[Shotimes] OT New car for me? (long)

[Paul L Fisher]

Sounds like a good deal to me. My daughter (15 years old) would probably
kill for it. She has always wanted a yellow Mustang. She wants a convertible
though.

Paul L Fisher
'93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 167K Build date 11/18/1992
- K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back, Holley
190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30
oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
'00 Ford Explorer XLT 5.0L V8 AWD Oxford White Clearcoat 34K Build date
11/19/1999
- Amsoil Series 2000 0W-30 oil, K&N Fuel Injection Performance Kit

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Tatro" <stevetatro_shotimes@att.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 09:20
Subject: [Shotimes] OT New car for me? (long)


> There's been a car at a local used car dealer for 5-6 months that's been
> catching my attention.  So, on my way back from AutoZone (after spending
> more money on an oil filter than on the oil itself) I decided to stop by
> and finally take a look.  Oh, it's a 2001 Mustang GT, yellow with black
> leather interior, 5-speed, 3400 miles, Mach, power seats (including
> lumbar).
>
> I looked around, and the thing is brand new.  Can't find a blemish.
> Salesman came out (little old guy) and asked if I wanted the keys.
> Sure!  He brought them out and started telling me all about the car.
> 302 engine (I corrected him), DOHC (I corrected him again), premium
> sound (I explained the Mach 460 to him), etc.  Finally, I asked him to
> be quiet as I obviously knew more about the car than did he.
>
> I fire it up, he tells me to take a look at the engine.  I didn't know
> why, as with only 3400 miles there couldn't be anything to see, hear,
> feel, etc.
>
> He asks if I want him to ride along for the test drive.  I kindly reply
> "no thank you".  A quick copy of my DL and insurance card and I'm off!
> I pull out of the parking lot, there's a stoplight.  I'm turning right
> on red.  Decide to light up the back tires a bit (I didn't abuse it, it
> was only part throttle).  Before I even made it up to my cruising speed
> (which I had planned on testing it up to 90-100mph once I got to I-75) I
> saw the pretty red and blue lights in my mirror.  Pull over, turn the
> beast off, put the keys on the dash, put my hands on the wheel, turn the
> radio off and turn the interior lights on.  Nice older officer comes up
> and asks "why in the world did you burn up the tires back there?"  I
> calmly explained that, as he could see by the dealer plate on the back I
> was test-driving a car, and wasn't very good at driving a stick-shift,
> especially one with so much power and rear-wheel drive.  He seemed to
> buy that excuse and took my license to run my info.  Came back a few
> minutes later and said "no problems.just take it easy and learn how to
> control that thing if you decide to buy it".  Nice guy.
>
> Anyhoo, I get back to the dealer and I'm talking price with the
> salesman.  "What's the price on the car?" I ask.  "We have it marked
> down to $18995" he says.  "I know, but how much can I really buy it
> for?"   I explained I had the funds already secured and no trade-in.  He
> proceded to tell me a cute analogy; something about how if you go to
> Meijer or Wal-Mart you can't negotiate the price of things.  I politely
> responded "that's why I don't buy cars from Wal-Mart".  He didn't like
> that very much.
>
> So, I told him I'd go home, do some research and get back with him.  Or,
> if his boss decides to accept $16k (or thereabouts) to give me a call
> (left him my business card).
>
> Anyway, what should I be aware of if I do decide to buy this GT?  I
> know, the Cobras are better: more power, IRS, DOHC, blah, blah, blah.
>
> General consensus is probably to wait and find a nice, higher-mileage
> Cobra for similar money, right?  Any opinions appreciated.
>
> Later,
>
> Steve Tatro
> Red/Black '93 with 163k miles
> Cincinnati, Ohio
> www.picturetrail.com/stevetatro
>
> P.S.  That Mustang doesn't have the "soul" my old SHO does ;^)
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