I felt so bad for this Mach 1... - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

Mustanger2 · 07-04-2010, 02:12 AM

Saw a relative for the first time in years this week. He had a new 04 black Mach 1 back in 04 that was absolutely beautiful! Today the car has only 44,000 miles on it but the poor thing is nearly trashed! Water spots all over it, door dings, chipped paint, a damaged front bumper held together with duct tape, the interior is filthy and I don't believe the leather seats have ever been treated with anything to preserve them. Never been waxed, engine is very grimy...nothing is as it should be anywhere. But it still runs like a scalded ape!

I was really in the dumps thinking how some people don't deserve such a fine car! I do NOT understand this kind of abuse! I mean if I had such a car all to my own it would look better than showroom! I take great pleasure in keeping my cars up & actually enjoy the hours spent washing & waxing & detailing them. Why the 150k mile 94GT keeps getting mistaken for a new car! It makes me feel good to receive compliments like that...how can some people be so abusive to such a treasure? just sad...

TRmachwon · 07-04-2010, 02:20 AM

Some people just don't care. If it's still running it's good enough for them. I wash mine when it's not excessivly hot or cold (not often in this hell hole state) and wax it slightly more often than the passing of Halley's comet.

JaybTorchedMach · 07-04-2010, 02:54 AM

That's a true shame. Have seen it too many times though. I need to get something to DD so I can leave the Mach in the garage and give it the full attention and respect it deserves.

Azure Blurr · 07-04-2010, 07:37 AM

Its a freaking car! So what if someone is not as anal as you are.

Bill Hamilton · 07-04-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Azure Blurr

Its a freaking car! So what if someone is not as anal as you are.

Sad but true. To some people it's just transportation, to others its a way of life.

Mikestang · 07-04-2010, 09:14 AM

I have the mach out for the weekend and I was looking at the car
taking note of the "petina" the car has gained over the years

was thinking yes the car is in grea shape and could be showroom with minor touch ups but i thought to myself

The car is still one hell of a driver... and still a great cruise in car......
Sure its not "perfect" it never really was.......

SHAKEN 661 · 07-04-2010, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikestang

I have the mach out for the weekend and I was looking at the car
taking note of the "petina" the car has gained over the years

was thinking yes the car is in grea shape and could be showroom with minor touch ups but i thought to myself

The car is still one hell of a driver... and still a great cruise in car......
Sure its not "perfect" it never really was.......

Thats the way I feel about mine. It was never perfect when I bought it, but **** close. I just try to keep it that way, but I am not afraid to drive it several times a week...I mean thats what I bought it for, to drive and enjoy! Not let it sit in the garage under a cover its entire life...

-Mike

Mustanger2 · 07-04-2010, 11:32 AM

I am not too anal about anything! I just take pride in a clean car & I DO drive them...or how did the GT get 150,000 miles? I just don't deliberately park next to known automatic sprinklers or spill messy food inside the car & not clean it up!

My new 69 Mach 1 was our only family car for years, I pulled a tent trailer with it, drove 38 miles on dirt roads & forded streams to go camping & it still looked great after 10 years & 100k+++ miles!

OK a little bit anal as I don't park where I can get door dings! LOL...to each his own...

2k4mach · 07-04-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Azure Blurr

Its a freaking car! So what if someone is not as anal as you are.

i agree.

my daily driver mach hasnt been washed in almost 3 years now. it runs and drives just fine. who cares what it looks like.

04dsgMACHONE · 07-04-2010, 11:58 AM

Some people just don't have any pride in their cars.

AsphaltKiller · 07-04-2010, 02:25 PM

There is nothing I love more then someone walking up to my Mach at club and telling his or her friends its a garage queen, "This guy never drives this car it is way to clean, look you can eat off the engine." Its my daily driver, driven back and forth to work and will be making its first long trip to NY from Fl in August. I had a judge tell me once that I needed to change out of the DD class. I laughed....

Azure Blurr · 07-04-2010, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustanger2

ok a little bit anal as i don't park where i can get door dings! Lol...to each his own...

:cheers:

07-04-2010, 11:26 PM

When I first got mine in '08, she didn't go ANYWHERE hardly lol. Garage queen yes. Nowadays, she's more fun just to drive. I didn't buy her to just sit in the garage all day and night. I don't know what it is, but I haven't had the spirit to keep her clean everyday. I don't get to go to shows cuz i work weekends, i had to take the day off to go to my mustang clubs annual car show, to me she's NOT just another mustang, she's my baby. She still doesn't get driven in the rain or snow tho, NOOO WAY!

KiDD · 07-05-2010, 02:01 AM

My car did not have any door dings till my daughter started driving and parked next to it : (

Jimyg34 · 07-05-2010, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mustanger2

Saw a relative for the first time in years this week. He had a new 04 black Mach 1 back in 04 that was absolutely beautiful! Today the car has only 44,000 miles on it but the poor thing is nearly trashed! Water spots all over it, door dings, chipped paint, a damaged front bumper held together with duct tape, the interior is filthy and I don't believe the leather seats have ever been treated with anything to preserve them. Never been waxed, engine is very grimy...nothing is as it should be anywhere. But it still runs like a scalded ape!

I was really in the dumps thinking how some people don't deserve such a fine car! I do NOT understand this kind of abuse! I mean if I had such a car all to my own it would look better than showroom! I take great pleasure in keeping my cars up & actually enjoy the hours spent washing & waxing & detailing them. Why the 150k mile 94GT keeps getting mistaken for a new car! It makes me feel good to receive compliments like that...how can some people be so abusive to such a treasure? just sad...

This is abuse not just laziness. It bothers me too, to see people who don't take care of their cars. Cleanliness is one thing, but dings, damage and filth disguest me. I like seeing a DD that is enjoyed and used but at the sametime cared for. It is a way of life I guess as Bill states. Those who treat their Machs like they were their own children seem to take the time to do the things that matter!!

NUMACHI · 07-05-2010, 12:21 PM

The way you take care of your car (or any possession for that matter) is a reflection on yourself....atleast thats what I tell myself when I am slaving in a hot garage cleaning every inch of my car lol

j21moss · 07-05-2010, 10:33 PM

well the way I look at it.. you can tell how a person lives in their house by looking at the way their car looks!!

07-04-2010, 02:12 AM	#1
Mustanger2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 1,777	I felt so bad for this Mach 1... Saw a relative for the first time in years this week. He had a new 04 black Mach 1 back in 04 that was absolutely beautiful! Today the car has only 44,000 miles on it but the poor thing is nearly trashed! Water spots all over it, door dings, chipped paint, a damaged front bumper held together with duct tape, the interior is filthy and I don't believe the leather seats have ever been treated with anything to preserve them. Never been waxed, engine is very grimy...nothing is as it should be anywhere. But it still runs like a scalded ape! I was really in the dumps thinking how some people don't deserve such a fine car! I do NOT understand this kind of abuse! I mean if I had such a car all to my own it would look better than showroom! I take great pleasure in keeping my cars up & actually enjoy the hours spent washing & waxing & detailing them. Why the 150k mile 94GT keeps getting mistaken for a new car! It makes me feel good to receive compliments like that...how can some people be so abusive to such a treasure? just sad... __________________ I drive a slow Mustang....but I drive it Slow....HARD!

07-04-2010, 02:20 AM	#2
TRmachwon Parking Lot Racer Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 790	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... Some people just don't care. If it's still running it's good enough for them. I wash mine when it's not excessivly hot or cold (not often in this hell hole state) and wax it slightly more often than the passing of Halley's comet. __________________ 2004 Mach 1 Maximum Motorsports Equipped

07-04-2010, 02:54 AM	#3
JaybTorchedMach Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 1,746	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... That's a true shame. Have seen it too many times though. I need to get something to DD so I can leave the Mach in the garage and give it the full attention and respect it deserves.

07-04-2010, 07:37 AM	#4
Azure Blurr I miss my friend Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 6,020	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... Its a freaking car! So what if someone is not as anal as you are. __________________ “Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended.” “We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail,” -George W. Bush

07-04-2010, 09:14 AM	#6
Mikestang Parrot Head Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: H204D,NY AMERICA F YEA ! Posts: 4,894	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... I have the mach out for the weekend and I was looking at the car taking note of the "petina" the car has gained over the years was thinking yes the car is in grea shape and could be showroom with minor touch ups but i thought to myself The car is still one hell of a driver... and still a great cruise in car...... Sure its not "perfect" it never really was....... __________________ Mikestang 03 MACH1 Torch Red #274 Built 11/14/02 Home 12/07/02 Payed off 09/17/07 MRT powershift, W\Hurst T-handle, Painted hood stripe, AFS 10.5 and 9.0 Crome Mach 1Wheels, Ford GT Coil Covers. "If She had a set a wings, Man I know She could fly " 2011 Kona Blue Metalic Mustang GT Premium 5.0 Rolling on 19s "2011 Will Be Known As The Year They Perfected The Mustang " 06 Victory Kingpin With more mods than I can list http://home.roadrunner.com/~crazyhorse/

07-04-2010, 11:32 AM	#8
Mustanger2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 1,777	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... I am not too anal about anything! I just take pride in a clean car & I DO drive them...or how did the GT get 150,000 miles? I just don't deliberately park next to known automatic sprinklers or spill messy food inside the car & not clean it up! My new 69 Mach 1 was our only family car for years, I pulled a tent trailer with it, drove 38 miles on dirt roads & forded streams to go camping & it still looked great after 10 years & 100k+++ miles! OK a little bit anal as I don't park where I can get door dings! LOL...to each his own... __________________ I drive a slow Mustang....but I drive it Slow....HARD!

07-04-2010, 11:58 AM	#10
04dsgMACHONE Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 494	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... Some people just don't have any pride in their cars. __________________ 2004 DSG Mach 1 MGW STS, JLT RAI, PHP 3/8" Intake spacer, Bassani catted x-pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, FRPP (Motive) 4.30s, 31 Spline Cobra Differential, 31 Spline Moser Axles, GMS Girdle, H&R Super Sports, Koni Yellow Adjustable shocks/struts, MM caster/camber plates

07-04-2010, 02:25 PM	#11
AsphaltKiller Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oviedo,Florida Posts: 508	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... There is nothing I love more then someone walking up to my Mach at club and telling his or her friends its a garage queen, "This guy never drives this car it is way to clean, look you can eat off the engine." Its my daily driver, driven back and forth to work and will be making its first long trip to NY from Fl in August. I had a judge tell me once that I needed to change out of the DD class. I laughed.... __________________ Here she is... DOB: 10/09/2003 Current Mods: SCT2 Tuner, C&L Intake tube, 3/8" PHP Spacer, 4:10's Steeda (CA, Upper/Lowers - Rear, Sport Springs, x2 ball joints, 3 hole CC Plates, bumpsteer kit, Aluminum rack bushings,Front/Rear STB) Stock 17x8 255's front Stock Reps 17x9 285's rear T56 swap w/Pro 5.0 Kooks LT w/ catted X Ultr Flow Catback Best 1/4 13.1 @ 108 --before mods

07-04-2010, 11:26 PM	#13
nikbait Guest Posts: n/a	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... When I first got mine in '08, she didn't go ANYWHERE hardly lol. Garage queen yes. Nowadays, she's more fun just to drive. I didn't buy her to just sit in the garage all day and night. I don't know what it is, but I haven't had the spirit to keep her clean everyday. I don't get to go to shows cuz i work weekends, i had to take the day off to go to my mustang clubs annual car show, to me she's NOT just another mustang, she's my baby. She still doesn't get driven in the rain or snow tho, NOOO WAY!

07-05-2010, 02:01 AM	#14
KiDD Stock Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Tx Posts: 358	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... My car did not have any door dings till my daughter started driving and parked next to it : ( __________________ 04 Oxford White Mach1 STOCK! 90lx Foxbody Far From STOCK!

07-05-2010, 12:21 PM	#16
NUMACHI R CODE Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hagerstown, Maryland Posts: 1,087	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... The way you take care of your car (or any possession for that matter) is a reflection on yourself....atleast thats what I tell myself when I am slaving in a hot garage cleaning every inch of my car lol __________________ 2003 Azure Blue Mach 5 Speed, IUP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ALMOST STOCK

07-05-2010, 10:33 PM	#17
j21moss 3 time Mach 1 owner Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Indianapolis/Lebanon, IN Posts: 824	Re: I felt so bad for this Mach 1... well the way I look at it.. you can tell how a person lives in their house by looking at the way their car looks!! __________________ 1968 Mustang Fastback 289 Black 1969 Mach 1 351W Burgandy 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 351 SCJ Black 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT 351C Blue Met 1976 Mustang Mustang II V6 White 1978 Mustang Mach 1 302 Midnight Blue 1995 Mustang GT Conv. 302 Teal 1996 Mustang V6 "Timex" 330,000 miles 2003 Mustang "Hollywood" Mach 1 MRT Promo Zinc Yellow http://www.mustangclubofindianapolis.com "Hollywood" is in Da House!!!!

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