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    Default getting the itch again

    Been thinking lately about putting the snake up for sale and then looking to get into a 30-50s era convertable hot rod. Do you guys every get the feeling of doing something like this? Also do you think it would be taking steps backwards with getting into an old hot rod with everything I have done to my car and do you think our cars will someday be looked at like we look at the older era hotrods?
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    If your Cobra is your daily driver, I would advise against getting rid of it to get a hot rod... A hot rod is a car you own as a "toy" and keep in a nice, warm garage most of the time. Why don't you just save up to get the hot rod, being how it will be a project all on its own?
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    I am leasing a crew cab truck as of a couple weeks ago to help keep the milage down on the snake,. The thing that kills me is having a great car (most of the time) sitting in the garage and if I am only going to really drive a car on really nice days and weekends, should I look to get something more like a classic hot rod
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    That being the case, it's not a bad idea if it's what you really want. For an issue of preference, I wouldn't seek outside guidance... I'd ask myself. If your question were to be one of convenience, then I'd say ask around for options.

    Picture yourself not having the Cobra and having a hot rod instead... Would you enjoy it more??? Would you miss the hell out of the Cobra and regret having the hot rod?? Would it get too old too fast, or would you feel about it the same every day you drive it?
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    Thanks Eddie
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    Let us know what you decide! Hate to see you leave the Mustang family... Well, I'm not one to talk.

    Hopefully I'll find a decent SN95 white vert GT or Cobra soon!
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    don't do it. you will miss the cobra. belive me. I have wanted to get a SS for a while now and have wanted to sell the cobra cause i enver use it but i know once i sell it that i will look back and kick my self in the nuts. don't do it. save up and buy the hot rod. do not get rid of somethign you have worked a long time on so you can start all over. you need to enojy the time you have put into that car by driving it. You will get taken for a ride when you sell it to. KEEP IT! well wait a min how much you selling it for? lol
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    lol, to hell with the car... sell me your rims
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    keep the cobra, you invested alot of time and heart into it... and its one of the best looking stangs on this board IMO
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    Quote Originally Posted by My Cobra
    don't do it. you will miss the cobra. belive me. I have wanted to get a SS for a while now and have wanted to sell the cobra cause i enver use it but i know once i sell it that i will look back and kick my self in the nuts. don't do it. save up and buy the hot rod. do not get rid of somethign you have worked a long time on so you can start all over. you need to enojy the time you have put into that car by driving it. You will get taken for a ride when you sell it to. KEEP IT! well wait a min how much you selling it for? lol
    do not get rid of somethign you have worked a long time on so you can start all over.

    yeah really. ummm what happened to the camaro? couldve kept it & bought the cobra.

    now you can still keep the cobra (soon leave it to me) & buy the SS & keep that piece of shit truck. still got your big ass black truck too.

    keed V8 something


    oh yeah.. anybody thinkin of sellin their stang. DON'T! unless it's for a more powerfull stang then go for it. lol
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    even then she will give ya hell cause its not as pretty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChromaLusion
    oh yeah.. anybody thinkin of sellin their stang. DON'T! unless it's for a more powerfull stang then go for it. lol
    my next car is definitely a camaro
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    well My next car is in the ordering process. I will be heading to make final selection during X-mas time. Hope to take delivery late next summer.It will be a weekend car also. No I am not selling the roush, Though the next one will be as powerful in stock form.

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    Quote Originally Posted by synister281
    keep the cobra, you invested alot of time and heart into it... and its one of the best looking stangs on this board IMO
    I agree
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    Quote Originally Posted by ClintEastwood
    my next car is definitely a camaro
    chevy
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    oh cmon now, chevy is just as american as ford.

    Oh by the way, i just got done ranking YOUR MOMS MUSTANG a 10. Maybe you can stop by my site and rank the mustang that i actually own.
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    Ive been looking at Lightnings lately....I really dont want to get rid of the stang since I have put the last 3 1/2 years into it but the V6 is really getting old...I have looked at upgrading to a Cobra Vert and doing a saleen conversion on it but dollar wise I just dont think I have it in my budget to do something like that in my life...Insurance is cheaper on the lightning, still have the power, and I need a truck for fishing/camping etc.....Come this time next year I may have myself a new truck, hopefully I can figure a way out to keep the stang, id really like to see one of my future kids drive around in it one day and bring the same joy to them as it has brought to me over the years.....

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    You guys trust your kids to drive your stang?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ClintEastwood
    oh cmon now, chevy is just as american as ford.

    Oh by the way, i just got done ranking YOUR MOMS MUSTANG a 10. Maybe you can stop by my site and rank the mustang that i actually own.
    hey buddy, at least i do have mustang love and wouldnt consider buying a chevy i do own a 98 Ford F-150, its on page 2, but you prolly didnt see that cause you were to busy trying to be an
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    I probably told you before you have THE best looking pre 99 I have ever seen. Keep it!!!
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    If the new Camaro looks like the concept drawing..I will be joining you.....Maybe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mustangfreak123
    hey buddy, at least i do have mustang love and wouldnt consider buying a chevy i do own a 98 Ford F-150, its on page 2, but you prolly didnt see that cause you were to busy trying to be an

    i do have mustang love too, i bought one, remember? I used to drive an F150 too, but got rid of it when i got an 02 Silverado. Nothin wrong with a chevy, especially nothin wrong with a camaro...youre dumb if you dont know they have more balls than a mustang.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ClintEastwood
    i do have mustang love too, i bought one, remember? I used to drive an F150 too, but got rid of it when i got an 02 Silverado. Nothin wrong with a chevy, especially nothin wrong with a camaro...youre dumb if you dont know they have more balls than a mustang.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roush2960
    If the new Camaro looks like the concept drawing..I will be joining you.....Maybe.
    Concept Camaro > 2005 Mustang > 2005 GTO > 2005 Charger



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    thanks for the post everyone
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