Finally replaced my clutch last year... after 21 years.
Basic maintenance repairs throughout the years.
New rag top about 12 years ago. Needs one now.
Front leather seats now need to be replaced.
Had some kind of electrical issue with gauges about 12 years ago. It did not affect the performance of the car.
Premium gas -- ouch!
After driving this car on a daily basis for 22 years, it doesn't owe me a thing. It is reliable, has great performance, and continues to be my primary source of commute.
Although expensive, I will happily continue to feed my mustang her premium gas. It is much cheaper than a new car payment.
It is time to have the valves etc checked because she is a little cold upon first starting. Once going for about 5 minutes, she runs like a dream.
I will continue to drive "Wednesday" and keep making repairs as needed... even though my husband has tried to talk me into a new car and putting her up for the Sunday drive. I'll think about it... tomorrow.
Your experience seems typical of our experience with Fords. One of ours was finally traded (it was hard letting it go) at 325,000+ miles. Naturally it was replaced with another Ford.
Why are you wasting money on premium gas? Mustangs of this era were tuned to run perfectly on 87 gas and there is absolutely no reason to put super unleaded in them. I had two 5.0's and ran 87 in both of them and never had any issues with them. They are rated for 87 so you use 87. Why go up two grades just because, when the car is rated for use with 87 octane?? 30 cents a gallon is a heck of a waste isn't it? They also don't gain any performance with the higher octane, and the only thing you might need it for is to stop any knocking, which usually means you need some other work done like a tune up or something. Let's just say, I never had anyone outperform my cars because they were running super unleaded in theirs. Just think, in the 21 years you have been spending too much on gas you could have put a super charger on your classic Mustang and been up to today's hp standards. Talk about money going up in smoke...
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