Always been into Mustangs, have had 30+ Fox bodies up to 2006 GT. I was in the market for a 96-02 Viper GTS for a daily driver but I went to a local Ford dealer asking about the 15GT and they had none on hand. So I drove to the dealer next door which was a CarMax dealer to see if they had any Vipers on hand. While pulling in the lot my wife spotted the back end of a blue mustang. A mustang I knew was a GT500. We walked up and my wife loved the look etc, asking what I thought. I said it's gorgeous and they way I'd want one (sticker/stripe delete) but it doesn't have heated seats (found none did.) Long of the short, wife pushed me to buy it so we did.
It had been 4 years since selling my 06 and I'd been daily driving our diesel Excursion or beater Nissan Sentra. When I left the dealership I jumped on 1st and "tried" slamming second. 2nd grinded and locked me out for a second. I thought I was just out of the game too long and chalked it up as a dumb sh!t move. Next day I had two buddies in the car and we launched 1st, grinded 2nd and they both laughed. I thought that was odd, twice in a row? So I came to a stop again, launched 1st, put my foot all the way in the clutch and shifted 2nd (still leaving clutch in) and it grinded. Buddy googled 1-2 shift issue and found out about it. I love the car, a little less than I did originally, and hope it will be corrected under warranty. I purchased the 2012 with 6,700 miles on it. It's out of the bumper to bumper by time but still within 5 year powertrain warranty so I trust it will be repaired, correctly. Time will tell. Also note there is a lot of gear noise when cruising, another thing I will try to have covered under warranty.
I look forward to getting the few issues I have resolved and then really enjoying the car.
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It had been 4 years since selling my 06 and I'd been daily driving our diesel Excursion or beater Nissan Sentra. When I left the dealership I jumped on 1st and "tried" slamming second. 2nd grinded and locked me out for a second. I thought I was just out of the game too long and chalked it up as a dumb sh!t move. Next day I had two buddies in the car and we launched 1st, grinded 2nd and they both laughed. I thought that was odd, twice in a row? So I came to a stop again, launched 1st, put my foot all the way in the clutch and shifted 2nd (still leaving clutch in) and it grinded. Buddy googled 1-2 shift issue and found out about it. I love the car, a little less than I did originally, and hope it will be corrected under warranty. I purchased the 2012 with 6,700 miles on it. It's out of the bumper to bumper by time but still within 5 year powertrain warranty so I trust it will be repaired, correctly. Time will tell. Also note there is a lot of gear noise when cruising, another thing I will try to have covered under warranty.
I look forward to getting the few issues I have resolved and then really enjoying the car.
His/Her SC'd daily drivers
