'Twas the day before thanksgiving, a good day to do maintenance on my '08 GT500 I thought. Needed an inspection renewal, had a nail in the rear tire and was due for an oil change. Went to the Ford Truck City a few miles from where I live and was told 2.5 hour wait. Well, I already spent half of my day off and was not wanting to wait that long so I drove to the Ford dealership in south Austin. They said it would be about an hour, so I headed to the showroom.They had a red '13 GT500 for $66K with a $20K ADM. Yikes I said. Good luck. I saw two grabber blue stangs out on the patio. Figured they were 5.0s. Nope...two bosses.
I've dreamt of owning a grabber blue stang since I saw one with my dad when I was 9. I thought hmmm...Told the sales guy that came to see if I was ok, could probably get a good deal on one of these with a smile. He said maybe. They were just under $45K with $5K ADM. I told him I'm not paying an ADM. To make a long story short, I traded in my baby Shelby for a bad Boss. Been grinning ever since!

New to this forum. Excited about that too!

Doubly cool, in 2010 Ford came through Austin with a screening of the new 2010s before the launch, including the new grabber blue. There were some vintage grabbers from local owners too. I went to take a peak and was drooling with envy. Thought to myself, "someday". When the 2010 Mustang Brochure came out, I was shocked to see a picture of me looking at the sweet blue stangs. I thought that was so cool to be part of Ford history. My sales guy gave me a 2013 brochure and I was thumbing through it, only to see that same picture with me in the corner. It was only a small pic, not like the full page spread in '10, but I was geeked to be in the same year brochure as my new baby.

Just wanted to share my experience and introduce myself to the members here...

 

Welcome to TMS and great looking cars. Congrats on the purchase

 

congrates....... fun cars

 

Thanks! Wish I could say I still have both. Had to trade in the Shelby. Can't afford two toys Well, I have a project 71 AMC Matador. So I have one and a half toys.

 

Congrats, you dont see too many of the GB bosses. Glad you didnt pay the ADM as bosses are going for a good amount under MSRP. Dont put a front plate on it!

 

I got her for $2K under MSRP. They tried to make it seem like I saved $7K, I was like c'mon man. I did get good deal on my trade. Was hit last year by a guy that ran a redlight, didn't think I'd be able to trade it in. One of the reasons I convinced myself to make the deal.

I ordered a Craig's bracket or the front. What are you doing?

 

Congrats man, Great choice! I can't wait to get mine Post more pictures please hahaa

 

Here were the twins before I took mine home. Big sister still needs a home

 

Tsk, tsk, Darth Boss..... first I ever heard of someone braking twins up like that. If you had any compassion in you at all, you would have taken them both!

 

I couldn't live with myself if I didn't take them both I thought...then I thought how would I explain one girl to my girlfriend, much less two. Good thing she likes grabber blue as much as I do.

 

Twas my runner-up color if I couldn't find a "Gotta Have It".

Nice seeing them side by side. Hope you enjoy it!

 

Funny thing is GHIG would be the only other color I'd consider, but I think Grabber Blue was really the only other color that I would have given up my Shelby for. My Vapor Metallic GT500 will always have a special place in my memory just as all my stangs that I have owned. Looking forward to getting to know the Boss a lot better.

 

Cool story and good looking Boss. I especially like your avatar pic.

 

Nice story and welcome to the club of the best Stang ever!

 

Thanks guys...here is the brochure pic I was talking about. That's me in the right corner

 

cool stuff congrats

 

Welcome and congrats on the purchase! I'm sure the boss will treat you right Awesome to be in the brochure!!!

 

Cool story, and congrats on a great car.

 

Congrats man welcome to the 2013 boss club

 

Thanks all for the warm response. Looking forward to learn what I can from everyone

I'm sure this is somewhere in this forum, but what is the real skinny on the restrictor plates? My dealer says if I remove the plates it nulls my factory and extended warranty. I talked to another service department and they said it wouldn't but they would not remove them. They said if damage was a result of the plate removal, that issue would not be covered. In both instances, neither service department were aware of the quad exhaust or restrictor plates and the track key for that matter.

I plan to keep her stock for the most part unless the upgrade doesn't effect my warranties or track key performance when I get it. This is the part I get frustrated with buying a new car, what can I and can't I do. On my Shelby, it only had 12K miles so it was like new, but there was only 3 months left on the warranty so it didn't matter.

If there is a clear thread on this, just point me to it. I've ordered 3/4 and 1 inch plates and am dying to try no plates.

Lastly I saw a thread on how activating the track key nulls any extended warranty and they should not be sold. I've asked several dealers, one of which called a Ford Racing contact and all have said there is no truth to this.

Confusing....