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Drivesthebeast,Mar 10 2007, 06:42 PM Wrote:...Ford kept it also because the number of mustang enthusiasts who buy the car with the intent to drag race it are legion.  The number of people that want the car how it is, vastly outnumber the people that want IRS.  The mustang is a blue collar car, and they built it to sell as many as possible, to as wide ranging a demographic as they could.  ...
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I find that it's the blue collar hero because it is cheaper to go racing with than an IRS. To meet a lot of the demographics, they had to keep costs down and cater to their fanbase.

On many levels, any way you slice it, the live rear axle is a cost cutting measure. For ford, for racers, for the university girls looking for their first red pony car.

I'm not faulting the demographics, I'm faulting the live axle... I don't deny the car is competent, but you really need to desensitize yourself to the fit the axle throws when it's pushed outside it's comfort zone in order to get that performance.

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a big fan of loud exhausts or rattling/clanking cars... my childhood was spent in fear of vaccuum cleaners and lawnmowers...and yet I still went out a bought one.

on one hand, I love the throwback, the 'being-seen' car, it's so much fun! on the other, I still don't see it as a "driver's" car. And thus I attract the disdain of mustang and non-mustang owners alike...