Impulse buy. I got a 2005 Mustang GT convertible. Seriously.

**Jesda** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 04:56 AM

My youngest brother turned 3 and I was about to get him a $10 pack of toy cars.

I was at Wal-Mart with a friend and saw an Escalade, Hummer, Jeep, and this Mustang. I said "Should I do it? Should I really do it? I always wanted one when I was a kid." Business was good this month so I figured why the hell not.

After a minute or so of contemplation, I got a shopping cart and loaded it up. Just under $300 disappeared from my checking account.

The problem then was how the hell I was supposed to fit it in the Q. The box was too long to go in the back seat and fit between the two doors. We decided to just pull a Missouri and shove the short end in the trunk with most of it still sticking out a few feet behind the car. It seemed "pretty well good there" and I drove home on back roads, keeping an eye on my rear view mirror.

The assembly qualified as "actual work", being more effort (over an hour) than I had put into my Q45 in an entire year. Even funnier was that this toy car cost about a quarter of what my REAL car cost.
I was tempted to get my floor jack out of the garage so I could more easily install the steering.

Yes, a real wiring harness. The dashboard has a working speedo and "fuel" gauge.
Also has a two-speed transmission with reverse. And yes, its rear wheel drive!

Comes with a radio but I didn't set that up. It would have annoyed everyone to death. This one just plays annoying pre-installed music. The more expensive Escalade and Hummer had a real working FM radio and antenna.
It also has a cupholder.

Also has seat belts, adjustable seats, rack and pinion steering, and a 12-volt electrical system.
Yes, I could grab the Kenwood head unit out of the garage and install it if I wanted to. Looks like a DIN-and-half sized slot with plenty of room behind it.

We ate cake. I won't have to buy him a present for another ten years.

Apparently there's a bunch of mods available for these things. It would be nice to have rubber tires and bigger motors. When he outgrows it, I'd like to turn it into a huge RC toy.

caddydaddy · #2 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 07:06 AM

Very nice! What an awesome brother you are!

**DopeStar 156** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 08:06 AM

That's funny, the one we have has a CD player in addition to the FM radio......

JRau · #4 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 08:22 AM

Nice photo, Dopestar!!! Wow! Love that Torch Red Thunderbird!

What year is it? Those are one of my favorite newer cars out there. Excellent photo...

JRau in central Iowa

xxpinballxx · #5 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 08:32 AM

I knew it! Jesda you got to stop doing that!
I keep thinking you are getting a new car and you throw in a new toy....next time you cry wolf i'm not even opening it! LOL!
Dope thats a nice collection of cars there....

**Rolex** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 03:43 PM

Very nice Jesda.

Those kids are ridin in style.

gdwriter · #7 (**permalink**) 03-02-07, 04:25 PM

You're a good brother, Jesda. I'll bet he loves it.

I had a pedal car that looked sort of like this when I was 4 or 5:

I loved that thing. I still remember when we moved back to Texas after my Dad's tour in Vietnam. The movers let me drive it onto the truck in New Hampshire. It was one of the first things unloaded off the truck at our new house, and I drove it all around the driveway for hours.