New Black 2005 GT
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New Black 2005 GT
First post (well, actually 2nd now - looks like this board is for 2005 owners). Stopped from driving my new toy around long enough to make it (have been reading posts here a few days though).
Yesterday I picked up my new baby from the lot of a local dealership. Its a GT, black exterior/crimson red leather interior. Manual transmission (would have prefered auto, but they are scarce here - not to mention another $1k).
She has the standard 17" painted aluminum wheels, spoiler, Shaker 500, active anti-theft, interior color accent pkg, interior upgrade package (MyColor), and wheel lock kit.
They wouldn't budge one bit off of sticker. Infact, they had other buyers lined up for it (literally). MSRP was $27,335. I added Lojack and window tinting for our hot Texas summers.
She's fun to drive - though its been 20 years since I've driven a manual tranny. Got the feel of it again - still a bit hesitant from a start but its coming back. I do wish she was an auto - but the manual does have its fun moments no doubt. Fortunately I have a new job so my commute changed from 30 miles of major downtown Dallas commute to 8 miles inside of Plano.
Earl
Yesterday I picked up my new baby from the lot of a local dealership. Its a GT, black exterior/crimson red leather interior. Manual transmission (would have prefered auto, but they are scarce here - not to mention another $1k).
She has the standard 17" painted aluminum wheels, spoiler, Shaker 500, active anti-theft, interior color accent pkg, interior upgrade package (MyColor), and wheel lock kit.
They wouldn't budge one bit off of sticker. Infact, they had other buyers lined up for it (literally). MSRP was $27,335. I added Lojack and window tinting for our hot Texas summers.
She's fun to drive - though its been 20 years since I've driven a manual tranny. Got the feel of it again - still a bit hesitant from a start but its coming back. I do wish she was an auto - but the manual does have its fun moments no doubt. Fortunately I have a new job so my commute changed from 30 miles of major downtown Dallas commute to 8 miles inside of Plano.
Earl
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From: Florida
RE: New Black 2005 GT
ORIGINAL: Earl
First post (well, actually 2nd now - looks like this board is for 2005 owners). Stopped from driving my new toy around long enough to make it (have been reading posts here a few days though).
Yesterday I picked up my new baby from the lot of a local dealership. Its a GT, black exterior/crimson red leather interior. Manual transmission (would have prefered auto, but they are scarce here - not to mention another $1k).
She has the standard 17" painted aluminum wheels, spoiler, Shaker 500, active anti-theft, interior color accent pkg, interior upgrade package (MyColor), and wheel lock kit.
They wouldn't budge one bit off of sticker. Infact, they had other buyers lined up for it (literally). MSRP was $27,335. I added Lojack and window tinting for our hot Texas summers.
She's fun to drive - though its been 20 years since I've driven a manual tranny. Got the feel of it again - still a bit hesitant from a start but its coming back. I do wish she was an auto - but the manual does have its fun moments no doubt. Fortunately I have a new job so my commute changed from 30 miles of major downtown Dallas commute to 8 miles inside of Plano.
Earl
First post (well, actually 2nd now - looks like this board is for 2005 owners). Stopped from driving my new toy around long enough to make it (have been reading posts here a few days though).
Yesterday I picked up my new baby from the lot of a local dealership. Its a GT, black exterior/crimson red leather interior. Manual transmission (would have prefered auto, but they are scarce here - not to mention another $1k).
She has the standard 17" painted aluminum wheels, spoiler, Shaker 500, active anti-theft, interior color accent pkg, interior upgrade package (MyColor), and wheel lock kit.
They wouldn't budge one bit off of sticker. Infact, they had other buyers lined up for it (literally). MSRP was $27,335. I added Lojack and window tinting for our hot Texas summers.
She's fun to drive - though its been 20 years since I've driven a manual tranny. Got the feel of it again - still a bit hesitant from a start but its coming back. I do wish she was an auto - but the manual does have its fun moments no doubt. Fortunately I have a new job so my commute changed from 30 miles of major downtown Dallas commute to 8 miles inside of Plano.
Earl
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From: Chesterfield, Virginia
RE: New Black 2005 GT
Earl, opt for one of those aftermarket shifters and you'll have more fun than you can shake a frozen stick at. I hear thats the biggest complaint. When I drove one it felt kinda mushy. I felt like it didn't want to stop moving. Other than that You'll be very happy with it.
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RE: New Black 2005 GT
Here are the promised pics. Sorry for the dirt, she'll get detailed again tomorrow when the dealership installs the Lojack and tinting. Also thinking about the black Billets with pony spinners, Borla Stinger catback exhaust (or axleback if it comes out before I get around to getting it), drop in K&N Air Filter, maybe the factory silver racing stripes.
Open to suggestion for other mods and accessories that will NOT void my factory warranty (or Extended warranty).
Td, I may take you up on that idea of an aftermarket shifter - any suggestions for the best one?
Anyone wanting one in the D/FW area let me know - the dealership (North Central Ford) pays a referell
This is the 2nd car I've bought from them - and the 6th Ford (yeah, I guess I bleed blue too). Over the years I've bought 10 new cars (and 3 used) and this dealership is the best I've dealt with. No run arounds - no lies - no addons or add ins. They've done me well and have provided excellent service to boot. Sure I wish they had come down at least $1000 off of sticker, (invoice is about $2k bellow) but many dealerships won't come off MSRP for the GTs. It's all about supply and demand. I had received an appreciation letter from the dealership (2 infact) for the first purchase ('03 Explorer) - $1000 off a new vehicle, excluding you guessed it. There is a big demand for them here in the D/FW area but an extremely limited supply. At any time the online inventory doesn't show more than a handfull throughout the entire metroplex area. Strangely too it is opposite of what many have posted - most all here are manual. There aren't more than one or two autos listed on the online inventory here at any one time and good luck actually finding it at a dealership. Now the V6's - there are more than enough here to shake a forest of sticks at.
This one had been a pre-order that the financing fell through on. I got it with 14 miles on the odometer. I showed up at lunch on Friday, test drove it and put some money down as a hold till I could come back after work and do the paperwork. In the meantime they had several other buyers lined up if I didn't get it. What I should have done is gotten me an XPlan Pin before I left my last empoyer (my previous 2 cars had been XPlan) but I forgot too - damnit.
Earl
Open to suggestion for other mods and accessories that will NOT void my factory warranty (or Extended warranty).
Td, I may take you up on that idea of an aftermarket shifter - any suggestions for the best one?
Anyone wanting one in the D/FW area let me know - the dealership (North Central Ford) pays a referell
This is the 2nd car I've bought from them - and the 6th Ford (yeah, I guess I bleed blue too). Over the years I've bought 10 new cars (and 3 used) and this dealership is the best I've dealt with. No run arounds - no lies - no addons or add ins. They've done me well and have provided excellent service to boot. Sure I wish they had come down at least $1000 off of sticker, (invoice is about $2k bellow) but many dealerships won't come off MSRP for the GTs. It's all about supply and demand. I had received an appreciation letter from the dealership (2 infact) for the first purchase ('03 Explorer) - $1000 off a new vehicle, excluding you guessed it. There is a big demand for them here in the D/FW area but an extremely limited supply. At any time the online inventory doesn't show more than a handfull throughout the entire metroplex area. Strangely too it is opposite of what many have posted - most all here are manual. There aren't more than one or two autos listed on the online inventory here at any one time and good luck actually finding it at a dealership. Now the V6's - there are more than enough here to shake a forest of sticks at. This one had been a pre-order that the financing fell through on. I got it with 14 miles on the odometer. I showed up at lunch on Friday, test drove it and put some money down as a hold till I could come back after work and do the paperwork. In the meantime they had several other buyers lined up if I didn't get it. What I should have done is gotten me an XPlan Pin before I left my last empoyer (my previous 2 cars had been XPlan) but I forgot too - damnit.
Earl
