Ford Mustang Convertible 4.2 v6

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Ford Mustang Convertible 4.2 V6

The coolest car for strolling along coastal roads

Ediror: Giannis Zacharakis

Photographs: Giannis Zacharakis , Rosy Favicchio

One of the benefits of working for a research lab with good funding is that occasionaly

you can travel to scientific conferences and combine it with some cool vacation.

Actually, this is one of the major reasons people do research (me as well...) and if they

don't well then they loose big time to put it in a nice way. Depending on the place where

the conference is located you can choose what activity you can combine to your scientific

travel. For example lets assume that the conference is in the Red Sea; yes you guest it

right you will try scuba diving and snorckeling in the magnificent underwater world of

the Arabic cost. What if it is in an alpine ski resort? Easy, eh? Obviously you're not going

for snorckeling to this one... Kenya: wild life safari, Finland: sauna and frozen lake

swimming, Japan: sushi and geishas, Borneo: head hunting and so it goes on. But what if

it's in Florida? You could visit Cape Canaveral or the everglades, do some sailing in the

Keys. Well in my case when the oportunity came along I chose to realize one of my early

university years dream. Drive a convertible along an american coastal road. It all started

to take form after our papers were accepted for presentations in a conference in St.

Petersburg Florida. We could now organize the days after the conference. And after a

brief conversation with my friend Vasilis who would also attend the same venue I

decided to rent a cool convertible no matter the cost and drive along the west coast of

Florida from St. Petersburg to Panama City where we could stay in Rosy's uncle and

aunt's for a few days before we head back.After a search on the internet the choice was



obvious. We would

rent a Ford Mustang

4.2 V6 convertible

for the increadible

amount of $280 for 5

days, the price you

pay in a Greek island

for a Matiz during

August... No further

comment on that.It

was red, automatic,

nicely equiped and

very very cool.

Problem number one:

not enough boot

space to fit both our

suitcases. You don't

expect that though

from a sport

convertible, however

I'm sure they would fit in the Chrysler Sebring parked next to it.Problem number two: we

had no idea where to go and with no GPS we wondered a bit before heading the right

direction. But that's actually not such a big problem after you open the roof and just stroll

hedonistically, but very slowly I have to admit.Which brings me to problem number

three. If you believe that this car is a sport convertible you are very much mistaken. And

this becomes evident the moment you check the technical specs. Suspension from the

middle ages' coaches and frame made of chewing gum. The result is that even on the

american highway straights the Mustang is following a zig zag... And when the first

corner comes along (yes

they exist even in the US)

the huge mass makes

crnering a very amusing

procedure. So this car is the

perfect means of

transportation if you have

the time for the journey and

the nerves to obey the speed

limits. Of course this is very

easy if you're fullfiling a

dream and your purpose is

to travel on the Florida's

great coastal road along

amazing natural reserves

and wonderfull beaches.

And it fits perfectly to the

Mustang alone

Mustang and Rosy



life pace of the Seaheaven community (you know the city where "The Truman Show "

was filmed. We really enjoyed barely moovng at 20 mph and admiring the "perfect"

city...You might have realized by now that this is not a common test drive since there

isn't really much to say about the performance of the car. The power surge is satisfying

enough and the soundtrack of the big V6 is a proper american muscle car's tune. And you

basically don't need to know anything else, except of course that this car makes

absolutely no sence in European roads, so much more on Greek roads.But if you do live

in US and you have a bit of a soul then I can see absolutely no reason to spend the

$20,000 the base Mustang costs for anything else. Especially if you consider that with the

same money you buy a 2.0L VW Golf or a similar Toyota Corolla. But in Europe, I'm

sorry but with a price tag on the 50,000 Euro mark I can find many cars that have both

the soul and the escence.As an epilogue I can only hope that next time I happen to be in

Florida I would go for the Corvette for about $800 for the same 5 days, the price you

would pay for a VW Golf for a week in a Greek island in August.

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