Blu_stallion
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- Don
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Please welcome my 2020 GT500 Carbon Fiber Track Pack, Chassis #L2131. The backstory: I had been losing sleep the past few months deciding whether to sell or not to sell my beloved 2020 Kona Blue 5.0 which I put so much time into and really enjoyed, but I couldn't get the Shelby itch out of my head. I also wanted to be boosted but didn't exactly want to do that myself or deal with local speed shops. Despite being N/A, the GT350's remained an option for obvious reasons. Anyway, the 5.0 sold in one week at full asking price so then the question was, do I get a 2019-2020 GT350/R, or a 2020-2022 GT500? Even though I'm a manual guy at heart, ultimately I decided on a GT500 after test driving one and really loving the look, sound and performance. The Predator / DCT combo is an animal. Do I regret not getting a GT350? Not exactly, but partly because I have a 2019 C7 Z06 with a tremec manual and partly because having a 700 HP DCT Shelby is pretty damn enjoyable, to say the least. Will I eventually wind up with a GT350/R to add to the group? Almost certainly yes. Anyway, here's a formal introduction with photos of my GT500 to this forum. This car unbelievably only had 450 miles when I bought it a few weeks ago and drove it home from Dallas. There is literally still plastic on the floor mats! Oddly, it was a two owner car with the previous owner only having it about 6 weeks. My only fear is that the previous owners did not properly break it in. But the car checked out as best I could tell, Carfax is clean, and it sounds and drives amazing, (outside of downshifts being a little rough, is that normal with the DCT?). I've already started adding Carbon Fiber dress up parts to the engine and interior, and I just changed out the stock red tail lights for some Form Clear Euro tail lights which look better to me. This weekend I'll be adding the VMP Apex Predator CF CAI, and in the near future I will be getting tuning (not sure if I'll be using Lund, PBD or someone else. Any suggestions?).
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