Wherefore Art Thou Romeo? 1998 Ford Mustang Cobra Convertible
The SN-95 generation Mustang was released for the 1994 model year, but it got a major upgrade in 1996 when Ford retired the aging 5.0 V8 and replaced it with a fire-breathing DOHC 4.6 liter modular V8 known internally as “the Romeo” engine. Finally Ford had a hot Mustang that could compete with the previous generation of the Camaro Z28. Find this 1998 Ford Mustang Cobra offered for $10,500 in San Diego, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
1998 ford mustang
fuel: gas
odometer: 123000
title status: clean
transmission: manual
1998 Ford Mustang Cobra very clean inside and out,Clean tittle in my name,black leather interior, car is 100% stock besides lowering springs and wheels. Car runs nice and strong with only 123k miles, AC blows nice and cold, Has a brand new sailcloth convertible top, registration is good until next March of next year, everything works on the car as came from factory…
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Fun fact (tangential truth?):
The word taxicab is a portmanteau * of the words taximeter and cabriolet, but this is a taxi yellow cabriolet.
*Which is Italian for ”large suitcase” until Lewis Carroll adopted it for making up words by combining existing words. Not to be confused with portomento which is Italian for sliding from one note to another, which you would think they would’ve used for the name of trombones but for some reason the trombone is named with the French word for paper clip. (A joke, the word “trombone” derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning “large”), so the name means “large trumpet”. The paperclips are named after the instrument but in an example of portmanteau, the valide trombone is a portmanteau of ‘valve’ and ‘slide’—invented by jazz trombonist and reed player Brad Gowans.)
Dang Hugh… I had no idea you were such a cunning linguist.
-Stan (…yeah… *that* Stan…)
Well played Stan.