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windnsea00

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Hello everyone, just joined the forum and had been researching on here the past month. I bought a 2018 Shelby GT350 last Friday (3/23) in a small town east of Dallas, was $3k under MSRP. Only options are the stripes and a car cover. I had been trying to get one at MSRP in CA for a few weeks without much luck unless I wanted a 2017 that had been sitting outside for a year.

When I saw this one posted on Cars.com I literally called the dealer and flew out the next day as that had been the best deal I had seen thus far. The new sales guy had the easiest close of his career probably. They were great and no BS or bogus fees, was in/out within an hour. Had an amazing road trip back to LA! Felt like I was in the movie American Graffiti rolling through those one light towns on the Texas back roads and the exhaust burbling away...never felt more American in my life :D

This is my first Mustang ever for myself, most of my past cars were M cars or 911's, awesome to see America putting out such great cars now. Also was really excited to find this in the original Shelby GT350 color scheme.

I can say in utomst confidence this is one of my favorite cars I've owned thus far, everything is tied together so well from the drivetrain-chassis-ergonomics. May consider removing the resonators but other than that, going to enjoy!

P.S. If you happen to be in or visiting LA my car will also be available on Turo: https://turo.com/drivers/2549749

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Congrats ! Nice deal you got there. Safe Journey back to CA. Beautiful car and some very nice pics out there in the west.

So now, Let the mods.......BEGIN !!
 

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Congrats! First Mustang/American car for me and coming from an R35 GT-R, the GT350 is a fantastic machine. Enjoy it! Great choice in color :)
 

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Congrats, thanks for sharing. Great color, I have the same.
 

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Turo?!? Really?!? With a GT350?!?

Dang, man, somebody is going to have fun with that - but aren't you concerned with it being thrashed hard?
 

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Turo?!? Really?!? With a GT350?!?

Dang, man, somebody is going to have fun with that - but aren't you concerned with it being thrashed hard?
my first thoughts exactly :doh:
 
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Turo?!? Really?!? With a GT350?!?

Dang, man, somebody is going to have fun with that - but aren't you concerned with it being thrashed hard?
I bought it with the intention of it being used on there (and to justify the purchase haha). There is only one other one on Turo in LA right now for $444 a day. Turo limits these cars to 30+ age wise and being a peer to peer platform like Airbnb you are renting to someone that has some credibility already. Also, I have set up MyKey so they can't access the track app and disable stability control or use launch control.

With that being said I do expect it to be driven hard, like I do myself...hopefully though not in an abusive manner but I understand things will happen. The car will be GPS monitored and I will receive notifications of excessive speed/abuse. Luckily I don't have to rent to anyone, if I don't think the person will be the right fit then I can cancel them.
 

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Congrats on the new ride!! Love the color. Seems like you were on some great roads on your way back home!
 

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