lol hotrods.  Has anyone had any issues with the plastic housing which holds the window buttons and door luck button, popping out?  I have this on my driver's side and I'm figuring it's just from all the wear 'n tear of going in and out of the car.

-Kris

Didnt get to drive my 1999 long enough to find out

Hey guys,

Just got back from the dealer a bit ago.  Here are the specs on the car:

2004 GT Coupe Premium w/40th Anniv

black clearcoat, medium parchment leather (guy told me charcoal first, wtf?) , real spoiler, speed control (never heard of this...), air condition, 6 cd mach 1000, 17" premium alloy (40th anniv again i guess), 5spd v8, p245/45ZR17 tires, 40th anniv package, interior upgrade, abs/traction

price: 28,100

Guy says he can work the numbers and break it down to about 500/mo finance.  Does this sound right?  They want $500 down non-refundable etc which I don't like, considering here's the line they gave me:

"This is the ONNNNNLY one...if this guy sells the car monday, you're screwed.  If it gets here and you don't want it, 500 is non-refundable." 

I don't like this.  I haven't even seen the car yet and they're expecting me to either take it when it gets here, or eat $500.  That's a lot.  Also, 2001 v6 auto coupe, 46400 miles on it, runs great, they offered 6500 for it.  They said it's not worth more.  Their reasons?  Below:

1.  Check engine light on (easily fixed at any shop)

2. They hear exhaust from the front of the vehicle

3. rides rough

I'm thinking about selling the car privately for about $15,000.  Would you say it's worth that much?  Any other options I can try?  I have 12K left on my finance on it, and I'm getting a new one for a lot of reasons, most personal and which I'd really rather not go into here (one of them being my father passed about 5 months ago, just something to make the days go by smoother if understandable).  I know this is a lot of money to eat (about 5K+), but I love mustangs and I think the v8 would be a lot of fun to drive and learn stick on.  Any info/feedback is more than welcome.  I'm looking for a place to sell my car privately and then go over to Ford Motor Credit, give them the cash, give the bill of sale to the new guy and look for a new car.

    Thanks a lot in advance guys, know it's a lot to read :-)

Kris

well the whole part about the 500 $ dollar non-refundable down payment seems odd to me, but if it's a ford dealership i would say that you can trust them, but as for them saying it's the only one, now that's horses**t, you can got to any dealership and get one of those, hell i was at ford today in savanah Ga and they had 7 of them out front and they looked good.

Anyways, the price sounds about right, but it could be talked down lower I think. if I remember right the 2003 GT's went for about 26-27,000$ fully loaded, so I think your doing right.

As for the V6 your better off being patient and selling it person to person not trading it in, the dealership is always going to try and f***you on s**t like that, they will tell stuff is wrong with it when it's not just so they can get it for cheap and then sell it for morre than it's worth. Try putting the car on ebay or autotrader, or something of that sort.

I hope that this has been of some help to you. take it easy and keep us informed.

Thanks a lot for the feedback.  Yeah you're right about the "only one" crap.  I mean, the only reason I'm considering this place even a little is because they're the lowest I've seen yet.  Sigh.  I could have this car tuesday.  See the temptation? :/

-Kris

I asked them several times "That's the best you can do?  What about 7?" They were firm on 6500. :(

-Kris

Yeah well I was being hopeful. :-)  Thanks for the input.  Very much appreciated.  One question:  I sat in a '04 cobra at the auto center to see how the clutch felt.  It seems as if I have to press down quite a bit and come back up quite a bit.  I'm just trying to think of a scenario where there's a lot of traffic and I have to keep shifting into and out of first.  Is this just because the car wasn't on that it felt like it took quite a bit of leg power to push the clutch down?  Sorry if this sounds dumb, I'm new to stick.

    Thanks again folks,

Kris

Holy....

Trade-in Private Party Dealer Retail Base Price $8,478 $9,560 $10,558 Optional Equipment $937 $1,065 $1,314 Color Adjustment $36 $41 $45 Regional Adjustment $-9 (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 74

New to the forums - 1/25/2004 1:41:09 AM    98LS1 Posts: 7043 Joined: 10/30/2003 Status: offline About the clutch, it's a heavy duty clutch to take more power. The clutch in my TA is way different than in my gf's car. Her's you can push through the floor, mine, she has a hard time pushing at all.... (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 75

New to the forums - 1/25/2004 1:20:53 PM    Hotrods_n_Booze Posts: 13329 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: Southern California Status: offline 2001V6, the hard clutch will make your leg stronger, LOL. I can see it now, 2001V6 will be in traffic and her leg gets too tiered so she just puts it in park and hells out the window, GO AROUND, I'M TAKING A REST! (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 76

New to the forums - 1/25/2004 3:28:27 PM    T_stang Posts: 1448 Joined: 12/23/2003 From: Some were, Pa Status: offline Build you muscles in your legs up that very important heheheheh ( especially to drive a Mustang ) Build them muscles in your legs up ( thats ve (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 77

New to the forums - 1/26/2004 12:54:49 PM    hotrodman Posts: 2045 Joined: 12/18/2003 From: United States Status: offline rock on heheheheheheheheeheeeee! (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 78

New to the forums - 1/26/2004 4:33:18 PM    T_stang Posts: 1448 Joined: 12/23/2003 From: Some were, Pa Status: offline Hay Hot rod :-P heheheheheh (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 79

New to the forums - 1/26/2004 10:18:21 PM    ravonaf   Posts: 18 Joined: 1/26/2004 From: United States Status: offline If you haven't bought the car yet you must go to www.carbuyingtips.com It will tell you everything you need to know before buying that car.  I'm also shoping for a GT and I can tell you for a fact they are offering you MSRP minus the rebate (which is 3k). They don't pay the rebate, the factory does. Never ever ever pay MSRP unless the car is so hot everyone wants one. And because of the 05 coming out the 04 is not that hot right now. I got a quote for a GT thats less than $100 above invoice and about 3k under what they quoted you (and mine was a convertable). Do you still owe on your V6? If you do they will take the difference of the 6500 and what you owe and tack it onto the new car note. It sounds like they are seriously screwing you. I am currently negotiating with 4 ford dealerships right now. 3 of them I am sending emails back and forth with. The fourth I am going to walk in with my best quote and see if they can beat it. I knew absolutely nothing about buying a car (or at least I thought I did) before I read that site. Also...before you buy the stick...I would learn on another car first. Any friends or relatives willing to teach you on thier car? You don't want to hurt that new baby by learning on it. The 3k rebate is good until the end of march I think (I could be wrong). Get the GT, but don't let the dealership rape you. (in reply to 2001v6) Post #: 80

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