Faults:

With the promise of great looks and legendary performance, I thought the Ford Mustang would be a cool car. Wrong!

First week I owned it a valve broke and it ran and sounded like crap.

In two months the distributer gear broke and I had to get the pieces out of the engine.

Brakes failed at less than 50000.

Transmission leaked and shifted at too high rpms.

Ford 5.0 was very sluggish for an 8 cylinder. Could only beat small engine cars.

Nice looks but it started rusting behind the rear wheels. From then on I call Mustangs "Rustangs".

Rear suspension flimsy even after replacing springs and shocks.

Rear tires wore quickly.

Not very reliable.

Swallows gas like a drunk swallows booze.

General Comments:

Next time I will get a Camaro. My 1980 Chevette was much more reliable. In my opinion the "Rustang" is not a real sports car.

Faults:

Nothing. I love this car. Nice looking and very fast. Go buy one today.

General Comments:

It's kind of hard to keep up on the new fads on cars.

Faults:

Almost nothing. The engine oil pressure indicator had gone at 21,000 miles.

General Comments:

It's not a usual car here in Brazil, so the attention is on you, especially when it's laser red tinted.

The exterior design with the silver horse running at the front is like a stroboscope light, flashing the eyes, and the interior is very comfortable.

I think the conditioned air should be automatic, digital type.

Like a friend of mine said, "It's a car for life, better yet if you're not married".

Faults:

Transmission is crap! It goes, it gets fixed, it goes, it gets fixed, and so on. I must sell it when the warranty goes or I'll have to fix it.

Other than that, the battery dies for no reason, happens once a year. Nobody can figure that one out.

All in all it's a good car, could be a lot worse, this is about as good as it gets.

General Comments:

Seats are very cramped.

It's not all that fast for me, but it's more than fast enough for most.

It eats a lot of gas, but is good looking, especially with the top down.

To sum it up, I should have got a manual instead of an automatic, I'm sure I would not have as many transmission problems. Ford never could make a decent automatic transmission to save their lives, but all in all, it's a good car.

Things could be a lot worse, this is about as good as it gets if you're looking for a cheap low maintenance high performance convertible sports car. But if you can do without the convertible and just want speed, get an RX-7, 3000GT or a Supra; they all eat less gas and perform better,

The Mustang still is a loud unrefined squeaky door American car, but they're working on it :-)

Faults:

Cooling fan went out at 70,000 miles.

General Comments:

Great car, love the 5.0. I have 101,000 miles on it. Runs as strong as ever. I don't see why Ford shot themselves in the foot and stoped making Windsors.

Would love Ford to make a GT with a 5.8.... or at least a 5.4.

Faults:

Power steering went out at 12,000 miles. Was replaced free and promptly. However dealer failed to do alignment correctly after replacing steering gear with new design and wore front tire down. Runs great!

General Comments:

Smooth ride and great handling. Would and want to buy a new one. Great car but Dealer was a a**hole. Reliable and has power to spare. Overall the best car I have owned.