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Let me double check my PM's with Nick. Maybe I misunderstood what he wrote.

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You're ABSOLUTELY right Gabe. My bad, I totally screwed that up. I apologize.

I thought the dealership was considered the original owner because of the CPO, which I totally misunderstood from the start. i reread Nick's PM again just now.)
I'm going to pass on this car. It is super clean in and out, but the fact that it had previous owners is bothersome to me and I don't have a good feeling about it. (always go with your gut, right?)
Maybe that's why the owner was so quick to drop the price 2k? Just to get rid of it? It's all kind of coming together now.
See,......sometimes it helps to have outsiders look at this stuff as well. Thanks Gabe.

**Although it NEVER had any issues reported on the Carfax, it still bothers me that there were 3 previous owners on the car. Maybe there isn't anything wrong with it, but I'm not going to take any chances and trade in a perfectly fine car for a car that "may" be troublesome down the line.

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If anyone is interested,......................

https://www.streetsideclassics.com/v...-mustang-gt500

I was working with Zegin Braun. He was quick replying with the emails, but very short. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll pass along his info.

Gabe

Glad I insisted. You're welcome

And by the way, $56k is too much for that car.
2014's should be low 50's these days, for a good deal.
2013's low 40's

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Yeah, thanks for that Gabe.

I got them down 2k, and wanted them to go down lower, but they had to get back to me. I think I'm going to pass on it anyways. I don't want to be the 4th owner. There may be nothing wrong with the car, but I'm going with my gut.
As I posted above, the last owner only had it for 100 miles and was an older man. They said the car scared him and he traded it in. May be true, may not be. If I were going to be the third owner, I would consider it more so.
Oh well, everything happens for a reason.

Gabe

Yeah, plus really there's no reason to be looking at cars that far. You risk getting a flood car.
Plus, there's lots of people babying their Mustangs up around here, you should be able to get what you want up here.

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I looked but there are not any that I can find.
I did find one in Fitchburg, (I think it was), but it had more miles than I wanted on it. (Over 10K. Plus, there was a sticker on the back window of some mod shop in MA, so the car was "probably" not stock. No thanks on that. Could be opening up a new can of worms.)
I'm in no rush. I want to make sure I buy the perfect one, "if" I find it. If not, I'll have the truck paid off before the new GT500 comes out, so I may look into that as well.

Gabe

In my continued quest for OBD readiness, just installed spacers on the rear O2 sensors.
We'll see if they help at all.
Hoping to take the car out on a cruise with the wife later today.

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Good luck bro! I hope that's it.

(I know this sound silly, but did you try disconnecting the battery to reset after trying these different scenarios? That may help as well.)

Gabe

Thanks and no, since whenever a tune is loaded, it resets everything

Rog13GTCS

Gabe, would flood damage show up on the carfax? I'm thinking about getting a used car in the next 6-12 months.

Gabe

Only stuff that shows up on a Carfax is what's actually reported.
If any accident or other damage gets fixed "under the radar" or by the owner, it usually doesn't show up

Sarge

I bolted on a strut tower brace. Maybe it's just my imagination, but I'm convinced it feels tighter, more responsive in corners. Makes me happy.

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So, it seems they "may" have sold the car today anyways. I knew it wasn't going to last long, but the 3 previous owner thing bothers me. I would be owner #4.
Here is the email from today, not too long ago actually.

Rog13GTCS

Did you see this one? 60k!

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lol
Yes, I did see that last week Roger. Pretty sweet. All with a warranty too!

Gabe

The thing with those guys is that some of the packages they offer are advertised in a very misleading way.
That "1200-horsepower Mustang" for $45k or $50k or whatever it is this week, is a car with a turbo system that's CAPABLE of delivering 1200 hp, IF you turn up the boost and get yourself a built bottom-end.
The standard package is about 550 rwhp.

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Very true Gabe.
If I were running anything over 800HP on the new Coyotes, I would be running a built bottom end. Even on the S197 cars, I would be running a built bottom end on anything over 700HP. Of course, oil pump gears and crank sprocket.

Sarge

My odometer rolled past 10,000 miles today. So far, so good. Any problems I've had have been self-inflicted.

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That's awesome Pete! Enjoy it brother.