"dwight" wrote in news:R9mdnUtdOoEeQHbbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:
Yeah, I owned two of them. Wagons. The first one was a 4-cylinder automatic woodie with skinny bias-ply white walls that I eventually sold to my mother. She ended up selling it because the performance was even too anemic for her. Next one was a V6. Power Plus, baby!
Yep, I've always thought the same thing. But look how some people react to the possibility of a 4 door option on the Mustang aka Falcon.
When those came out, the Shelby and the GLX would eat up the Mustang of the same era and with some mods would seriously piss off any current Vette owner.
As much as I liked the SHO, it could be argued the SHO sucked because it was FWD -- at least the Chryslers spin the correct wheels.
Patrick
innews:NZednbjZEdWCMHfbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Joe,
I have to disagree with you there, buddy. IMO, Chrysler's designers should all be fired. The Jeep line is totally screwed up, the new Dakota pickup looks like crap and the Sebring is a disaster. The only thing holding them together is the stuff that came out 3-4 years ago.
Patrick
Thumbs down.
Are you trying to stall?
...wait...
Say what?
dwight
innews:NZednbjZEdWCMHfbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
I agree. The only good products they have are based off of MB engineering. The truck line might be the only exception. The new Jeep lineup does nothing for me.
You mean it's not working?
I'm holding out for the Mustang GT Shooting Brake. They really need to do something useful with that over-plumpy rear and extra wheelbase inches.
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5-speed SHO vs automatic trans, 2.73 geared, GT convertible 5.0 Mustang. I'd let all my money ride on the SHO. 5-speed SHO vs 5-speed 5.0 Mustang. I'd quickly move all my chips to the Mustang.Patrick Former '87 5-liter, 5-speed, LX owner. 14.2 @ 98 mph.
:> When those came out, the Shelby and the GLX would eat up the Mustang :>of the same era and with some mods would seriously piss off any current :>Vette owner.
Any current modified Vette owner...?
CFrog sends regards, and is ready to run any SHO it can find.
:()
Michael Johnson wrote in news:Z4KdnevV2MhJqnHbnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
I'm not fond of the new jeeps either (except for the SRT8, which will beat a helluva lot of cars), but Chrysler's doing at least as good a job as GM and Ford in leveraging their lineup. Cars like the Avenger, Nitro, Caliber, and of course the Charger/Magnum/300 are certainly no worse than anything else out there.
LMFAO Ya that one was a real winner...
There were many things about the SHO that sucked. But in 1988, none of them out weighed the GIANT step up in performance the SHO provided at an incredibly CHEAP (comparatively) price. And best of all, GM and Chrysler offered absolutely NOTHING comparable for many years to come.
Out on the highway, I NEVER met a 5.0 that could hang with any of my 3 SHO's EVER, and there were many 5.0 drivers trying to pick their chins out of their laps and figure out what the hell that was that just ate their lunch...
The first generation 220 horse 3.0 SHO's flat out ran their generation 5.0 Mustangs period. The only people who argue that are the ones who never tried it.
Well if you like entering races you can't win, have at it... :-)
Hey, I rolled that Pinto. I wasn't slammed from behind by an 18-wheeler doing 65mph.
And I walked away from that accident without a scratch.
dwight
Ah.
I guess the one that I played with many years ago was either an aberration or the driver didn't know how to push the skinny pedal down.
dwight
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