Yes, I agree that it would cost Terry more to return the car back to stock by paying someone else to do the work, rather than just sell it as is despite losing his investment in aftermarket parts. Despite how clean he kept the car and put tons of money into building it up, I also don't see a modified 2009 Bullitt being worth anywhere near $59k when you can find a well maintained OEM GT500 for $40k and less. At any rate, the purpose of my previous post was intended as just being hypothetical lol.The owner in question does none of his own work so he'd be paying inflated labor costs to return the car to stock and possibly having to repurchase OEM parts to put back on. I don't have the inclination to run the numbers, but it's probably easier and cheaper to sell it as-is, even if he loses 100% of his "investment" in aftermarket parts. It's a clean 2009 Bullitt; nothing more. It's worth probably 10-20% more than a stock Bullitt, but that doesn't put it anywhere near the $50k range. I hope for Mr. Honaker's sake that he revisits reality, prices it to at least garner interest, or just keeps it.
I said this in post #1488. The cars at this dealer network are inflated by 1.5x-2x what they would be listed for on local classifieds.one thing no one has posted about the high prices at gateway is the dealer markup.
in my opinion is the markup is probably in the 12-17K range. they will discount it down to 10K to let someone think they are getting a deal.
i would bet a few $$$ that after the first selling contract expired terry is now paying about $100 a month for storage and advertising.
everyone is saying his car is worth mid 20's. in my opinion he could probably get low 30's . it's probably worth about a built GT500 in nice shape. they sell in that range.
The 5R was crap for a V8 at any power level beyond stock and Ford knew it. It's even so-so for stock 4.6 V8 power levels. Shame really. It had good ratios and was promising on paper.
We are in "peak hot rod".
To be fair it's a TCI Street Fighter version and I know shifting behavior can be manipulated in the tune. So hopefully Brenspeed & TCI have it tamed.
Do you have an aftermarket cooler?
Yeah not having a dipstick or drain plug is Ford's way of saying screw you and get a new car when the transmission breaks. At least they didn't design it as a "maintenance free" trans with no way to drain the fluid.
And 201* does not seem excessive. I imagine with repeated pulls the temperature will continue to climb, but I would have thought a blower car will cook things hotter and faster. Good to know that the 3/4" thick cooler made such a significant difference. Do you know offhand what the GVWR rating is on the cooler you are using?