Taking Delivery of 2018 GT350, Have Questions

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extrachrispy

Discussion Starter · Mar 29, 2018

My local dealer found me a 2018 GT350, Ruby Red w/black stripe and convenience package--the exact car I would have ordered; however, the stripe ends at the front of the hood and does not extend down the front fascia. Looking closely, the paint appears to match, but it still gives me pause. Furthermore, the dealer my dealer obtained the car from in turn drove the car 130+ miles from a neighboring dealer, which I find odd.

The dealer my dealer got the car from claims that it came without the stripe extending down the fascia, which also seems very odd--I would have expected the first dealer to have filed it as a mis-build with Ford, but Ford Performance has no record of that for this VIN (I called them today). It's been recommended to me to have a body shop verify that it's original.

My dealer has offered to order the striping from Ford and have it professionally installed, and assures me that it would still be considered "factory original."

Would you take delivery of this vehicle at MSRP? Would you take delivery of it at all?

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Svtride

· #2 · Mar 29, 2018

extrachrispy said:
My dealer has offered to order the striping from Ford and have it professionally installed, and assures me that it would still be considered "factory original."

Would you take delivery of this vehicle at MSRP? Would you take delivery of it at all?

Here is the car:

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That is odd that it left Flatrock that way. But odder stuff has rolled out car plants. Great color choice BTW.
Is the OTT stripe on the build sheet? Perhaps the original dealer added the OTT? Does the SIRIUS antenna sit on top of stripe film?
Was the front fascia perhaps damaged and replaced in the 130 miles? Look closely at signs of non factory install evidence..missing fasteners, poor panel alignment, anything that might hint the fascia was R&R'ed. Ask the selling dealer for an OASIS report print out for car. May indicate something if dealers made claims to Ford.

My stripe is peeling just in from of the decklid spoiler...so I am thinking of removing it entirely from car and black filming the whole roof.

If all checks out, try to get some $ knocked off or get the dealer to throw in some free oil changes.

GLWP

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Svtride

· #10 · Mar 31, 2018

extrachrispy said:
Question: is there any kind of telemetry available via the OBD-II port that would let us know how it was driven? Max RPM? Number of times it hit redline? I am at this point leery of paying MSRP for a car represented to me as "new" that may have had the living snot beat out of it by some joyriding moron.

Not that I am aware of w/o airbag deployment. Ford builds in an event recorder into the restraints system but only logs seconds worth of before and after event parameters.

Can the crumbs in the Nav system maybe be looked at?
As a stretch, I'd look at MPG average in the eco screen page. If there're in the singles digits may indicating flogging. I've read of people noting this after there car has been in for service but they knew what their MPGs were before going in.

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Svtride

· #17 · Apr 3, 2018

Looks good. Great for outcome for you. Congrats!

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