Re: Yeah right! (was: Love those Mustangs)

[Rob Nance <nance@flex.net>]

>In the wee hours of the morning, I raced a '97 GT in my 1990 Audi
90quattro20v
>We started at a dead stop from a stop light, and when it was all over, I
>was far enough ahead to flash my rear fog light at a "no longer proud" blue
>oval owner.
>To be honest, I wasn't real interested in getting the time of day from
him.  I
>think the chirp from his tires as the light turn green indicated his intent.
>
>This was in a straight line...throw a curve into the picture, and any "proud
>blue oval owner" will lose his/her lunch.
>
>I've played with plenty of the 'stangs and never been impressed.  Fords are
>notorius for having no brakes, and about the worst handling you can find.
>I just love that real stable feeling you get when you hit a bump in the road.
>Nothing better than a little axle hop to instill confidence in your ride.
>Note that even the Cobra still has the solid rear axle.  No use in carrying
>around all that horsepower, if the only time you can use it is in a straight
>line.
>
>You can claim that you were browsing the list "for some unknown reason."
>We all know that you just returned from getting your *ss whooped by a
Quattro,
>and were trying to figure out a way to get your hands on one.
>

It is good to see not only Audi lovers but Mustang haters.  In my opinion
this is a greater hatred of Ford in general.  Has anyone looked at the '97
line-up?  I understand futuristic, but Ford, this isn't futuristic, just
UGLY.  Let's start with the Mustang, the "performance" car.  The GT, I have
a friend with a Dodge Neon that eats them up, need I say more.  OK, the 4.6
Cobra, a little faster but still can't hang with Chevy.  Let's assume for a
minute that the car could, it is so damn ugly!  I would rather have an old
body style Stang.  Both new and old are blunt objects but at least the old
one had a little character.  OK, let's move on to the Taurus.  Who was
smoking crack in the design department?  First, it is oval after oval (does
anyone know why this is?).  Second, it is so defective it should have never
been built.  Ford, don't deny the windshield.  I know 8 people who have
them as company cars who all have had the winshield replaced because of
noise.  In addition, every handle or button feels like it is going to break
after several uses.  Contour and Escort, smaller and still smaller version
of the Taurus.  Windstar, actually not to bad looking, to bad you can't
compete with Dodge.  The F series truck?!  Tried so hard to be innovative
like Dodge and steal Chevy's third door.  Now, let's move on to Ford's NEW
engines.  Has everybody seen the magazine ads?  2 new V8s and a V10.  To
bad they are all within 10 HP of each other.  The V10 is weak compared to
the Dodge engine.  

Back to the Mustang's real quick.  I think I counted 8 Mustang performance
magazines at the store the other day.  All with titles like "The Mustang
that Ford SHOULD have built", well they didn't!  I have a friend with a '70
Chevelle LS6 (stock wheels, everything) that will blow any blown, bored,
whatever Mustang you throw at it.  I know because I have ridden with him
while we destroy Saleens, Cobras, BOSS.

I bet I pissed some people off, oh well, I hate FORD.  I love Audi though
so keep that in mind.