Ophidian
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I had my BIG day yesterday and took delivery of my GT500! It’s been quite a journey to get to this point, but incredibly worth it. My order went in on 1/12 and we’re just over six month to taking delivery. The toughest part of the wait was seeing my car being fully built in mid-April and just having it sit in the rail yard for over six weeks. Apparently, the shipper will not send out a rail car unless it is full and I was caught up in the factory shutdown with no cars coming behind mine to fill the rail car. Finally, Ford gave a ‘short ship’ authorization and all the Mustangs moved out at once.
My initial impressions of the car are just insanely good. I’m coming out of a 94 SVT Cobra so you can get an idea of my driving expectation baseline which is pretty low. But I can tell right away this is a whole new driving experience ballgame. The handing is incredible, the car just stays incredibly planted and holds any line I’ve thrown at it. It does feel like a heavy car, but I’d prefer that to the light-in-rear feel my 94 had. My 94 did have a soft ride but I’m happy to trade that off for performance. Acceleration is just insane and I’m still a bit frightful of it at this point. A quick blip of the throttle gets me to 80 in no time on the small back roads I’ve traveled. I’m really looking forward to attending Track Attach to get a sense of the real capabilities of this monster.
My dealer experience was really bizarre unfortunately. I had really low expectations as I went with a small local dealer as they were the first one to offer me a MSRP deal. Upon arrival, my car was parked out front and just glistening in the sun. It instantly attracted an audience and no one could walk by without checking it out. As I got close, I saw my Handling Package was still bubble-wrapped in the front seat. This was a bit of a WTF moment. I told my salesperson that it was a dealer-installed option and I expected it to be installed. His reply was the install was not included, but they could do the install for $300 and I’d have to come back tomorrow. I told them to hold off and I’ll get it installed elsewhere. Same issue with the front license plate bracket; not installed. In hindsight, that’s not a big deal as I’ll get a tow-hook installed, but come on ask me what I want before I get there. The last oddity was they claimed they could not sell me a wheel/tire warranty. I can’t image they would be untruthful on that as they’re making money, so I accepted it and will research getting a warranty through my insurance coverage.
I am super grateful for all the community members here. I’ve learned a ton here and that has really improved my overall understanding of the car and the ordering process. HUGE shoutout to @Snoopy49 for all his help. He has proved to be invaluable and provided me with so much more info than my salesperson, any of the online Ford tracking sites, and the Ford Performance info center. He watched over my entire ordering process and really deserves a title akin to ‘GT500 Guardian Angel’!
My initial impressions of the car are just insanely good. I’m coming out of a 94 SVT Cobra so you can get an idea of my driving expectation baseline which is pretty low. But I can tell right away this is a whole new driving experience ballgame. The handing is incredible, the car just stays incredibly planted and holds any line I’ve thrown at it. It does feel like a heavy car, but I’d prefer that to the light-in-rear feel my 94 had. My 94 did have a soft ride but I’m happy to trade that off for performance. Acceleration is just insane and I’m still a bit frightful of it at this point. A quick blip of the throttle gets me to 80 in no time on the small back roads I’ve traveled. I’m really looking forward to attending Track Attach to get a sense of the real capabilities of this monster.
My dealer experience was really bizarre unfortunately. I had really low expectations as I went with a small local dealer as they were the first one to offer me a MSRP deal. Upon arrival, my car was parked out front and just glistening in the sun. It instantly attracted an audience and no one could walk by without checking it out. As I got close, I saw my Handling Package was still bubble-wrapped in the front seat. This was a bit of a WTF moment. I told my salesperson that it was a dealer-installed option and I expected it to be installed. His reply was the install was not included, but they could do the install for $300 and I’d have to come back tomorrow. I told them to hold off and I’ll get it installed elsewhere. Same issue with the front license plate bracket; not installed. In hindsight, that’s not a big deal as I’ll get a tow-hook installed, but come on ask me what I want before I get there. The last oddity was they claimed they could not sell me a wheel/tire warranty. I can’t image they would be untruthful on that as they’re making money, so I accepted it and will research getting a warranty through my insurance coverage.
I am super grateful for all the community members here. I’ve learned a ton here and that has really improved my overall understanding of the car and the ordering process. HUGE shoutout to @Snoopy49 for all his help. He has proved to be invaluable and provided me with so much more info than my salesperson, any of the online Ford tracking sites, and the Ford Performance info center. He watched over my entire ordering process and really deserves a title akin to ‘GT500 Guardian Angel’!
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