So I want to buy a new Shelby GT500 SVT Package but I dont want to trade in my RA. So Q is to trade or not to trade?

 

TRADE!!! This is the only muscle car I would trade my evo in for. But I would never trade my evo in LOL

 

My friend has one. He couldn't keep up around corners when we went back roading last weekend

 

i'd take a used GTR any day of the week over the gt500. Personally, I keeping my money for the EVO XI. Diesel hybrid? A car that will commute well and melt faces sounds good to me... plus a whole bunch of other next-gen cars coming out in the next couple of years

 

To clarify I love in West Texas where there literally are no corners. Also used GTR's are way more expensive and I only have a 70k budget to buy a engagement ring and a car.

 

lol, I'm glad you prioritized on which purchase gets the bulk of the money. Hey, if you can afford it, why the hell not? The Ford Mustang has come far from what it was before.

Also, consider the STI in there as an option to trade in as well... that shelby is going to have a manual gearbox... might want to keep the other car you have that can shift auto. Just a thought, especially if that future spouse can't drive stick.

 

Do not get the Mustang. You will hate life with a new GT500. Also, I fail to see why this needed to be in RA General.

 

GT500 is just too damn LOUD (even for a Mustang), if you want a really good Mustang get a Boss 302 (Laguna Seca if you want to ball) and save like $10-15k

 

My future wife now drives the STI and I can't get her to give it back to me, which is why I can't trade it in. She also won't accept it as an engagement ring replacement even though it has 5 rings!.

 

why will I hate life?

also, on the post below, my RA is way louder than the gt500

 

Check out the forums. People are having nothing but problems with the new Mustangs. The transmissions are Chinese pieces of crap. Just look around online before making that purchase. If you are willing to take the risk, go for it. Even the new Boss 302 is crapping out on people.

I know someone who might be willing to part with his twin-turbo 2008 Roush Stage 2 Mustang. I can vouch for the car, as that was before Ford started having issues. The brakes are excellent, the steering response is excellent, the suspension is brand new, the motor is flawless. It makes 450/450 on a very conservative tune. That is the car that I would buy.

 

saw this on a friend's facebook and thought it was semi-appropriate

 

hahah...

I don't know what percentage of the new stangs are problematic, but i know my buddy's 2011 5.0 just had the entire rear diff replaced already. Granted, it was done under warranty, but he had to take it to the dealer for inspection multiple times before they agreed that there was an issue with the car. The final trip the rear diff was making such an racket there was no way they could claim it was a 'normal sound', or claim that they "could not hear anything" as pedestrians could clearly hear it.

At any rate, if you do get a stang, and plan to tune it, you'll probably want to avoid the 6cylinders, as they have a habit of exploding their drive shafts if you disable the speed limiter (and go faster than the default speed limiter was set to). That is unless you're prepared to replace the drive shaft as a first mod, or leave the OEM limiter in place.

 

if you have 60k to throw around then go buy a used BMW M3.. Hell, i saw a 2012 Porsche Cayman R with 600miles on it going for 66k when it had Carbon Reinforced brake disc and enough features to make it easily 83k.

 

I say, if you want it (which you do, you REALLY do...) get it... every car has their problems... (cough... sst... cough). It sounds like you don't need the AWD where you are like some of us and that Shelby is going to be a very cool ride for a very long time...