HAHA... And that is why I bought a Shelby...

The only solace I have in mine is that it was driven by a middle aged woman and kept bone stock for a year, bought and traded in the same little town with only 11k miles put on it. She traded it for a Dodge Dart....wow, lol.

Um...what are the chances you'll be in the Shelby when I meet you this week??

I would only buy a classic sports car, because they will pretty much tell/show you what is wrong with them, and they are relatively easy to fix if you have the knowledge.

I'll bring her tonight..

My 2012 GT has nearly 50k miles on it. It will have 80-90k on it by the time it's paid off (1.9 for 60mo). I bought it to daily drive it, not to sit in garage while I spend thousands of mod dollars on it and wipe it down with diapers. If it was a more desirable or expensive car, I probably wouldn't daily drive it.

bingo!

You're absolutely right, I don't have any idea on how the previous owner treated the car. If that's a flaw in logic, then I could just as easily say, those disagreeing have flawed logic in expecting brand new cars to be worry free. Hell, there's a known issue of manual transmission failures with these cars. So buying a new one doesn't magically make things not break. If brand new cars didn't have problems I don't think manufacturers would need to offer warranties.

I bought my previous Corvette with 52k miles, no warranty and the only thing to break on the car prior to the engine at over 140k miles was the radiator overflow tank. Literally, that car was flawless and driven hard for over 90k miles and saw plenty of road trips and hadn't seen the problems plenty of people are reporting with new cars. So I don't subscribe to the idea that new cars are less likely to break than used. If I were brand new to buying cars, then yes I would agree. But experience has proven otherwise.

-Alex

But when something does break on a new car, that's why you have a warranty, just saying. Leaving the idea of modding the car out of the question.

I have an 80k mile warranty on my used car. Saved about $5k versus buying new. So I get all the benefits and save money.

-Alex

So uh......


Yeah I'd like to think I'll keep my car forever, but its not uncommon for it to cross my mind to get rid of it and get something much more practical and reliable. But then I wouldn't have a project car and I'd probably regret it, especially since Mach 1's are not seen very often.

My 12 is paid for and I have been scheming to get a Shelby for awhile. I'm never happy lol

Do it. That 5.8 engine will be one people talk about 30 years from now.

I want too! But my wife on the other hand isn't feeling it lol. I think she's gonna make me get her a raptor next week lol

Take it from a guy that's had 2 Raptors get the GT500.

I've had 12 Mustangs since 2005, but the 2012 just seems to keep hanging around for some reason. Will probably pay it off (only have a few more payments anyway) and then either sell it, or go all out on it.

Right now I say keep. I'm not sold on the new generation of mustangs yet. Give me about 3 or 4 years...I usually get the itch for something new when I have about a year left on the note.

I've owned three fox bodies including an old "four-eye" This one will definately be harder to get rid of.

I'm keeping mine. The only way I'll get rid of it is if I come across a smoking deal on a GHIG boss or a '13-14 gt500.

What this says is exactly how I feel.

If I had a GT500 I would be content as hell but I can see me trading in my 2012 for a GT500ish car in a couple 3 years so mine will be paid off.

This guy....this guy has the right idea.

I traded into my Fox so I wouldn't have a payment anymore. I can't imagine getting rid of it but you never know what could pop up. I'm not a fan of car payments though so that kinda limits me down a bit..

I dd my 2014 gt and plan to keep it for atleast 7 to 10 years.
I'm so in love I prob won't let go.

Smart man. I tell people the same thing. My 1.9% payment is lower than most folks leased car. But hey to each his own.

I haven't planned on trading it in yet because...THERE'S SIMPLY NOTHING TO GET! LMAO

I need to see the new ATS-V, Camaro SS, Cuda/Chally, and get some real M4 numbers before I think about getting rid of it. One things for sure though...I will not get a GT, SS, or RT model muscle car. My next ride will the track version or top dog version of one of the muscle cars...or a V or M series luxury coupe. All of this will be here around 2016 and I will be car note free by then

My brother had a black, lowered, quad cab, supercharged version with a full flowmaster exhaust. The interior was amazing. it shitted all over escalades in my opinion. He hit some rough times and had to let it go back. I told him he was fool to let it go and to let some other crap go. I had just bought my G35 and couldn't take over payments. Now the truck is a classic.