Mustang? I am currently selling my grand cherokee and was looking to buy a 4th or 5th gen 5 spd. As of right now if I sell the jeep I have enough $ to buy a 4th gen 5 spd and most likely the PFI kit ...but at the same time I am thinking about maybe just getting a 98 or 97 cobra svt? Any ideas or input?

 

It's your $$

Personally I'd never by an American car

 

Ehhhhh, get the new Cobra if any of them.

I would not do it.

G35c

 

Yeah, maybe those SVT Cobras are fast, but there are always downsides. for an example, they have sh!tty interiors and handling. You wont be turning on a dime in those cars. Turbo'ed 4th gen I think would be the way to go. Get one with leather too, and its just as fast and most likely faster than the cobra with the turbo kit. Id like to see the face on a SVT Cobra owner being beat by a Luxury Sedan/Family Car..... oh wait..... Hal already accomplished that..

 

I was on the verge of getting a '95-98 Cobra. The '95 5.0 SVT 5spd I drove had the crappiest interior, it was bad. The shifter, while it looks cool, is weird to shift; it's at an angle. And the clutch...I hated the clutch. WAY to stiff becuase it's not a hydrolic clutch system like the Maxima is. It had nice low end punch, but nothing that made me go crazy for it.

All in all, it sounded beautiful, had a nice exterior to work with, was a "cobra", but had the sh!ttiest interior build quality ever. And the clutch...

Cobra's are also a lot more then GT's. You could get a GT and put a saleen kit on it and it would look beautiful. But then again, there's just something about owning a "Cobra" over a regular Mustang...

 

Hal has also been through 6 engines...so just keep that in mind.

 

IIRC, the 95 cobra was nothing more than a GT with fancy cladding. ONly in like 98 or 99 did they offer DIFFERENT motors. I almost bought a 99 and then gas prices SAILED so I didnt. Basically if you can find a Cobra that year + give it a spin. You might like it. I am currently debating on Cobra, I just dont like the "Wimpy" SC sound. :P

As for day to day driving, its more primal. But hop on the gas and see if that does not put a grin on your face. I found that shifter and clutch to be fine.

Also, believe it or not when I was getting quoted on insurance, Cobra was cheaper than a GT. I really made sure she had the facts straight and then I call another company and got the same thing!

 

mustangs are very nice cars, but reliability is a problem. I could live with the ****ty interior, but handling is definitely a problem

 

 

another plus for th emaxima is that it could easily be daily driver 12 months a year, Cobra in the winter means trouble though

 

 

I hate to say it but I wont either. DOes that make us bad Americans?

 

Well, considering lots of Honda's/Toyota's/Nissans are now made in the USA, I don't think so. And the fact that thousands upon thousands of Americans are employed at Nissan/Toyota/Honda, I don't think so.

You can buy Japanese, support America, and have a great car, all in one.

 

buy a maxima

 

You know cars aren't really "American" "Japanese" "German" etc.. anymore right??

Ie.. alot of FORD parts are made in Mexico.

 

Here's an idea. Don't buy the Cobra or the max. Get yourself a '90 or '91 300zx. They're quickly coming down in price and if you can find a twin turbo with low miles, you're in for a lot of modding and driving pleasure.

The only late model american car i would buy is a '96 impala SS.

 

Ya, you guys are right. So I guess that means that the sale of automobiles helps out several different countries economies.

I guess i have some of that old skool thinking left in my brain.........dont buy jap cars and support people who bombed pearl harbor

 

I couldnt of said it any better myself

 

That car is oh so sweet.

 

get a toyota MKIV TT... and if you can't afford that, a 92 MKIII can be a very fast and very fun car... thats all i have to say...

 

My friend has a '96 Impala SS with a flowmasters exhaust and k&n ram air intake. Sounds beautiful and is really fast. Such a pimp car...

 

Well the thing is I am most likely going to Florida for school next year right near palm beach...meaning that I don't really have to worry about winters...I will admit I HATE the interiors of the mustangs but the fact that they are decently fast stock and most of all the sound is something I really love. I will see, I know reliablity is not there but I need to actually test drive a few to see how it goes. As far as the 300zx I think the reliability would be even worst since the car is about 12-13 years old for the most part. Any other input would be appreciated...like I said if not I will get another 4th gen 5 spd and I have enough $ as is to get the PFI kit and 3 inch exhaust and other things needed to run the complete kit so that is not a bad idea either. I used to care more about having a pimp ride but now its all about being fast

 

Get the stang...they look good, sound good, are fast enough...all of which are enough to make up for the interior. People say to just get a supercharged or turbocharged maxima, I'd be willing to bet a mustang is about 10 times more reliable than a maxima with a turbo on it. Just make sure (like with any used car), that you get it inspected and make sure you won't run into any problems down the line.

 

I guess you do have old skool thinking, but that comment you made was pretty big headed, and makes everyone look smarter than you, nice SIG as well

John

 

the interiors are the biggest drawback. I was looking for a 97-99 GT stang (could not afford a Cobra) but i couldnt do the interior, i mean it was horrible. Too many squeeks, even more than my previous Ford Probe GT (was destined to be the stangs replacement, believe it of not ), chose the max because of great reliability, style, interior fit and finish, and because it had a 5sp..


Eric

 

what school?

 

well thats an ignorant comment if i ever heard one. and i am sure that the japanese could say the same about buying american cars, and how they would be "supporting the people that dropped 2 atomic bombs on their cities and killed well over 200,000 INNOCENT civilians."

i love how mustangs sound and all, but from me, i will never buy american unless its a classic muscle car. reliablity is just too big of a factor, and lets face it, american cars cant even begin to hold a flame to most foriegn cars. also, i am pretty sure that a mustang is going to be 1000x more reliable than a turbo maxima. all the bugs havnt been quite worked out yet

 

The correct term is either Japan or JPN if you want to abbreviate. Learned it from my Asian American Studies Professor.

 

I could have bought an American car IF:

Ford paid more attention to the Taurus. The SHO was great with that killer Yamaha V6, but the interior was real shabby. The2nd gen SHO got nicer looking but also got heavier.

Dodge offered a manual tranny for their 1st gen Stratus V6. Not a killer V6, 150 hp, but it was nice.

Oldsmobile really paid atention to what the Intrigue could have been. Drop a manual tranny on that and up the performance on their V6, that would have been a hot ticket.

DW

 

Depends what you want, a sports car or a family sedan. If you really want the sports car, the cra*** interior doesn't make any difference when you're over 100 mph in the 1/4 mile and the family sedan is at 91 mph and takes 7.5 sec to 60 and can't handle at all. I've ridden in 2 GT's and sorry, it didn't feel cra***, just cramped. Does a Taurus have a cra*** interior? It's not the greatest but to call it that just because it's American is sno*** if you ask me. If you can do with a sports car at its sacrifices (room, mpg's, insurance) I'd get it, just my .02

 

id never have an american car as a daily driver, but for a project car/weekend toy, fck yes

WS6 Trans Am
67-69 & 70-73 Camaro Z/SS
67 & 69 vette Stingray
70-72 Chevelle SS etc etc

 

NICE CAR--->wont last like the Maxima

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by johnvt1111


I guess you do have old skool thinking, but that comment you made was pretty big headed, and makes everyone look smarter than you, nice SIG as well

John [/QUOT

Well i should have been even more specific than the .
That was only an example of old skool thinking that still exists today. I have owned 2 Maximas, 200sx, 323 mazda so I only buy imports .basically. I dont hold that whole pearl harbor belief.but if you wanna be mad at me go ahead

 

I guess you along with johntitot decided to ignore the



I guess yall dont understand the whole smile concept?

Yall have never heard die hard domestic owners make comments about not buying imports?????

 

You are 100% correct. I don not use that term on a normal basis. I used it ONLY as my example of old skool thinking.

 

supra mkIII / IV

 

Not if you want to put a blower on it

http://www.dijital-underground.com/~...U+%20Supra.WMV

http://www.xmesh.veriotraining.org/v...-vs-cobra1.wmv

or just get an 03, this one wins by a nose

http://www.meritcomputing.com/treyk/StRacervsViper.mpg

 

i'm at work right now and i can't load those files.... what are you trying to say??

 

The first clip is a SC 01 Cobra beating a BPU ++ supra

The second Clip is the same cobra taking out an RX-7

The third is a 03 Cobra beating a Viper by a nose

 

yeah, i believe that.. sc cobra's are no joke. i work at a Ford service dept. and i've driven a few around. but i would still take a supra anyday. an mkiv is just a better car all around imo.