How many here......
 

How many of you think about selling your stangs?
As of lately it's been real hardcore for me???!!!
Things that keep running threw my mind to do so is i'm paying insurance on a car i barelly have time to drive anymore, the cost of fuel is fn' nuts, can't take the family of 5 out in it, part of the reason it sits all the time, and my interest in the hobby seems to be fading away. The thought of only having one vehicle to take care of is starting to sound more what i want now these days, and would be much cheaper in the pocket book.
I've been considering of either seeing what i could get for both my '06 F150, and '03 GT as a trade in with a dealership i am really good with to get me in a nicely upgraded 4X4 supercrew F150, or part the GT out some to get it close to stock to sale, plus trade the F150 in.
So confused considering this is all i know. Been modding cars/ trucks since i was 18, and have not taken a breather in between at all. I also think it would drive me nuts not seeing my GT in the empty garage!!!??!!:banghead:
What to do, what to do!!!??!!

^^ The thought has crossed my mind, again and again. The Mustang sits a lot. I've only driven it 800 km this seaon. But I can't bring myself to sell the Mustang. It's paid for. I've had it forever and I can't help but think once all the kids are grown up I'll start enjoying it more again. Even if it turns into a weekend track car, and thats it - at least I'm having fun with it.

Right now its my hobby and wont give it up.Suppose if I still had young kids at home it would be different.Living alone with no one to answer to kinda makes it an easier choice for me:D

See VAEM, you are in the same spot as i am, but for some reason you are staying focus, where i'm not LMAO!!
I'm not going to make any jump yet. Got the winter to think about it, and to see what my options are at the same time.
You are right. It's paid for, so it owes me nothing, and that runs threw my head aswell. So far my GT is the only car i have had this long,...... going on 10 years, i usually change up every 5 to 6 years.
I know my daughter is tired of hearing me talk to the wify about it right now LOL! She has an attachment to the GT. Her, and i have done many show n shines, cruise nights, drag days, cruises as i liked to include my little spawn, now 10 years old, in all those things i found important in my life as hot rodding has been my passion since i layed hands on a hot wheel as child.
We will see i guess. Winter could change how i feel.

Was actually going threw some pics...
Here is a few stock back in '03 minus the suspension, shifter, and exhaust..... PLUS IT STILL HAS THE SPOILER ON THE DECKLID!!!! Forgot what it looked like LOL!
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To how it sits today.
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I sure have made it my own over the years.

I say sit on it over the winter and if it still seems like the thing to do I say go for it but I am guessing taking the winter to get some of this years' bad taste out and you will be happy to fire it up in the spring. I think you are getting bored cause you didn't track it since the "incident". Maybe a 12 sec slip will bring you joy Jay?

Don't do it bro, you may regret it bad. If you HAD to sell it for a financial reason than so be it but I wouldn't do it. JMO

I barely drive mine also, but when i do I enjoy every minute of it. As long as my wife isn't bugging me to get rid of them I'll keep them. My son is looking forward to driving my 05 also. You hear too many stories of people regretting selling them after the fact.

1LOW03GT,

You need to do what makes you feel right. If the heart isn't in it any more, then you should move onto something new.... You get a new F150 and then there will be modding done on it to make it your own. I just purchased a 13 sting, and i have loved stangs all my life and wanted one for ever, but now that i have one, I am thinking that i should have gotten a f150 eco boost and modded that as it is easier to carry the family around and more practical in the winter time. Don't get me wrong, I love this machine and it feels great to drive and kids fit in it, but the truck would be a better idea.

So after this long winded answer, I think you need to follow your heart/feeling and do what you need to do for you and your family. If you are better suited to get a new f150, I think you will come out better if you part out the GT aftermarket stuff and trade in as stock as possible. You will come out ahead better in my books i think.

Keep us posted on your decision

Tough choice dude, I can see both sides. Tough to sink all that cash into it and then take a beating on the re-sale, but why keep paying cash out if you never drive it and it's just sitting there making you feel like crap every time you walk by ? Cut the losses and I'm betting if you're in a new F150, touring around with the whole family in comfort, you won't feel so bad about selling the car. You can scoop up an F150 for stupid cheap these days, so if you feel bad about selling the car, get one with some options you wouldn't normally get. Hell, buy one of those badass Raptors for that matter, and get the best of the truck world and the Mustang world !! lol Truth is, yah you sunk a lot of time and effort into it, but there's always another one out there that you can build up in the future, you gotta get past the emotional attachment ( these are just cars right ?) and be practical, because it's costing you money, and obviously bothering you. Things change, and it's no shame to lose interest and move on to something new. Parting it out is a bad idea, and not to be negative, but I'm not sure dealers would be interested, or appreciate, a heavily modded car, remember they're dealing with the average Joe driver, who knows nothing about mods. Good luck bro, I'd say go for the F150.

I have never really felt the oh oh after getting rid of the toys as there are always more out there. Paid for or not does not matter to me.

yes, unfortunately.. I've only had my Mustang for a few months but I know that once we get a house in a couple of years and possibly a family, I'll have to get rid of it because I won't be able to afford the payments. I can't imagine not having a car I love driving tho so I might get an older Mustang and make it a track toy that's still street drivable. If I were in your place and it was paid off, I wouldn't get rid of it unless I absolutely needed the money.

Well I'm definitely not in a rush....... But i think if someone came here with the right cash in hand, it would be gone, no questions ask.
But you are right Dave (daddy2000gt), this year did leave a bad taste in the local politics, more so this year then in the past few years, so it does play a roll in some of this in someways. That 12 second slip might be haunting, but i am quite content on how the GT works, and runs. I know it's a 12 second car,..... the driver is just a 13 second driver, and i have come to terms with that LMAO!!! :LOL:
I'm just not ready to hit the track again..... for awhile anyways, especially seeing how much it cost to get a mod motor back together, even on a so called budget!!!!!:banghead:

I will sit on it, and try not to think about it too much, cause the more i do think about it, the more i want to let it go, which is odd for me to feel, and think this way so strongly.

All in all it is just a car, buuuuuuut at the same token i worked my ars off to buy, and pay for it, worked my ars off to mod it, worked my ars off to mold it, and gained new scars, and cuts that lead to those memories of countless enjoyments with cruising, hagging out, and racing with friends, and many of surrounding clubs.
Plus the car owes me nothing as it has been paid off since '08.

I do think about that "What if?" or "I regret....." like most of our fathers have said to us about them letting go of "That" car that they loved.
Winter is long enough, so it i will help in keeping the thought on pause right now, and keep me from making any rushed moves.

Thanks for the input guys. Does really make me look at it differently.
It's hard to talk to the wify about it, cause she doesn't get it, but yet my 10 yea old daughter gets it!! Weird LOL!

^^^ My thoughts exactly. Who knows, maybe next year you and I will be on the hunt for new Raptors. That has a nice ring to it. :)

I know that I go through this all of the time. I have had some great cars that have been sold. What I find is that after I sell them I don't always miss the car I sold, but I get the itch to buy another. Something else I have learned is that it's really tough to step back. After my first Stang (brand new 2000 GT) I went to a 280,000km 89 coupe with rough paint and some rust. I liked the car but it was no where near the caliber of the previous car and I was never truly happy with it.

This is a tough one 1LOW and you said it very well in your last post. I could never tell you or anyone what you should or shouldn't do when it comes to cars....only my own experience. For some the car is like family and for others it's just transportation. You have to decide where you and this car fit in that scale. You might even need to factor in your daughter's feelings because it sounds like this car has created some amazing memories for her in spending time with dad....she's a very lucky girl. You know....the 6 years until she has her licence will go by very quickly. :wink:

I love my car, and I'm pretty content to keep her...Although, if I could afford to trade it for a Grabber Blue '13 GT500, I would. But I don't see that happening for me, in the near future anyhow.
Your car to me is one amazing Mustang, and the personal effort you put into it, would make it very hard to sell it, if it were me.

LOL! I did think about this already, but the price on this big guy, no thanks, other wise i would be all over that rig like flies on poop!! Even the wify gave the OK if the payments weren't so huge!! :banghead:


As for my daughter, she is very attached to this car, she gets very upset if i mention anything about getting rid of it. In a way i understand, cause when i was a kid my folks bought a brand new black Ford 1979 F100 half tone pick up. I was there when they chose it, and drove it home. That truck was part of half my life. When i turned 16 they played a cruel joke on me, and said they sold it, but come Xmas morning, i openned up a few boxes, there they were, the keys, and ownership. I could not believe it. This was the very vehicle i pretended i drove when i was kid when going outside to play after dinner, this is the truck we would go pick up fire wood in, go camping, fishing, heck, even to the dump LOL! I would draw pictures of this thing right up the my mid twenties...... and i never felt the same for another vehicle again. That was my first love. So i get where my daughter comes from. So i have to play my cards very smart, or i will sink making the wrong descision.


Chad, that is also what i think of, if i sale it, i will just end up getting another down the road, and i am back at square one. So that brings me to think i might aswell just keep what i got, cause it's 3/4's complete to where i would like it to be.

Descisions, descisions!!!

Thanks DublDee, appreciate the compliment.