Meet Boaz, my 2007 Ford Mustang.

[Wildkow]

Well TJ you're the one that started the Hate and you're the one that said . . .

it's pretty much just myself in that car, with my wife.

and you're the one that castigated DocVijay for purchasing a vehicle that pollutes more than a Hybrid and your the one that claimed once someone has owned one can't/shouldn't go backwards. You're the one that vilified him for a vehicle that does not shut off at stop lights and your the one that claimed he would "always from this point on, try to drive a vehicle that saves the planet. Even a bit at a time." so if you don't need the room and it's just you and the wife wouldn't a Hybrid which gets twice the mileage and pollutes much less have been a better choice than the V8 powered pumpkin you just got or has the environment gotten better all of a sudden?

So I'm taking your words out of context? Every single one of your words has the context right there for all to see just click on the link. Nope I'm pretty sure that I am spot on here but keep spinning it like an Obot and you'll be secure in your position as King of Hypocrisy.


Wildkow

[Neicy]

Life is short. TJ, you know that better than most. We all have dreams in life, and if driving that Mustang helps fulfill one of them for a while then enjoy it for today. None of us knows what's in store for us tommorrow. Life changes in a New York minute sometimes.

[Jack66]

TJ, enjoy your Mustang -- it is a nice pice of engineering.

As Neicy said, we are all getting older and continue to change -- I would just ask that you be honest with yourself and go a little easier on folks like Doc in the future. An apology might even be in order -- not because of being right or wrong, but because people are only here a short time.

Jack

[Zythryn]

TJ, it is awesome that you could get your dream car.
It isn't my dream, but I know how important fulfilling those dreams are and how rarely the opportunity may arise, so congratulations
I am just glad you traded in the highlander and not the Prius

[Boo]

Originally Posted by TJandGENESIS

Funny. Hey, he can if he wishes. As I already explained, this is not the same thing as when he bought his behemoth.
Unlike him, I am not going to try and kid anyone about higher MPG, (on a regular basis), then the Hybrid Highlander got.
I did mention a higher MPG that I have got once, but I expect it to be not that high all the time. And when the temperatures here in Texas settle back down into the 70's, then the Hybrid Highlander will no doubt get better MPG. The EPA says the Mustang will get about 28 on the Highway, and once last week, I got 25 on the Highway. Not too far off then. My average around the city has been about 19.5 MPG. Not great, but not bad.

And if the haters want to be hating, nothing I can do about that, knowwhatimsayin' ?

Agreed. I was being light hearted about it all.

My own very first car was an SS 396, the stuff of song: "I got a '69 Chevy with a 396 ...."

[ouphie]

Last year I was driving an older green 'stang hatchback. When I started my engineering job here in Oregon, I decided to purchase a new car. After looking around I came down to the 07 Prius, and the very car you just purchased.

The young side of me wanted the styling and power of the 'stang, but the electronics engineer side of me drooled over the new technology in the Prius. When the dust settled I bought the Prius, but I still eye the Mustangs as they drive by.

Enjoy tha car TJ. Life's too short to care what someone you will probably never meet in person says via a keyboard (and yes I realize my comment falls into this catagory).

[TJandGENESIS]

Originally Posted by Boo

Agreed. I was being light hearted about it all.

My own very first car was an SS 396, the stuff of song: "I got a '69 Chevy with a 396 ...."

My first car was a 1968 White Beetle. I loved that car, and have had many VW's since. But in 1972, I saw a White Stock 1965 Mustang and fell in love. I was young but I knew what I liked. And I said then, if I could only get one someday, it would be stock. Not tricked out.
Time and the years flew by, and I had one other chance for a Mustang, a 1976 Mustang II Cobra II. And I missed that chance. This time I would not miss it.

Originally Posted by Zythryn

TJ, it is awesome that you could get your dream car.
It isn't my dream, but I know how important fulfilling those dreams are and how rarely the opportunity may arise, so congratulations
I am just glad you traded in the highlander and not the Prius

Thanks. The wife drives much more then I do, what with going to her job and all, so it makes perfect sense for her to drive the Prius. We just crossed over 36,000 miles on it, and I had to replace the tires. Not too bad for maintenance.

Originally Posted by Jack66

TJ, enjoy your Mustang -- it is a nice pice of engineering.
Jack

Thanks. As for Doc, he still got a huge SUV when there were Hybrid versions of his SUV he could have got. Now, unless I am wrong, there are no Hybrid Mustangs that I know of (and that I could swap even for). And unless I am really wrong, the Doc had not wanted a Lincoln Navigator all his life, like I wanted the Mustang.

He also claimed MPG that I won't be doing. And as I said, I'm recycling.

Originally Posted by Neicy

Life is short. TJ, you know that better than most. We all have dreams in life, and if driving that Mustang helps fulfill one of them for a while then enjoy it for today. None of us knows what's in store for us tommorrow. Life changes in a New York minute sometimes.

Indeed. Life is not only short, but full of surprises. I would not have believed that when 2008 started I would lose part of my right foot. I would not have guessed that my house in Florida would still be for sale 14 months after it went on the market, and not only that, being on the market for $199k when I paid $315k! This was one of those times when the heart spoke louder then the brain.

Originally Posted by ouphie

Last year I was driving an older green 'stang hatchback. When I started my engineering job here in Oregon, I decided to purchase a new car. After looking around I came down to the 07 Prius, and the very car you just purchased.

The young side of me wanted the styling and power of the 'stang, but the electronics engineer side of me drooled over the new technology in the Prius. When the dust settled I bought the Prius, but I still eye the Mustangs as they drive by.

Enjoy tha car TJ. Life's too short to care what someone you will probably never meet in person says via a keyboard (and yes I realize my comment falls into this catagory).

Oh, that is also my basic philosophy. I have met one person from this site, Patrick (PatrickInDallas), and the chances of running into Doc or Wildkow are pretty slim.

But I would not change any of the words that I have said, since a) you can't go back and change them, and b), I meant them at the time.

The thing I learned long ago about the internets, is that anyone can be anyone and say anything with a certain degree of impuidity on these boards. Wildkow could be a young boy living at home, with anger issues, for instance. And I would not know any different until such time as we (if ever) met.

So I don't let his/her typed words bother me. I do find it amusing, though, that Wildkow took the time to qoute words at me, from a closed thread; he really must have it out for me. Not sure what he gains from it, but that is not for me to understand.

I appreciate people might not like the idea of trading a Hybrid Highlander (even if it was a equal + money swap), for a Ford Mustang, (and here especially), but also figured there had to be some people that still understand dreams coming true.

I may get hit by the bus tomorrow, and all of these words won't matter at all. So as many say, enjoy life today.

[TJandGENESIS]

Originally Posted by Wildkow

Well TJ you're the one that started the Hate and you're the one that said . . .

Not really. But thanks for playing.

and you're the one that castigated DocVijay for purchasing a vehicle that pollutes more than a Hybrid and your the one that claimed once someone has owned one can't/shouldn't go backwards.

You are correct in a sense, that if one has a need for a SUV, and has driven a Hybrid, that one needs to seek out a Hybrid SUV before buying a larger gas guzzling SUV. Then you should not go backwards, indeed. You are correct there.

You're the one that vilified him for a vehicle that does not shut off at stop lights and your the one that claimed he would "always from this point on, try to drive a vehicle that saves the planet. Even a bit at a time."

Well, 'vilified' is a strong word, but nevertheless, indeed, I did say I would 'try', 'try' being the operative word there. But, in a sense, I am still driving a car that saves the planet. How? I am saving the planet from this car being driven by a young person with a lead foot and using more gas then I will. I am am also recycling.
A Hybrid will do more good, and I won't deny that.

if you don't need the room and it's just you and the wife wouldn't a Hybrid which gets twice the mileage and pollutes much less have been a better choice than the V8 powered pumpkin you just got or has the environment gotten better all of a sudden?

I see that reading is not your strong suit. I don't think I described anywhere that this car is a V8. It's a V6. It's EPA is about the same as I was getting, MPG wise, as the Hybrid Highlander. So it's about a even trade off there, MPG wise. Again, (but I suspect this falls on blind eyes), a family of six (therefore with more of a need for a SUV then I), bought my Hybrid Highlander. It's getting more use then I would have used it for. Most of the time, I was hauling just myself and my wife in the HyHi.

So I'm taking your words out of context?

Indeed you are. The context being, that Doc was saying his Lincoln had very good MPG for a vehicle of that size, and I also was saying that if he needed to have a SUV (which he said he did), that there are Hybrid SUVS out there, and that would be the preferred route to go.

If the Doc had bought a Mustang, as I did, and explained it like I did, then I would not have had any problem with it. There have been plenty of people on this board who have talked about their gas consuming cars, Camry's, Jeeps, Trucks of various kinds, that I have never once spoken against. Consider that.

Now, since I know that nothing you can say on this screen can really change the facts as they are, I will wish you a great day. Have a nice life, if possible. Enjoy what you have, your health, things like that.

[kazots]

Boaz, is a great story in the Bible, thank you for reminding me. I hope your dream car works well for you and you get great enjoyment. Just a thought, how long will joy last?
There must be something that will last forever.

[Spectra]

Everyone's gotta have a dream car --

My 'other' car is a 1990 Miata, but dreamin' of an Austin-Healey Sprite.

Happy Trails, TJ!