For the millionth time, these unreal Mustangs sold like the proverbial hot cakes at the time, and if it weren’t for this generation, Mustang might not have survived long enough to grow its muscles back.

Yeah — sales had been under 150,000 for three years running, and the Mustang II came out of the starting gate at 385,000. Admittedly those numbers wouldn’t last, but the Mustang II never sold so few units as those last few years of the original.

People can dump on Mustang IIs all they want, and that’s fine by me, but this white-on-teal color scheme is the truth. And strangely ahead of its time as well- it wouldn’t look out of place on an early 90's Geo.

Unpopular (?) opinion — I would rather have a Mustang II than about 90% of the Mustangs that came before it.

I’d put the Mustang II over- just barely over, mind- the ‘71-’73 “Clydesdales.”  I don’t know too many people fond of those lard-assed things.  

Everybody hates these now, but few remember they actually sold quite well and were appropriate for the times.  I’ll take a King Cobra in black, please.

I don’t care what you say, I like the Mustang II. I want to put one on an AWD van chassis and make a crappy off-brand Hoonicorn.

It’s hard not to have mixed feelings about this thing. One the one hand it was a derivative of another car, just like the original, and was approximately the same weight and size of the original so it has that going for it. On the other hand, it is very much a product of its time and was grotesquely underpowered, with…

In the eyes of the Faithful, the worst 911 is infinitely better than the best of the cars with the motor in the wrong place though.

Me too. For a German convertible sports car with a manual and an engine that has already been updated, in the condition this one is in, $16K is a NP.

As an upstanding member of the fine torrenting community that was totally not passe circa 2005 I am appalled that you are not receiving something for nothing. A monkey (but not an ape) at a keyboard could eventually keystroke “adblocker” by random at some point, but let’s not hold our breath.

If you see a $6k 996, I dare you to buy it.  I double dog dare you. 

A 996 Turbo will go for 35k to 45k. Even more if in exceptional condition or with low miles.

Yeah, as long as the switchgear works in a rational manner, I really don’t give it much thought.

I’m pretty nonplussed by sellers who are careful to point out the price tags of things they bought for the car. I get that you’re trying to justify the price you’re asking, but just remember, sellers: everything that is attached to the car, depreciates with the car. You don’t get your “investment” back because a car,…

Yeah, I don’t get that mentality either. It’s not like it’s sharing parts with a Chevy Aveo (obviously, that car didn’t exist yet), the Boxster is a really nice car. I’d love if my car had Boxster parts. And it’s kind of a stupid mentality to begin with. “This $90,000 Lexus shares a cruise control stalk with the…

I never really understood the complaining about sharing interior bits with the Boxster.  But then again, even a Boxster is way nicer than any car I’ve ever owned, so maybe I’m too much of a pleb to understand.

Not sure where you are looking, but the cheapest 996 Turbo on Autotrader or CarGurus is $38,000 and it’s got the same mileage as the car above. The rest are in the $40- to $50,000 range.

Don’t love the convertible, don’t love the supple leather [it looks like shit in these cars compared to the nice, tight perforated standard stuff], don’t like the tan interior, but like the wheels, steering wheel and white gauges. Also the new motor with updated IMS.

CP <<=====|=P===>> NP