Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
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This wasn't really a question, but...
When I went to have my '85 GT inspected this March, I was bewildered when they told me there were some problems. Bear in mind - this was an official inspection station. My car has a carburated 5.0, painted the original white with GT markings, and it even has the 5.0 emblem on the sides. The inspectors told me it failed because it didn't have oxygen sensors...
It took me a bit, but then I saw that on the papers they had labeled it as a V6 fuel injected engine...
I simply walked out, and I've never gone back.
When I went to have my '85 GT inspected this March, I was bewildered when they told me there were some problems. Bear in mind - this was an official inspection station. My car has a carburated 5.0, painted the original white with GT markings, and it even has the 5.0 emblem on the sides. The inspectors told me it failed because it didn't have oxygen sensors...
It took me a bit, but then I saw that on the papers they had labeled it as a V6 fuel injected engine...
I simply walked out, and I've never gone back.
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From: florida
RE: Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
As I'm changing the oil at the auto hobby shop on base.....
Random dude, "So what year is that?" (nevermind that my plate frame says 1967 on it)
Me, "1967"
RD, "no it's not"
Me, "yes it is"
RD, "No it's a 68 they didn't make a 302 until 68" (looking at my emblems)
Me, "Crap, guess I should get my money back"
RD, "Yeah, looks like you got taken for a ride, but a 67 boss would be awesome!"
Random dude, "So what year is that?" (nevermind that my plate frame says 1967 on it)
Me, "1967"
RD, "no it's not"
Me, "yes it is"
RD, "No it's a 68 they didn't make a 302 until 68" (looking at my emblems)
Me, "Crap, guess I should get my money back"
RD, "Yeah, looks like you got taken for a ride, but a 67 boss would be awesome!"
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From: Marquette Mi
RE: Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
YAY resurected thread! The dumptruck is up here in the UP.. doubt its the same guy.
Speakin of on base, had a kid who ownd a Civic Si and thought it was "da bomb yo" he thought his car would stomp on my 455 urged 70 GTO because it wasnt shiny and painted up nice. At the time it was flat black. He asked what I had done to the computer in it, like did it have a chip or power tune? Then he asked about if it had CAI or the cat removed and said yeah my Civic would tear yours up. mmmkay.. maybe in mileage, 22 vs 30 something sure.. because a mid 13 second car doesnt have a chance in the 1/4 mile vs a 16 second car.
Another episode on base with automotive stupidity was the Neon SRT4 kid who thought he had the fastest ride on the planet. I was walkin into the squadron to go to work, and happened to see him gettin out of his "race car" Neon. I asked all friendly like, "When ya wanna line em up?" First thing outa his mouth was "$500" then he expounded with "I wont race anyone for less than $500 and I wont open my hood for less than $250" Okay so the pretty much stock SRT4 is just so fast it can beat everything in his mind. Meanwhile I have the low 10 second combo in the toy and I figure he cant even beat the stock LS1 I drive daily.
His buddies work in my shop, I am thier supervisor, they say its really fast and one remarks its "ALOT FASTER THAN MY TRUCK IS!" ALways calmly and not tryin to be a jerk I just say, "Its not that fast, compared to a Honda it moves good, but its just a nice car" Fast forward to a nite at the 1/8 mile track. My buddy and I drove the 40 miles to the track, so the LS1 was pretty warm. He hopped out, I put on the helmet and since the staging lane was empty I drove up cleaned the tires and ran an 8.87 et. Stone stock down to the paper air filter, 2.73 automatic car. Well kid comes up after I hot lapped it a few more times running 8.8 each time. He asked "What did it run?" I told him and his look changed. His best was a 9.3 after icing the intake and a bunch of other stuff. I told him how stock it was too.
So then it became about I have a V8 and since he has a 4 we arent in the same class, and I should stick to racing V8s etc etc etc.. That after he gave me the whole cocky $500 to race thing.. to a guy who has street and drag raced since before he was old enough to clean himself, and happens to own a car that is almost 5 full seconds faster than his, but wasnt running it that night. Couldnt even beat the daily driver, but still had his attitude intact..
Stupid... and ignorant.. but possibly slightly better educated
Speakin of on base, had a kid who ownd a Civic Si and thought it was "da bomb yo" he thought his car would stomp on my 455 urged 70 GTO because it wasnt shiny and painted up nice. At the time it was flat black. He asked what I had done to the computer in it, like did it have a chip or power tune? Then he asked about if it had CAI or the cat removed and said yeah my Civic would tear yours up. mmmkay.. maybe in mileage, 22 vs 30 something sure.. because a mid 13 second car doesnt have a chance in the 1/4 mile vs a 16 second car.
Another episode on base with automotive stupidity was the Neon SRT4 kid who thought he had the fastest ride on the planet. I was walkin into the squadron to go to work, and happened to see him gettin out of his "race car" Neon. I asked all friendly like, "When ya wanna line em up?" First thing outa his mouth was "$500" then he expounded with "I wont race anyone for less than $500 and I wont open my hood for less than $250" Okay so the pretty much stock SRT4 is just so fast it can beat everything in his mind. Meanwhile I have the low 10 second combo in the toy and I figure he cant even beat the stock LS1 I drive daily.
His buddies work in my shop, I am thier supervisor, they say its really fast and one remarks its "ALOT FASTER THAN MY TRUCK IS!" ALways calmly and not tryin to be a jerk I just say, "Its not that fast, compared to a Honda it moves good, but its just a nice car" Fast forward to a nite at the 1/8 mile track. My buddy and I drove the 40 miles to the track, so the LS1 was pretty warm. He hopped out, I put on the helmet and since the staging lane was empty I drove up cleaned the tires and ran an 8.87 et. Stone stock down to the paper air filter, 2.73 automatic car. Well kid comes up after I hot lapped it a few more times running 8.8 each time. He asked "What did it run?" I told him and his look changed. His best was a 9.3 after icing the intake and a bunch of other stuff. I told him how stock it was too.
So then it became about I have a V8 and since he has a 4 we arent in the same class, and I should stick to racing V8s etc etc etc.. That after he gave me the whole cocky $500 to race thing.. to a guy who has street and drag raced since before he was old enough to clean himself, and happens to own a car that is almost 5 full seconds faster than his, but wasnt running it that night. Couldnt even beat the daily driver, but still had his attitude intact..
Stupid... and ignorant.. but possibly slightly better educated
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From: Marquette Mi
RE: Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
Charleston AFB, Rhein Main AB West Germany, Osan AB Korea, Camp Doha Kuwait, Ryadh SA, Daharan SA, and a couple others overseas on TDYs.. This particular guy was on Charleston AFB.. worked APS. APS is Aerial Port Squadron, we move cargo by air. We also are the people who do Space Available travel on AF planes. One of the most physicaly demanding jobs in the USAF, we still push almost everything and my knees ache just thinkin about it.
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ORIGINAL: stangimgood
sitting at a stop light with my wife driving....young man and his girl in lowered tricked out civic pulls up...revs the hell out of the ricer and then asked when i was going to fix that "miss" in the motor that is makin' the car giggle!!!! my wife left him with his mouth hanging open in lots of rubber tainted smoke.....laughed so hard i almost wet myself....................
sitting at a stop light with my wife driving....young man and his girl in lowered tricked out civic pulls up...revs the hell out of the ricer and then asked when i was going to fix that "miss" in the motor that is makin' the car giggle!!!! my wife left him with his mouth hanging open in lots of rubber tainted smoke.....laughed so hard i almost wet myself....................
I have a feeling my fiancee pulls stunts like that whenever she takes the 67!
As far as dumb questions, people always seem to ask me if it's the Dukes of Hazard car. [&:] Guess it's the color...
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From: The unemployment epicenter, Detroit, MI
RE: Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
"That thing still got the 404 in it?" as I sit at a light in my 65 comet with the sicks-cylinder in it. I used to just tell them "yes". idiots.
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Once a guy was at the same tire center that I was. He looked like Bing crosby, and he even was smoking a pipe. He looked at my car (70 Mach 1) and asked me if that was my "Match 1" lol...Sort of like the folks who say "burick" when they are refering to a "Buick".
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From: Marquette Mi
RE: Dumbest Mustang Question Thread
Tire center brings to mind yet another case of stupid auto time.. A buddy of mines girlfriend takes his Camaro in to get drag radials put on it. Kid comes out and starts puttin them on the FRONT wheels, she asks what he is doing and he says "Well Drag tires go on the front".. Where do tire shops get help these days?