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My Forum Name of ShelbyQuest18! may have to change. I have been looking for a new GT350 with the convenience package for many weeks. I recently talked to one of the general managers at AutoNation, the biggest dealership operation in the U.S., I believe. He said that his current information is that the whole AutoNation dealership network will get about 110 GT350 allocations and of course, much fewer Rs. He also told me that the 18's will absolutely command significant ADM, since there will be relatively fewer of them. To add icing to this cake, the first ones will not be available to early next Spring. 
I can't deal with the normal Recaro seats on a weekly basis, and I suspect anyone over 45 or so feels pretty much the same way. Plus living in the South, air conditioned seats sound much better. I uses to log a lot of track time (high speed autox on old NASCAR banked track and some road courses) and did them in seats not nearly as high bolstered as the Recaros. So, for me - the convenience package was a must-have.
My first choice was a new '17 Lightening Blue, but gave up that quest was tilting at windmills. So after several weeks I found a new Ruby Red with White Stripes at a dealership about 50 miles from where I used to live in the DC area - at MSRP. After looking at a few dozen close-ups to check body panel fitment, it looks like this was not built on a Monday..
And it is a pretty striking color combination and the first new Ruby Red with stripes I have seen. And with the all important convenience option, well....deposit made!
It was also manufactured well after the production time window that the oil line problem cars were produced, but still having the service manager there personally sign off that he checked this issue.
Out with '18, in with '17.
I can't deal with the normal Recaro seats on a weekly basis, and I suspect anyone over 45 or so feels pretty much the same way. Plus living in the South, air conditioned seats sound much better. I uses to log a lot of track time (high speed autox on old NASCAR banked track and some road courses) and did them in seats not nearly as high bolstered as the Recaros. So, for me - the convenience package was a must-have.
My first choice was a new '17 Lightening Blue, but gave up that quest was tilting at windmills. So after several weeks I found a new Ruby Red with White Stripes at a dealership about 50 miles from where I used to live in the DC area - at MSRP. After looking at a few dozen close-ups to check body panel fitment, it looks like this was not built on a Monday..
It was also manufactured well after the production time window that the oil line problem cars were produced, but still having the service manager there personally sign off that he checked this issue.
Out with '18, in with '17.