Adrian8544
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Hello all, my name is Adrian, I am a first time poster long time reader, I’ve been wanting to get onto the actual forum itself, but I’ve been waiting until I’ve had anything meaningful to share, be it a mod or discovery etc. Anyhow, let me start with a love story.
September of 2018: I had just come home from finishing college, was about to start a new decent paying job and I was in need of a a vehicle to drive to work. For better or for worse I let a childhood dream take over and I purchase a lightly used 2015 Premium Ecoboost Mustang. And yes, it wasn’t a GT, but being young I didn’t want a big insurance bill, and I wanted to splurge but not so much that it would become a burden. The car was perfect, every other car I’d previously driven was either my parents or my brothers, and none of those cars ever had anything close to the power the Mustang did. This was my first big purchase other than college tuition and board. I had a lot of fun getting used to the torque! Every day I drove from my home to work, about 80 miles round trip, and yes I was tripling up on payments to make up for the high mileage. I couldn’t imagine a more fun commute. I even had the heated/cooled seats with Shaker Pro system and Nav, so getting lost and music were never a problem! Pure bliss. I had plans too, exhaust, cold air intake, a tune the usual etc.
The only thing I’d done to date with the car was fix the racing strips, the previous owner had some awful colored and crooked stripes on there, I can’t believe the dealer didn’t take them off. I’d also gotten some new tires, there was some side wall damage on the ones it originally had, I made sure to get some change off the price for that too. I got legal 30% tint all around except the windshield as well. Now, I babied this thing, frequent detailing, Chevron 91 gas, always on time oil change, being a kid who came from little, I was not going to let this car go to waste.
Here comes the bad part. I’ve been driving since I was 16, now 22, never had as much as a scratch on any drive... On my way home, after driving my commute endless amount of times, I was rear ended by an 86 year old man who claimed he didn’t see me brake. Nothing I could’ve have done. I was in the exit lane, slowing down from 65, I was going 40 last I glanced at the Speedo, as there is a sharp right turn followed by a red light. This was towards the end of the lane! For those you wondering why I was slowing down.
Anyways, it in insurance hands now, I’ll wait to see what happens. I am very sore throughout my body, but thankfully I am not hurt as of day 1 after the accident, shout out Ford engineering! Never drove crazy or anything, for as much as I wanted too, funny, I had finally managed to book a local tack that was going to go out to later next week. I am absolutely heart broken.
https://imgur.com/a/wXmO4el
September of 2018: I had just come home from finishing college, was about to start a new decent paying job and I was in need of a a vehicle to drive to work. For better or for worse I let a childhood dream take over and I purchase a lightly used 2015 Premium Ecoboost Mustang. And yes, it wasn’t a GT, but being young I didn’t want a big insurance bill, and I wanted to splurge but not so much that it would become a burden. The car was perfect, every other car I’d previously driven was either my parents or my brothers, and none of those cars ever had anything close to the power the Mustang did. This was my first big purchase other than college tuition and board. I had a lot of fun getting used to the torque! Every day I drove from my home to work, about 80 miles round trip, and yes I was tripling up on payments to make up for the high mileage. I couldn’t imagine a more fun commute. I even had the heated/cooled seats with Shaker Pro system and Nav, so getting lost and music were never a problem! Pure bliss. I had plans too, exhaust, cold air intake, a tune the usual etc.
The only thing I’d done to date with the car was fix the racing strips, the previous owner had some awful colored and crooked stripes on there, I can’t believe the dealer didn’t take them off. I’d also gotten some new tires, there was some side wall damage on the ones it originally had, I made sure to get some change off the price for that too. I got legal 30% tint all around except the windshield as well. Now, I babied this thing, frequent detailing, Chevron 91 gas, always on time oil change, being a kid who came from little, I was not going to let this car go to waste.
Here comes the bad part. I’ve been driving since I was 16, now 22, never had as much as a scratch on any drive... On my way home, after driving my commute endless amount of times, I was rear ended by an 86 year old man who claimed he didn’t see me brake. Nothing I could’ve have done. I was in the exit lane, slowing down from 65, I was going 40 last I glanced at the Speedo, as there is a sharp right turn followed by a red light. This was towards the end of the lane! For those you wondering why I was slowing down.
Anyways, it in insurance hands now, I’ll wait to see what happens. I am very sore throughout my body, but thankfully I am not hurt as of day 1 after the accident, shout out Ford engineering! Never drove crazy or anything, for as much as I wanted too, funny, I had finally managed to book a local tack that was going to go out to later next week. I am absolutely heart broken.
https://imgur.com/a/wXmO4el
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