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Old 5/11/05, 10:50 PM
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Ok I have been calling around lately looking for a Mineral Gray GT Stick.

Every time I found one on the internet I'd call the dealer and they say thats a Saleen.

Finally I asked how this works out.

Turns out the dealership gets their 2005 Mustang GTs for retail sale, then they send it off to Saleen to get turned into a most awesome S281.

The problem is that ups the price to about 42 Gs, making the GT out of reach for most of us regular Joes.

I could have had my car three times now if it weren't for this.
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Jim - hang in there - you'll get what you want if you are patient......keep close tabs on the dealers in your area - you just never know when a GT on order may come up for sale....that's how I found mine - just passing my local Ford dealer and they had "my GT" on point......the order had been canceled and I just happened to be passing by............the rest is history!!
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Originally posted by HOTLAP@May 12, 2005, 12:11 AM
Jim - hang in there - you'll get what you want if you are patient......keep close tabs on the dealers in your area - you just never know when a GT on order may come up for sale....that's how I found mine - just passing my local Ford dealer and they had "my GT" on point......the order had been canceled and I just happened to be passing by............the rest is history!!
Thanks I've called about every dealer in this and the surrounding states so hopefully they'll give me a call. I will be putting in an order that supposedly still has allocations for 05s on Monday.
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Keep trying a dealer near me traded a V6 vert for a redfire gt, thats how I got mine. JUst keep trying.
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Originally posted by 05redfiregt@May 12, 2005, 9:02 AM
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Keep trying a dealer near me traded a V6 vert for a redfire gt, thats how I got mine. JUst keep trying.

Lol, if anyone see a mIneral Gray GT with ICAP and a Manual Tranny for MSRP let me know otherwise that is what I am ordering on Monday for MSRP
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Lol, if anyone see a mIneral Gray GT with ICAP and a Manual Tranny for MSRP let me know otherwise that is what I am ordering on Monday for MSRP
I will keep an eye out for you, I have been watching out for that color combo for some time now. I know they are hard to find.
I hope you find it
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Originally posted by softbatch@May 11, 2005, 10:53 PM
Ok I have been calling around lately looking for a Mineral Gray GT Stick.

Every time I found one on the internet I'd call the dealer and they say thats a Saleen.

Finally I asked how this works out.

Turns out the dealership gets their 2005 Mustang GTs for retail sale, then they send it off to Saleen to get turned into a most awesome S281.

The problem is that ups the price to about 42 Gs, making the GT out of reach for most of us regular Joes.

I could have had my car three times now if it weren't for this.
The dealer lies to you (big surprise). Saleen does not get their GT's from dealers. They get them directly from ford. Dealers are an endless source of bad info about the 2005+ mustang.
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Originally posted by new22003+May 12, 2005, 10:19 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(new22003 @ May 12, 2005, 10:19 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-softbatch@May 11, 2005, 10:53 PM
Ok I have been calling around lately looking for a Mineral Gray GT Stick.

Every time I found one on the internet I'd call the dealer and they say thats a Saleen.

Finally I asked how this works out.

Turns out the dealership gets their 2005 Mustang GTs for retail sale, then they send it off to Saleen to get turned into a most awesome S281.

The problem is that ups the price to about 42 Gs, making the GT out of reach for most of us regular Joes.

I could have had my car three times now if it weren't for this.
The dealer lies to you (big surprise). Saleen does not get their GT's from dealers. They get them directly from ford. Dealers are an endless source of bad info about the 2005+ mustang.
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That's what I thought but I have heard this from several different dealers in several different states.

One in New York had a Saleen listed at it's old GT MSRP.

And a Dealer in TN said the same thing about a Mineral Grey GT that showed up in their inventory but had been sent off.
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Originally posted by softbatch+May 12, 2005, 8:08 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(softbatch @ May 12, 2005, 8:08 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-05redfiregt@May 12, 2005, 9:02 AM
Jim
Keep trying a dealer near me traded a V6 vert for a redfire gt, thats how I got mine. JUst keep trying.

Lol, if anyone see a mIneral Gray GT with ICAP and a Manual Tranny for MSRP let me know otherwise that is what I am ordering on Monday for MSRP
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covert ford here in austin had that combo about 2 days ago. salesman said it was an ordered car that had not been picked up yet. they were going to give him until last night to pick it up. dunno if its still there
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Too bad you're not in NY... Riverhead Ford has a 5-spd MG GT in the lot
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Originally posted by Tsbird1994@May 12, 2005, 10:45 AM
Too bad you're not in NY... Riverhead Ford has a 5-spd MG GT in the lot
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