Poor Mustang :(

[SearchMaster]

I'll try to get pics soon, but my wife told me this story of one of her gym members.

He's a wonderful, 90 year old man who has lived a full and interesting life. Last weekend he traded his old truck in on a 2011 red Mustang (V6, oh well). She went out to see it today, and thought "oh, he's already been in an accident."

As it turns out, he didn't like the spoiler so he removed it, covered the holes with duct tape, and spray painted it a not-quite-the-same-shade red. He said he didn't like the thing and "it's only good if you go 90 mph and I'll never go that fast."

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Finally got a pic. Apparently I slightly misunderstood my wife's initial message.

1. He DID get the official paint from the dealer so it wasn't THAT bad a match.
2. He used a brush and not spray paint to cover over the mess.

 

[Throckmorton]

Probably looks a lot better without the spoiler

 

[amdhunter]

lol. Pleeeaassse get a pic. Something like that is sure to go viral. Send it to autoblog or something.

 

[Bartman39]

Would be more interesting if he did this...? Sorry just had to...

 

[Raduque]

Well, at least it was only a V6 'Stang.

I saw what looked like about a 2000 SVT Cobra mustang the other day, with a custom body kit. The body kit looked like it was made out of that same plastic that RC car bodies are made out of - it was flopping around with every move the car made. It was also lowered so far down, that the wheels were rubbing in the wheel wells, and even the slightest dip in the road caused the body kit to scrape. :shakehead:

 

[exdeath]

FYI there isn't a 2000 Cobra except for the 300 unit Cobra R, and anybody who can afford and knows what a 00 Cobra R is, is not going to do that. If it wasn't just fake Cobra bits, it would have to be a 99/01. But I have a feeling it wasn't a Cobra at all, probably just part of the body kit package.

 

[IcePickFreak]

FYI there isn't a 2000 Cobra except for the 300 unit Cobra R, and anybody who can afford and knows what a 00 Cobra R is, is not going to do that. If it wasn't just fake Cobra bits, it would have to be a 99/01. But I have a feeling it wasn't a Cobra at all, probably just part of the body kit package.

In the movie Gone in Sixty Seconds some bloke had an original GT500 that he apparently daily drove while living in an apartment, installed nitrous on it, and even customized the front end.

Yes, I just referenced a Nicolas Cage movie. Feel free to shoot me now and end this misery.

 

[Vic Vega]

Shame more of these didn't make it to various racing teams as Ford intended as it is basically a factory race car. Most of them are sitting in collector's garages doing nothing.

 

[Kirby]

Would be more interesting if he did this...? Sorry just had to...

Gives you something to grab on to when you're jumping on the trailer hitch to get it on the ball. :thumbsup:

 

[SearchMaster]

bump with picture

 

[PottedMeat]

bump with picture

...well at least the a new owner can just fix it with a new trunk lid right?


So the holes are covered with duct tape then painted with a can of red oil base paint?

 

[Throckmorton]

Well at his age I'm guessing that's good enough. He's not exactly worried about reselling

 

[Malak]

Well at his age I'm guessing that's good enough. He's not exactly worried about reselling

I don't think that's the point. His actions imply he likes it better ruined than stock. The cheese has slipped off his cracker.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

🙁

 

[halik]

FYI there isn't a 2000 Cobra except for the 300 unit Cobra R, and anybody who can afford and knows what a 00 Cobra R is, is not going to do that. If it wasn't just fake Cobra bits, it would have to be a 99/01. But I have a feeling it wasn't a Cobra at all, probably just part of the body kit package.

Don't think I've seen a real Cobra R in real life.

There's one on ebay right now 🙂

 

[ghost recon88]

I saw a 2000 Cobra R up in Glen Arbor, MI over the summer. Pretty sweet car indeed!