Interesting read. I wonder how rare my car will be silver blue stripe loaded with glass roof?
Among the rarest.
Interesting read. I wonder how rare my car will be silver blue stripe loaded with glass roof?
Nooooo...leave us SGM owners in the minority! lol
Madlock, is there any way to look at 2013 combination build numbers? We've all seen the sheet where it breaks down the numbers to a single attribute, like it showed my car to be 1 of 71 with a glass roof, or 1 of 47 with the base package wheels, but is there a way to see what my car is with a glass roof AND a shaker pro AND base package?
Nooooo...leave us SGM owners in the minority! lol
Madlock, is there any way to look at 2013 combination build numbers? We've all seen the sheet where it breaks down the numbers to a single attribute, like it showed my car to be 1 of 71 with a glass roof, or 1 of 47 with the base package wheels, but is there a way to see what my car is with a glass roof AND a shaker pro AND base package?
Hrm, I just was ready to change my order to Grey with blue stripes from DIB with Black. I wanted something a little more unique. I'm torn. What do you guys think which is the better combo? I'm doing everything but the TP/S1000/cover. Will the stripes look silly with the glass roof if I go with blue stripes? Are the blue accents on the seats too much?
I need to firm up my decision.
Go with what YOUR gut wants!
Why worry about how "rare" your car will be? Go with what you want, since you will have it (I assume) a while.
The Shelby represented my dream car, and I ordered a 2014 Black Convertible with Red stripes. I didn't worry that black is the most common color. I didn't worry about the relative "rarity scale" that some seem so preoccupied with. I didn't worry that it was speed limited to 155mph (I am never going to see that speed anyway). The color combination I chose simply said "This is the right one for me"!
Your color or options combination should be what you want and what you feel will be the enjoyment factor that works for you. I appreciated Matlock's thread topic, and it is an interesting read, but it didn't sway my decision. I have never experienced a convertible before, and therefore it was a must have in my options list. I ordered a fully loaded convertible with the Performance Package, not because I am going to track the car, but because I could.
So my advice to you is order your Shelby the way YOU want. Trust your gut instinct. Your Shelby is only going to be seen by 0.00000000353% of the nation's population (yes, I made that stat up) anyway, so if you happen to have the "rarest" Shelby combination, no one will know or care.
Madlock,
I'm glad to see you are still around. I enjoy reading most of your posts.
Hey Madlock, They've started a thread over at the GT500 forum looking for you! You'de better respond before they schedule a funeral.
Great read! Do you have any info on Canadian spec GT500s?
Welcome back, Madlock, and thanks for the interesting read!
Thanks for the great info:beer:
FWIW- I haven't seen a black gt500 since the 13's came out, not even a vert. so i guess they're hiding in my area... good to know the glass roof/full option is low #'s
Madlock,
Good to see you back, and with a great post! Had been wondering where you were off to. How about some details on the vert your sig says you ordered?
Thanks for all of the stats Madlock! :beer:
Do you think they will keep the 2014 GT500 build down to approx. 4,000 cars this year as has been said several times? Or closer to the approx. 5K total build number of the 2013's?
Addendum:
Not bothering to distinguish between cars with the cover, only 37 base Coupes exist so far, 21 if without the car cover. That's about 2.5% which, on a value for money basis, makes for a pretty damned cheap car of such power. But since options are where dealers make their highest margins, very few tend to exist on their own. In fact, 27 of the 37 were retail orders specifically configured for customers.