Originally posted by akrump47:
Seems like around here (The heart of Ford Country) I see either old people or girls driving v6 mustangs. Otherwise its some poser or ricer who thinks his car is fast and tries to race everybody, or has riced it out and put Cobra badges on it.

Mustangs are muscle cars, so the only one to get is the v8 manual IMO. The rest are cars for people who just like to pretend they have something sporty!



I'm glad that sporty is solely defined by the number of cylinders in the motor. I am also happy that you are under the impression that all people buy their cars to be cool, rice them out, be posers, and that they all have to have them to race. Has it ever occured to you that a car can be purchased for the basic necessity of transportation?

Call me what you will, but I did not buy my car to appear cool to other people. I did not buy it to gain acceptance. I am cool without my car, and my friends were all with me before I even had one on campus. Those I meet now who need to look at my Camaro to accept me are not worth my time, and the same goes for those who look at my V6 and snub me off as a "poser" or "ricer" or think I am "pretending to have something sporty" as you like to put it. My car is fun because it runs and looks good to ME, NOT because I like to think it's the fastest car out there. In fact I found Camaro SS's that were cheaper than my base model (I did buy mine used), but aside from the fact that the SS's were higher mileage and appeared more ragged out, the lines of the spoiler and the presence of the V8 that drank more gas was not appealing to me. The car in reality serves as my commuter car, and not a race car. I chose a good combo of both- a sporty look and feel with the economy of a normal V6. If anyone should be accused of pretending, it should be those who pretend that the roads are their personal race track. As far as handling, show me a production car whose handling is a threat under normal driving conditions. It may be sloppy under NASCAR conditions, but the public roads are not Daytona.

If you want to judge what kind of car is fun, go drive it for yourself because people all have different opinions on what is fun. As far as reliability, the number of cylinders and looks are not relevant. Do the research and decide for yourself. That isn't something I or anyone else can tell you.