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GT500 Will Kill GT350 Prices, No?
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15797610" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>First off, who cares. I get it. Some people buy these cars as an investment. I'm not big on the idea, but whatevs, to each his own. A pretty well known youtuber put it brilliantly "so let me get this straight, you don't want to drive the car because you don't want to put miles on it to keep the value up. That's about as dumb as saying you don't want to **** your wife because you want to keep her ****** tight for the next guy she marries."</p><p></p><p>Buy a car you like for a price you think is worth it and stop worrying about it. Christ, half the discussion on this board is debates about what the value of the 350 is, what it will be, how people can get MSRP or what amount above. Just buy the flippin car that you think fits your budget and your needs and stop obsessing about it. I bought my 350 with the intent of driving it (A LOT) and flogging it and keeping it for a long time. If you're always concerned about the next best thing coming out, you're in for a very long, stressful life. There's always going to be better models that come out and make what you have obsolete. Welcome to 21st century progress. Products are not just getting better, but rapidly.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I think Ford is in a bit of a jam here. They can't sell the 500 for at or less than the R (certainly not the 350 base) and if they run into 6 figures, they're probably not going to sell very many.</p><p></p><p>They can price it around where the R is, and frankly I think it would destroy the value of the R's, in a big way. It doesn't lend confidence that there's rumors they may discontinue the 350. Ford may just be deciding to send condolence letters to everyone who bought an R at $XXX above MSRP.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't help that the 500 APPEARS to be more a competitor to the ZL1 and not the muscle car competitor to the MOPAR retards. Ceramic brakes, IRS, etc. That doesn't speak muscle, that speaks muscular with a track focus.</p><p></p><p>A bunch of people will be ass hurt by having to admit to themselves that they bought too early in the 350 and so there'll be all the typical rationalizations...the 350 is more balanced, the 350 is more pure, blah blah blah. With what I've seen, it appears the 500 is going to go around the track faster. That remains to be seen. But if that's the case, the pricing point will definitely endanger the value of the Rs.</p><p></p><p>I think the base model 350's are relatively safe because the pricing is already depressed. People that could have dumped their 350 in favor of an R upgrade have pretty much already done so. Granted, the 500 will be a bigger step up in performance, but I don't see the base 350 pricing taking it on the chin as much as the R models.</p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, be happy with what you bought, drive the hell out of it, be honest with yourself and enjoy your purchase. If you're currently in the market, then it's a wait and see game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15797610, member: 188865"] First off, who cares. I get it. Some people buy these cars as an investment. I'm not big on the idea, but whatevs, to each his own. A pretty well known youtuber put it brilliantly "so let me get this straight, you don't want to drive the car because you don't want to put miles on it to keep the value up. That's about as dumb as saying you don't want to **** your wife because you want to keep her ****** tight for the next guy she marries." Buy a car you like for a price you think is worth it and stop worrying about it. Christ, half the discussion on this board is debates about what the value of the 350 is, what it will be, how people can get MSRP or what amount above. Just buy the flippin car that you think fits your budget and your needs and stop obsessing about it. I bought my 350 with the intent of driving it (A LOT) and flogging it and keeping it for a long time. If you're always concerned about the next best thing coming out, you're in for a very long, stressful life. There's always going to be better models that come out and make what you have obsolete. Welcome to 21st century progress. Products are not just getting better, but rapidly. Having said all that, I think Ford is in a bit of a jam here. They can't sell the 500 for at or less than the R (certainly not the 350 base) and if they run into 6 figures, they're probably not going to sell very many. They can price it around where the R is, and frankly I think it would destroy the value of the R's, in a big way. It doesn't lend confidence that there's rumors they may discontinue the 350. Ford may just be deciding to send condolence letters to everyone who bought an R at $XXX above MSRP. It doesn't help that the 500 APPEARS to be more a competitor to the ZL1 and not the muscle car competitor to the MOPAR retards. Ceramic brakes, IRS, etc. That doesn't speak muscle, that speaks muscular with a track focus. A bunch of people will be ass hurt by having to admit to themselves that they bought too early in the 350 and so there'll be all the typical rationalizations...the 350 is more balanced, the 350 is more pure, blah blah blah. With what I've seen, it appears the 500 is going to go around the track faster. That remains to be seen. But if that's the case, the pricing point will definitely endanger the value of the Rs. I think the base model 350's are relatively safe because the pricing is already depressed. People that could have dumped their 350 in favor of an R upgrade have pretty much already done so. Granted, the 500 will be a bigger step up in performance, but I don't see the base 350 pricing taking it on the chin as much as the R models. At the end of the day, be happy with what you bought, drive the hell out of it, be honest with yourself and enjoy your purchase. If you're currently in the market, then it's a wait and see game. [/QUOTE]
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