To daily drive, or not....

I commute to work in my Duster a few times a week. With the upgraded suspension, steering (Firm Feel Stage 2 PS box) and modern performance tires it handles like a dream although the ride is a tad firm but not much more than a typical modern import sedan. Since moving to the same town I work in my commute is short and on slow roads but I used to commute about 25 minutes one way on the freeway and that's where the car is really "in the zone". 2.94 gears and a 904 trans with a 450-hp (at the crank at sea level) 360 does great, gas mileage just kind of sucks with the cheap slippy 2600-stall converter. About 13 MPG around town and 17 on the freeway. But damn it'll cruise at 90 mph all day long.

My biggest gripe is wind and road noise. I get tired of driving before the car does LOL. I've never had a breakdown in it aside from a punctured tire once or twice and I've been driving the car regularly since about 2010. I used to drive it 2.5 hours to the track but that got old after a while (and I worried if I broke something at the track I'd be SOL getting back home) so now I tow it on a trailer with my D200. The heater on these cars is also kinda weak so when it's below freezing outside I'm much more inclined to drive one of my other vehicles. We do have road salt here but also plenty of sunny and (relatively) warm days in winter.

Oh and brakes, at the very least put factory front discs. I have '73-up factory 10.9" front discs in mine and the only time I found I needed more braking power was at the track coming off a banked turn at 100 mph approaching a hairpin turn... reached a point where I pressed the pedal harder but the car didn't slow down any quicker lol. Looking at doing the Dr. Diff Cobra Mustang brake conversion once I have about a grand of cash lying around :rolleyes: