Parting ways with my old Mustang

I was at the Oracle Park with my office colleagues watching a baseball game between SF Giants and some other team that I don’t remember. I got a call from the Ford dealer saying that my Mustang was ready for pickup and I was so excited. I told my buddy, Muhammad, who was with me at the stadium along with Kristen (his then GF, now wife), that I was going to leave and headed to pick up my car. He offered me a ride to the dealership. We got to the dealership and there it was, my Black Mustang.

I was so excited to see it. I got it shipped from SoCal because that was the only one available with pretty much no packages installed. At the time, it was a bit more than what I could afford, but it was worth it ’cause I wanted to buy a sports car. I didn’t care about any resale value or whether others would find it comfy riding in my car. I just wanted my car to look cool and be performant.

The salesperson was awful. He said that the car didn’t have Bluetooth functionality. I was slightly bummed out, but I got it anyway. Funnily, the car did have Bluetooth. The salesperson just didn’t know about it. The car didn’t even have leather seats. I was OK with that too.

This was in July 2012. Since then, pretty much all the people I know have changed their vehicles at least twice. Not me. I loved my Mustang way too much to change it. It was just perfect for me.

After 13.5 years, two days ago, I traded it in.

It was a slightly emotional moment for me, giving my car up. I got it when I was going through a lot in life and had it during all the ups and downs ever since. It started showing its age and I knew it was time for me to let go of it.

So, I moved on.

Only got a few little bits done on the #EV #mustang today. First was replacing the rear air shocks. The right one wasn’t inflating and that side of the car was sagging down as a result. So I replaced both. You can see the skinny little tubes for inflating/deflating them.

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Getting into a nice routine of doing #Mustang work on a Sunday morning. Yesterday's job was progressing the front battery box.

The top and sides will be covered by bolt-on panels. So, I needed to finish out adding a load of rivnuts all over.

Got into a rhythm of measuring/marking, drilling a 4mm pilot hole, drilling an 8mm hole, drilling a countersink, and installing the rivnut.

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