
Also, your MPG will get better the more you drive it and it recognizes your driving habits. Please, continue to enjoy your ride! And we all know what you'll be thinking while you drive...Deysha
hi deysha,
thank you very much for your comment and the information! sounds really good to me and my city mpg has already gotten some better.
I also think my car is really gorgeous and what I also really like about it is how nice it stands out here in the swiss traffic which is dominated by BMW's, Audis, VW's, Porsches, Maseratis, Ferraris... there is loads of fancy european cars here but not many mustangs. so in zurich, the mustang is the exotic car. so yeah, you're totally right with your guess about what I'm thinking when I'm driving it.
plus, the mustang just sounds so much better than all of them!
9/8/11, 01:22 PM
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hi deysha,
thank you very much for your comment and the information! sounds really good to me and my city mpg has already gotten some better.
I also think my car is really gorgeous and what I also really like about it is how nice it stands out here in the swiss traffic which is dominated by BMW's, Audis, VW's, Porsches, Maseratis, Ferraris... there is loads of fancy european cars here but not many mustangs. so in zurich, the mustang is the exotic car. so yeah, you're totally right with your guess about what I'm thinking when I'm driving it.
plus, the mustang just sounds so much better than all of them!
thank you very much for your comment and the information! sounds really good to me and my city mpg has already gotten some better.
I also think my car is really gorgeous and what I also really like about it is how nice it stands out here in the swiss traffic which is dominated by BMW's, Audis, VW's, Porsches, Maseratis, Ferraris... there is loads of fancy european cars here but not many mustangs. so in zurich, the mustang is the exotic car. so yeah, you're totally right with your guess about what I'm thinking when I'm driving it.
plus, the mustang just sounds so much better than all of them!
Deysha
9/13/11, 11:27 PM
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What a cool write up...When I lived in Germany from 89 - 92, I had my Fox body 86 GT with me and loved driving around town and seeing all the people gawk. I also love driving the autobahn as fast as she could go (which wasn't all that fast)...but the attention that I got from the locals was awesome. Germans just loved it...anyway, congrats on your new dream machine...be safe and enjoy...Lou
9/16/11, 01:46 PM
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thanks, I'm glad that people like my write up!
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA
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one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA
)one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
9/16/11, 01:48 PM
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thanks, I'm glad that people like my write up!
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA)
one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA
)one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
9/16/11, 08:00 PM
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thanks, I'm glad that people like my write up!
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA)
one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
I just came back from a nice friday night cruise now, I just wanted to drive the stang a bit out of town. it's a nice evening here and when I was driving, I noticed very surprising big amount of american cars on the streets, much more than you you usually see here. I saw other mustangs of different generations, new challengers, escalades...and even an F-150 which is a car that is almost non existent in switzerland. I almost felt like being back to the USA
)one question: how long do you guys consider the break in period of your new mustangs? I now have about 700 miles or so on the clock and for the moment I am still keeping the revs quite low.
9/18/11, 05:42 AM
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oh wow, deutsch! danke vielmals und ja, ich habe definitiv spass damit
regarding the break in period, I just saw in the manual it says it's about 100 miles and my dealer said I should break it in for like 1000 miles which is a big difference. maybe the truth lies somewhere in between
regarding the break in period, I just saw in the manual it says it's about 100 miles and my dealer said I should break it in for like 1000 miles which is a big difference. maybe the truth lies somewhere in between
9/18/11, 07:30 PM
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awesome car... to break the engine in CORRECTLY you need to vary the RPMS... aka do not drive it at constant RPMS for a long time... give it full throttle, let it reach 7,000 rpm every so often... the engine needs to be worked in at different and varying RPMS... if you look at your cars manual you will see them talking about this.
10/1/11, 09:19 PM
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awesome car... to break the engine in CORRECTLY you need to vary the RPMS... aka do not drive it at constant RPMS for a long time... give it full throttle, let it reach 7,000 rpm every so often... the engine needs to be worked in at different and varying RPMS... if you look at your cars manual you will see them talking about this.
10/12/11, 03:44 PM
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no, I don't have the glassroof. this is one option I didn't want cause I couldn't see the point in it, it's quite expensive and also adds a lot of weight to the car..
10/13/11, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by paesce
thanks! you will be loving it, I can tell you. well that front fascia is the one it came with, it's just the one that is standard on the GT's I guess. I think I don't really understand your question..
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