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Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 11:08 pm
by MrHumphries
Flutter wrote:Afraid to drive a powerful vehicle?! Now that's silly. I'd feel much more comfortable in a powerful vehicle than one like mine which runs off of a rubber band. Now if anything happens my ONLY option is to stop. In my first car I could stop or use the gas pedal (and it was responsive).
Frankly, not having a gas pedal is scary. I can put the pedal right to the floor and nothing happens, lotsa fun when trying to merge onto a highway with trucks or rude drivers. I wouldn't hesitate to get behind the wheel of a vehicle with an engine.
On the plus side, my car costs about $30Cdn to go a good 600kms and gas is more expensive here than in the US.
LOL! I stand correted then LOL! And I know what you mean, I drive a caravan, and its so gutless
I hate it with a passion.
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:07 pm
by J-P
geeze my truck is super charged and takes premium gas ... I can watch that fuel gage drop in real time when we're on the highway.
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:29 pm
by PolishPuff
J-P wrote:geeze my truck is super charged and takes premium gas ... I can watch that fuel gage drop in real time when we're on the highway.
Dude what kind of truck do you have?
I got a passenger van 5.9l
I do 460 miles on that 30 gal tank ( 65 mph )
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:42 pm
by J-P
Nissan Xterra
but on the highway we do 80 ~ 100 mph
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 9:44 pm
by PolishPuff
but on the highway we do 80 ~ 100 mph
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:27 am
by Flutter
Uh, gee, no wonder. Speed much? I think you could watch any vehicle's gas drop at speeds like that. Think of how much money you'd save if you stayed around 110kms/hr. Even more if you obeyed speed limits.
I never go more than 10 over and I compare the mileage of that to when I follow the speed limit, huge difference. A good 60-70kms a tank. When Kyle obeys the speed limit he gets over 100kms more per tank.
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:52 am
by MrHumphries
Well after much thinking about it, I have decided I am gonna pull the motor and rebuild it, I figure I have all this money in it already whats another 140 bucks LOL! here's to hoping I can drive it soon?.
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 8:58 am
by MrHumphries
Flutter wrote:Uh, gee, no wonder. Speed much? I think you could watch any vehicle's gas drop at speeds like that. Think of how much money you'd save if you stayed around 110kms/hr. Even more if you obeyed speed limits.
I never go more than 10 over and I compare the mileage of that to when I follow the speed limit, huge difference. A good 60-70kms a tank. When Kyle obeys the speed limit he gets over 100kms more per tank.
Wanna hear something funny?, My 5.0L mustang with 300HP, gets better gas mileage then my 07 3.3L V6 caravan LOL!
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:55 pm
by Mek0ng
Sweet! Im more into the 4x4s, I cant believe how crappy my mileage got and acceleration when I lifted only 2" and got 31.5" off road tires... 99 Jeep grand cherokee V8.
Cars make reef/fish seem like a cheap hobby lol
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 9:30 am
by MrHumphries
Mek0ng wrote:Sweet! Im more into the 4x4s, I cant believe how crappy my mileage got and acceleration when I lifted only 2" and got 31.5" off road tires... 99 Jeep grand cherokee V8.
Cars make reef/fish seem like a cheap hobby lol
My wife would agree with you on that, she hates my mustang with a passion that burns with the intensity of a 1000 suns
becuase it seems like everyone one I buy turns out to be a money pit, she's sick of losing money on them.... and so am i.
But this car i will keep and enjoy for a long time
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:28 pm
by MrHumphries
LOL,
Well after all the crap this car has put me throu turns out the vacum lines are hooked up wrong, and that where the prressure is coming from, so if all goes well , I might have a running can by the weekend?
would be such a stress reliver to be able to go for a cruise with my new pup
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:41 pm
by J-P
Flutter wrote:Uh, gee, no wonder. Speed much? I think you could watch any vehicle's gas drop at speeds like that. Think of how much money you'd save if you stayed around 110kms/hr. Even more if you obeyed speed limits.
I never go more than 10 over and I compare the mileage of that to when I follow the speed limit, huge difference. A good 60-70kms a tank. When Kyle obeys the speed limit he gets over 100kms more per tank.
Sorry forgot about this thread
We have to put that supercharger to work.. haha .. nothing like hearing it spool up when the truck shifts gears
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 7:31 pm
by MrHumphries
alright, for real this time my car is done
a couple good friends of mine worked out all the gremlins and it is now done, sitting outside my house waiting for me to come drive it
now i dont have to pay someone 50 bux each way to drive me home and back on the weekends i can do it for less then 30
Don
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:32 pm
by xrayjeeper83
awesome glad to hear its done. video of it running when you get to it
Re: My Mustang is Done bout time!!
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:38 pm
by MrHumphries
xrayjeeper83 wrote:awesome glad to hear its done. video of it running when you get to it
oh for sure, i'll take something