UnhandledException
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Most know me here but for those who dont, I own a 2017 GT350 with 62,500 miles (not a typo). Its my daily driver (which is driven more than half the time by my lovely wife whom I cant be thankful enough to support me with my abnormal habits). I put snow tires on in winter and drive it in snow. I drive it across country 2500 miles once sometimes twice a year to see family. I take it to beach every weekend in summer. I carry 4x4 timber in it as well as pvc pipe or bags of topsoil or mulch or boxes of ikea furniture. Yes, yes....I am an anomaly. Oh and I have a 10 year old who sits in the back.
I also own a C7 ZR1 along with a 991.2 GT3RS.
Following are the mods I have done on my GT350:
- Signature wheels in R fitment (20.5 lbs each) - I run square 305 MPSS. I run Michelin PA4s in 285 square on stock wheels.
- Ford performance exhaust
- MGW Shifter
- QA1 CF driveshaft
- Steeda jack rails
- Steeda crossmember
- (Not yet installed) Soler Ported TB and TC.
- xpel on 60% of the car
In my entire ownership in this many miles, the A/C had to be replaced in mile 8000/year 1. Radiator replaced in mile 30,000/year 3 (this was done as per my concern of car drinking about 1/4 qt of coolant per 10,000 mile but later i determined the radiator didnt fix it and inspecting the plugs at 50,000 miles, it may be that some small amount of coolant keeps going into combustion chamber). And lastly at mile 55,000 one of the front control arms replaced as it was squeaking in turns ($250 - I paid out of pocket). Overall, the cheapest and least amount of headache of any car I have owned.
Now why I am here is because this is the only car that I have owned that I want another one, because I (and my family) have made such a connection that it never got old. So much nostalgia and character. And the other reason is I always wanted an R. I want the CF wheels and the big wing and I want the massive splitter. I want the matte stripes and red stitching inside. Now I wouldnt worry about CF wheels being stolen and no I wouldnt worry about dinging them. I would have to move all my mods over to R and I can with the exception of MGW but thats only $350 andI dont mind doing it again. I would use the signature wheels for snow tires and use CF wheels for summer.
Now the part that isnt so great is I am being offered 35k for my car. Maybe I ll get 37k. The cheapest R I found is around 75k. The difference including taxes (assuming trade in credit) is around 41k. Xpel would be another 5-6k and 2k for MPSS tires to be put on CF and snows to be mounted. So I am looking at 50k (and probably 2 days worth of mod uninstall/install).
The question is, given my car and how it sits with the mods, if I were to be blind folded, would I be able to tell one over the other? From a driving feel, acceleration, handling, and sound (assuming R would be quieter as my car is quite a bit louder with FP exhaust).
I could swing the 50k but I just dont know if its outright stupid. But then part of me says there will never be a gt350r and as years go by likely hood of getting one with no or low miles diminishes.
Thanks for reading.
Most know me here but for those who dont, I own a 2017 GT350 with 62,500 miles (not a typo). Its my daily driver (which is driven more than half the time by my lovely wife whom I cant be thankful enough to support me with my abnormal habits). I put snow tires on in winter and drive it in snow. I drive it across country 2500 miles once sometimes twice a year to see family. I take it to beach every weekend in summer. I carry 4x4 timber in it as well as pvc pipe or bags of topsoil or mulch or boxes of ikea furniture. Yes, yes....I am an anomaly. Oh and I have a 10 year old who sits in the back.
I also own a C7 ZR1 along with a 991.2 GT3RS.
Following are the mods I have done on my GT350:
- Signature wheels in R fitment (20.5 lbs each) - I run square 305 MPSS. I run Michelin PA4s in 285 square on stock wheels.
- Ford performance exhaust
- MGW Shifter
- QA1 CF driveshaft
- Steeda jack rails
- Steeda crossmember
- (Not yet installed) Soler Ported TB and TC.
- xpel on 60% of the car
In my entire ownership in this many miles, the A/C had to be replaced in mile 8000/year 1. Radiator replaced in mile 30,000/year 3 (this was done as per my concern of car drinking about 1/4 qt of coolant per 10,000 mile but later i determined the radiator didnt fix it and inspecting the plugs at 50,000 miles, it may be that some small amount of coolant keeps going into combustion chamber). And lastly at mile 55,000 one of the front control arms replaced as it was squeaking in turns ($250 - I paid out of pocket). Overall, the cheapest and least amount of headache of any car I have owned.
Now why I am here is because this is the only car that I have owned that I want another one, because I (and my family) have made such a connection that it never got old. So much nostalgia and character. And the other reason is I always wanted an R. I want the CF wheels and the big wing and I want the massive splitter. I want the matte stripes and red stitching inside. Now I wouldnt worry about CF wheels being stolen and no I wouldnt worry about dinging them. I would have to move all my mods over to R and I can with the exception of MGW but thats only $350 andI dont mind doing it again. I would use the signature wheels for snow tires and use CF wheels for summer.
Now the part that isnt so great is I am being offered 35k for my car. Maybe I ll get 37k. The cheapest R I found is around 75k. The difference including taxes (assuming trade in credit) is around 41k. Xpel would be another 5-6k and 2k for MPSS tires to be put on CF and snows to be mounted. So I am looking at 50k (and probably 2 days worth of mod uninstall/install).
The question is, given my car and how it sits with the mods, if I were to be blind folded, would I be able to tell one over the other? From a driving feel, acceleration, handling, and sound (assuming R would be quieter as my car is quite a bit louder with FP exhaust).
I could swing the 50k but I just dont know if its outright stupid. But then part of me says there will never be a gt350r and as years go by likely hood of getting one with no or low miles diminishes.
Thanks for reading.
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