Which one would you get as a cheap, fun dicking around 3rd vehicle? 2003 Mustang (manual tranny, 3.8...

Which one would you get as a cheap, fun dicking around 3rd vehicle? 2003 Mustang (manual tranny, 3.8, ready to ride) or early 80s Bronco (automatic, 4x4, needs a couple repairs). Each can be had for $1500.

Neither but it all depends on what you're looking for fuckhead how are we supposed to know what you want

Mustang I guess?

What engine does the bronco have?

Why neither? Its hard to find cheap plentiful rides that are cool. What would you recommend instead?

Personally I like both for different reasons. I'd prob prefer a nice 4x4 when its all said & done though.

Bronco, nothing fun can be done with the 3.8. The Bronco could be turned into a great off-road dicking around car

Both!

>3.8
No.

This is going to be the most obvious suggestion but MIATA IS ALWAYS THE ANSWER. That or just offroad the Bronco

Miatas are slow and gay

This. I'm not looking for a fuckboi mobile. What redeeming quality does a Miata have besides being convertible? I can get a convertible Mustang just as well, or take the top off the Bronco.

Miatas are great cars and actual enthusiasts recognize them as such. Seriously the only people calling them are gay are sexually inseucre manchildren who don't know anything about cars

Yes it's slow but so is the fucking Bronco and 3.8l SN95.

Miata would get smoked by a 5 speed v6 sn95

It'd help to know what your other two vehicles are.

I'd probably opt for the Bronco unless one of your other cars is off-road capable.

1st reply here, I'd also suggest a Miata tbqh, the Mustang is gonna be slow and gay with no redeeming qualities

A Miata may be slow but it's incredibly fun to drive if you have toegays in your area

For a 4x4 you can probably find a CJ or YJ jeep for

broncoooooooooo0o0o0oooo0o0o0o0o

yellow cars are pee and ghey

The Miata can turn a corner unlike a shitty stang made even floppier with the removal of the roof

Just go drive a Miata you fuck, it's not that hard to find one on Craigslist and get a test drive with no obligation to buy

Neither of our two cars are anything. One Chevy Traverse family truckster, the other a Kia Soul cuckwagon. I had a Wrangler TJ that I had to sell & its killing me not having a dad car.

Neither. Jesus. I'd save more money for a third vehicle because I don't NEED it for day to day transport, so I have plenty of time to save.

>V6 mustang
Avoid it. Increase your budget and get a V8 Mustang. I will give you a shortlist of stuff.

>Gearing
3.55s for manuals, 3.73s for autos. Car earns major bonus points if it has these already. They won't kill your fuel economy but it will boost the car's acceleration.
>Chassis
Avoid convertibles at all costs. Foxbody and by extension SN95 (third and fourth gen) mustangs are floppy as fuck due to having no central frame, and just subframes connected by the floorpan. Weld-in subframe connectors are a couple hundred bucks for full-length ones and will give the car the stiffness it needs.
>Power
They're not bad stock, but the top end of the powerband is kind of lame if you get a 5.0, which is 79-95. 4.6 makes more power but is heavier and way bigger. 5.0s are also incredibly easy and cheap to improve massively with junkyard parts.
>brakes
are shit

If you can find a V8 Mustang with sub frame connectors that's the one to buy.

>Miata would get smoked by a 5 speed v6 sn95

1998 Miata manual 0-60: 7.9 seconds

2003 V6 Mustang Manual 0-60: 8.5 seconds...just sayin'

I know it's all trolling anyway, but my $500 '95 Miata is more fun than 95% of the other cars I've ever driven. Endless aftermarket, can be modified to whatever purpose you want, will still be incredibly fun on a twisty road even if you leave it stock, easy to wrench on, and cheap to own

I would get something cheap and rwd. Then i would paint it silly.
I was just planning on doing one of those scrap car road trips in a bmw painted like pikachu.

>it's not that hard to find one on Craigslist and get a test drive with no obligation to buy
Are you describing male escorts or Miatas? It's hard to tell them apart

>cheap, fun dicking around 3rd vehicle?

Probably the bronco because it's assumed you already have a DD and something more utilitarian or w/e.

If this were a question of "you have to have one of these as your only car" the mustang is the easy answer. Those late gen SN95's are cheap as hell to run, decently reliable, faster than a gt86/FRS and you can beat on them all you want because it's a cheap basic mustang. 80's Bronco's is just a pile of rust and squeaking noises waiting to snap in half on you.

I'm 6' 2" tho. Would I even fit in a Miata?

I'm 6'4 and I don't have any problem. Literally the only "mod" I did for comfort was replace the large ass plastic door handle on the driver side with a little pull start so I can rest my knee against the door more comfortably.

>Those late gen SN95's are cheap as hell to run, decently reliable, faster than a gt86/FRS
>faster than a gt86/FRS

2013 BRZ/FRS manual 0-60: 6.1 Automatic: 7.3

2003 V6 Mustang manual: 8.5

He probably meant the V8 models, although benchracing them is kind of pointless when they're just goofy tire-spinning machines.

Probably true, and I'm not really trying to bench race them. I just sometimes suspect most of Veeky Forums suffers under some sort of mass delusion of not really knowing how quick/not quick any car actually is.

>jeep for less than 2k
Only if your ok with either a blown motor or frame damage.

Bronco. That gen of mustangs were fucking hideous and its got the v6.

Get a foxbody with a 5 liter

Yeah, according to Veeky Forums a new 86 loses to a snail.

This. Jeeps are no fucking joke price wise (I've owned a few). The cheapest YJ or CJ in my area around $4k, and those have issues. I sold my 2004 TJ for $15k.

You could probably make the bronco faster. It's 302 platform is it not?

I think amidst all the shitposting we've settled one thing:
Don't be a dummy and settle for a piece of shit, it's really not hard to save even a grand or two more which will open your options SIGNIFICANTLY

(also go drive a Miata, faggot)

It might have the 300 I6
Otherwise its a 302/351w or 351m, depending on year.

Good vehicles all around.
Everything is more robust than a jeep so shit isn't going to break every other trip.
Really spends on what needs repair. But nothing is expensive. Even transfer case is cheap to rebuild if you can turn a wrench.
Looks like an xl or custom though, so options list is pretty small. Does it atleastb have power windows? And what by ear exactly- I'm guessing 82.

>fun
There is literally nothing fun about a 3.8 Mustang. Hell, the only thing fun about the 4.6 GT is the noise it makes as they don't have shit for power.

The Bronco will be the fun one because you can take it off road and beat the hell out of it.

Not fair, that snail had the look and proportions of a turbocharger housing.

Needs new water pump, radiator & fan. Its an '81. They're older, but I like this gen (3rd gen) the best. They're more square & have that classic Bronco look. Whereas the later models got rounded & just look like every generic full sized SUV of the 90s.

That's a really easy job, if that's it.

the fucking bronco OBVIOUSLY pull thee head out of thy bottom sinner

Slow for the inexperienced driver. Meet me on the touge and we'll see what's slow.

>buy a miata
>suddenly every vehicle on the road tries to run you off of said road, tailgates you, overall no respect on the road
>every ride is infuriating because you're literally being almost murdered
>but you're still not powerful enough to accelerate away from them or even outcorner them

I've heard this from countless owners in my local miata group.

Stay the fuck away from them. Buy the bronco and ride it till it explodes.

OP here. Looks like the Bronco all the way. Which honestly is what I really want (I mean really, look at this magnificent bastard).

I also think it would be wise to save up a grand or two more to get something more road ready.

OP, why aren't you considering v8 sn95s?

Wow I used to think you were pretty cool. Now I see you have stupid opinions too. Enjoy your 90hp, cuck.

>Enjoy your 90hp, cuck.

I already do user, it's fantastic, you should try it sometime

I enjoy having 4 times as much power in my built foxbody, and I can actually overtake on the highway too!

Why do you perpetuate the meme of a miata being a good car? I drove my sister's and didn't like it at all. I can't see why such a gutless car should be so beloved by Veeky Forums.

On behalf of foxbody owners I apologize for this dipshit.

>omg it doesn't even have enough power to overtake on the highway!!!lollzlzlzl

And that's where I stopped taking you seriously. But on the off chance you are anywhere near serious

>can't drive on the highway cause slow
I take mine to work on I-40 through Raleigh several times a week. It's fine on the highway. The only issue is it being loud, but it's a cheap convertible, so that's to be expected.

0-60 is 8.5 seconds for my '95. That's the exact same for a first gen MR-2. A 1995 BMW 318i was SLOWER to 60 than a Miata. Again, I know your just pointlessly trolling, but the whole 'lol too slow for highway' is fucking retarded.

>good car meme
Because it's a fantastic car for what it is. It isn't a go-fast drag machine. If I wanted to go fast in a straight line I'd go get an E63. It's for having fun on twisty roads. And at that job, it's amazing. It makes 45 feel like 85. It's fun in the exact same way a 500 Abarth of FiST is fun, it's an incredibly connected driving experience in a car that is extremely well sorted and FUN. And it has endless potential for modification if you want more power/cornering/both

...I don't own a foxbody....

>Why neither? Its hard to find cheap plentiful rides that are cool.
>2003 mustang
>cool
Wut?

Meant to apologize for guy who you replied to.

ah, gotcha, that makes slightly more sense.

Funny enough, a nice fox body is on my bucket list of cars I'd like to own, sadly we never had a decent come through at my dealership, and I haven't seen a nice one come through auction

Lol

I'm not trolling. I genuinely don't understand how someone who knows about cars and can afford decent cars can suggest it. It's not fast it just seems fast because you have to rev the piss outof it to get going at any decent speed.

Sure it can overtake on the highway. So can my chevette. But you know what I meant don't be obtuse.

>I genuinely don't understand how someone who knows about cars and can afford decent cars can suggest it
Because it's fun.

I am well aware it isn't 'fast'. Nothing about what makes it a fun car is tied to it being fast or needing to be fast. I KNOW that the '45-feels-like-85' is an illusion, but it's part of what contributes to making the car FUN.

I live within a stone's throw of the Appalachian mountains, and I LOVE taking it up on the twisty roads because it's a blast. It's not a car you buy if all you ever do is drive on a straight line on a highway.

As far as why I would suggest it:

-Extremely well balanced, neutral chassis, with optional LSD if you get the right options package

-Provides excellent feedback from the road through the steering and suspension

-To borrow from the Italian car swear box, it has an amazing organic, connected feeling lots of 2 seaters swing for but miss

-Small no-power engine means you can drive it fucking balls out all the time without having to worry about killing yourself (It's the exact same thing Clarkson said about the tiny little cars they drove to Chernobyl)

-extremely easy to sense the limit, and control it once you go past it, hence it's a great car to learn to drive fast in-(again, on twisty roads)

Bronco. Would be my second car compared to my project car.

Buy an old s10 with a 350

TWIN TRACTION BEAM

>It's not fast it just seems fast because you have to rev the piss outof it to get going at any decent speed.

spotted the bus pass owner

hang yourself

Mmm classic Toyota

Fuck the Bronco. How often do you even off-road? Plus if it breaks your fucked somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Get the Mustang. Had one and the V6 w/ manual isn't that bad. It's not like your going to be beating on her anyways. We both know you don't go over the speed limit.

>Missed the part where OP had a Wrangler crawler
>Likes garbage tier cars. Prob called his a "stang" & acted like it was a real car
>Breaks speed limit. We got a bad ass here.

Mom's calling you down for breakfast, fag.

>defends OPs chrysler pos
>implying that the Mustang doesn't shit all over imports and euro trash on a regular basis

I mean I know this is bait but common