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Unit 5302 · 03-22-2006, 07:59 PM

Sad to hear you sold it, to be honest.

Unit 5302
Skyman
Mr 5.0

None of us own a Mustang or are even looking for one anymore. I honestly didn't expect that I would ever see that day come. Well, I'm not sure I ever expected to not own a Mustang again when I bought my '87GT back in 2000. 4 years later, there were no Mustangs in the garage, and really no regrets that there weren't any. My Explorer had more versitility by far, which made it easy to haul motorcycles, snowmobiles and furniture. Skyler went for the ultimate driving experience that he couldn't shake off from his previous BMW experiences, and Jim, you chose the practical route.

Like you, I don't forsee the Mustang owning a spot in my garage again based on the economics of it all, but I hold a great fondness for the fox body in particular. What I find particularly interesting is how much they feel like an old friend when I'm riding in one. My 87GT was the last car that I really took out and drove for no reason other than to drive. I put 60k on the 87GT, and 40k more on the 88GT that came some years before it. Adding in the 4 banger LX's I had, I've spent just about as many miles inside the fox as you have with the 125k you racked up.

As the years have passed, I noticed that there were far fewer places where I could run the Mustang through the gears until it was almost never when I sold the 2002GT in the autumn of 2003. I'm not sure if I've lost the passion for cars or whether or not it's been replaced by a bunch of other interests, but I am certain that I haven't lost passion for the memories I have accumulated driving my Mustangs.

03-22-2006, 07:59 PM	#7
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Re: got a 90 stang Sad to hear you sold it, to be honest. Unit 5302 Skyman Mr 5.0 None of us own a Mustang or are even looking for one anymore. I honestly didn't expect that I would ever see that day come. Well, I'm not sure I ever expected to not own a Mustang again when I bought my '87GT back in 2000. 4 years later, there were no Mustangs in the garage, and really no regrets that there weren't any. My Explorer had more versitility by far, which made it easy to haul motorcycles, snowmobiles and furniture. Skyler went for the ultimate driving experience that he couldn't shake off from his previous BMW experiences, and Jim, you chose the practical route. Like you, I don't forsee the Mustang owning a spot in my garage again based on the economics of it all, but I hold a great fondness for the fox body in particular. What I find particularly interesting is how much they feel like an old friend when I'm riding in one. My 87GT was the last car that I really took out and drove for no reason other than to drive. I put 60k on the 87GT, and 40k more on the 88GT that came some years before it. Adding in the 4 banger LX's I had, I've spent just about as many miles inside the fox as you have with the 125k you racked up. As the years have passed, I noticed that there were far fewer places where I could run the Mustang through the gears until it was almost never when I sold the 2002GT in the autumn of 2003. I'm not sure if I've lost the passion for cars or whether or not it's been replaced by a bunch of other interests, but I am certain that I haven't lost passion for the memories I have accumulated driving my Mustangs.