# We just bought sex on four wheels. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038 "2008-04-05T03:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/1 "2008-04-05T03:45:23Z")
> **[Ford® - New Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, SUVs, Crossovers, Trucks, Vans...](https://www.ford.com/)** > > Ford® is Built for America. Discover the latest lineup in new Ford vehicles! Explore hybrid & electric vehicle options, see photos, build & price, search inventory, view pricing & incentives & see the latest technology & news... In black, not green. We just got back from buying it, so we haven’t had much chance to play with it. We’ll take it out tomorrow for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Neon\_Madman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e79b87/32.png) [@Neon\_Madman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neon_Madman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/2 "2008-04-05T04:27:45Z")
Interesting, because I just had sex _with_ four wheels Did I say that out loud? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/3 "2008-04-05T04:34:38Z")
Nice! I’m not a big fan of the newer Mustangs, but the Bullitt is pretty tough. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/4 "2008-04-05T04:40:39Z")
Nice. Very nice. Loved that car. The movie, not as much. Just remember to break the car in properly before you go stomping that accelerator. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/5 "2008-04-05T04:41:32Z")
I haven’t seen one yet. Are they all fastbacks, as in the movie _Bullitt_? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/6 "2008-04-05T04:51:29Z")
OK, you must do this. Drive into a parking garage. Roll down the windows and listen to the exhaust. I heard that the program manager for the GT and the Bullet gave each of the guys working on the exhaust a DVD of the movie and told them he wanted the car to sound like that. It does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/7 "2008-04-05T04:53:15Z")
You bought a headlight and some shadows? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/8 "2008-04-05T04:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=Neon Madman] Interesting, because I just had sex _with_ four wheels Did I say that out loud? [/QUOTE] Were the four wheels on a picnic table? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/9 "2008-04-05T05:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] OK, you must do this. Drive into a parking garage. Roll down the windows and listen to the exhaust. I heard that the program manager for the GT and the Bullet gave each of the guys working on the exhaust a DVD of the movie and told them he wanted the car to sound like that. It does. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yes, it does indeed. I think I read they spent $10 million making those cars sound just like the one in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/10 "2008-04-05T05:12:24Z")
Sorry, the Mustang is a Junior High School Girl’s Car. Eight Cylinder had a speedometer that went to 120. Six Cylinder had a speedometer that went to 180. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/11 "2008-04-05T05:26:30Z")
Hmm, the 2008 version has a smaller engine with _less_ horsepower than the cars used in the signature movie. This is progress? :dubious: Seriously, I’m sure its a kick-ass vehicle, as witnessed by the manual transmission, as God intended. Congrats on the new toy. I still miss my 88’ 5.0 20 years later. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/12 "2008-04-05T14:34:25Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Hmm, the 2008 version has a smaller engine with _less_ horsepower than the cars used in the signature movie. This is progress? :dubious: [/quote] It _growls_, though. And it has ambient lights. And it’s very pretty. > [@](#): > > Seriously, I’m sure its a kick-ass vehicle, as witnessed by the manual transmission, as God intended. I stalled it once yesterday during the test drive. It’s been over ten years since I’ve driven a stick regularly, and I need to find some nice quiet streets to get back into the swing of things. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/13 "2008-04-05T16:23:46Z")
A car with that engine and a manual is going to be pretty grumpy on the clutch. There’ll be a sweet spot, but I’d bet the car is going to want to peel rubber or die every time you take off from a stop sign. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/14 "2008-04-05T17:11:39Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] I stalled it once yesterday during the test drive. It’s been over ten years since I’ve driven a stick regularly, and I need to find some nice quiet streets to get back into the swing of things. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if you’re a Car Talk fan, but Click and Clack Tappitt say that if you never stall your manual car, you’re not doing it right. In talking about teaching someone to drive a stick, they say not to let the student touch the accelerator for the first half hour of puttering around a big, empty parking lot. I must confess, that’s not the way I drove when I had my last stick car about 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/15 "2008-04-05T20:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=squeegee] Hmm, the 2008 version has a smaller engine with _less_ horsepower than the cars used in the signature movie. This is progress? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Horsepower figures from that era are _very_ misleading. They basically stripped the engine of all it’s accessories (including things like the transmission) and ran it wide open to get the ratings. Horsepower measured at the wheels (as it now is), was _significantly lower._ **DA** , I just hope the gas bill doesn’t overtake the car payment. (Cars like that are _meant_ to tear around in.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/16 "2008-04-05T21:44:00Z")
Very pretty! ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/17 "2008-04-05T22:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] [http://www.fordvehicles.com/mustangbullitt/](http://www.fordvehicles.com/mustangbullitt/) In black, not green. We just got back from buying it, so we haven’t had much chance to play with it. We’ll take it out tomorrow for a bit. [/QUOTE] No decent hills in F.W., ya’ got to take her to S.F. for a real test drive. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/18 "2008-04-05T23:29:48Z")
The custom manual gearbox sounds pretty awesome. And if you’re going to go quickly in it the uprated brakes are probably going to come in very handy. I was extremely amused by this little tidbit, though… > [@](#): > > The unique live rear axle uses a tall 3.73:1 gear that helps launch the Bullitt with vigor The live axle is unique because everyone else stopped using them in about 1990- but if you didn’t know anything about cars, you could be forgiven for thinking that a live axle is a _good_ thing, based on the blurbs. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-just-bought-sex-on-four-wheels/444038/19 "2008-04-06T14:54:11Z")
I thought the thread was about having sex with a wheelchair bound prostitute. What a disappointment.