Reliablility Please help me out
10-15-2008, 03:13 AM
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Reliablility Please help me out
Hey guys I am new to this site but not really to the Mustang world. I had a 1997 GT as my first car when I was 16 and that damn thing lasted till 189000 hard driven miles and it was still going when I gave her up. I am currently driving an Infiniti G35 coupe but I miss the V8 and the Mustang friendships I made honestly the G guys are just not my crowd. I have found a 2004 Mach 1 and a 2006 GT for about the same price and I am leaning on the Mach 1 because I just love the styling and I have never gotten to own a limited production vehicle. My question is how has reliability been? The car I am looking at is at 48000 miles driven by an older man here in my home town (he is 78). He is a friend of my granddad's and I know the car has been taken care of he is an old gear head but he just bought a GT500 and is getting rid of the Mach. I need this car to last me another 100 thousand at least because I am headed to law school and $$$$ will be TIGHT. I do take care of my cars but I will not lie I like to hit the gas too! Let me know what you think. Thank you and I hope to be back into the Stang world SOOOON!!
10-15-2008, 04:05 AM
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I got my '03 GT with 30k in December of 2006 and have 78k now. We generally keep our cars 'til 250k or so (my old '86 Corolla, a late '85 RWD actually, made it to 335k when I sold it), and I plan on doing the same with the GT.
Keep the oil clean, change it every 2500-3000 miles, and it will do fine. It sounds as though you understand the difference between driving a car forcefully and beating the crap out of one.
As to the choice--I'd go with the Mach I in a minute. It's a lot classier, and a whole lot nicer looking that the new ones...
Keep the oil clean, change it every 2500-3000 miles, and it will do fine. It sounds as though you understand the difference between driving a car forcefully and beating the crap out of one.
As to the choice--I'd go with the Mach I in a minute. It's a lot classier, and a whole lot nicer looking that the new ones...
10-15-2008, 01:58 PM
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I got my '03 GT with 30k in December of 2006 and have 78k now. We generally keep our cars 'til 250k or so (my old '86 Corolla, a late '85 RWD actually, made it to 335k when I sold it), and I plan on doing the same with the GT.
Keep the oil clean, change it every 2500-3000 miles, and it will do fine. It sounds as though you understand the difference between driving a car forcefully and beating the crap out of one.
As to the choice--I'd go with the Mach I in a minute. It's a lot classier, and a whole lot nicer looking that the new ones...
Keep the oil clean, change it every 2500-3000 miles, and it will do fine. It sounds as though you understand the difference between driving a car forcefully and beating the crap out of one.
As to the choice--I'd go with the Mach I in a minute. It's a lot classier, and a whole lot nicer looking that the new ones...
The thing lasted like 450,000 miles and then the company got newer vehicles, lol
10-15-2008, 02:34 PM
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TECH SAVANT
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Saint Augustine, FL
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What is your issue?
Recently (I.e. over the last 20 years) my wife and I have run an '89 Celica GT to 308k, a '91 Cressida to 267k, a '90 Miata to 273k and a 92 Miata to 225k (both supercharged), a '96 RAV-4 to 198k (when we traded it for a 2003 Highlander).
Over the nearly 50 years I've been driving I've run a number of cars up to 200k+...
Recently (I.e. over the last 20 years) my wife and I have run an '89 Celica GT to 308k, a '91 Cressida to 267k, a '90 Miata to 273k and a 92 Miata to 225k (both supercharged), a '96 RAV-4 to 198k (when we traded it for a 2003 Highlander).
Over the nearly 50 years I've been driving I've run a number of cars up to 200k+...
