Opinions on my article?

[CSquared]

I'd have a lot more faith in a toyota engine over a ford engine. Warranty doesnt mean it wont break... just means they will fix it if it does. Been a minute since ive owned a Ford, but i dont remember their service department rolling out the red carpet for warranties. Having your car fixed by the dealership isnt exactly an enjoyable experience.

Rx8s come with a 100k warranty.... need i say more. LOLOLOLOLOL

All this talk about new car smell..... they sell interior too..... everything can be replaced with something fresh and new. I'm just not one of those people who like new cars. I know a lot of people that go out and buy new cheap cars just to have something new vs something loaded a few years back.

lol this post is my official resignation from this argument. Whether or not they give you shit about fixing it, or what their service is like, they still fix it... Also, do you replace all the 15 year old sheet metal that god knows what the previous owner did with it (accidents, drifting, crappy modifications and so on)? I can't see a chassis ever being as fresh or responsive as out of the factory especially if someone was rolling it on some coilovers for example, and that kind of shit 99% of people don't address. I mean seriously you're going to tell me that you wouldn't have wanted to buy any of those cars you pictured earlier directly off the assembly line? I wish I could go back in time to 1989 and buy mine.

[Sinfix_15]

lol this post is my official resignation from this argument. Whether or not they give you shit about fixing it, or what their service is like, they still fix it... Also, do you replace all the 15 year old sheet metal that god knows what the previous owner did with it (accidents, drifting, crappy modifications and so on)? I can't see a chassis ever being as fresh or responsive as out of the factory especially if someone was rolling it on some coilovers for example, and that kind of shit 99% of people don't address. I mean seriously you're going to tell me that you wouldn't have wanted to buy any of those cars you pictured earlier directly off the assembly line? I wish I could go back in time to 1989 and buy mine.

idk man, my last name isnt Kardashian, i have no problem owning something someone else has already owned. It's not 1970 anymore, a used car isnt a mystery box. Carfax shows you if its been wrecked or not.

[Sunkenkarma]

Yeah, Ima agree with sinfix with this one, you can get alot more bang for your buck building your own shit, then going out and paying for an overpriced piece of plastic from a showroom. Plus there are alot better quality out there for less than a new mustang, IE Older Ferrari, Porcshe etc.

[silversol]

Also say somthing happens to that 240 your dumbass put 30k into and someone pulls out in front of you and bam its totaled good luck ever getting anywhere near a 30k pay out on insurance! Mean while the guy in the new mustang is on his way to ford to buy a new one!

[-EnVus-]

Also say somthing happens to that 240 your dumbass put 30k into and someone pulls out in front of you and bam its totaled good luck ever getting anywhere near a 30k pay out on insurance! Mean while the guy in the new mustang is on his way to ford to buy a new one!

I'm sure he's one of those who rounds the parts values up in price and assumes its all worth it in resale. A 240 may have a front clip swap and different engine but its still a 240 and will never sell like a Silvia.

[silversol]

idk man, my last name isnt Kardashian, i have no problem owning something someone else has already owned. It's not 1970 anymore, a used car isnt a mystery box. Carfax shows you if its been wrecked or not.

Bullshit!!!!! Carfax does not show everything. It only shows accidents reported. I have seen some very wrecked frame bent drifted into a wall and fixed cars that have a perfect carfax. I guy I knew in highschool tryed to cross a creek in his brand new f150 and sunk it to the seats! After alot of cleaning and drying out the interior. The main damage was the transmission after draining the fluid/ and water out of it and pressure washing the underside of the truck ford replaced the transmission under warenty and he traded it in for another one. You know what it had a perfect carfax!!! Also a theft or a theft recovery does not show up on a carfax!

[CSquared]

Yeah my girls car was def in a front end... but carfax was clean as a whistle when she bought it. Carfax doesn't even pretend to be 100% accurate... There is actually a disclaimer about that when you purchase one.

Just because something is used, does not mean its abused. If you would rather have that mustang then the Porsche he posted, its probably something wrong with you mentally. BTW, since when has the mustang become known as reliable? What world is that in?

And for $30,000 I have more faith in an engine i built, compared to an engine thrown together on a assembly line in 20 minutes. Warranty doesn't help you out when you are stranded with no $ because you are paying a ridiculous monthly car payment, that most can't afford anyway.

Dude as far as I know ford is building some of the highest quality cars on the road these days, which is why they didn't take a shit like GM during the recession. If you can post some statistics to prove otherwise that would be great because I can't find anything on a google search. Plus, it doesn't even have to be ford specifically... What about the STI at 300+hp for 33k? What about the evo at 300hp for 34k? What about the genesis if they do a V8 coupe? The new toyota ft86 that's bound to get a stock turbo at some point? All cars that are reasonably priced and fun out of the box.

And if we're speaking from the perspective of having enough money to straight out spend 30k on a used car build then we'd also have said money to straight out buy a brand new mustang at the end of the model year... There would be no car payment, therefor that doesn't make sense either.