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Well as the title states: I GOT IT. Now I'm sceptical about the title stuff. But, its only because I got burnt with the Z doing the title stuff.
Anyways on to the Initial stuff. Ill post pics of her tomorrow.
First Drive Home:
It was a 70 mile one way trip. She did well...enough. Not as good on gas as I thought, almost half a tank to get here; but it was a $6 half tank.
At highway speed she seems like she cant take much more (80mph). But she does it exceptionally. There Is no "get up and go" at 65+, but all around its a lot more peppy than I expected from the get-go. I didn't realize how RUDE people are when your in a small car. Cut me off all over the place, rode my bumper even when I was speeding (and I mean I was 10 over in the slow lane). I got a Lot of weird looks getting out of the car at the gas station. I can imagine I looked like I was getting out of a clown car (im 6'6 270lbs).
The steering has me scratching my head: I take it back that there is power steering; at low speed its a bit of a task to turn the wheel, but all my previous cars have been power steering. At higher speed: I cant tell if there is lag when turning to the right, but there is play (maybe) about 17 degrees of lag, when turning right, and 10 degrees to the left. That said: HOLY SHIT, I feel completely confident when attacking corners on the highway. We will see later about attacking corners up in the mountains of Colorado... and Garden Of The Gods. You guys should Google map the later to see how fun the roads are.
Braking is tricky. The brakes are strong...right before you need to come to a complete stop and then that last few feet feel very wimpy. Itll do for now though.
The car overall is showing its age. The paint is NOT fading but there are a crap ton of small scratches and dings. Same with the interior. They will both be repaired. The seats are loose, well at least the drivers side is. I am just gonna put in buckets though. I have no interior overhead lamp. The Hud lights seem dim, but they work. Ill be putting in new bulbs.
There are brand new Motorcraft Ford sparkplugs in the side pockets on the door... I might just keep those for novelty.
Anyways on to the Initial stuff. Ill post pics of her tomorrow.
First Drive Home:
It was a 70 mile one way trip. She did well...enough. Not as good on gas as I thought, almost half a tank to get here; but it was a $6 half tank.
At highway speed she seems like she cant take much more (80mph). But she does it exceptionally. There Is no "get up and go" at 65+, but all around its a lot more peppy than I expected from the get-go. I didn't realize how RUDE people are when your in a small car. Cut me off all over the place, rode my bumper even when I was speeding (and I mean I was 10 over in the slow lane). I got a Lot of weird looks getting out of the car at the gas station. I can imagine I looked like I was getting out of a clown car (im 6'6 270lbs).
The steering has me scratching my head: I take it back that there is power steering; at low speed its a bit of a task to turn the wheel, but all my previous cars have been power steering. At higher speed: I cant tell if there is lag when turning to the right, but there is play (maybe) about 17 degrees of lag, when turning right, and 10 degrees to the left. That said: HOLY SHIT, I feel completely confident when attacking corners on the highway. We will see later about attacking corners up in the mountains of Colorado... and Garden Of The Gods. You guys should Google map the later to see how fun the roads are.
Braking is tricky. The brakes are strong...right before you need to come to a complete stop and then that last few feet feel very wimpy. Itll do for now though.
The car overall is showing its age. The paint is NOT fading but there are a crap ton of small scratches and dings. Same with the interior. They will both be repaired. The seats are loose, well at least the drivers side is. I am just gonna put in buckets though. I have no interior overhead lamp. The Hud lights seem dim, but they work. Ill be putting in new bulbs.
There are brand new Motorcraft Ford sparkplugs in the side pockets on the door... I might just keep those for novelty.
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