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Your 5.0 a daily driver?

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Old 04-07-2006, 10:33 PM
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Please submit if your 5.0 stang is your daily driver or just for the weekends.

Also....If its a daily driver how has it treated you in terms of reliability?
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Old 04-07-2006, 10:56 PM
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Water pump went out. Heater core went out. Never left me stranded. Overheated once because of leakage out of water pump. Been very reliable.
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Old 04-07-2006, 10:57 PM
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Very reliable, you take car of your car and it will take car of you.
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:01 PM
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ORIGINAL: Dan9687

Please submit if your 5.0 stang is your daily driver or just for the weekends.

Also....If its a daily driver how has it treated you in terms of reliability?
See sig... oh, an very reliable...
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:08 PM
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my daily driver is an '88 escort LOL!
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:10 PM
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Yup daily driver... she has treated me very well... my smog pump went out on me but i was in my driveway, fixed it right away and i had a leak on one of the water hoses and almost overheated, quick fix. but other than that it has been awesome and a pleasure to drive i love her.
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:19 PM
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Mine was a d/d for about 9 years and then it became my weekend/fair weather car. How do you think I racked up 150K on it!
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:25 PM
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I bought my 93 Gt 2 years ago this May w/81,000 org. miles, all compely stock.. Now I have 109,000 w/some mods and it is still my daily driver w/no problems, very reliable.
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:31 PM
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daily driver 1498XX miles
-convertible top motor broke
-back windows broke
-head light switch broke

*the car is older than I am
*its driven pretty hard everyday
*it runs like a champ
*it dosn't burn oil like a f*cking honda!
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Old 04-07-2006, 11:34 PM
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real reliable
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