volcanogod
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- Lee
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- 2016 Mustang GT 350
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It has been a little over a year since my wife found the 2016 Mustang GT350 tech pack car for my BDay. I've been lurking and reading many, many great threads and learning. The car had 5600 miles on it and had never seen the rain till I brought it home on my bday. The previous owner accidentally left the title application along with his insurance card on the document shelf. This was a great find as it show he paid $89K OTD for it. It spent a lot of time in a climate controlled hanger and the guy finally decided to get something different. So far after I did the 1st oil change it is only using a quart every 1500 - 2000 miles. It how has a little over 12k miles and is my daily driver.
We paid $48K OTD for it as it was still under factor bump to bumper for 3 weeks. I went to highest rated dealership here in south Austin and purchased the longest warranty I could for it. The car was flawless and had 3M clear bra on it. From what I can tell the stripes were added by the previous owner. I added the colored vinyl letters to the Shelby on the splitter.
Mods so far:
Hood lift cylinder kit to ditch the hood prop
Ford Perf driver/passenger oil separators
This is the 1st Ford I've bought since having a stealership blow the motor on my 1999 Contour SVT while on a "test" drive after performing a dash recall back in 2002. Back then you had to take SVT cars/trucks to SVT certified dealerships. They stated it would be a month or more to get a long block as it was supposedly on national backorder. I did some digging and found one in CA in a warehouse. Two days later the stealership started the swap. When we got the car back the MTX shifted horribly. I took it back to the 2-3 times complaining about it with they saying they couldn't reproduce or it was normal. A few days later I was coming home from work and it started making metal on metal squeals as it turned bearings. I limped to a Ford dealer 1-2 miles away and the put it on the lift and pulled the MTX drain plug. What came out looked horrible and was shiny with metal black sludge. Only 1/2 a cup came out. The SVT dealer sent a truck to bring it to that stealership. The failed to put any fluid in it and end the end they removed the history about the MTX events and just filled it and put it up for sale on their lot. It has taken me many years to get over the anger from that time. I ended up getting a very steep discount on a fully loaded 2002 Altima SE. Three years after getting it I was rear ended going to work at a stop rural stop light. The seat broke when the minivan hit me going 30-50 MPH where I almost ended up in the back seat, before my car was pushed into a old 77 Ramcharger where I submarine'd under the seat belt. This mess totalled 4 vehicles in the end. All 6 vehicles all had State Farm which is another story someday. I ended up missing almost 2 months of work.
Here are a few of my past rides and my new (slightly old) 2016 GT350 which makes me smile each time I drive it. Chassis number G1267
1991 Mustang GT - sold in 2005 for $5k sight unseen. Car was entered in daily driver car show 3 weeks later and took 3rd. I should have never sold it.
1999 Contour SVT - killed by stealership in 2002
2002 Altima SE - Totalled by minivan in 2005
2005 Frontier LE 4x4 purchased to replace 91 Mustang GT and traded for 2016 Mustang GT350
2005 Altima SER sold in 2008 after finding out we were having triplets. We replaced it with a crappy brand new 2008 Honda Odyssey EXL
2016 Mustang GT350 purchased in Feb of 2019
We paid $48K OTD for it as it was still under factor bump to bumper for 3 weeks. I went to highest rated dealership here in south Austin and purchased the longest warranty I could for it. The car was flawless and had 3M clear bra on it. From what I can tell the stripes were added by the previous owner. I added the colored vinyl letters to the Shelby on the splitter.
Mods so far:
Hood lift cylinder kit to ditch the hood prop
Ford Perf driver/passenger oil separators
This is the 1st Ford I've bought since having a stealership blow the motor on my 1999 Contour SVT while on a "test" drive after performing a dash recall back in 2002. Back then you had to take SVT cars/trucks to SVT certified dealerships. They stated it would be a month or more to get a long block as it was supposedly on national backorder. I did some digging and found one in CA in a warehouse. Two days later the stealership started the swap. When we got the car back the MTX shifted horribly. I took it back to the 2-3 times complaining about it with they saying they couldn't reproduce or it was normal. A few days later I was coming home from work and it started making metal on metal squeals as it turned bearings. I limped to a Ford dealer 1-2 miles away and the put it on the lift and pulled the MTX drain plug. What came out looked horrible and was shiny with metal black sludge. Only 1/2 a cup came out. The SVT dealer sent a truck to bring it to that stealership. The failed to put any fluid in it and end the end they removed the history about the MTX events and just filled it and put it up for sale on their lot. It has taken me many years to get over the anger from that time. I ended up getting a very steep discount on a fully loaded 2002 Altima SE. Three years after getting it I was rear ended going to work at a stop rural stop light. The seat broke when the minivan hit me going 30-50 MPH where I almost ended up in the back seat, before my car was pushed into a old 77 Ramcharger where I submarine'd under the seat belt. This mess totalled 4 vehicles in the end. All 6 vehicles all had State Farm which is another story someday. I ended up missing almost 2 months of work.
Here are a few of my past rides and my new (slightly old) 2016 GT350 which makes me smile each time I drive it. Chassis number G1267
1991 Mustang GT - sold in 2005 for $5k sight unseen. Car was entered in daily driver car show 3 weeks later and took 3rd. I should have never sold it.
1999 Contour SVT - killed by stealership in 2002
2002 Altima SE - Totalled by minivan in 2005
2005 Frontier LE 4x4 purchased to replace 91 Mustang GT and traded for 2016 Mustang GT350
2005 Altima SER sold in 2008 after finding out we were having triplets. We replaced it with a crappy brand new 2008 Honda Odyssey EXL
2016 Mustang GT350 purchased in Feb of 2019
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