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Right you are! For this car it won't be as much about miles per gallon as much as smiles per mile. 🙂 That extra 100 horses under the hood will make up for less MPG when it comes to smiles per mile. When going up long hills at slower speeds the Reatta would unlock the converter or downshift to maintain speed, the Mustang just powers up them with ease. I like really that. I drove it about 40 miles yesterday. I love driving it on curvy backroads. I handles better than my Reatta did, but I must admit, I sorta miss the smoother ride of the Reatta on rough pavement. The Mustang has more road noise on rougher pavement but it's smooth as silk on smooth roads. It has a stiffer suspension and shocks. I have got use to the louder exhaust note and I've actually got to where I don't even notice it. Maybe I will get use to the way it rides and won't notice it either once the new wears off and I stop paying attention to it. Overall, I think the Mustang was a good choice for me as a car to replace my Reatta. The photo below is is still the screensaver on my computer. Every time I look at it I miss my Reatta. The Reatta was a beautiful car, better looking than the Mustang, I owned my Reatta for 15 years, the longest I've owned any car. I still feel it was time for it to go and move on to something else. Change is good.

Sarookha, the oil pressure sensor on the 3800 engines is notorious for failing. Ninety-nine times out of one hundred the actual oil pressure is fine as is the instrument gauge. In the eleven years I've owned my '91 Reatta, I've replaced the oil pressure sensor four times. Had the same issue with my two previously owned '92 Rivieras.

Decided to try and get some better braking performance on my Reatta. The brakes always felt kinda spongy and like the pads were sliding on the rotors. I have been changing the brake fluid every 2-3 years, but it never made much difference in the 11 some years that I have owned it. Last weekend I changed front calipers and rotors using Delco parts, and some Bosch QuietCast semi-metallic pads. The brakes are way better now. Brakes start grabbing much better without the slipping feel, and I think I must have got more air out because they engage with slight pedal pressure. I think the calipers I took out were originals. They were not leaking at all, but maybe just old and stiff after 35 years. I still have to do the rear pads, calipers, and rotors when time permits. Now that its getting warmer here in Nebraska, it should be soon.

Rattle can facelift to repair the sins of the PO. Getting her ready for the 1st show of the season….