I traded my Parnelli for the below yesterday. This is actually a used car, though you could hardly call it that with only 697 miles on it. According to Carfax it was titled new in Virginia last Sept, and then offered for sale at a dealer in Virginia beginning in Dec. After a few rounds on E-bay, it ended up at Auction, and Crossroads Ford in Cary bought it last month, and I got it yesterday. The car is absolutely flawless. The shipping sticker was still on the windshield and the floormats had never been taken out of the plastic. I could not find a single rock chip on the car (in fact it has the best paint job by far of any Mustang I have ever owned) when I Zainoed it last night, and not a single swirl in the paint. I have had brand new cars with dirtier paint.
It has all options but Nav (It has the Mach 1000 stereo instead). I got a smoking good deal on it...so good, I'm not really gonna divulge all details, but let's just say the price out the door tax and everything did not start with a 4. They had a silver GT500 KR there, but it was just not worth the extra $$$ and would have meant another car payment, whereas I paid cash for this one.
The reasons I decided to trade the PJ were primarily around to Saleen being out of business. It took me MONTHS to get a couple of replacement parts I needed for the PJ, and I decided I really didn't want two children that had a butt-load of irreplaceable parts in the garage. This one I am going to just drive as a daily (when my ass is not on the bike that is :-D ) and not worry about the irreplaceability of it like I did with the Parnelli and do to an extent with my 97. The 97 is not quite as much a problem as I have a ton of replacement gear for it if I need it and I know where Jason Roth lives. :-D
Impressions of the thing is that it reminds the BMW I used to have. I'm not kidding. It is very very well mannered, rides great, and very quiet and smooth. Mods will be few. It is far more comfortable than any Mustang I have ever owned and I want it to stay that way.
I may lower it just a tad and do wheels as I'm not a huge fan of the factory rims, and I am toying with changing the stripes from white to silver, which I think would look awesome.
Here's a few pics:
It has all options but Nav (It has the Mach 1000 stereo instead). I got a smoking good deal on it...so good, I'm not really gonna divulge all details, but let's just say the price out the door tax and everything did not start with a 4. They had a silver GT500 KR there, but it was just not worth the extra $$$ and would have meant another car payment, whereas I paid cash for this one.
The reasons I decided to trade the PJ were primarily around to Saleen being out of business. It took me MONTHS to get a couple of replacement parts I needed for the PJ, and I decided I really didn't want two children that had a butt-load of irreplaceable parts in the garage. This one I am going to just drive as a daily (when my ass is not on the bike that is :-D ) and not worry about the irreplaceability of it like I did with the Parnelli and do to an extent with my 97. The 97 is not quite as much a problem as I have a ton of replacement gear for it if I need it and I know where Jason Roth lives. :-D
Impressions of the thing is that it reminds the BMW I used to have. I'm not kidding. It is very very well mannered, rides great, and very quiet and smooth. Mods will be few. It is far more comfortable than any Mustang I have ever owned and I want it to stay that way.
I may lower it just a tad and do wheels as I'm not a huge fan of the factory rims, and I am toying with changing the stripes from white to silver, which I think would look awesome. Here's a few pics:
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