austinnh
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I fucking love this car.
15 EB PP MT OW
I bought it because I wanted a successor to the car I learned to drive on, a 1990 BMW e30. I wanted a two door, RWD, stickshift car with IRS.
The 6g stang fit the bill perfectly. Enough power to break the rear wheels free when the light turns green. It takes a little revving in dry pavement before you lift the left foot. More than enough power to induce oversteer. And when you swap out the sticky summer tires for winter tires, wow. Less lateral acceleration but more fun. And the nannies on default setting give just enough space to explore the limits of traction without sacrificing the security of having them on. The car is slow enough to be fun on public roads, and fast enough that I never feel I need more. Averaging 30 MPG is fine too.
When I was home from college working in the summers, my parents let me use the e30 as my daily driver to and from work. I woke up every morning excited to drive to work. By the time I got there, I'd already had a great day. That was just for a couple months in the summer though. I wondered whether that joy in driving would survive more than a couple months of commuting five days a week. Well after a year and half of back and forth (30 min each way), I'm still excited to get up at 5am and drive. This car seems like a perfect daily driver for one person (or two). Comfortable to sit in. Good visibility. Big enough to carry anything I'd want to take to the office. Effective climate control. Good sound system. Oh, and it can play any music because it has aux in (drives me nuts that some cars don't have that). Very comfortable and easy to drive on regular roads and at highway speeds. And by the way, it's fine for the winter. You don't need all that 4-matic X-drive WRX stuff. You need winter tires.
So yeah, great car.
I'm going to sleep. Then I'm going to drive.
15 EB PP MT OW
I bought it because I wanted a successor to the car I learned to drive on, a 1990 BMW e30. I wanted a two door, RWD, stickshift car with IRS.
The 6g stang fit the bill perfectly. Enough power to break the rear wheels free when the light turns green. It takes a little revving in dry pavement before you lift the left foot. More than enough power to induce oversteer. And when you swap out the sticky summer tires for winter tires, wow. Less lateral acceleration but more fun. And the nannies on default setting give just enough space to explore the limits of traction without sacrificing the security of having them on. The car is slow enough to be fun on public roads, and fast enough that I never feel I need more. Averaging 30 MPG is fine too.
When I was home from college working in the summers, my parents let me use the e30 as my daily driver to and from work. I woke up every morning excited to drive to work. By the time I got there, I'd already had a great day. That was just for a couple months in the summer though. I wondered whether that joy in driving would survive more than a couple months of commuting five days a week. Well after a year and half of back and forth (30 min each way), I'm still excited to get up at 5am and drive. This car seems like a perfect daily driver for one person (or two). Comfortable to sit in. Good visibility. Big enough to carry anything I'd want to take to the office. Effective climate control. Good sound system. Oh, and it can play any music because it has aux in (drives me nuts that some cars don't have that). Very comfortable and easy to drive on regular roads and at highway speeds. And by the way, it's fine for the winter. You don't need all that 4-matic X-drive WRX stuff. You need winter tires.
So yeah, great car.
I'm going to sleep. Then I'm going to drive.
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