A 2016 350R lemon buyback with 61k miles... Price check?

[Jasonb543]

I’d be more bothered by the 60k miles.

That’s like 15 previous owners for a ShElBy

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[Markmarkmr]

Also I see you are still active in this thread and on the fence about the vehicle but is it even still available? On Carvana it’s marked as purchase in progress. Is that you? Or is this at white bear Lincoln? I’m very confused lol. Another thing to look at is to make sure it has the carbon wheels. If it doesn’t the price doesn’t make sense and I wouldn’t buy it.

Yes, great point. The white bear Lincoln picture came from the research I've been doing on the car, so it's a pic from 2020 or so.

If the wheels are replica, then the previous owner has essentially scammed the dealership. Buy replica wheels for $1,000 and get an extra $20,000 you sell the wheels online. Dastardly.

 

[Markmarkmr]

I’d be more bothered by the 60k miles.

That’s like 15 previous owners for a ShElBy

If they were track miles, yeah. But it looks like the previous owner drove from Texas to Minnesota and back a bunch of times.

 

[wingnutt]

Sounds a bit high to me…

but good luck finding an R less than 40k without a rebuilt title

 

[MAGS1]

Thank you for your italic dissent. I cannot hope to justify this choice. The GT500 is crisp, clean, and immaculate. They fixed the bumper sag. The GT350R comes with factory cigarette smell and the tramsteering is aggressively trying to kill the passengers and make me look like a bad driver. The bumpers could fall off at any moment...

But it's the sound. The GT500 is the sound of your badass highschool bully and the GT350R is the sound of freedom 🤍

We all like what we like. They’re two totally different cars as you know. I personally like the GT500 a little more (assuming yours is a S550 GT500) but it’s super close. There’s no wrong answer when it comes to choosing one or the other IMO, both are spectacular and special in their own right.

The sounds the Voodoo make are very intoxicating, probably the best exhaust note I’ve heard from a V8

 

[Markmarkmr]

We all like what we like. They’re two totally different cars as you know. I personally like the GT500 a little more (assuming yours is a S550 GT500) but it’s super close. There’s no wrong answer when it comes to choosing one or the other IMO, both are spectacular and special in their own right.

The sounds the Voodoo make are very intoxicating, probably the best exhaust note I’ve heard from a V8

Can you elaborate why you like the GT500 more? Aesthetically, I can see it. It's imposing and massive looking. It definitely looks the part

 

[MAGS1]

Can you elaborate why you like the GT500 more? Aesthetically, I can see it. It's imposing and massive looking. It definitely looks the part

I like the looks a little better and a manual isn’t the best for me long term (got some knee issues from my sports-playing days). I also feel like the GT350 needs to rev to be at its happy place and that’s tough to do in normal street driving without being a bit of a menace . Plenty of people do it, but the 500 feels a little better street-mannered to me. I don’t go to the track much so most of my driving would be street and I feel I’d be doing a disservice to a car like the R by not tracking it like it was meant to be. Just my opinion on the two but they’re both spectacular, so hopefully my thoughts don’t come across as belittling one over the other.

 

[SnowFox]

Thank you for your italic dissent. I cannot hope to justify this choice. The GT500 is crisp, clean, and immaculate. They fixed the bumper sag. The GT350R comes with factory cigarette smell and the tramsteering is aggressively trying to kill the passengers and make me look like a bad driver. The bumpers could fall off at any moment...

But it's the sound. The GT500 is the sound of your badass highschool bully and the GT350R is the sound of freedom 🤍

WoW I did do that in Italics I wasn't trying to just didn't notice sorry.

Sound is valid reason. To me a a cars sound should tell people around it

"I'm bad and I know it"

 

[Rose City R]

If you really want to know what engine is in it, then have the seller send you a picture of the engine tag.

 

[svttim]

Care to take a guess where this should be priced? I'm open to suggestions or wild guesses

Not enough information. How many miles on the current engine?

But, I assume, a lemon buyback pre 2019 is not more sought after than a 2019 with no issues or low mileage. I'll do some more research on engine replaced models in this site

You would be correct

 

[Markmarkmr]

Not enough information. How many miles on the current engine

Looks like it was replaced right at 5,000

 

[wingnutt]

Depends on your motivations…

if it’s a driver, fuggedaboutit.

if it’s an investment, hard pass.

if you wanna do both, buy a 63 split window

 

[MAGS1]

buy a 63 split window

I would love a split window but holy hell the prices on them things are crazy. Gotta love that the sole reason the values on ‘63 Vettes is so nuts is because of a piece of sheet metal that obstructs your rear view

 

[MK262556]

Is this the one on carava? Is it at your local caravan dealership? A buyback is a buyback. Only Shelby idiots think having a buyback and a second gen motor actually adds value. Regardless it’s a lemon at the end of the day

So true.

 

[Markmarkmr]

if it’s a driver, fuggedaboutit.

if it’s an investment, hard pass.

Is figged about it good? It reads like you gave two different negatives

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