"John C." <jonc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:DfMKj.348$PJ3.174@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>I don't think I'll ever understand WHY people get so crazy when it comes
to
>the
> GT500.
>
> I previously posted how, after looking for quite some time, I stumbled
> across
> one for $500 _under_ MSRP. I was pretty darn pleased. All said and done,
> with
> NAV,MACH1000, HID and some other piddly stuff, under $49k.
>
> Drove that puppy straight out to the Superbowl (grr), tooled around
Vegas
> for a
> week, then meandered back along the southern route home. A little over
> 6000
> miles in total. It's a nice car, but, I wasn't particularly impressed.
It
> definitely needs a tune to wake it up, I'm sure it is running pig-rich
> just like
> the '03 did as delivered, and the electronic throttle, blech! The best
way
> to
> describe the throttle response is "laggy". Don't get me wrong, I like
the
> car
> overall. The potential is there, but its not a $50k car. IMO, it's
still
> a $25k
> car,.. with a very decent motor in it. :)
>
> As far as the Mustangs go, I'll stick with the '03 Cobra for the time
> being.
> There's a new Kenne Bell on the way, to replace the ****ted Eaton. I'll
> look for
> a GT500 Conv., in a couple of years, on the secondary market.
>
>
> Today was the last ride in my GT500. Yesterday, there was a card on the
> wind****eld. On that card were 2 numbers. One was a telephone number, the
> other,
> a ludicrous figure that made absolutely no sense to me. I figured it was
a
> joke,
> somebody messin' around.
>
> I called the number.....
>
> He said it was _exactly_ what he'd been looking for.
>
> Hmm,... what can I buy for $75,000.00?
> --
>
> John C.
> '03 Cobra Convt.
> '08 Cobra HT (gone but not forgotten)
>
take the money an run.......
how long doe it take to save up $25k ?
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