A friend of mine is thinking of picking up an 01 GT. It is white with black leather interior and it has a manual and chrome Cobra rims. From the "pictures" it looks great. I ran a carfax and the title came out clean. The only downside is it has a little more than 120,000 miles. The Seller is asking $5,488. What do you guys think? Personally, it sounds like a decent deal, but I'd like to hear some input from those that have the 4.6's.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...eadExists=true

And here is a red one he is also considering. But it is an auto. But it does have 95,000 miles. The price though seems a little high for his under 6G price range.

http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/dd...ealer_id=90463

 

1 question.....Why would your friend want a car with so many miles on it when there are plenty of GT's out there with less then 50k??

Edit: Also what does he plan on using this car for? drag strip, auto x what?

 

He wants a new edge body style, but is not willing to fork over the cash for one with less than 70,000 miles. As for his plans, he just wants a Mustang. I told him to get a 5.0 and do what I did. But he does not care about speed. He just wants a sporty cruiser. If the car is maintained, I do not see any problem with the miles. Heck I have just under 100,000 miles and the car runs strong. But then again, I baby it and bought it from the original owner: my aunt and uncle.

 

Tell him to buy a v6 then if he just wants a sporty cruiser and doesnt need the power for anything lol

 

That's the problem. He first didn't care about the V6 or V8. But after I tempted him into saying the V8 mustangs were faster, relatively fuel efficient and sound great, he has shunned the V6 out of his head and is determined to get a V8. I will take the blame on this one. Also, all the V6's around here have the same miles and going for the same price as a GT. You might as well step up to a V8 for the same price, IMO

 

Well if out of the 2 I had to pick, I would take the white one.

 

id get the red one just cause it has less miles

 

Thanks for your replies. Yeah, he seems set on the white one. When he goes to look at the two I am going with him to make sure the cars are decent and running good. Another friend of mine owned a 98 GT with 134,000 miles and it seemed to be running strong. I am just wondering if the 4.6's are relaible with those high miles?

 

There very reliable. Just make sure when he gets it to do a good tune up on it because who the hell knows when the last time one was done on the car.

 

hmm doesnt seem like a bad deal, however you could most likely wait a bit and find one with less miles for under 7k.