hey everybody! im new here if you cant tell. im 17 but i have a lot of driving experience. i bought a civic a while ago (big mistake) thinking it would be fast. now i want to get a mustang but i dont know much about them and what to look for and what to avoid. i think i want an 89 GT with a 5 speed. is that a good year? and also, what is a good price for that year and model? or should i look for a different year? any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

87-93 are great years to buy them, and tipically the 5.0 engines in those cars hold up better than the 94-95 5.0 years. Any GT mustang 87-93 are pretty close in terms of look, and power plant, so they are all good choices. A good price for an 89 in good condition with minor modifications would probalby be somewhere in the 6k to 7k range if you do your homework. Check out the 94-95 body styles too and see what you think. But you cant go wrong with an 89GT, just be preparred to spend a bunch of $ on the mods you cant stop doing.

 

hey thanks for the help. and yeah about the mods, i dont even have a stang yet and im already pouring through catalogs picking out things i want!

 

oh and another question. it may have been asked before and im sorry if it has but....what type of gas mileage can i expect to get from an 89 GT?

 

I'll tell you what to get... get someone trow that civic away for you, lol.... j/k

I guess it just deppends on what you can afford, but I would strongly recomend a 03 cobra, otherwise at least a 99+ GT

Good luck with your purchase and see you in that streets.

 

lol not everyone can afford a 99+ gt or cobra


gas mileage, it all depends on how you drive it. about 16+ normally though w/o mods and normal driving seems about right. have you looked at the notchbacks though? or any LX's? i recomend looking at those before you choose. They look perdy

 

yeah i cant stand civics. if i had known anything about cars i wouldnt have bought it. my first car was a 94 toyota truck, then i had an 89 bronco. i really like the bronco and figured id come back to ford for my next car.

 

no i havent really looked around too much. i dont really even know what to look for. my neighbors are in our local mustang club and they have 4 stangs, one being a 2001 (i think) saleen s281 superchaged. i really liked it but way out of my price range and then i saw that a kid at my school has an 88 saleen. that turned me on to that older bodystyle which i can actually afford.

 

where abouts do you live? and how much you looking to pay?

 

im in the tri-cities, washington state. im lookin to spend about 6 or 7 grand.