$16,000 1999 SVT Cobra yay/nay?

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There is a black, 1999 SVT Cobra for sale near me for $16,000 OBO. It has 38,900 miles on it and looks GREAT! However, they guy doesn't think the "FIX" was done... Am I getting into a can of worms with this car?

 

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go for it. do the fix yourself

 

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Yeah, it's a good price...

 

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Won't Ford do the "fix" under warranty??

 

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I don't know anymore... I'll have to check.

 

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but its a 99...so the warranty has run out hasn't it?

 

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Most likely, unless he had the extended one. I have to get more info tomorrow.

 

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sounds about right..try to get him down more though..

 

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is that a warranty issue? that's a huge defect

 

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after the warranty runs out, ford has no obligation to fix it.

 

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1990StangLX said:

after the warranty runs out, ford has no obligation to fix it.

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wow, that's retarded regarding this issue.

 

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JonJon said:

wow, that's retarded regarding this issue.

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hell yes it is. they should fix it regardless considering all that happened. but what is 1 guy against Ford Motor Company?

 

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Check with SVT, they might have fixed it. If not, lower the price to $14. Or you can get the Diablo Tuner and add more timing and change the catbacks.

 

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Am I missing something here? whats wrong with it?

 

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i would jump on it myself

 

JonJon

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millatime said:

Am I missing something here? whats wrong with it?

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99 Cobra's had a problem and were below the advertised HP.

 

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JonJon said:

99 Cobra's had a problem and were below the advertised HP.

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but still higher than the GT in horsepower and redline

 

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millatime said:

but still higher than the GT in horsepower and redline

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But not the 320 advertised HP
Ford fixed the Cobra's under warranty if you mentioned it to them

 

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JonJon said:

But not the 320 advertised HP
Ford fixed the Cobra's under warranty if you mentioned it to them

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Oh well I guess you learn something new everyday...what exactly did they do to fix it?

 

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buy the cobra and get the fix. why keep the GT when you can get a Cobra?