Ding ding ding, we have a winner! The dude with the Cobra just wasnt getting back to me, and I had the same thought pop into my head. I sold the fox already, and Im going to pick up a 2011 GT tomorrow. Its black on black leather, with a manual and the shaker stereo. I will have a lower interest rate since the car is still considered "new," and I have always really liked the interior in the '05+ cars as well. Sure it isnt 616 rwhp, but Im sure it gets around fine. I'll post pics Sunday when I get home, unless its really dirty and then you have to wait until its washed.
On a side note, I had pulled all my interior plastics back in September to paint them, and my mother-in-law ended up passing unexpectedly due to cancer. That put the fox projects on hold, and I just went out to put the car back together before it moves on tomorrow. I hadnt noticed it when I took the plastics out, but my fox was like swiss cheese. There were so many screw holes from someone rigging the plastics, mounting speakers, amps and such... To be honest, Im glad Im moving on to a new car, because I just dont have the time and energy to restore a fox to prestine condition. It will be nice to get in and go enjoy the car.
Later in life, after my second kid (unborn at the moment) is about middle school age, I will go buy another fox and stuff a 408 in it, and make it a bad ass car. I just dont have the time with my son being two, my wife being needy, and also wanting to get pregnant with our second this summer. As for the money invested in this car, banks dont just give you a $27K loan to blow on an old car. If I had this $27K laying around, then maybe the fox would have stuck around. I sold my sportbike also, so this payment is the same as I was already paying between my bike and current dd (which is being traded). S&B, my insurance is going up $31 every six months, over what I paid for my current dd, and liability on the fox. Thats one less Hardee's thick burger a month for me.