My dad always told me to "learn from your mistakes, but better yet is to learn from others mistakes first" In the spirit of my Dad, I'd like for those of you looking to purchase a GT500 to learn from my mistakes. I always wanted one of these 13/14 GT500's since the day they were released. Bidding my time(and$), I waited till this past October and finally found the "one". Black 2014 with Black stripes, 821A pkg. Recaros,Electronics Pkg/Nav. clean Carfax,Unmolested with less than 5000 miles and only 4 hour drive from my house. I thought I had thoroughly investigated these cars and knew everything about them.(plus having owned and wrenched dozens of muscle cars over the last 50 years) I was wrong! First mistake happened when I was ready to drive it off the dealers lot. Salesman was going to show me how to link the Synch with my phone. "Just look in the glove box and the owners manual will explain it" Except the manual was missing(oops says the salesman, We'll get you one) 5 months later I finally get my manuals. 2nd mistake was when I discovered that the Floor mats said "Mustang" and not GT500. No biggie I'll just order the right ones.($100) Third mistake:I'm looking at the front fascia of GT500 and looks like something is missing compared to other 13/14 GT500's. Sure enough the air deflector that came boxed from the factory and stored in trunk was nowhere to be found($130) Fourth Mistake: After purchasing an original window sticker, the dealer installed car cover(on invoice) wasn't with the car.($300) And last mistake: Looking into spare tire well there was no tire inflator (fix a flat) that was standard on these cars.(still looking for this item) Morale of the story guys: Dot every I and cross every T when vetting these cars. Devil is in the small details. I could very have well negotiated all these missing things, had I done ALL my homework. Right now I've got an extra $530+ in purchases to add onto the car from all the missing pieces! No sour grapes here though I still love my GT500! Just be aware!
