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Old July 30th 08, 01:59 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang
Rich
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Default Idea of the muscle car is dead (Or, why Ford can't sell cars now)

On Jul 28, 9:26*pm, Falcon Guy > wrote:
> Not a chance in hell of getting a condo or cheap house in Toronto at
> that price. *Maybe if you were trying to buy two *GT40's.
>
> Rich wrote:
> > The traditional idea of a muscle car was a stripped-down product, with
> > power. *In later years (1970-71) the muscle car version of a line
> > became almost a luxury vehicle. *Now, Ford only knows that kind.
> > Check out the sticker on a convertible GT in Toronto, Canada.

>
> > $45k, plus $3000 insurance (way more if you are younger) and $3000/yr
> > in gas means this car costs about the same as the mortgage to a medium-
> > priced condo or a cheap house.

>
> >http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/100830683


$250,000 mortgage at 7.5% for the condo.
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