Signed the paperwork and mailed the bank check today. I pick it up in less than two weeks, but I basically own it now so figured I'd start a thread.
If you read much of my other thread (or even if you didn't, really) you can just skip straight to the pics.
Was planning on getting a 2011 GT, but then got a nice raise/promotion at work so I figured with the Boss 302 being the hot new stang and the fact that the 2012s are out, I could probably work a pretty good deal on a leftover 2011 GT500.
I had narrowed it down to three color choices, grabber blue with white stripes, Kona blue with white stripes, or performance white with Kona blue stripes. I went back and forth on whether to get the SVT performance package but decided in the end that I'd probably regret it if I didn't. BUT, the SVTPP means skinny (~4") stripes instead of the regular 10" le mans stripes, and I don't like the skinny stripes so I decided I'd get a stripe delete and then have the stripes added later.
So I sent out literally about 50 emails to dealerships throughout the Midwest. Got a ton of prices back, most of which weren't that great (1 or 2 grand off MSRP type prices). Found a white 2011 with SVTPP that they were close on, so I offered them MSRP and they said they'd take it. Was on the phone with them and had my credit card in my hand to give them a deposit when i remembered to ask how many miles were on it. I really didn't want one with even 60 or 70 miles on it, and most dealerships are VERY stingy about giving test drives in their 550 HP limited production Shelbys, so really shouldn't be tough to find one with 20 or 30 miles which would be fine. Turns out this dealership was dumb enough to let someone take the car home for the night and then they didn't buy it, so this one had almost 500 miles on it. Told the dealership I'd think about it and hung up.
So I decided to investigate my backup plan, which is a dealer that was advertising 2012s for about 2500 off. If I could talk them down another grand that would put the price at about 1600 more than the 2011, which I thought was a better deal than a 2011 with 500 miles. While working with this dealer I found out that they would accept Fords x-plan pricing, which I have a pin for due to being a Mustang Club of America member. This made the deal even sweeter, as it's basically invoice price (few bucks less I think) plus the dealership is limited to a 100 dollar doc/delivery fee which usually saves another hundred or two.
So I bought it. Payment is about 130 bucks more a month than my 2008 FJ Cruiser, which I paid off in December, so pretty comfortable.
I fly out to pick it up the 27th, which will start an epic road trip. I've wanted a Cobra since I was a kid, and specifically a factory supercharged cobra ever since the 2003s came out, but never thought id be able to afford a new one, so this is a bit of a dream come true.
Without further ado, pics of the car from the dealership.
If you read much of my other thread (or even if you didn't, really) you can just skip straight to the pics.
Was planning on getting a 2011 GT, but then got a nice raise/promotion at work so I figured with the Boss 302 being the hot new stang and the fact that the 2012s are out, I could probably work a pretty good deal on a leftover 2011 GT500.
I had narrowed it down to three color choices, grabber blue with white stripes, Kona blue with white stripes, or performance white with Kona blue stripes. I went back and forth on whether to get the SVT performance package but decided in the end that I'd probably regret it if I didn't. BUT, the SVTPP means skinny (~4") stripes instead of the regular 10" le mans stripes, and I don't like the skinny stripes so I decided I'd get a stripe delete and then have the stripes added later.
So I sent out literally about 50 emails to dealerships throughout the Midwest. Got a ton of prices back, most of which weren't that great (1 or 2 grand off MSRP type prices). Found a white 2011 with SVTPP that they were close on, so I offered them MSRP and they said they'd take it. Was on the phone with them and had my credit card in my hand to give them a deposit when i remembered to ask how many miles were on it. I really didn't want one with even 60 or 70 miles on it, and most dealerships are VERY stingy about giving test drives in their 550 HP limited production Shelbys, so really shouldn't be tough to find one with 20 or 30 miles which would be fine. Turns out this dealership was dumb enough to let someone take the car home for the night and then they didn't buy it, so this one had almost 500 miles on it. Told the dealership I'd think about it and hung up.
So I decided to investigate my backup plan, which is a dealer that was advertising 2012s for about 2500 off. If I could talk them down another grand that would put the price at about 1600 more than the 2011, which I thought was a better deal than a 2011 with 500 miles. While working with this dealer I found out that they would accept Fords x-plan pricing, which I have a pin for due to being a Mustang Club of America member. This made the deal even sweeter, as it's basically invoice price (few bucks less I think) plus the dealership is limited to a 100 dollar doc/delivery fee which usually saves another hundred or two.
So I bought it. Payment is about 130 bucks more a month than my 2008 FJ Cruiser, which I paid off in December, so pretty comfortable.
I fly out to pick it up the 27th, which will start an epic road trip. I've wanted a Cobra since I was a kid, and specifically a factory supercharged cobra ever since the 2003s came out, but never thought id be able to afford a new one, so this is a bit of a dream come true.
Without further ado, pics of the car from the dealership.
