GT500 question
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GT500 question
Over the summer I will have to be buying a new car. I wouldn't mind the new 5.0 but from what it sounds like it will not be able to support boost. I would find an 09 GT but would probably have to build the bottom end for what I have planned for this car. The GT500 already has a forgrd bottom end as well as a sc.
My question is what would be an unreasonable offer for a leftover 08-09 Shelby GT500?
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My question is what would be an unreasonable offer for a leftover 08-09 Shelby GT500?
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Over the summer I will have to be buying a new car. I wouldn't mind the new 5.0 but from what it sounds like it will not be able to support boost. I would find an 09 GT but would probably have to build the bottom end for what I have planned for this car. The GT500 already has a forgrd bottom end as well as a sc.
My question is what would be an unreasonable offer for a leftover 08-09 Shelby GT500?
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My question is what would be an unreasonable offer for a leftover 08-09 Shelby GT500?
Thanks
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Thanks. The wait for the summer to get here is annoying though. I cant wait to get my new Mustang. I will start looking around to see the prices but my reasoning is that these cars will be 2-3 years old and won't there be any rebates?
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I see that from your sig you've already got a 2007 GT
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
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I see that from your sig you've already got a 2007 GT
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
Sounds good.
If I could get one for under 40k out the door I should be set. Lets hope all goes as planned over the summer.
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I see that from your sig you've already got a 2007 GT
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
The cheapest rout available to you is to build your bottom end and apply a power adder of your choice to it. The differences to the GT500 I personally don't believe are great enough to overcome the price disparity. Especially considering you can make your car look identical if you desired to do so.
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That's why unless you're in a position that you have to purchase a new car, it's always cheaper to modify yours to get what you want out of it.
I'm sure many will claim that the GT500 may become a collector. That may be, but it took 40 years for collector cars now to become collectibles, with a few notable exceptions (like the Supra). I doubt this guy's gonna have his next car for 40+ years. So if he's really concerned about resale on the back-end, he's looking at the wrong car in general.
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That makes sense then. If that's the case and you have to purchase a car anyway, I would definitely go with the GT500 if you can swing it. You might also consider a low mile stock or near stock 2003/2004 Cobra.
When purchasing cars like these, if you're worried about resale, it's the wrong car. If you're that worried buy a honda. Unless it's a highly sought after classic, anything you buy to have fun with WILL lose value and you WILL lose money on it.
That's why unless you're in a position that you have to purchase a new car, it's always cheaper to modify yours to get what you want out of it.
I'm sure many will claim that the GT500 may become a collector. That may be, but it took 40 years for collector cars now to become collectibles, with a few notable exceptions (like the Supra). I doubt this guy's gonna have his next car for 40+ years. So if he's really concerned about resale on the back-end, he's looking at the wrong car in general.
When purchasing cars like these, if you're worried about resale, it's the wrong car. If you're that worried buy a honda. Unless it's a highly sought after classic, anything you buy to have fun with WILL lose value and you WILL lose money on it.
That's why unless you're in a position that you have to purchase a new car, it's always cheaper to modify yours to get what you want out of it.
I'm sure many will claim that the GT500 may become a collector. That may be, but it took 40 years for collector cars now to become collectibles, with a few notable exceptions (like the Supra). I doubt this guy's gonna have his next car for 40+ years. So if he's really concerned about resale on the back-end, he's looking at the wrong car in general.
As far as collector status taking 40 years, not really. Late 60's muscle started to fetch big money by the late 80's.
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