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by shoplmart  in Cars & Motorsports,  - Top 10
Dec 13 '01 - Updated Jul 05 '05
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes 
Pros: Turbocharged engine, Flush headlamps, good gas mileage, V8 performance
Cons: More expensive than the GT and V8 models.
The Bottom Line: Decent performance combined with a great price tag.
After the energy crisis, many car enthusiasts believed that high powered V8 sports cars were a past time. Sometime after 1982, however, the horsepower wars were on and performance cars were back on the map. I really don't know what Ford was ...
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by jccoun
Oct 29 '04 - Updated Nov 01 '04
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes
Pros: Handles like a slot car, exciting turbo performance, collectable
Cons: Bad air conditioning, engine smoked, a bit of turbo lag
The Bottom Line: This is a fun car to own. It's considered a collectable, but still the SVO is a relatively unknown and under appreciated car.
I walked onto a Mazda dealership in 1992 after seeing a newspaper add for a medium canyon red 1986 Mustang SVO they had taken in on a trade for a new 626. The salesman asked me: "What's the deal with these SVO Mustangs?" I told him it was a 4-cylinder ...
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by buzzf
Nov 29 '01
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes
Pros: RELIABLE, pleasant design, fun to drive
Cons: Wind noise around rear hatch
The Bottom Line: You cannot get a more reliable car than this.
My wife bought the 1986 Mustang GT in 1989. It had around 56,000 miles on it. Little did we know what a wonderful car this would turn out to be!
1986 was the first year for the fuel injected 5.0L V-8 to be standard in the GT. Making around...
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by Greg_Kool
Apr 02 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Just won't quit
Cons: Lacks driving excitement
I bought my Mustang in May of '98. I was starting a co-op job which was 30 miles awayfrom the university. I needed some cheap reliable transportation. After looking at some cheap and incredibly ugly four doors I finally found a decent looking car...
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by Deadmeat
Jun 18 '00 - Updated Feb 19 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Gas Milage, tough, cheap to fix
Cons: Loud, underpowered
The Bottom Line: The Old mustangs are Increable, You can beat and miss treat them and they will still go.
The Mustang AKA. Superstang was my first car. It was a base model 1986 ford mustang LX, it had a the basic options but it was a very unique car. It loved it, it was great on gas, great to make fun of and took a beating from teenagers and adults alike....
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by GustavusShaw - Top 1000
Sep 04 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: It was my first car and fairly reliable
Cons: I should have kept it and put the engine in because it had many years of use left
I started working at Sonic Drive Inn in my Sophomore year of school. I really wanted to have the freedom of not riding the yellow cheese bus because the other kids were starting to drive. I obtained my license at the early age of 15 and was ready to hit...
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by themanlink
Jan 31 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: looks really cool
Cons: eats gas!
This past August I purchased my first real car and it was a 1986 Ford Mustang. This little car is the coolest little thing. It is a black car with a pretty nice paint job. The interior of the car is red and i found a pair of fuzzy seats to go along...
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