I think I found a pretty good way of explaining why I got this car....

[Da Breeze]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

The Ford Mustang: Pretend Sports Cars for Trashy People

And folks, it's been this way for a long time. I was a teenager in the 80s. Every Friday and Saturday night an army of mullet-heads hit the strip in their shitty Mustangs trying to race anyone and everyone. When I was in teevee news in the 90s, a disproportionate share of the fatal accidents I covered involved Mustang drivers doing stupid shit. One guy back in Tallahassee actually ended up with his Mustang on its side, where he had rolled it onto his own head.

Looks like we have all encountered Mustang drivers doing stupid s###. Last encounter was a GT at a double left hand turn. Thank God I was in the outside lane. He lost control of the rear on exit, almost hit a light pole and then fish tailed across my lane.

[ZionsWrath]

Originally Posted by nova.86

Braking hard while turning or at an angle causes you to be tail happy in a RWD car and potentially spin out from the back..Do mustang drivers not realize their car is RWD?

Guy on my block was stuck in snow. Shoveling around the front wheels even though the rears were spinning.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

Guy on my block was stuck in snow. Shoveling around the front wheels even though the rears were spinning.

UMMMM ya. Need to shovel around all wheels not just the ones that are spinning. Just clearing the rear means nothing if the front are against a pile.

[ZionsWrath]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

UMMMM ya. Need to shovel around all wheels not just the ones that are spinning. Just clearing the rear means nothing if the front are against a pile.

When rears are stuck in the parking space and fronts are in the street

[Wired86]

Originally Posted by Da Breeze

Looks like we have all encountered Mustang drivers doing stupid s###. Last encounter was a GT at a double left hand turn. Thank God I was in the outside lane. He lost control of the rear on exit, almost hit a light pole and then fish tailed across my lane.

Yup, I've seen stuff like that. Anyways, the twins look so much better than the Mustangs. And there are many other reasons why I got a BRZ instead of a mustang, but the handling in the BRZ was one of them.

[spicyricecake]

Originally Posted by krayzie

Then the Mustang driver hangs his head in shame and said "cuz no 2 liter big turbo racecar".


Mustangs pfffff where I grew up we had Cossies.

I had a discussion (read as arguing with a hard headed mustang enthusiast) about whether the mustang was a sports car or not. He said 3500 lbs is the new norm since a bunch of porches weigh over 3000 lbs now and that the mustang GT handles well and has lap times that are better than most sports cars..


I was like ok bro... You do you and defend your mustang purchase. Who cares if it's a sports car or not. The GT spanks tons of cars, and that's all that should matter. Just don't call it a sports car

[MisterSheep]

I was just waiting for the OP to be "because I wanted it."

[86kahl]

Huh. I had NO Idea Subaru even had a commercial for the brz

[Romanov]

I can respect mustangs. I like them Alot but a majority of owners are just idiots. You have to do Alot to a Mustang to make it stand out and look good. Some of my friends are have one that always feel like their cars can't get legit respect at a meet because the whole stigma of owning a Mustang and because of the idiots that make them look bad.

[ZionsWrath]

I think probably a lot of mustang owners are just like us. They like driving. Probably easier to make big mistakes with a lot of power.

[krayzie]

Sports cars can be muscle cars but not all muscle cars can be sports cars.

[Wired86]

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

I think probably a lot of mustang owners are just like us. They like driving. Probably easier to make big mistakes with a lot of power.

For sure. Wasn't trying to be condescending towards mustangs. It was just something else in the price range that I considered, but it just wasn't for me. I fell in love with the twins the first time I set my eyes on one driving down the road in Chicago. I wonder if it was one of us from the forum?

[Wired86]

Originally Posted by 86kahl

Huh. I had NO Idea Subaru even had a commercial for the brz

Here's another one: [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UrzMalKuI4"]2015 Subaru BRZ – Paparazzi | Subaru Canada - YouTube[/ame]

Not sure if either of them are official commercials endorsed by Subaru or not, though.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

I think probably a lot of mustang owners are just like us. They like driving.

No. They like noisy straight-line power in a flashy package.

If they liked driving, they would buy a driver's car. Even for those who track them, buying a noisy straight line car and spending tens of thousands to keep it from rolling over on a turn (or buying one already set up that way) doesn't give them a driver's car.

Here's what that looks like vs. a real driver's car in the hands of a real driver:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WCDOyhMFn8"]Michele Abbate - SCCA Western Conference Majors @ Pacific Raceways May 25th, 2015 - For The Win! - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by Wired86

Wasn't trying to be condescending towards mustangs.

I was. Mustangs attract a disproportionate share of stupid.