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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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My small cars have been a Volkswagen Beetle and a ford festiva. I don't know if my mustang really counts as a "small car".
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:33 AM
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The Fox Body Mustangs are pretty small.
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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Much smaller than a 3rd gen camaro! Those cars were tanks!
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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Yeah. I had a second gen Camaro. The closest thing I could compare it to is driving a speed boat. The nose was long as hell, and it slid around a lot in the rear end.
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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In a way, it's obvious why the Japanese cars started outselling the domestics. People wanted good handling cars, but just didn't know it yet.
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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That and good gas mileage. That's what made them so popular in the first place. I can't even afford to drive my car, not with the way gas prices are. That's why I got back into motorcycles in the first place. Now I just have the Muskrat for drag strip use.
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 02:44 PM
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there ya go nothin wrong with that
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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ems just had tranny trouble too[>:]ive got a 98 dakota with the manuel trans. no problems here.
 
Old Oct 11, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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autos for dodge suck
manuals are good though
 
Old Oct 14, 2007 | 10:54 PM
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yea so anyone know if it would it would be at all practical to pull the auto and install a manual? cause to be honest i would prefer to have manual anyway....
 



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