Comments on: mustang http://dan.hersam.com/2002/10/24/mustang/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Levi http://dan.hersam.com/2002/10/24/mustang/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Levi Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=431#comment-738 The V6 Mustangs are notoriously slow. They're 200 lbs heaver than your Maxima, but have the same number of horses. My car, by comparison, weighs about 1000 lbs less than the Mustang. Here's a bunch of weight/power ratios, just for fun. lb/Hp (lower is faster): '02 Ferrari 360 - 8.0 '02 Mustang GT - 13.0 '97 Maxima - 15.8 '01 Miata - 16.8 '02 Mustang - 16.9 '92 Miata - 21.6 '97 Geo Metro - 33.3 How did you manage to get a convertible Mustang as your rental car, anyway? I was always stuck in crap cars. The V6 Mustangs are notoriously slow. They’re 200 lbs heaver than your Maxima, but have the same number of horses. My car, by comparison, weighs about 1000 lbs less than the Mustang. Here’s a bunch of weight/power ratios, just for fun.

lb/Hp (lower is faster):
‘02 Ferrari 360 - 8.0
‘02 Mustang GT - 13.0
‘97 Maxima - 15.8
‘01 Miata - 16.8
‘02 Mustang - 16.9
‘92 Miata - 21.6
‘97 Geo Metro - 33.3

How did you manage to get a convertible Mustang as your rental car, anyway? I was always stuck in crap cars.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2002/10/24/mustang/comment-page-1/#comment-739 dan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 /?p=431#comment-739 The key is the Hertz Gold Card that Matt had. They offered to upgrade us for $7 and we figured for less than $1/day, why not. The key is the Hertz Gold Card that Matt had. They offered to upgrade us for $7 and we figured for less than $1/day, why not.

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