Back In The Game

Hi guys, im chris. i just got back into the mustang game after a 3 year hiatus.

this will be my 3rd mustang now. i traded in my 2002 gt 3 years ago for a hemi ram. i needed a truck for work, so i had to let her go.

ive missed that baby from day 1. i do love my truck, and will miss it a TON, but im pretty excited to have another mustang again.

this is the baby.





the price was right, and i had to roll over ALOT on my trade in. i know i overpaid after the trade in, but im okay with it. i will certainly miss the 4x4, but i plan on buying a beater for the snow.

here's the hemi i had to part with





ill miss her. after i recuperate from the money hit im taking right now, i plan on modding up the new (to me) stang.

anyways, just wanted to say hi.

i paid about 21 - 22k for my 02 back in 2003. i dont remember exactly.

im sure i overpaid some for the car, but i did negotiate ALOT and knocked off over $6000 by the end. my trade in was upside down bigtime, and i really had no wiggle room at all. im just happy i got it for what im paying. im actually paying less monthly than i was with the truck, albeit for 6 years as opposed to 4 years left on the truck.

hahaha no no no

as much as id love to, since they were pretty expensive, im all about themes. that would be pretty damn goofy.

you guys DID read the part that i posted where i got $6000 knocked off the price, right?

i understand the dealership process. like i said, the first offer was pretty much a raping that i laughed at. there really arent any mustangs for 12 - 13k around here. well, im sure there are, but generally only by owners, and they generally have higher mileage. if i wanted to do this now, or in the near future, my only option was to trade in. i could have sold my truck outright, but that is a hassle, and really, a drawn on process. plus, i hate waiting.

i have been looking at mustangs for over a year actually. its only recently that ive attempted to get one again. around here, all day long they are over 16k. but at that price, they have high miles. i scoured a while, and they are still in the $20k range everywhere in a good 100 mile radius around me. this is the only one under $20k with low mileage ive seen in a while. i went in with a payment in mind i felt comfortable with. they played tough, but in the end, they matched it and i couldnt say no.

i do know that i overpaid. dont get me wrong. but im looking at it as, i went from 59,000 miles to 12,600 miles, my generation rams have a history of the rear ends going, and power steering breaking down and it was only a matter of time before it was going to cost me an arm and a leg to fix it, my monthly payments went down, im saving money in gas BIG TIME, and its a hell of a lot more fun to drive, and black paint on my truck was a NIGHTMARE to keep clean. it was really depressing to be so anal in cleaning and modding it, only to see so many flaws that black cant hide.

anyways, enough of that crap. i understand i paid more than most people would, but i didnt go into it blindly or irrationally. i paid alot, and i got what i wanted. the other option? waiting. and like i already said, i hate waiting.

well, now that you all know how much i overpaid, you all should feel bad for me. thats why im setting up a donation fund you can send through paypal to ease my burden


ill have it set up by the morning. right now, im trying to deal with the pats losing