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My idea of well built is there should be minimal road and wind noise and no creaks. I don't care how the switch gear and dash 'feel' though. Thats not saying I don't care for reliability though.
 
I'd love something like that and the C5 Z06 but my concern is getting it serviced and it being LHD. Where do people get things like that serviced as I am aware a normal Ford dealer won't service a Mustang?
 
Princey said:
I'd love something like that and the C5 Z06 but my concern is getting it serviced and it being LHD. Where do people get things like that serviced as I am aware a normal Ford dealer won't service a Mustang?
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There are specialist around the country but Ford can do it. It's such a simple basic engine that needs very little is the way of servicing. Any monkey should be able to do a basic oil change and that's all it'll really need.

Servicing is pretty cheap as well.

I drove one recently and by the end of the drive was starting to feel much better with LHD, tbh it was my first time driving a LHD car and automatic and I spent more time thinking about the gearbox than the side of the car the wheel was on.
 
Impreza?

Nice step up from the VXR, plus you'd get a very well spec'd model for your budget, although it does fall down on the 'lots of toys' part of your requirements.
 
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Impreza?

Nice step up from the VXR, plus you'd get a very well spec'd model for your budget, although it does fall down on the 'lots of toys' part of your requirements.
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Make sure you get a Jap Import 2.0 at that price tag however. The 2.5L engine is very problematic and there are tons of threads about poor reliability of them on scoobynet

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1852432.htm

I'd have this tomorrow if i had the money
 
Servicing on a Corvette can be done by any good independant garage and there are numerous American specialists around the country, if you'd prefer one of them to care for it.

A Z06 has a lazy service schedule anyway - in short it's pretty much:

- Change the oil and filter every 10k (less if being used heavily, the OBC will tell you the remaining oil 'life')
- Change the transmission fluid every 25k
- Change the coolant every 50k
- Change the brake/clutch fluid every 25k or when needed
- Change the wiper blades once in a while
- Change the brake pads when they need it
- Change the cabin air filter once in a while
- Change the engine air intake filter every once in a long while
- Change the spark plugs at 100k miles

That's about it (barring tires). Hell, you could even just get a set of low-profile ramps and do it yourself.

LHD's a personal thing - some people (like myself) can just jump in and drive a manual or auto one without issue, others just don't seem to be able to 'get' it. Sometimes it's just a matter of familiarisation though.

Z06s (well, the C5 in general) are well kitted out too - usually replete with a high level of equipment, with standard stuff including power leather seats, cruise control, adjustable steering column, air conditioning with climate, traction control, ABS, active handling (on the Z06), a limited slip differential, electric mirrors, a CD player, intermittent wipers, various additional instrumentation (oil/trans temp, oil pressure, consumption, etc), trip computers, remote central locking, alarm, an immobiliser and more.

Most typically have the heads-up-display too, which displays revs, speed, indicators and a choice of either oil, temperature or fuel information. This is then projected onto the windscreen, preventing you from having to glance down at the instruments whilst driving.

Shall I post up the road test videos again? :D


This could be you @ 4:32 onwards! :D - not quite a stock one but just a few gentle things done to warm it over....
 
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Tbh, a Ford Mustang isn't what I'd call "well built". It's a car that, at it's base, could be had for £11,000 new in 2005!

A Corvette is pretty tacky, too.
 
PMKeates said:
Tbh, a Ford Mustang isn't what I'd call "well built". It's a car that, at it's base, could be had for £11,000 new in 2005!

A Corvette is pretty tacky, too.
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Really? Or are you just converting straight from dollars and ignoring the fact cars are cheaper in the states, especially ones where they haven't had to pay import taxes on them.

BTW I'm not saying they're amazingly built, the mould line on the handbrake lever is horrible for a start. But that's just silly.
 
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PMKeates said:
Tbh, a Ford Mustang isn't what I'd call "well built". It's a car that, at it's base, could be had for £11,000 new in 2005!
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Having sat in a 2006 Mustang GT Premium I'd say it was well built, the new 2010's get praised for how well built they are in fact and one review I read that it was almost of par with some of the big German cars.

Got a source that says you could buy one £11k new in 2005? I assume this is a brand new Mustang GT 4.6l V8 Premium with all the import taxes, light conversion and shipment?
 
he is of course referring to the base model, price in the US converted to GBP without any importation - arguing the reason its relevant is that the base model will share the same dashboard and build quality as the bigger engined models, and that the price of the base model is a reflection of how poorly built the car is.
 
Buying a Mustang with a 6 cylinder engine in this country is a tragedy, I can understand in America where it's bargain basement price makes it attractive to a certain section of the motoring population but here ...it's got to be a V8 or not at all I'd say. Bear in mind the outgoing model was 210 bhp with the 4 litre 6 pot ...that's not a lot really.
 
I'd suggest the Monaro because that's what you said you wanted initially. Plus it would be funny to see a guy who is 4ft tall and having to use a booster seat in charge of a V8 RWD monster :p
 
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