I’m planning to get a 1965 mustang which has a new good engine, it’s an automatic and it’s safer then the other ones I saw online.
If you where wonder why I’m getting my license when I’m 18 cause from where I’m from the legal age of driving is 18.
Money isn’t the issue.
The English Impatient
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I drive a '66 Mustang in England and here we can get dirt cheap insurance if you put it on a classic car policy with a low mileage limit. Mine is only 3000 miles p.a.
However, it is definitely not a beginners car. Mine only has lap belts in the front, the steering can be vague and heavy, the V8 drinks fuel like it's going out of fashion, and having drum brakes all round means when you want to stop you have to call the brakes and they write back with an appointment.
It's great fun in the summer which is just as well because the heating and demisting are as good as useless, and being rear wheel drive makes it a bit of a white knuckle ride on icy roads so no good in the winter.
Big points in its favour are its mechanical simplicity, being easy to work on, and easy availability of spares and components, which given the number of breakdowns you'll experience in a 56 year old car, is essential.
I love having an old Mustang but would never consider it as a daily driver or a suitable vehicle for a learner.
Robert M
I would ONLY buy it if it is SEVERLY MODIFIED and UPDATED! You can replace ALL the brakes with modern DISK BRAKES! replace the steering with RACK and PINION< or R & P POWER steering, the factory FORD carb with modern HOLLEY injection or HOLLEY QUAD carbs!>>>at YOUR AGE I HAD a MUSTANG G,T., and then updated to a FORD MUSTANG BOSS 302! I LOVED THEM both! My family members ALL had at least ONE mustang and they were FUN FUN FUN but not SAFE, safe, SAFE! My BOSS 302 from 1969 was TOTALLY FAST and AWESOME with KNITTED VINYL SEATS for only $3600 TAX and PLATES! TODAY that car would be worth HALF a MILLION or MORE! You could even get the original FORD STRAIGHT SIX and modify it to be UNREAL in power if you really WANT TO! FORD ENGINES have ALWAYS been WELL BALANCED< and SMOOTHE! The SUSPENSIONS on the original MUSTANG is NOT very up to date, and it was the FIRST round in being a UNIBODY and NOT a real FRAME car!. HERE IN MICHIGAN we have a VERY COOL STORE< in WATERFORD that UPDATES and RESTORES older car to the NEWER STANDARDS! They are NOT cheap but VERY WELL UPDATED! they have MUSTANGS< CHEVELLES< CHALLENGERS< MALIBUS, CAMAMROS< VETTES, AMC cars, DODGES and PLYMOUTHS< PONTIACS< and MORE! If I were YOU, and you have NO MOMEY issues, I would focus on a NEWER MUSTANG that has a FULL INDEPENDENT SUSPENIONS< DISK brakes, ANTI LOCK brakes, BOSHC injection, MULTIPLE geared TRANS< and SAFETY CELL engineering! Or get a GREAT USED TURBO AUDI car! Or BMW or even a BENZ CAR that is twenty or so years old! They EXHIBIT all these features, and MANY even have RADAR to prevent accidents! AT !7 you have ZERO road expertise! I was LUCKY! We ONLY had those types of cars in the 70s! MANY DIED IN THEM due to BALANCE and SAFETY failures, and NO antilock brakes and NO more BODY on FRAME cars! My BOSS 302 was a TOTAL JOY but with time I am MORE mature and realize that a SAFE CAR is the ONLY WAY to go! TOO MANY accidents>>>TOO many INJURIES>>>too many DEATHS and other issues! EUROPEANS usually have the BEST cars, cuz they HATE DEATH and INJURY! FOR HEALTH REAONS alone, do NOT get an OLD MUSTANG to drive in BAD WEATHER! And a CAMARO is EVEN WORSE! The NEW BOSS 302 cars have it ALL TOGETHER! GERMAN engiens, GERMAN trannies GERMAN antilock brakes, GERMAN steering, etc! And FULLY INDEPENSENT suspesnions as well! BYE NOW and HAPPY HUNTING! Use CARS>COM< and CARGURUS for GREAT deAls on ANY CARS< that is USED! NEITHER of my TWO MUSTANGS had AIR CONDITIONING! AND NOWADAYS all cars have HEPU filters to keep teh CABIN free of VIRUSES and BATERIA and other contaminAnts! BE SAFE and NOT sory! The BEST car I worked on from that time period was a MB 1890 SL! It had REAL ivory trimiing inside and a small FOUR BANGER that was FAST and FUN and SAFE! CHECK OUT that place in WATERFORD MICHIGAN where tehy RESTORE and UPDATE cars to MDOERN standards! An UPDATED MUSTANG may even be woth a LOT MORE to SMYONE and you woudl NMOT be wasting your money this way! i do NOGY KNOW if modern MUSTANG Suspensions ca be ADAPTED to olde MUSTANG cars, but it woudl be GREAT if they DID!
ANDRE L
That's a spectacularly BAD idea.
At your age and lack of driving experience, it's highly likely that you will wreck your first car.
If that car is a modern car, you will be far more likely to SURVIVE the experience.
Money cannot bring you back from the dead or get you a severed limb back.
F
Yeh ideal car for a learner! Are these trolls or are teenagers so detached from the real world and so influenced by computer games, that they ask such stupid questions about their first car?
I think it’s an American thing, British teenagers accept their first car will be a 1 litre shopping trolley. I’ve never heard anyone in the U.K. approaching driving age , however rich their parents, saying they will get any sort of high performance car when they are 18.
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