I need Advice on Buying a 2005-2007 Used Mustang GT Coupe please!

[cummins cowboy]

here is what I looked for, its always better to buy a car that has low enough miles and is new enough to still have some factory warranty left. that way you can get whatever you need fixed for free, in the mustangs case, 3yrs or 36k bumper to bumper or 5/60 on the powertrain, if you are within that you are golden on most issues. locally a guy had a low mile 06 gt for sale, it looked great,however upon closer examination it had a leaking shock, an oil spot was on the concrete where it was parked, one of the headlight assembly brackets had been broken and melted back together, behind the drivers headlight some of the metal had been bend and straightened, indicating the car had been wrecked at some point, it had 26k miles on it, original tires where long gone and the replacements where already at half tread. he said his high school age kid drove the car, that was really a deal breaker for me, because when I was in high school I know what I did to cars, its little things to look for that give an indication on what kind of life a car has had, its amazing how much this can vary from car to car, I passed on the '06 but ended up buying an '07 with 15k MORE miles on it, however I am confident even though the miles are more this car is in way better shape. as to what to get, don't get light silver, look around light silver is probably more common than white these days, also the '05 and '06 models likely came with 3.55's which is a much better gear ratio than 3.31's ie '07 and later colors I like candy apple dark silver, it has a slight hint of purple, that is what I bought vista blue, black, and of course all of the above with black leather interior, normally I don't like black however on these cars it just fits.

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