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Old 03-06-2008, 05:07 PM
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sometimes i dont know if i am abusing my stang or its meant to be driven. no donuts or burnouts, just stoplight to stoplight racing. only driven on weekends, butget alittle carried away when driven. its a 07 only has 1,200 mi,just wondering how long it would last driving it hard.
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Old 03-06-2008, 05:19 PM
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I'm curious about this too. How often is to often when it comes to heavy acceleration?
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Baby' ing it
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Old 03-06-2008, 05:28 PM
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I think it should be driven normally as any other car with some occasional spirited driving mixed in!
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Old 03-06-2008, 05:58 PM
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It's a sports car, Ford built this car to be driven.
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Old 03-06-2008, 06:00 PM
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i drive the hell out of mine.
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Old 03-06-2008, 06:07 PM
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sometimes i dont know if i am abusing my stang or its meant to be driven. no donuts or burnouts, just stoplight to stoplight racing. only driven on weekends, butget alittle carried away when driven. its a 07 only has 1,200 mi,just wondering how long it would last driving it hard.
Well first off, if it is only driven on the weekend then i think it HAS to be driven had a few times since you do only drive it a day or 2 out of the week.

Secondly, this is a Mustang GT not a family sedan. It is meant to be driven harder than a 4 door Hyundai. BUT i'm not saying everytime you drive it you need to go roast the tires and redline it, just saying have fun with it.
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Our engines are really built no better than any other engine... Pistons are pistons, rods are rods, seals are seals, bearings are bearings... So it sort of scares me that we, especially those with manual trannies, rroutinely get up to 5K rpms in normal driving. Is this bad? Might be abuse...

Cold starts - Bad for the car. Can't help it..
Short trips - Bad. CAN help it. Take a longer route if its a shorter trip.
Burnouts aren't bad except for tires, its hard launching that slams on the rearend and tranny that can be abuse.
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Old 03-06-2008, 06:15 PM
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drive it like you might not have a chance to drive it again!!! thatsthe beauty of awarranty.
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I bought it to have fun with it. If I wanted to just drive a car I would have bought a Honda. Not saying I beat the hell out of mine, but I don't think twice after I do
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