It finally came time to say
goodbye to the GT, the Mustang GT. It is a car that Eric has driven for
16 years. Not only Eric, but the older two kids drove it to school and
back during their high school days. The GT was a 2001 model with a 4.6L
V8. Eric and Luke hot rodded the car, so it sounded throaty. As
with any vehicle, if you have driven it for 16 years, you are bound to have had
some good times with it. And we definitely had some good times with the
GT. Of particular fun was drag racing at the local drag
strip.
Eric and the kids were sad to see it go. Dana, well, she was
not so sad to see it go. Eric spent money hot rodding this car and Dana
just did not see the purpose of this. Plus, the car was LOUD!
Here is a video of Luke drag racing at a raceway.
Julia is not old to enough to have
a driver’s license, but she has been looking forward to driving the GT for many
years. So, Eric let her drive it in the driveway. Another good
time.
In the end, the GT had 174k miles on it. The engine had low compression on two cylinders and Eric determined that the piston rings were cracked. The engine still ran, but barely. It was a Good Time while it lasted.
