Why Mustangs crash:
The answer is simple, almost intuitive really… Bad drivers. That’s it, nothing more.
However, there is a deeper more interesting issue surrounding the Mustang than the countless crashes: The propaganda war.
That’s right, I said propaganda people, get your tinfoil hats out folks! There is a clearly deliberate effort on the part of automotive journalists the world over to disenfranchise the Mustangs. Intentional marginalization.
Why?
Beats me. But I have my theories. Chief among them is the threat they (Mustangs) pose to literally every other performance car out there. Assuming you have no intention of going on a legitimate Rally Stage any time soon there are few other cars that can cover all the bases whilst also offering an affordable price tag. They are PROVEN drift missiles, drag racers, GT circuit racers, road warriors, Show cars, etc. Truly a jack of all trades if there ever was one.
So what’s the problem with them?
There isn’t one, that is the point. It provokes the deepest recesses of our subconscious ego to go into defense mode. Like how we saw the straight A student, who is also the quarterback of the football team, prom king, student body president, and Valedictorian. Everybody HATES that guy ( I know I did in High School.)
However there is a paradox there, if everybody hates that guy why is he so popular and successful?
Well… We have a word for that.
Envy…..
So are people just jealous they don’t have a Mustang themselves? No absolutely not, that would be a naive thing to say, and frankly that would sound a lot like an excuse or a copout.
So if it’s not jealousy, why then is there such a deliberate effort to ensure everybody hates the Mustang on the part of otherwise respectable journalistic outlets?
Well… It would seem to me the best way to eliminate a threat is to marginalize it, disenfranchise it, convince people to disavow it based on slander. The reslut of this sort of rhetoric is abhorrent, and has been repeated countless times throughout history, so much so there is a word for it. Propaganda.
The short answer (as it appears to me anyway) is that the automotive world is threatened by the sheer, undeniable greatness of the late model Mustangs. So much so there is campaign of disenfranchisement in place.
That’s just a theory of course… And i’m just another butthurt Mustang driver and/or fanboy who can’t take a joke right?
Well… It’s really hard for me to be butthurt when my car looks like this:
SO WHY THEN WRITE A BOO-HOO BLOG ABOUT THE MUSTANG?!
That’s an easy one….. You haters are missing out, and I pity you.
Comments
Don’t pay attention to “gas king” the dude does everything for views, why else do you think he makes so many videos with the word ricer in it.
This!
Simply…
Lol could just replace this entire article with this meme and it would have the same effect
I agree they hate us cause they ant us mustangs for the win
Made this meme a while ago (name’s a temporary joke, disregard it)
Replace “CarThrottle” with “Internet” and you’re spot on!
The scary thing is it’s real. Search engine algorithms.
So true, the mustang is one of my favourite cars
It’s not true, mustangs are more prone to crashes because of their short wheelbase, open diff, solid axle, and poor weight distribution
Agreed
tl dr; mustangs are cheap and cheap cars attract bad drivers -> see Prius as example
Story on short:Because bad drivers, because prehistoric suspension and differential+loads of torque on the rear wheels
Prehistoric suspension? Is that why the V8 Supercar Series uses the same setup?
also the S550 Mustang’s use IRS (independent rear suspension) which is fully on par with any other performance car available today
Spare me
“prehistoric suspension” Have a look at 2nd place of Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car..
What do you expect, technology from a freaking F1 car? That would double the price of the car…
You have a very beautiful Mustang!
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% agreed
I’m out of tinfoil hats atm, so I don’t know about any conspiracies but the reason I like Mustang jokes is because, like any other car joke, I find them to be fun equally with all the other jokes. Not because I hate the car, just for sh*ts and giggles. Sure some people might start hating mustangs or whatever car the joke is about when they hear the joke, but it’s not my fault their simple brains are so easily twisted and brainwashed that their opinion of a car is changed based on a joke.