So within the next couple of months I'll be financially able to purchase a mustang that I REALLY want. I paid 5k for my current 1999 GT with 107k miles on it (currently at 121k miles) which has faded paint and is generally stock and not necessarily my dream car. Now I could think about modding it and spending money on a paint job blah blah blah. I'm about to pick up a beater for my 100 mile round trip commute every day and would really like to ditch the GT and get a real pleasure/project car (keep in mind $5000 is not my budget).
I really would like to get an Azure Blue Mach 1 and there is one with 17k miles for $18000 on sale right now (that I feel is slipping through my fingers). Its completely bone stock except for a CAI and flowmasters. Thats essentially exactly what I would like, a fresh canvas to start with thats already beautiful.
Now as this deal might pass before I'm ready in a couple of months to make a purchase I've thought about other possibilities: spending a little less and getting a higher mileage Mach 1, or even spending a little more and looking at higher mileage 03-04 Cobras. My problem is that most of these already have been modded a bit and my first thought is that the owner probably drove them like hell so I was wondering what you guys thought about buying a used car thats already been modded somewhat substantially? And any other opinions about my possible plan.
tl;dr Is buying a higher mileage car with mods a sketchy idea?
edit: Or perhaps a 2010 GT
I really would like to get an Azure Blue Mach 1 and there is one with 17k miles for $18000 on sale right now (that I feel is slipping through my fingers). Its completely bone stock except for a CAI and flowmasters. Thats essentially exactly what I would like, a fresh canvas to start with thats already beautiful.
Now as this deal might pass before I'm ready in a couple of months to make a purchase I've thought about other possibilities: spending a little less and getting a higher mileage Mach 1, or even spending a little more and looking at higher mileage 03-04 Cobras. My problem is that most of these already have been modded a bit and my first thought is that the owner probably drove them like hell so I was wondering what you guys thought about buying a used car thats already been modded somewhat substantially? And any other opinions about my possible plan.
tl;dr Is buying a higher mileage car with mods a sketchy idea?
edit: Or perhaps a 2010 GT