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tannerc91gt · Feb 27, 2012

1991notchbackLX said:
What the hell in God's name are you rambling about? A Fusion is better than what? How does this useless, nonsensical, tirade pertain to the picture of the Mustang LarsD posted and is clearly excited about? You seem to have been on these forums for a long time, and help out in a technical sense quite often, but the stuff that comes out of your mouth sometimes... I just don't know.

LarsD said:

hadnt seen the front ends side by side like that before. Very cool

Cobra912 · Feb 27, 2012

nice ride!

darthcual · Feb 27, 2012

Nice Lars! Although I cant afford one, I have a buddy who has a 2011 5.0 and I've got to drive it. It has some balls!

S&B · Feb 27, 2012

I going to make friends with your wife, Just in case you do something to piss her off. Then I could swoop in and buy these cars off her for pennies on the dollar

Boosted92LX · Feb 27, 2012

Wow! that thing is RED !
Really nice car, dude!

LarsD · Feb 27, 2012

S&B said:
I going to make friends with your wife, Just in case you do something to **** her off. Then I could swoop in and buy these cars off her for pennies on the dollar

Ha! You wish!

SSeater said:
Wow! that thing is RED !
Really nice car, dude!

Yeah I wanted a real bright color. Since Ford isn't offering SY or CO on GT's anymore this was the way to go IMO.

Codydubb · Feb 27, 2012

SWEEEEEEET Rides! Wish i had that big of a shop that would be nice. Whats with the 66(?) Hard to tell from the front?

NIKwoaC · Feb 27, 2012

I don't care what anyone says, yellow is a terrible, TERRIBLE color for a car. Red was definitely the way to go, man!

tannerc91gt · Feb 27, 2012

NikwoaC said:
I don't care what anyone says, yellow is a terrible, TERRIBLE color for a car. Red was definitely the way to go, man!

screamin yellow always looked badass on the cobra cars IMO, but that pasty white zinc crap they came out with, or whatever it was called...just looked like a faded SY car to me. never understood that. It was to yellow what pink is to red.

darthcual · Feb 28, 2012

tannerc91gt said:
screamin yellow always looked badass on the cobra cars IMO, but that pasty white zinc crap they came out with, or whatever it was called...just looked like a faded SY car to me. never understood that. It was to yellow what pink is to red.

Ha ha Carol Shelby once described that color as "God-awful Yellow" and the name of that hue stuck!

LarsD · Feb 28, 2012

Codydubb said:
SWEEEEEEET Rides! Wish i had that big of a shop that would be nice. Whats with the 66(?) Hard to tell from the front?

It's my Wife's 67 coupe. I'm working on it slowing on the side. Me and a friend trucked up to Dallas in my 91 in late 2010 and snuck it back down to my parents house as an anniversary present for her.

Codydubb · Feb 28, 2012

Pretty sweet i had a 67 in high school, long story short, a "friend" ended up dicking me out of it after i put $3000 into it, sure do miss that car it was SWEET! Love to have another one someday my wife wants one just to be able to have the sequential turn signals lol

LarsD · Feb 28, 2012

Codydubb said:
Pretty sweet i had a 67 in high school, long story short, a "friend" ended up dicking me out of it after i put $3000 into it, sure do miss that car it was SWEET! Love to have another one someday my wife wants one just to be able to have the sequential turn signals lol

This one is pretty decent. Just a lot of little stuff that needs de-monkeying. It is a no option car with a three speed. My wife can drive stick, but I'm thinking about putting a C4 in it to make it more "cruiser worthy".

LarsD · Mar 1, 2012

So the dealer that I bought the GT from listed my old Cobra. I had it for sale for $12K obo, I got $9500 in trade for it. They are asking $15K for it. lol

FastDriver · Mar 1, 2012

My pop was a car dealer. He managed a new and used car lot in Florida for 10 years. He always told me that he always made more on the used car trade-ins than he did on the new cars sold. I don't see a chance in hell that they get their asking price on it, but the one who gets it for $3k less than the asking price will feel like they got a great deal, and so will the dealer...

FastDriver · Mar 1, 2012

Just checked clean retail from nadaguides on a '99 Cobra w/ 80k miles: 10,600. Got a similar answer from KBB, too. So yeah, $15k is a stupid high for one.

LarsD · Mar 1, 2012

FastDriver said:
My pop was a car dealer. He managed a new and used car lot in Florida for 10 years. He always told me that he always made more on the used car trade-ins than he did on the new cars sold. I don't see a chance in hell that they get their asking price on it, but the one who gets it for $3k less than the asking price will feel like they got a great deal, and so will the dealer...

Yeah I knew they were going to ask a lot for it. Kinda funny when you figure they offered me $8775 for it on the first go round.

NIKwoaC · Mar 2, 2012

Last weekend my wife and I were just window shopping new Hondas. In only about an hour's time, they raised our trade in value 2 grand, and we weren't even TRYING to negotiate. Then, when we got home, we saw the EXACT car we had been looking at on the dealer's website for 3 grand less than the "special offer" they were going to give us when we were there.

The games they play, it makes your head spin!

S&B · Mar 2, 2012

a dealer is in business to make money, and the Gov. takes about 40 cents on the dollar. So if the car dealer makes 3k gives 1,400 to the gov. pays the salesment 100, now he has made 1,500, minus the cost of the lot building ins. He would be lucky to take out 200-300 from that profit.

The business has always made 4k on a used car. Thats why when you go buy a car you go in with all your info and stick to your guns. I confront them right away with that fact, 80% of the time they wont admit it. If you can do a used for used deal at a dealer and get them to only make 4k on the deal you have done well. 2k on the new car 2k from the used car(your trade will generate). Thats ultra fair. And the reason you should buy from a dealer is because you may return a car to a dealer, and most have 30 day warranties on them. Other then that there is no real reason to buy a used car at a dealer.

This deal with the mustang the dealer made his 4K of your beautiful red 5.0 and will probably make around the same off your 99 cobra. Some idiot will be looking at a used 2008 V6 for the same price and will end up going with the cobra. After he does 3 weeks of research he will find out he overpaid and will move on.

FastDriver · Mar 2, 2012

I think your $4k number is definitely on the high side based on the deals my dad would tell me about. There are definitely some variables involved like how long the car has been on the lot, what time of year it is (December is the best time of year to buy, because salesmen are desperate to make deals), how close they are to a monthly incentive, etc... Then again, I acknowledge that the cost of living in different areas of the country would cause a fluctuation in profits.

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