Welcome to the Stangasylum, Chad. Congrats on the purchase, you won't regret it. Lot's of good people on this Site to help you along, it also helps to have one of these....

 

how did you find one for that cheap with that low of miles?? i would kill for that kind of deal.... im looking for a gt right now and not having much luck

 

oh wait did you pay 20,600 with trading in your 02??

 

Congrats!! & in 05 3.55 was standard on the manual

 

did they give you any paperwork with the car? Hopefully they were changing the oil! Not sure what the time intervals are for oil changes... is it every 6 months?
Check to see if it had any of the 2005's standard problems fixed. Popping sound in the front struts? Be sure to see if they removed the canister thing from the factory intake tube.
You got a pretty good deal there with so few miles!

 

rford426 - theasking price was originally 20,998 + tax. Agreed on 20,600 + tax on the car. I found the car on autotrader.com. It happened to be through a local dealer in the area.Being the summer is gone, I did not get as much as I would have liked on my trade-in, but it did cover the payoff plus a bit to spare.

 

orion_240 - Are you talking aboutthe silencer that is normally located within the intake duct, or are you referring to some sort of shipping canister that needsto be removed from the unit prior to sale? The car had its oil changed at 3026 miles. Done by the dealership when it was traded in. It now has 4511 as of today. Dealer ship that took the car in trade also sold the car new March 05. Carfax,service history, everything is good on the car. Thanks for the heads up on the strut popping. I will check the tech bullitins and recall sheets at Ford.