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Bought new daily driver today

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Snikt89GT

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I decided that my daily driver 06 Mazda 3 was getting kind of boring. Went to Carmax this morning and bought this:

It's an 04 GT, sonic blue, black leather, 5spd. Looks like it has a cat-back (guessing either magnaflow or flowmaster) and a shifter (possibly MGW? doesn't feel like triax or pro 5.0 at all).

29k miles.

I'll keep this car pretty stock since it's my driver and i'll do everything to my 89GT.

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DMAN302

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Nice job...funny I just traded in my wifes 04 vert today....15,000 on the clock for a new freestyle...don't know if I'm happy or sad just yet, the freestyle is definately a step up in comfort and features but definately not a stang.
 
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Nice but, not the best daily driver for gas prices. I have a 97 clitaurus but, I really want a jeep or a small truck. I'm not sure if a jeep would be sufficient to pull my car if needed. My car being a 89 silver coupe.
 

Snikt89GT

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bditty50 said:
Nice but, not the best daily driver for gas prices. I have a 97 clitaurus but, I really want a jeep or a small truck. I'm not sure if a jeep would be sufficient to pull my car if needed. My car being a 89 silver coupe.
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Yeah i'm going from about 34mpg to probably 25-26. Even with all of the miles I drive the difference is only like 500$ a year, not really a killer. I think it's worth it to have a car that's more fun to drive every day

Is there anyway to tell what type of shifter this is?
 

5spd GT

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Congrats, sweet looking ride!

They get good/decent mileage on the i-state.
 

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that car is awsome, I wish I lived in a climate were I could drive a stang every day but it snows here to much.....
 

RsStanG1987

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Nice car but carmax was a mistake..
 

ryan218

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keep yout foot out of it and you will be fine....nice stang.....
 

RsStanG1987

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ryan218 said:
keep yout foot out of it and you will be fine....nice stang.....
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Like you would know.
 

Snikt89GT

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RsStanG1987 said:
Nice car but carmax was a mistake..
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Why? The price was decent and the sales experience went pretty well
 

RsStanG1987

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Snikt89GT said:
Why? The price was decent and the sales experience went pretty well
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Too many problems from cars i test drove there.. I would point problems out and they would lie to me and say its normal.. And they are a bit over priced..
 

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LB0193 said:
that car is awsome, I wish I lived in a climate were I could drive a stang every day but it snows here to much.....
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You and me both pal, I wouldn't be driving front wheel drive if it didn't snow here.

Of course if that was the case, I might have to have an old Monte cruiser.
 

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As far as knowing what shifte it is, just pop the shifter bezel off, in two seconds and find out
 

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Damn ... beat me to it.

Nice wheels. I'd rock that for my beast and use the Fox for a DD ... but then again, my notch is a beat-to-death wreck by comparison, so that's just me. Looks a lot like my buddy's '04 Mach 1. I LOVE that color on the '99-'04 models.
 
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DMAN302 said:
Nice job...funny I just traded in my wifes 04 vert today....15,000 on the clock for a new freestyle...don't know if I'm happy or sad just yet, the freestyle is definately a step up in comfort and features but definately not a stang.
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not to be mean but if the freestyle gets to be within 20k when you own it youre gonna be sad when you have to replace the rear brakes on it already. The freestyle/500/montego has a really bad problem with the rear brakes. The pads wear down so much and the rotors are not cutable. So if you get work done at the dealership(since the pads and rotors arent available at the parts store yet) youre gonna hate that you have to spend 400 for rear brakes. Unfortunately Fords warranty for brakes is 1 year 12k.


But on a better note thats a sweet daily driver. Sure beats mine :SNSign:
 

glowstang93

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I don't know anything about Carmax, but most car dealers are after one thing, your money.

First mod, peel that Carmax sticker off. No need to advertise for free.
 

Mustang5L5

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Nice car, they do make fun daily drivers. Get ready for the "Is that a 5.0" questions out on the road
 
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