1998 Mustang GT... good/bad?
 

In my never ending search for a cheap fun car...
The guy next door slapped a for sale sign on his bright YELLOW 1998 Mustang GT.
Body looks clean and straight, have not called to get the specifics... trying to talk myself out of it. He is asking $3700 firm.

I know you are the wrong guys to ask to talk me out of it... and yet... here we are.

What would pwd72s do?

Depends on the details. If the car has no major issues you should be good at that price and be able to drive if for a year or more and still get that amount out of it later. Hope it's a 5-speed. Good luck and have fun.

The good would be that it's cheaper than a used pair of collector tennis shoes. The bad would be that you are driving a 1998 Mustang in yellow, I guess.

snow plows

Is it a Cobra? At least murder the wheels!

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It has Cobra wheels (silver, very nice looking) but only GT badgeing, I presume if it was a Cobra he be advertising that. It does have a 5 speed.

These are not the wheels but they look something like this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1537290946.jpg

Good clean fun for peanuts, and easy to maintain, although I have never been a fan of yellow. I have had an 1985 GT, a 1995 GT, and now a 2004 GT. I plan on getting a 2011+ coyote motor GT for my next DD.

Has it been to Cars & Coffee in the recent past?

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Basic info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_(fourth_generation)

The 4.6 modular V-8 is proving out well as far as long life goes.

A huge aftermarket full of goodies. Cheap to buy, cheap to run.

On the minus side..pretty small cockpit. A friend had a'99 Cobra Mustang. I couldn't get the seat back far enough to be comfortable.

It's a 20 year old car...proceed carefully.

Oh, and you'll need a thick hide to be able to ignore the elitists here...

Yup. If it's clean and well maintained it sounds like a no-brainer. A fun car for dirt cheap, what's not to love?

If you can somehow avoid the allure of posting daily about how Mustangs are incredible while all Porsche drivers are elitist snobs, you'll be fine.

Pffft! I have owned a 944 and a Miata!

And yeah, yellow would not be my first choice... but not necessarily a deal breaker for me.

I loved yellow cars as a kid. Today, I think a well-done 'muted' yellow car from the 60's is great but almost all Ferrari Fly Yellow cars make me think "trying too hard". YMMV.

I had a '96 in college and it was a great car. With full length subframe connectors, and mild suspension upgrades it handled really well. A lot of fun to drive.

And at that price, you could throw it away when you were done with it and lose less than the depreciation on a new one.

lol elitists

But how would it do against a well setup 944?

This thread is what makes Pelican OT awesome! so much funny here..

Its not going to be very fast, but it will certainly make a nice sound if it has an exhaust. For a few bucks more, you could get into a 'new edge' 99-04 GT with more HP. 225hp vs 260hp. I had a 2002 GT. It was more fun than I expected, and led to me buying my current Mach 1.

Forget a few bucks more. Just browsing craigslist. There are quite a few next gen mustangs in LA at the same price point.

Funny, similar path.

Come on peoples. 400hp for less than 20k = Awesome.

I had a bright yellow ´76 924. It was a real chick magnet. :D

https://media.makeameme.org/created/...s-a-bzm7pk.jpg

It must be a crowd pleaser

And look where that got you Livi.. SmileWavy

Yup. I am good. :)

Excellent point... I often scan craigslist for $4K coupes and some very interesting offerings pop up.

I guess I just got excited because I see this thing when I walk out of my house and it looks cool (to me).

Ooooo... my thread attracted a bot!

Definately not a bot, he just wants to share his new resturaunt venue with men of wealth, and taste....cue TABS !

Will waitress love long time?

Drive it - specifically around a few turns, and report back. I did this once, same vintage and found the steering and suspension unbearably light and undefined / mushy. I moved on.

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Make sure there are no crowds by the side of the road or that might make the steering jerk off to one side, the side of the crowd..

Thanks HD, this is why I love this place... I know zip about 90's vintage Mustang's and got the info I needed... cool to look at but not so much to drive.

Thanks to everyone for the constructive criticism.

I like driving my Mach 1, and I also enjoyed driving my ragged out 2002 GT. Its a different paradigm, and I don't see the point of comparing sports cars to muscle cars.

They are a lot of fun for the money, and if you have any inclination to do upgrades, parts are cheap and everywhere.

No problem, guy...let them enjoy their beliefs.

You realize most of the responses on this thread have been positive, right? I know you seem to have a victim mentality but damn.....

Why do I get the feeling I could post about a cure for cancer and you'd find a fault?

Not trying to be argumentative but are not modern cars blurring the line of sports cars/muscle cars? Take a 2018 Camero for example?

Give it a shot, we’ll see what happens. All I’ve seen since you sold your 911 is a solid cadence about how Porsche owners are snobs, Mustangs are incredible including the Bullitt, and playing pool.

I wouldn't compare a 2018 Camaro and a 1998 Mustang..... two very different cars. But to your point a Modern Mustang or Camaro are world beaters, when they are compared to M3's that is saying something.

People may whine about power per Liter or "old" pushrods, but I prefer power per lb of engine mass as a comparison point.

If you just want a fun cheap toy... I would ask what you all in budget is... if you plan to add some fun mods or not.

I love an old 90's Notchback, gets the cool nod from just about every car guy, cheap parts, one of my favorite engines, and just a cool ol street fighter.

The 96-98 are a bit of a middle child, not bad, just stuck between IMO two better options. Unless you can find deal on a 96-98 Cobra, I love the 4cam engine.

If I had to pick a fun toy right now, I would kill to do a Miata K24 swap! But my now sold Notch makes my Porsche sound like complete crap! Hard to beat the sound pf a hot lil 302.

My ‘92 LX hatch is a fun car to drive. My daughter has learned to drive a manual with it and it is going to be her car come this spring.