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I highly doubt that is anyone's intention but, as you can see from plenty of posts, people mod these cars. If you're expecting, or worse, NOT expecting downtime with your car, does it not make sense to have a plan B that isn't Dart?

-Alex

B-series over K series for a daily.

Good post, seriously, but you dont know me or you wouldnt have posted. Twin turbo solid roller 8k + rpm windsor swap, cage, chute, etc... it IS streetable, but would you want to drive it in the rain? snow? What about wearing rear tires out every other month, getting harrassed by cops once or twice a week, climbing over the roll cage to go get some groceries, smelling like gas all the time, getting maybe 14 mpg average, worrying bout the car getting stolen at the mall or at work, etc, and god knows what else. So yea, it took me a long ass time to build the car and Im older now, but even when it was a blown 408 with no cage i had another car... was a baby Benz, then a TL, then a Terminator, which made me buy a 3rd car for a daily. lmao

I would like a daily just to keep rock chips at bay and the excitement in my car. When you drive a shit car to work everyday but have something nice at home it seems to help take stress away lol. I dont get tired of my car or the power even though its just 400whp because compared to what i drive to work its actually FUN!

Well strokd that's why I said a race car... cause honestly if you have a full cage and a chute.. yeah I'm not going to consider that a street car.. requiring a drag chute for stopping. You know explaining to the cars behind you at every light.. "sorry I have to repack my chute" you may need a car to drive every day.

P.s. i know you don't use it at every light to stop. It was just funnier to say that!!

That just sounded absolutely stupid, and I know you meant to say it. The car doesn't go 160-170 on the street, and the chute detaches typically because it's not legal to drive with one, from what I've heard.

The car has been over that on public roads... the chute is for legality at the track, car has road racing brakes on it, and Ill probably never need the chute, but its good to have if I do need it. The car will be more of a street car than some claim to be, but that doesnt mean i want to drive it every day and beat it down or have it stolen.:jester: the gas savings alone will pay for a small payment on a new Toyota. In fact, Ill be saving money. As gas continues to go up in price, the more money Ill save over driving the Mustang daily.

LMAO, I've been in that car over 170 before on a deserted mexican highway. The new set up will go 200 ;)

... in fourth gear.

Some people like to measure their own dicks i see. LOL

I meant that it's not like you'll be doing 160 and then just need to slow down immediately, which is what the shoot is for.

Yes, working on that motor is not hard at all

You always say shit like that when people start talking about fast cars, but when you talk about racing your slow car its not dick measuring. Doesn't make much sense to me

My car is the slow but, 400whp is quick enough for me. It makes perffect sense you see in the world of Edicks when one has a small one there is no need in measuring. I like all you guys rides not only because they are fast but because of the thought that went behind them. I still find measuring the ole E-dick a good pasttime.

s/n my car cant be fast..its not LS powered. LOL

Is RKC dead now or what? You spend a lot of time here trolling with comments like this one here.

I will admit the last part is trolling. The part about me being slow is absolute truth.

I've been giving this some thought as well recently. It's more of me wanting to own more cars and enjoy them than keeping miles low on my mustang. What do you guys think about getting a wrx for a daily? I've always wanted to own one and since I have the mustang I SHOULD have a car up at all times....should....

Wrx isnt bad. They do have problem area's though and finding one that hasnt been beat by a teenager might be a prob.

I wish I could afford a wrx and stang. I had a 2011 WRX, and it was awesome. Not too fast, but fast enough. AWD is awesome on the rainy/snowy days. Four doors is nice, and MPG ain't bad. However, don't like the look of the new 2014s.

Yea I don't know what they were thinking with the new wrx. No hatch, and moving to equal length headers? Does look or sound like a subaru, and on top of that it's slower than the previous year! I had a audi a4 quattro that was fun but I always wished it was a little lighter and had more power.

Co-worker of mine dailys his STI. I don't much about them but, hasn't given him trouble from what I understand. It's one of the older one's before Subaru came out with that ghey hatchback.

-Alex

And here I thought you were my friend dirtyd.. I thought you were my friend. .. yet you call my funny quip stupid...

I know you were joking, but it still sounded dumb. Lol

I picked this up for $1,000, its been a year now (12, 000miles) and knock on wood its still going.It really is a hit or miss with $1-2k beaters, most are lemons.

I love my 11 Taurus...decent power, ridiculous gas mileage considering and I think it looks good. Keeps the miles off the Boss for sure

Kind of jealous about that. I know most people hate exploders, but if I could find something like that, I think it would be a steal, but not so much on gas.

Yea I was never an explorer fan, even had secound thoughts about this one.But a/c and heat worked and it had 140k and was clean!

Cost about $50-55 to fill, and goes about 275 miles until the fuel light comes on:mad: It's averaging 16-17 mpg with mixed driving.

Are they any better now?, the late 90s early 2000s were junk.Most I came across in a shop were falling apart.

Yeah I love it. 265whp, avg 27-28 mpg, 490 miles to a tank, GIANT trunk, spacious interior. The Fusion is probably a better buy though $ wise.

Wow that's great mpg for having 99-04 Gt horse power haha.
I wish I had a sedan over the explorer, sucks down gas like a v8 truck and makes less then 200hp :/

Have to love the little ole 3.5L :-)

If I was looking into newer cars for a daily, one choice would be the new optimas. Have one as a rental while my car is in the shop and it's a pretty fun car to drive for only having 200 hp, gas mileage is good too. Steering feel is almost nonexistent though which I hate while taking turns

Yea an optima ain't a bad little car.The newer models I even mistake for a Mercedes or a higher end car at first glance with the new body lines.

I put on about 100 miles a day. Had my 5.0 a little over a year and just hit 40K. Most of those miles are from cruising at 2000 RPM up and down I30. Time to park it and find a DD. I've been shopping around myself.

It's not just the miles that I've been racking up that has me looking but the recent cold spell where they keep sanding the roads and all the bugs in the summer. Having a black car is a curse. I can wash the shit out of it on Sunday. Go to work and back and it looks like crap again. I'd rather it sit in the garage and only come out in perfect weather at this point.

Plus with another car as my DD I can have an excuse to buy more stuff to make my Stang go fast.

Garner... A kia... seriously. . A kia... you go to your room and don't come back until you start talking sense..

A beater is a beater. Who cares what It is lol.If I wasn't 6'7" I would still have my 99 civic that managed 33mpg my my hair rubbing the roof got annoying real quick.
Only enjoyed the gas mileage for 2 months and sold it.:(

I agree. I used to have a really nice Magnum SRT-8 as a daily. Both Stangs take up the space in the garage so the SRT-8 sat outside. I worried about the weather, hail and I can't stand a nice car that is dirty. So I sold it and bought my cheap cash truck. It's nice to not have something I don't have to worry about getting beat up or dirty. Some lady door dinged it at Wal-Mart right in front me and she was mortified and apologized. I just laughed it off and told her not to worry about it. I would have freaked out with the SRT-8.

after daily driving a bunch of econobox shit boxes.. FUCK THAT

i spend 2 hours a day in the car i wnt to be comfortable, enjoyable to drive and at least have enough power to get out of its own way.. FUCK some 100 hp tin can on wheels that a drunk rabbit could not over if it ran into you.

Alright Steve time to help me find a decent focus 4 door for under 5k, preferably 2008 or newer

We have a Camry Hybrid for our daily driver. Makes getting into the Mustang event more fun. Someone said they enjoy revving the engine near a Prius owner so they can hear him hurting the environment. That's my hobby.