Are convertible new Mustangs a bit girlie??

Are convertible new Mustangs a bit girlie??

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Darren P

Original Poster:

2 posts

255 months

Thursday 1st June 2006
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Hi all,

Without wishing to offend anyone, I offer up the following question: are convertible 05/06 Mustangs a bit girlie?? I have been looking around for a new Mustang GT, and have started to look at the convertible - but I just can't decide if they look a bit (as one of my firends put it) Thelma and Louise...

Opinions??

DP

Truckosaurus

11,329 posts

285 months

Friday 2nd June 2006
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At times like these we have to take inspiration from the world of Motion Pictures.

1) As old Bobby De Niro said in 'Ronin', "whenever there is any doubt, there is no doubt".

2) On further investigation it appears the car in Thelma & Louise was a '66 Thunderbird, but the principle still stands.

3) Frank Bullitt's car had a roof.

stig

11,818 posts

285 months

Friday 2nd June 2006
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zektor

583 posts

248 months

Monday 5th June 2006
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If you are a guy... a roof everytime. Besides, I think the convertible version of the '05 Mustang doesn't look as good as the coupe. The lines are spoiled by the removal of the roof. Part of the Mustangs heritage is in the roof line. That is lost on the 'vert.

In my eye's the best convertible US car is the Corvette (C5 or C6). Those cars look just as good with a roof or without.

Cheers
Dazza

LuS1fer

41,139 posts

246 months

Friday 9th June 2006
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In my view, saloon convertibles don't work. Full stop. The Mustang has a tradition of convertibles but this one doesn't work as well as the original 1964-1968 shape which was a natural. After that the convertibles were pretty much stylistic failures as were many convertible muscle cars whose dramatic coupe roofline was the very reason for existence.

On the other hand, if you have to have 4 seats and must have a convertible, it's a whole testicle less girlie than any Audi, BMW or Saab. I won't mention the Peugeot CC's as they are so girlie, they have a bad mood every month.

Seany88

1,245 posts

221 months

Tuesday 20th June 2006
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Showing my youth here but one of the girls in TheOC drives a convertible mustang...need I say more?