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Topic: Motor Trend's 2002 Car of the Year
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 18769
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-02-2001 07:57 PM
   
...is the new Thunderbird.Looks like this car is a home run. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 1657
From: Reno Nv
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-02-2001 08:01 PM
Thats good news Steve,I have yet to see one in person.Hey some one buy one and make a road trip to Reno.  SCOOP ------------------
65 coupe,351w,RPM intake,Carter625,shorty headers,2.5 exhaust, Flowmasters, C4,open 8" 2:80,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,Crager SS,Black Suede.
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lyle29464
Gearhead Posts: 438
From: Mt. Pleasant S.C. C. S. A.
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 12-02-2001 08:04 PM
I have seen several around town. They look great. I just can't decide to get the bird or the pt cruiser.scroll down
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 18769
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-02-2001 08:09 PM
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Originally posted by lyle29464:
Kidding
Phew!!!   ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC
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Mike65
Gearhead Posts: 1142
From: Columbia,NJ, USA. 65 Fastback, 69 Coupe MCA #-04549
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-02-2001 08:52 PM
GREAT looking car. At the Ford dealer where I work we sold 2 of them. 1 red & 1 green. They look cool  for a new car. Now if they would only produce the Ford 49.------------------
Mike & Robin
65 Mustang Fastback
69 Mustang Coupe
87 LTD CV
96 Ranger Extd Cab PU
99 Explorer Sport
M&M #- 890
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TomP
Moderator Posts: 3111
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 12-02-2001 09:18 PM
i went and looked at 'em the other night... OK actually i went to gaze at the dealers receptionist babe... but the T-Birds were in the showroom... and i did take pix... of the cars too! Lotsa room under the hood if you lost all the late model plastic crap to put a 390 or 428 in it. Nice interior, battery sits under the trunk floor. The only think i thought looked funny was the taillights and there seems to be too much space between the seat and trunk... like the wheelbase shoulda been 3" shorter. They are all presold, and $57grand anyways... so unless the Brinks truck crashes in front me... 
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 18769
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-02-2001 09:21 PM
Is that $57k CDN? They are supposed to be under $40k here.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 1657
From: Reno Nv
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-02-2001 09:23 PM
They better be nice for that kinda of money.SCOOP
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Dave Witthoeft
Gearhead Posts: 1159
From: IL.
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-03-2001 05:29 AM
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Originally posted by Fastymz:
They better be nice for that kinda of money.SCOOP
I probably couldn't afford the insurance.
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FISHTAIL
Gearhead Posts: 424
From: Waldorf MD USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 12-03-2001 04:05 PM
I've seen a few around. I"m not sure I really care for the grill to much...looks too much like an old vette. The ford 49 is cool, but I really wouldn't mind getting my grubby paws on a mercury maurader(sp?). Last I read they were actually going into production, but I haven't seen one at the dealer yet. Has that changed?------------------
-FISHTAIL
92GT "The Ghetto Sled"
CMPS major @ University of MD college park
Best ET/MPH thus far: 14.40/100.67mph....damn wheel spin.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 18769
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 12-03-2001 07:15 PM
The Maurauder is supposed to still be on for next summer.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC
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Fastymz
Gearhead Posts: 1657
From: Reno Nv
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-03-2001 09:32 PM
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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
The Maurauder is supposed to still be on for next summer.
Thats going to be one nice ride.I hope they really make it.SCOOP ------------------
65 coupe,351w,RPM intake,Carter625,shorty headers,2.5 exhaust, Flowmasters, C4,open 8" 2:80,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,Crager SS,Black Suede.
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punk6
Journeyman Posts: 8
From: Green Bay, WI
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-04-2001 06:52 PM
I heard that Ford dealers are supposed to have new Bird buyers sign an agreement to not sell their vee-hickle (Ned Jarrett) to a non-dealer for at least six months. Apparently, that's supposed to prevent the severe gouging that went on when the PT Cruiser was introduced.
Anyone remember those highly ethical foreign car dealers out in California in the early eighties? Adding a supplemental sticker with all kinds of extra junk (fabric protection, rust-proofing, etc.), including "ADM" (Additional Dealer Mark-Up). Hope they all lost their shirts on Yugo franchises.
Tom
p.s. Is the new Merc Marauder going to have a V-10?
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 2747
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-04-2001 11:02 PM
Yeah! God forbid that someone else do "severe gouging" other than the Ford Dealers!! Opinion. Oh well, I'd rather have a slightly restomodded {engine, trans, brakes, steering, etc.} 55 Bird, anyway! LOL! Might as well wish big! That Bird is the ONE new car that I want.
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TomP
Moderator Posts: 3111
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 12-04-2001 11:10 PM
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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:
Is that $57k CDN? They are supposed to be under $40k here.
Steve $57K Canadian is about 75 cents US i think now  They must not sell for just the $40K sticker if a Canadian dealer got caught auctioning the only 4 T-Birds he would get this year down in Seattle a couple weeks ago.
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Greenstang
Gearhead Posts: 765
From: its all a fog..
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-05-2001 12:31 AM
I'm with mellow!
I might be the lone relenter, but I dislike the new bird, it looks wrong to me... how I don't know, just wrong... ------------------
Marcus?
Beating the competition is where the thrill is and that pride you get. It's an ego stroke ? to make no mistake."
-Mark Martin
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 322
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-05-2001 12:48 AM
saw a new bird at a local dealership in parksville, had a 55 sitting next to it. nice car, but, just not all there. I thought it was a mistake putting them side by each. The 55 was the class act hands down. The salesman told me that a young fellow purchased the car ( new model ), he was planning to lower it and add the import sewing machine mufflers, under-body light kit, a zillion watt sound system and low profile pizza cutter tires. Some people have way to much money and time on their hands. JOHN ------------------
65 2+2 FASTBACK
68 COUPE
87 TAURUS WAGON
98 F150 XLT 4 WHEEL DRIVE
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