# A mustang is not a car **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245 "2021-01-22T23:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/1 "2021-01-22T23:24:55Z")
[A mustang may be a horse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-americas-worst-mass-murderer/929980/77) [but a mustang is not a car.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-wasn-t-a-coup/930407/478) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/2 "2021-01-23T00:15:18Z")
You obviously think you have a point to make here–do let us know when you decide what it is and can actually articulate it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/3 "2021-01-23T00:20:57Z")
He’s done this in a couple of threads, post a photo or link and damned if I can figure out what it has to do with the subject. So I’d love to get an explanation, but I’m not waiting for Godot… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/4 "2021-01-23T00:23:49Z")
I’m simply stating the irrefutable fact that a Mustang is not a car The poster Mustangsal (see links in OP) is derailing two thread with the simple argument style of asserting that “X is not Y”. He is ignoring the possibility that other definitions of Y may exist and offers no real argument than simply restating that “X is not Y” ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/5 "2021-01-23T00:38:27Z")
You have to comprehend that not everyone sees every thread and if you’ve developed theory of mind then you should be aware that not everyone is thinking exactly what you’re thinking and a cursory attempt at communication is most welcome. Cryptic != clever. ---
**Author:** ![MustangSal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mustangsal/32/6327_2.png) [@MustangSal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MustangSal)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/6 "2021-01-23T00:40:16Z")
Don’t feed the troll. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/7 "2021-01-23T00:48:56Z")
Buck\_Godot is not a troll. (I hope that is sufficiently meta for everyone) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/8 "2021-01-23T00:50:07Z")
> [@MustangSal](#): > > Don’t feed the troll. MYOB. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/9 "2021-01-23T01:38:24Z")
I love the “suspended” tag, I expect a “banned” one soon. Maybe you won’t be so obvious with your next sock. But I hope you will so that your stink doesn’t linger very long. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/10 "2021-01-23T01:58:18Z")
OK its a fair cop. Some things sound better in my head than they do on the page. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/11 "2021-01-23T02:03:31Z")
For what it’s worth, I think this type of thread can work, since you linked the posts you were mocking. My issue is jus that it wasn’t quite close enough to the style for me to understand what you were getting at. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/12 "2021-01-23T02:05:13Z")
It’s not a coupe. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/13 "2021-01-23T02:05:32Z")
I was in Israel, I think, when I saw a Mustang II that was in really good condition. It had been restored but there was an issue with some of paint work. In a racing stripe, where it was supposed to say _ **Mustang** _ it was spelled as _ **Mustnag** _. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/14 "2021-01-23T02:06:43Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It’s not a coupe. 🚬 ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/15 "2021-01-23T02:12:36Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > In a racing stripe, where it was supposed to say _ **Mustang** _ it was spelled as _ **Mustnag** _ . They had no regerts. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/16 "2021-01-23T02:28:42Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > They had no regerts. Only God can juge them. Mrs. L pointed out, “So this special Mustang. It’s a Cobra. Is it a snake or a horse?” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/17 "2021-01-23T02:39:27Z")
[![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/creatures-of-past-present-and-mythology/images/8/88/SNAKE_HORSE.png) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/creatures-of-past-present-and-mythology/images/8/88/SNAKE_HORSE.png) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/18 "2021-01-23T11:56:51Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > In a racing stripe, where it was supposed to say _ **Mustang** _ it was spelled as _ **Mustnag** _ . Maybe the driver got it from his mother-in-law. _[Rimshot]_ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/19 "2021-01-23T18:01:54Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Cryptic != clever. Like this? > **[Words that End in GRY](https://xkcd.com/169/)** > > The fifth panel also applies to postmodernists. And some 'Dopers. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > In a racing stripe, where it was supposed to say _ **Mustang** _ it was spelled as _ **Mustnag** _ . At least “nag” has something to do with horses. “Must”? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245/20 "2021-01-23T18:09:03Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > They had no regerts. Editors, untie! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mustang-is-not-a-car/931245.md?page=2)