Why does Mustang have useless parts?
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Originally Posted by sti2ner
For Only Redneck Dumba**es
If your going to buy a ford you must have some problems already, ford has been around since the beging of the automotive era and still cant produce a car that wont fall apart!! Look at there wise decion to use firestone tires and ended up killing a bunch of people. Hope that guy was fired. I sadly enough have owed a ford and that was the last time I ever would buy any ford
Found On Road Dead<--------- They didn't just randomly come up with this saying it reallt has meaning!!! It true I've seen so many fords on the side of the road.
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F***er Only Runs Downhill
The list goes on and on and on
Sorry if this thread affended any of you guys that like fords.
If your going to buy a ford you must have some problems already, ford has been around since the beging of the automotive era and still cant produce a car that wont fall apart!! Look at there wise decion to use firestone tires and ended up killing a bunch of people. Hope that guy was fired. I sadly enough have owed a ford and that was the last time I ever would buy any ford
Found On Road Dead<--------- They didn't just randomly come up with this saying it reallt has meaning!!! It true I've seen so many fords on the side of the road.
F***ed On Rally Day
Fixed Or Rebuilt Dodge
F***er Only Runs Downhill
The list goes on and on and on
Sorry if this thread affended any of you guys that like fords.
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Originally Posted by HongKongBeef
your argument WOULD be valid EXCEPT that the GC8's hoodscoops were blocked off. as in.. non-functional
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Originally Posted by JspecGC8
And your goofball arguement would be valid EXCEPT YOU COULD REMOVE THE PLASTIC UNDERCOVERS ON THE SIDE VENTS LEADING TO FUNCTIONAL ********!!!!!
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"Every car has at least 3 very non-funtional parts. Once again, its all about marketing."
Show me three non-functional parts on an 02 wrx and I'll be surprised. This car is so practically designed, great engineering despite the poor aerodynamics.
And yes I have seen those "nostrils" on Mustangs, just another weak part like the GC8 fake hoodscoops that did nothing but raise the price of the vehicle unless the owner took out the plastic blocking plates.
Show me three non-functional parts on an 02 wrx and I'll be surprised. This car is so practically designed, great engineering despite the poor aerodynamics.
And yes I have seen those "nostrils" on Mustangs, just another weak part like the GC8 fake hoodscoops that did nothing but raise the price of the vehicle unless the owner took out the plastic blocking plates.
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Originally Posted by BlingBlingBlue
Err...couldn't you do the same thing on a Mustang? What function would removing the plastic blocking on a USDM GC8 have, anyway?
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"what about the spoilers we all dig on our STI's and our RS's. Sorry, but none of us really drive so fast regularly that they would even make a difference. Every car has at least 3 very non-funtional parts. Once again, its all about marketing."
actually the sti rear spoiler does have a function, around 70 mph in does provide downforce. i find that on the highway there is a noticeable difference in stability (i had a factory wrx wing on my car for 2 years before putting an sti spoiler on my car).
actually the sti rear spoiler does have a function, around 70 mph in does provide downforce. i find that on the highway there is a noticeable difference in stability (i had a factory wrx wing on my car for 2 years before putting an sti spoiler on my car).
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Originally Posted by thebankman
"Every car has at least 3 very non-funtional parts. Once again, its all about marketing."
Show me three non-functional parts on an 02 wrx and I'll be surprised. This car is so practically designed, great engineering despite the poor aerodynamics.
And yes I have seen those "nostrils" on Mustangs, just another weak part like the GC8 fake hoodscoops that did nothing but raise the price of the vehicle unless the owner took out the plastic blocking plates.
Show me three non-functional parts on an 02 wrx and I'll be surprised. This car is so practically designed, great engineering despite the poor aerodynamics.
And yes I have seen those "nostrils" on Mustangs, just another weak part like the GC8 fake hoodscoops that did nothing but raise the price of the vehicle unless the owner took out the plastic blocking plates.
actually the sti rear spoiler does have a function, around 70 mph in does provide downforce. i find that on the highway there is a noticeable difference in stability (i had a factory wrx wing on my car for 2 years before putting an sti spoiler on my car).
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Originally Posted by JspecGC8
And your goofball arguement would be valid EXCEPT YOU COULD REMOVE THE PLASTIC UNDERCOVERS ON THE SIDE VENTS LEADING TO FUNCTIONAL ********!!!!!
someone used the gc8 as an example saying they had open hoodscoops. i mearly corrected him. the stock gc8 hoodscoop is as nonfunctional as the mustangs. happy?
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I originally wrote something rude and not very condusive to the thread but edited it because arguing will not get any results. I will say that if the hood scoop is non functional then I could just remove it and see the same temperature drops while the car is moving.
It is functional it may be a crappy design but it is functional they have done test over and over again to show that it works.
It is functional it may be a crappy design but it is functional they have done test over and over again to show that it works.
Last edited by JspecGC8; Jul 26, 2004 at 03:04 PM.
But does the tempurature drop enough to actually effect anything? If they have done tests over and over again, then you should be able to tell us how much the tempurature drops, right? And if the air tempurature around a non-turbo engine is cooler, how much does that effect performance? In theory, it should effect it, but only in theory - i doubt it makes much a difference. So drop this functionality crap - subaru even said they put the hoodscoop on the RS and outback for a MORE AGGRESSIVE APPEARANCE.