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I'm at 75,600 miles with my 2017 GT350. I have an incoming Cayenne GTS and my initial plan was to sell the GT350 but I think I am too attached to the car at this point as I have had it since 4 miles. Car has been pretty bullet proof other than A/C replacement at 8,000 miles, diff pinion seal leak around 20,000 miles. The hood was replaced under warranty due to rust (this was a disaster but not Ford's or car's fault).
The only out of warranty repairs were the replacement of the main fuse (because my wife hooked up the jumper cables to the fuse box terminals instead of battery terminals - yeah I know) and a front control arm. These last two repairs cost me total of $240.
So total sum cost of GT350 to me in almost 76k miles is $240.
Car does burn 1 qt of oil every 1,000 miles since new. It gets a little worse in winter due to extremely cold starts every morning (this morning was 6F) and it gets around twice of that (2,000 miles) during highway driving/long distance driving.
It has the traditional piston slap (since brand new) and it has the typewriter tick (since brand new). By the way, people who worry about those two things should take notice that my car lasted this long with them.
For the last 30,000 miles, oil sample reports have been showing fluctuating lead levels. I am assuming this is from the bearings. I read about these OPG failures. I start my car (have to right now as I have no choice) in very cold mornings. Crank turns fine (in those very very cold days, starter sounds like its struggling) but I fear OPG will fall apart.
Now I am at cross hairs and have two options:
1) Buy an aftermarket extended warranty for $4,000. Once my Cayenne GTS comes, I am going to use the GT350 as a "fun" car only rather than a "daily driver and a fun car - but I must be careful as it's my only car that can carry the family). Which means I will drive it harder - now I dont drive it that hard at all. I also need to do some maintenance on the car if I will keep it such as rotors ($1000), pads ($500), belt, transmission and diff oil flush, radiator flush. Some of these will need to be done at a dealer.
2) Sell the car and buy a 2019 GT350 with warranty and extend the warranty with flood ford so that this warranty lapping never happens (was a big mistake I did this with my GT350). The cost of this will be around $20-25k (I am getting $40-42k for my car).
On one hand I think I have too many miles on the car and too much maintenance and that I should "cash out" and not push my luck. This car has been good to me, it never let me down but eventually if you keep overplaying your hand, you may lose big time (good poker players are the ones who know when to stop).
On another hand, I think I got a "good copy" of a GT350 and that if something was going to fail in 75,000 miles, it would have done so.
The only out of warranty repairs were the replacement of the main fuse (because my wife hooked up the jumper cables to the fuse box terminals instead of battery terminals - yeah I know) and a front control arm. These last two repairs cost me total of $240.
So total sum cost of GT350 to me in almost 76k miles is $240.
Car does burn 1 qt of oil every 1,000 miles since new. It gets a little worse in winter due to extremely cold starts every morning (this morning was 6F) and it gets around twice of that (2,000 miles) during highway driving/long distance driving.
It has the traditional piston slap (since brand new) and it has the typewriter tick (since brand new). By the way, people who worry about those two things should take notice that my car lasted this long with them.
For the last 30,000 miles, oil sample reports have been showing fluctuating lead levels. I am assuming this is from the bearings. I read about these OPG failures. I start my car (have to right now as I have no choice) in very cold mornings. Crank turns fine (in those very very cold days, starter sounds like its struggling) but I fear OPG will fall apart.
Now I am at cross hairs and have two options:
1) Buy an aftermarket extended warranty for $4,000. Once my Cayenne GTS comes, I am going to use the GT350 as a "fun" car only rather than a "daily driver and a fun car - but I must be careful as it's my only car that can carry the family). Which means I will drive it harder - now I dont drive it that hard at all. I also need to do some maintenance on the car if I will keep it such as rotors ($1000), pads ($500), belt, transmission and diff oil flush, radiator flush. Some of these will need to be done at a dealer.
2) Sell the car and buy a 2019 GT350 with warranty and extend the warranty with flood ford so that this warranty lapping never happens (was a big mistake I did this with my GT350). The cost of this will be around $20-25k (I am getting $40-42k for my car).
On one hand I think I have too many miles on the car and too much maintenance and that I should "cash out" and not push my luck. This car has been good to me, it never let me down but eventually if you keep overplaying your hand, you may lose big time (good poker players are the ones who know when to stop).
On another hand, I think I got a "good copy" of a GT350 and that if something was going to fail in 75,000 miles, it would have done so.
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I think if it's been a good sample and you're attached, just keep it and show it the love it needs to keep going.
