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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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I have wated one of these since they came out in 01. Now its time to make it run good.
I will be going to the track next weekend so we will see how it runs. I'm not going to go crazy but would like to run mid 11s with it.
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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looks nice!! good luck with it
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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Looks great! My 2nd favorite color after Navy Blue Met. Congrats on the purchase!
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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thanks guy's.

CJDZ24_Z28I like the navy matalic also.

Krazy Im going to bring it up to new bedford soon so we can play with all the mustang boys.
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 01:03 PM
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make sure you take Brian B out
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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Looks great, can't believe you got rid of the 03 Cobra.
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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Nice look'n car always loved that color
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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Krazy Brian doesnt even know I have this yet. I'm going to call him to rattle his cage a little.

BTLFEDSS Thanks man.

davered00ss i had two of them (03 cobras). . I went low 11s on Nittos. You couldnt give me another one of them cars. and I love Mustangs.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 09:54 PM
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looks good. Good luck with it.
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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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Nice addition

Welcome to the SOM SS club!
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 08:55 AM
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Nice car and color!!

Why did you hate the 03 cobra so much, it looks like it ran great times for what you had done to it.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 06:23 AM
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Nice car and color!!

Why did you hate the 03 cobra so much, it looks like it ran great times for what you had done to it.
Hey Tracer, how is it going? i hope all is well with you and your family.

Overall the Cobra wasn't that bad but there was just a bunch of little things that drove me crazy. I did go 7.2 in the 1/8th and only spent about $1300 .
Tha paint was horible. I didnt drive it on the highway and never drove it in the rain and the paint had chips everywhare at 6000 miles.
The driving posision sucked
The IRS had more creeks and noises than an old rocking chair and everytime you would spin the tires it would wheel hop so bad that it felt like the dash was going to fall in your lap.
I hated the stupid blower noise. It sounded like a kids toy.
and it had a rattle under the dash that I couldn't find that drove me nuts.

When I would walk out to my garage and the Cobra and the WS6 were sitting there I would always take the T/A. My wife drove the cobra one time and she said that she would never drive it again. she didn't like it either.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:08 AM
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Things are going well. The little one had surgery yesterday to fix his heart murmur, and he's healing up really well. He should be transported back to St. Elizabeths this weekend. So now we're waiting to see what he has in store for us next.

I didn't think the cobras had that many issues. I haven't been keeping up on that (or any) car for a while now. I just glance at my vette in the driveway, before I jump into my Contour.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:18 AM
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I hate the clutch on tha cobra. ******* leg hurts after driving it.

Tracer, Glad to hear everything is going well.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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Nice car. Welcome back.
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