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<blockquote data-quote="reason4treason" data-source="post: 13518208" data-attributes="member: 134879"><p>invoice is off-the-chain. damn near unheard of. for a loaded car, that's what? 6K below msrp? really, it depends how much $$$ you can afford to eat, and then predicting what that amount would be in the future. </p><p></p><p>for one thing, right off the bat, there's the sales tax, which is a friggin' chunk in most states. that's pretty predictable in most places though. personally, i try not to think about it too excessively because it kills the ether of the new car experience. it's just the cost of having fun and enjoying whatever it is in life that you truly enjoy. true fun sometimes gets underrated. but, if it's like 2 cars a year for example, and when you're contemplating another one and think that you coulda saved 6-8K or more, then hell yes it matters. if you even have to post this thread, it's because money is the prime factor here.</p><p></p><p>other factors to consider too. it'd seem you couldn't get hurt too bad on resale but without knowing what the future will bring, it just seems impossible to predict other than the fact that some people will just want a sledgehammer no matter how deft a scalpul Ford/SVT may build. so to some degree, there will probably still be decent demand for the 13/14. there's the age/mileage on the car if/when you resell it. and there's the tough-to-predict how well the new gen will be embraced, as well as how that interacts with the way some people may see the 13/14 GT500 as more/less valuable.</p><p></p><p>so what could the future bring most likely? a faster straight-line car? what's your guess? a faster carver? very likely, huh? you say your heart's with the snake. and i think you already know the reason for that.</p><p></p><p>my guess would be that aside from the same amount you'd lose on reselling any version of Mustang, there's the unpredictable new gen factor, and after that, it's really a matter of what the GT500 would be worth to you in terms of driving pleasure. personally, i'd have a hard time seeing 13/14 GT500 values plunge drastically but i don't have a crystal ball. it very much seems the case that there was a strategy to build loaded or nearly loaded cars at about an 80%+ rate and my opinion is that sledgehammer or not, there are only so many people who want a mid-60K Mustang and that will increasingly effect demand.</p><p></p><p>*when you take a drive in somebody else's GT500, how do you feel when you get back in the Boss? does it feel like you're missing a lot of whatever it is that you like? if so, how much would you be willing to pay for that? 10K? 15K? 20K? what do <em>you</em> think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reason4treason, post: 13518208, member: 134879"] invoice is off-the-chain. damn near unheard of. for a loaded car, that's what? 6K below msrp? really, it depends how much $$$ you can afford to eat, and then predicting what that amount would be in the future. for one thing, right off the bat, there's the sales tax, which is a friggin' chunk in most states. that's pretty predictable in most places though. personally, i try not to think about it too excessively because it kills the ether of the new car experience. it's just the cost of having fun and enjoying whatever it is in life that you truly enjoy. true fun sometimes gets underrated. but, if it's like 2 cars a year for example, and when you're contemplating another one and think that you coulda saved 6-8K or more, then hell yes it matters. if you even have to post this thread, it's because money is the prime factor here. other factors to consider too. it'd seem you couldn't get hurt too bad on resale but without knowing what the future will bring, it just seems impossible to predict other than the fact that some people will just want a sledgehammer no matter how deft a scalpul Ford/SVT may build. so to some degree, there will probably still be decent demand for the 13/14. there's the age/mileage on the car if/when you resell it. and there's the tough-to-predict how well the new gen will be embraced, as well as how that interacts with the way some people may see the 13/14 GT500 as more/less valuable. so what could the future bring most likely? a faster straight-line car? what's your guess? a faster carver? very likely, huh? you say your heart's with the snake. and i think you already know the reason for that. my guess would be that aside from the same amount you'd lose on reselling any version of Mustang, there's the unpredictable new gen factor, and after that, it's really a matter of what the GT500 would be worth to you in terms of driving pleasure. personally, i'd have a hard time seeing 13/14 GT500 values plunge drastically but i don't have a crystal ball. it very much seems the case that there was a strategy to build loaded or nearly loaded cars at about an 80%+ rate and my opinion is that sledgehammer or not, there are only so many people who want a mid-60K Mustang and that will increasingly effect demand. *when you take a drive in somebody else's GT500, how do you feel when you get back in the Boss? does it feel like you're missing a lot of whatever it is that you like? if so, how much would you be willing to pay for that? 10K? 15K? 20K? what do [I]you[/I] think? [/QUOTE]
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