1991 Ford Mustang LX review from North America

When I got the car the plugs needed to be replaced, had to remove intake manifold upper half to get at drivers side plugs

the clutch was shot (i mean SHOT) easy to fix by myself in about a day

replaced clutch cable in an hour, another easy fix

one of the studs on the exhaust manifold to exhaust pipe broke (while fixing the clutch) and ford no longer make the stud. finding a way to fix this as the hot exhaust gas heats up my air intake hose and causes the car to run horrible (with horrible gas mileage)

replaced timing belt at 108k, so easy a caveman could do it

ashtray door broke, but a small drill bit and 5 minutes fixed that

replaced all the tires (should have done it sooner) because having bald tires in the rain will help you crash, like I did

replaced differential fluid and cover gasket at 90k, it smelled horrible

replaced fuel pump around 105-110k which died from running it dry many, many times. another easy fix with a junk yard fuel pump, but if I had the money at the time I would have got a new one

speedometer seems to work when it wants to, but only after driving around all day, not sure if its bad or the cable isn't on right/all the way

while stored away in my friends yard for the bad clutch a tree fell on it and cracked the windshield all up, and put a ding in the roof panel.

When I first got this car I didn't know how to drive a manual transmission which helped wear the clutch out a bit faster (plus a little racing, too) driving this car hasn't cost me much money on repairs, which were easy to do and learn to do on this car. one thing I like about the car is the gas mileage isn't bad (about 32-35 hwy) and the insurance is cheaper than I expected it to be, being a mustang and all.

People say these cars don't handle well in the snow without tires and weight, but I didn't had a problem (much of a problem) driving in 8 inches of snow. never had the valve cover off for anything yet, but a lifter has been sticking and making a ticking noise so that will have to be done soon, plus the pan gasket on these cars fall apart and clog the oil pump screen so clean your screen and replace the gasket if you can (not easy fix).oddly, when I crashed the car at about 115k for not having good tires in the rain the airbag never went off even though I was traveling about 35mph when I hit the guard rail on a sharp turn. all in all the car has (and still is) giving me relatively trouble free driving and I would recommend it to any one looking for a car that

is easy to work on/easy to learn on

gives good fuel economy

and is rear drive, domestic and oddly Reliable!