Lockdown boredom already?

[wenklaw]

Yes, I am. I've seen it in person. It doesn't do anything for me.

Totally agree the Stinger is for me a typical and very good example of how difficult it is to get a cars design right and how easy it is to get it wrong. Kia in the case of the stinger seem to have borrowed various pieces of design from Jaguar, M cars, Audi etc stuck it together and behold the Stinger with a complete lack of any cohesion, its truly a horrible looking car IMO.

Build quality, Ford should use better quality materials in the cabin, end of and i will say no more. Most manufactures suffer some panel gapping, paint defects at this price point so i wont hammer Ford on that. Shouldn't happen but does.

Anyway back to those books, look interesting I may try and pick one or both up.

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[Vlad Soare]

Making a great car takes passion. Given enough money you can make a good car. But a great one takes love and passion, which cannot be faked or bought.
I have no doubt that the Stinger is a good car. But the Mustang, for all its faults, is a great one.

 

[Gregs24]

Making a great car takes passion. Given enough money you can make a good car. But a great one takes love and passion, which cannot be faked or bought.
I have no doubt that the Stinger is a good car. But the Mustang, for all its faults, is a great one.

There used to be a lot of passionate Ferrari drivers at the side of the road with steam coming out of their cars!

 

[Gregs24]

Most manufactures suffer some panel gapping, paint defects at this price point so i wont hammer Ford on that. Shouldn't happen but does.

Ford do a better job building much cheaper Fiesta's than they do throwing the Mustang together. Even the old £7k KA was better built.

So I will hammer Ford on it or they will just carry on churning out sub standard cars. I would never have considered a Mustang before the 2018+ cars because of the shoddy build and primitive technology. They are now acceptable (ish), at least mine is OK, but some are dreadful even now. Don't make excuses for them, demand better and the very least build them as well as Valencia.

 

[Vlad Soare]

There used to be a lot of passionate Ferrari drivers at the side of the road with steam coming out of their cars!

True. But I bet they wore a big smile at the end of the day.

 

[WD Pro]

True. But I bet they wore a big smile at the end of the day.

Yeah, because of the dolly bird that comes with having a Ferrari ...

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[Rapid Red]

Totally agree the Stinger is for me a typical and very good example of how difficult it is to get a cars design right and how easy it is to get it wrong. Kia in the case of the stinger seem to have borrowed various pieces of design from Jaguar, M cars, Audi etc stuck it together and behold the Stinger with a complete lack of any cohesion, its truly a horrible looking car IMO.

Same can be said of the Corvette, GM has FKED that up .

 

[hinch]

Same can be said of the Corvette, GM has FKED that up .

the new c8 looks amazing don't think i ts fucked up can't wait for mine to arrive

 

[Rapid Red]

the new c8 looks amazing don't think i ts fucked up can't wait for mine to arrive

Of course and there is nothing wrong with having bad taste.

 

[wenklaw]

I have to agree the new C8 the more i see it the more I just thing its just a bit overly designed and a little to fussy/complicated looking particularly the rear end. A quick glance from certain angles it looks really good but then on closer inspection i am not so sure. A car I would like to see in the flesh.

The Stinger ive seen in the flesh and it looks worse than in any pictures, its a real shocker, its just sooooo very very wrong. Starts at £41k but no idea what discounts Kia throw at them.

 

[wenklaw]

Ford do a better job building much cheaper Fiesta's than they do throwing the Mustang together. Even the old £7k KA was better built.

So I will hammer Ford on it or they will just carry on churning out sub standard cars. I would never have considered a Mustang before the 2018+ cars because of the shoddy build and primitive technology. They are now acceptable (ish), at least mine is OK, but some are dreadful even now. Don't make excuses for them, demand better and the very least build them as well as Valencia.

i am in total agreement mate.

 

[Gregs24]

True. But I bet they wore a big smile at the end of the day.

Depends if they ever got home of course !

 

[marks]

There's nothing wrong with the build quality, such an exageration and cliche this line. My Mustang has been much more relaible than the BMW I had which rattled and had engine problem.
Also to say that the cars pre 2018 had shoddy build quality and primative technology is a joke. If you want a tech box buy an Audi. What is the wonderful tech that they put on the 18s that didn't have on the 15s?

 

[marks]

Depends if they ever got home of course !

Wow you write some crap

 

[Gregs24]

There's nothing wrong with the build quality, such an exageration and cliche this line. My Mustang has been much more relaible than the BMW I had which rattled and had engine problem.
Also to say that the cars pre 2018 had shoddy build quality and primative technology is a joke. If you want a tech box buy an Audi. What is the wonderful tech that they put on the 18s that didn't have on the 15s?

We will have to agree to disagree on that one then!

ACC, Digital dash, Improved rear suspension, magneride, active exhaust etc etc - I'm sure you know the spec differences post 2018. At least they ditched the cart springs with the S550. Important to me but maybe not to you.

The 2020 cars have shoddy build quality in places and the 2015's sure weren't any better.

Broken gearboxes, corroding bonnets, woeful paint finish, panel gaps that you can drive a bus through assuming there is a gap and they don't just scrape against each other. Plenty on this forum as examples.

I love my Mustang but I am not blind to the faults (and I have been lucky with the build quality on mine)

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