S550 Character - Fun?

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300bhp/ton said:

I don't know those roads intimately no. But I have driven on roads all across the country and live in a village setting myself.

I think the Mustang is about the same width as a BMW M4.

It's ever so slightly wider, by only 4cm. That doesn't seem so bad actually. I found the F80 M3 a reasonable size, but then my test drive only took in A-roads.

mac96 said:

I do know the roads you are talking about, and yes they are quite narrow. I think a Mustang would change your driving style on those sort of roads, in my case probably for the better, but it is far from impossible.
You see plenty of transit size vans batting around the lanes, although height obviously helps!

Lol. Agreed, it's far from impossible, but like you say, it would change your driving style.

slowhand99 said:

I feel your pain. The comment about transit vans is well made but they will be the reason you end up in the hedge/kerb/pothole etc as they come flying towards you checking their next delivery. Even 40 section tyres are pushing it with the Surrey potholes too.

This is certainly my experience too, which is why I've stuck with narrower cars over the years.

Craigwww said:

This is genuinely comical... You post on here like billy big balls wanting a big V8 with an organic feel, say your handy at drifting and want something you can chuck about in the rain and hear that mighty V8 burble.... then moan about it being too wide on the roads???

If you claim to have the skill to drift a mustang in the wet with no driver aids, surely you have the balls to drive a pretty standard width saloon along a country road without parking it in a hedge.. maybe you should stick to the little BMW instead.

I would think there are a hell of a lot of other people out there happy to drift a Mustang too, in fact it's probably part of the reason many people bought them. I'm not billy big balls about it, it's just my preferred style. What I don't like is having to scrape the left mirror in an overgrown hedge to avoid a mirror clash with said transit delivery van.

I still like the idea of a Mustang as it's just got oodles more character than my current car and there are loads of positives. I'll have to get a test drive somewhere at some point and see how it drives. Thanks all for your thoughts.

croyde said:

Mine's for sale by the way. Don't want to sell it as I had hoped to keep it for ages like my e36 bought in 1998 but work problems

Much prefer playing with it around the Surrey Hills area and down to the South Downs and the coast. Them good 'ol boys in their '69 DodgeCharger had no problem with dirt roads and mine in Comp Orange looks good covered in dust and mud

Even a new 4 series or a Mondeo is as big as my GT.

I think it's the only orange one on PH classifieds so make me an offer.

Thanks for mentioning it. I'm not quite ready to buy at the moment, just doing my research and narrowing the list. Good luck with the sale.
Ahh, the Dukes of Hazzard. That show made a huge impression on me as a 7 year old. I loved it.