Aloha from Hawaii
2/4/11 | 12:32 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: February 3, 2011
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
From: Hawaii
Aloha from Hawaii
Hey everyone on TheMustangSource!
My name is Ken and after owning mostly all of the Mustang's rivals I have finally converted back to the big blue oval and bought a new 2010 Mustang GT convertible in Sterling Gray.
2010 you say?!?!? Yes I found this car on the roof of a local dealer way in the back just waiting for me to take it home. In Hawaii it sucks bad trying to buy a new vehicle. Every dealer charges MSRP+ some sort of mark-up because you don't have an option to purchase the car anywhere else really.
The new 2011s with similar equipment were all marked up from sticker and to purchase one with the same equiment was going to run about 45k. I spent a full day negotiating for this leftover that stickered at $40,750 and finally took it home for 32k and a free ESP warranty.
It's a Premium Convertible with the 400A rapid order deal. It also has optional wheels, the shaker 1000, a really nice cloth top, HIDs , active security, and for some reason - a spoiler delete?
Best part is that is a manual transmission and exactly what I was looking for. I have been totally lurking on the forums since I bought it reading about modifications and problems etc and decided this was a great owner's forum to be a part of. My last Ford, a 2003 SVT Lightning, was bulletproof and after bad experiences galore from GM and Dodge I have committed to never buying from either of them again.
Here's some quick pictures from my cellphone of the car. The lack of spoiler bugs me sometimes but the blacked out stealth Bullit look is kind of cool at the same time.
My name is Ken and after owning mostly all of the Mustang's rivals I have finally converted back to the big blue oval and bought a new 2010 Mustang GT convertible in Sterling Gray.
2010 you say?!?!? Yes I found this car on the roof of a local dealer way in the back just waiting for me to take it home. In Hawaii it sucks bad trying to buy a new vehicle. Every dealer charges MSRP+ some sort of mark-up because you don't have an option to purchase the car anywhere else really.
The new 2011s with similar equipment were all marked up from sticker and to purchase one with the same equiment was going to run about 45k. I spent a full day negotiating for this leftover that stickered at $40,750 and finally took it home for 32k and a free ESP warranty.
It's a Premium Convertible with the 400A rapid order deal. It also has optional wheels, the shaker 1000, a really nice cloth top, HIDs , active security, and for some reason - a spoiler delete?
Best part is that is a manual transmission and exactly what I was looking for. I have been totally lurking on the forums since I bought it reading about modifications and problems etc and decided this was a great owner's forum to be a part of. My last Ford, a 2003 SVT Lightning, was bulletproof and after bad experiences galore from GM and Dodge I have committed to never buying from either of them again.
Here's some quick pictures from my cellphone of the car. The lack of spoiler bugs me sometimes but the blacked out stealth Bullit look is kind of cool at the same time.
2/4/11 | 01:51 PM
#3
Mach 1 Member
Joined: December 25, 2010
Posts: 714
Likes: 0
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Originally Posted by Kiloton10
Hey everyone on TheMustangSource!
My name is Ken and after owning mostly all of the Mustang's rivals I have finally converted back to the big blue oval and bought a new 2010 Mustang GT convertible in Sterling Gray.
2010 you say?!?!? Yes I found this car on the roof of a local dealer way in the back just waiting for me to take it home. In Hawaii it sucks bad trying to buy a new vehicle. Every dealer charges MSRP+ some sort of mark-up because you don't have an option to purchase the car anywhere else really.
The new 2011s with similar equipment were all marked up from sticker and to purchase one with the same equiment was going to run about 45k. I spent a full day negotiating for this leftover that stickered at $40,750 and finally took it home for 32k and a free ESP warranty.
It's a Premium Convertible with the 400A rapid order deal. It also has optional wheels, the shaker 1000, a really nice cloth top, HIDs , active security, and for some reason - a spoiler delete?
Best part is that is a manual transmission and exactly what I was looking for. I have been totally lurking on the forums since I bought it reading about modifications and problems etc and decided this was a great owner's forum to be a part of. My last Ford, a 2003 SVT Lightning, was bulletproof and after bad experiences galore from GM and Dodge I have committed to never buying from either of them again.
Here's some quick pictures from my cellphone of the car. The lack of spoiler bugs me sometimes but the blacked out stealth Bullit look is kind of cool at the same time.
My name is Ken and after owning mostly all of the Mustang's rivals I have finally converted back to the big blue oval and bought a new 2010 Mustang GT convertible in Sterling Gray.
2010 you say?!?!? Yes I found this car on the roof of a local dealer way in the back just waiting for me to take it home. In Hawaii it sucks bad trying to buy a new vehicle. Every dealer charges MSRP+ some sort of mark-up because you don't have an option to purchase the car anywhere else really.
The new 2011s with similar equipment were all marked up from sticker and to purchase one with the same equiment was going to run about 45k. I spent a full day negotiating for this leftover that stickered at $40,750 and finally took it home for 32k and a free ESP warranty.
It's a Premium Convertible with the 400A rapid order deal. It also has optional wheels, the shaker 1000, a really nice cloth top, HIDs , active security, and for some reason - a spoiler delete?
Best part is that is a manual transmission and exactly what I was looking for. I have been totally lurking on the forums since I bought it reading about modifications and problems etc and decided this was a great owner's forum to be a part of. My last Ford, a 2003 SVT Lightning, was bulletproof and after bad experiences galore from GM and Dodge I have committed to never buying from either of them again.
Here's some quick pictures from my cellphone of the car. The lack of spoiler bugs me sometimes but the blacked out stealth Bullit look is kind of cool at the same time.
2/4/11 | 02:14 PM
#4
HIDs and Spoiler Delelte...
Awesome. Welcome to the site!!
Awesome. Welcome to the site!!
2/4/11 | 02:22 PM
#5
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: February 3, 2011
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
From: Hawaii
I am a total haole and live/work up at the base in Kbay. My wife just got on with the HPD though and were planning on staying here for good. Been here a couple of years and you just can't beat da island life.
2/4/11 | 02:25 PM
#6
Thread Starter
Member
Joined: February 3, 2011
Posts: 44
Likes: 0
From: Hawaii
2/4/11 | 02:35 PM
#7
Mach 1 Member
Joined: December 25, 2010
Posts: 714
Likes: 0
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Originally Posted by Kiloton10
I am a total haole and live/work up at the base in Kbay. My wife just got on with the HPD though and were planning on staying here for good. Been here a couple of years and you just can't beat da island life.
2/4/11 | 02:37 PM
#8
Post *****
Joined: December 14, 2007
Posts: 20,005
Likes: 4
From: State of Jefferson Mountains USA
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post