Dave
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I'll start this post off by saying, I can be super picky. Like, seriously, I have OCD.
Thanks to this forum, and specifically this thread, I knew what to look for, so there were no surprises later. I mean, I always look a car over pretty well before I buy it, but this way I could just check the most likely problems and move on if they were present.
They had 4 Mustang GT PP's at the dealership I visited. They had a black one that looked pretty decent except the hood latch was pulling the center of the hood down, a white one that had hood and trunk alignment issues (bad off-center) and a blue one that had trunk alignment issues, and the one I got, which is also blue. Other than the window being very *slightly* lower on the left (it's nowhere near as bad as the pics I've seen) everything looks pretty good. In fact, I thought there was nothing wrong with the window, until I really looked really, really close... It's barely off.
The thing I wanted to bring up is that these cars were all built in mid-July. So, if you are ordering now, or ordering a 2016... I would look your car over with a keen eye. The issues with the other three cars didn't look like issues that could not be adjusted out pretty easily, but since I was just picking one from dealer stock I didn't want to hassle with letting them adjust it.
EDIT:
Well, see my later post. There were "surprises" later because I only looked for specific things. I should have looked at the doors and fenders more closely. I checked the hood to fender, rear glass, bumper and trunk but did not check the doors closely enough apparently.
Thanks to this forum, and specifically this thread, I knew what to look for, so there were no surprises later. I mean, I always look a car over pretty well before I buy it, but this way I could just check the most likely problems and move on if they were present.
They had 4 Mustang GT PP's at the dealership I visited. They had a black one that looked pretty decent except the hood latch was pulling the center of the hood down, a white one that had hood and trunk alignment issues (bad off-center) and a blue one that had trunk alignment issues, and the one I got, which is also blue. Other than the window being very *slightly* lower on the left (it's nowhere near as bad as the pics I've seen) everything looks pretty good. In fact, I thought there was nothing wrong with the window, until I really looked really, really close... It's barely off.
The thing I wanted to bring up is that these cars were all built in mid-July. So, if you are ordering now, or ordering a 2016... I would look your car over with a keen eye. The issues with the other three cars didn't look like issues that could not be adjusted out pretty easily, but since I was just picking one from dealer stock I didn't want to hassle with letting them adjust it.
EDIT:
Well, see my later post. There were "surprises" later because I only looked for specific things. I should have looked at the doors and fenders more closely. I checked the hood to fender, rear glass, bumper and trunk but did not check the doors closely enough apparently.
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