So I got me a 2001 Mustang

[Cthulhu]

Nice car kid, and you can't beat the price.
Congrats!!!

My ride looks more like "Barbie's Dream Car"


"Roping unsuspecting pick-up drivers into hairpin turns since 2004"

[DiabloTX]

(plus, driving scares the **** out of me, I'm glad I wasn't there to be in my bros truck when he raced...) 

Driving a V6 Mustang scares the **** out of you or driving in general scares the **** out of you?  When I was 15 all I would think about was getting drive.  Hell, I had about 80 hours behind the wheel...before I got my license!

Well, it will give you somewhere to start.  Eventually you can work your way up to something like C-HOG, my "Camero" as RPM puts it.

[Fulmar]

Hey, what does insurance cost on a Mustang for a 16 year old these days?

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[stroker71]

Wana race?  Here's a short video of my 94 Probe GT at beaver run road course a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkTgPiOsQlE

[Fulmar]

Wana race?  Here's a short video of my 94 Probe GT at beaver run road course a few years back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkTgPiOsQlE

Nice vid, but a Probe?  giggle

[Cthulhu]

Hey, what does insurance cost on a Mustang for a 16 year old these days?

That hurts just thinking about it.

[mg1942]

teens should only drive Hondas... Civic or Accord for example.

[Cthulhu]

Nice vid, but a Probe?  giggle

Don't knock the Probe. Remember that Ford actually considered making it the new Mustang, but they quickly dropped the idea when they realized the muscle car guys would never settle for a car without a V8 and a rear suspension from the 1940's.

Fire suit in place... Ok, flame on. 

[mg1942]

Designers of the retro mustang (2005-2009) wanted rear-multilink and front double wishbone suspension.  Too bad the bean counters at Ford opposed

 

[stroker71]

Nice vid, but a Probe?  giggle

Guess you didn't watch the video.  Put alot on money in that car and it was set-up for D street prepared solo 2 racing.  Raced it for 7 years in the SCCA..and I was one of those drivers fellow drivers hated seeing show up at races.  There are 5 vids on Youtube.  Don't knock it till you try it.  Probe stock has a better skid pad number than a C5 corvette.  If your worried about HP any one can drive in a straight line!  I actually use some of the racing knowledge in this game.

[SteveBailey]

Wana race?

yes.  Say when.

[SteveBailey]

yes.  Say when.

Probe stock has a better skid pad number than a C5 corvette.

Rofl.  This was easy to debunk as I knew it to be false. Probe GT skid pad number  .87.   C5's base model skid pad number: .92

Sources:   http://www.alabamaprobes.org/Probe%20GT%20vs%20Integra%20GSR%20(MT%2012-93)p6.jpg


http://www.drivingtoday.com/kpix/greatest_cars/corvette_c5/index.html

[DiabloTX]

Man, someone just THINKS "Corvette" and Steve's on 'em like stink on ****.

[SteveBailey]

Man, someone just THINKS "Corvette" and Steve's on 'em like stink on ****.

Hehe, some things I know a little about...  most things I don't.  Corvettes are in the former.

[mg1942]

a FWD Probe outrunning RWD vettes, camero???  That's too much

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Ford probe has advanced suspension.  Just give it decent tires and it should keep up with the C5 vette on skid pad.

The Probe GT's chassis and suspension system is based on a Mazda design, but its suspension tuning is the result of extensive Ford testing and calibration to achieve the optimized handling characteristics exclusive to the Probe. Both front and rear struts are nitrogen-gas pressurized, and the stabilizer bar sizes were optimized for hard cornering. The Probe GT also offers a special Automatic Adjusting Suspension, a computer-controlled system utilizing variable damping shocks that adjust to best accommodate acceleration, braking, and cornering forces. A sort of forerunner to active suspension control, the system permits three different shock damping modes-Soft, Normal-Auto and Sport. The Soft mode provides the smoothest ride, while the remaining two modes are used for higher-performance driving. In these modes the microprocessor monitors vehicle speed, acceleration, braking, and steering wheel angle, and automatically adjusts the shock absorbers for better handling while reverting to a comfortable ride on smooth roads. Above 50 mph (80 km/h), the front shocks are automatically tightened to "firm" in Normal-Auto and to "extra-firm" in Sport to provide increased high speed stability.