Well I took the plunge last night and made a deal with Shelby for a 2006 Ford GT Heritage Livery with all options. I'm currently on expat assignment in Jakarta, Indonesia and was looking to buy an Ariel Atom when I came across a used one at Elite Autos' website. Looking through their inventory I started seeing these beautiful cars called Ford GT. My interest in the Ariel quickly moved to a higher plane and I started the process of learning what I could about this car and why so many people have it on their top list of cars to own.
I’m sure my wife felt like I was busy watching internet “porn” as for the last several days have been constantly on the computer reading the Ford GT Forum, watching youtube videos and just looking at Ford GT sale info from across the country. Since I’m living halfway around the world where the majority of GT reside, I quickly had to decide if I wanted to do a long distance, internet based purchase or just wait until my posting ended and start the search upon coming back. I would probably have said the best way forward would be to wait, but a past year near death experience has changed my thinking process and I decided that to wait maybe carried more risk than purchasing car unseen and un-driven by me. I will probably get comments about ok here is another buyer who hasn’t even driven one, and will be selling it shortly down the road. I hope that is not the case as the Ford GT has within the last week truly gotten my car bug juices flowing again. My view this will be a long and lasting affair just like my marriage with my wife where we will be celebrating our 35th year of marriage.
I have joined the Ford GT Forum and so far it has been a wonderful experience and it appears a great group of participants. One of the reasons I decided to go with the GT. I look forward to joining as many group gatherings as possible once I come back to the States. Until then I will read the forum postings, look at pictures of my car “Magic Carpet Ride” and live my GT life from afar. I’ve named my car “Magic Carpet Ride” because that was a song I remember from my first ever rock concert where Steppenwolf played either in 1969 or 1970. I think the song captures how I anticipate the car will feel to me as if I’m on a magic carpet ride.
I would like to say the dealings with Elite Autos and Shelby have been great and probably would not have done this with any other dealer, but based on what I read on the forum he is a true GT enthuisit and an honest person to deal with. I was in an initial stage of asking Shelby about the MSO Heritage he had, but since I was in my early stages of discovery not able to commit when needed. Looks like DBK’s father beat me out on that one. The one I’m getting sounds very good too and I didn’t miss on this one.
Sorry for the lengthy first post, but wanted to get my story out on the Forum.
Thanks,
Magic :driving:
I’m sure my wife felt like I was busy watching internet “porn” as for the last several days have been constantly on the computer reading the Ford GT Forum, watching youtube videos and just looking at Ford GT sale info from across the country. Since I’m living halfway around the world where the majority of GT reside, I quickly had to decide if I wanted to do a long distance, internet based purchase or just wait until my posting ended and start the search upon coming back. I would probably have said the best way forward would be to wait, but a past year near death experience has changed my thinking process and I decided that to wait maybe carried more risk than purchasing car unseen and un-driven by me. I will probably get comments about ok here is another buyer who hasn’t even driven one, and will be selling it shortly down the road. I hope that is not the case as the Ford GT has within the last week truly gotten my car bug juices flowing again. My view this will be a long and lasting affair just like my marriage with my wife where we will be celebrating our 35th year of marriage.
I have joined the Ford GT Forum and so far it has been a wonderful experience and it appears a great group of participants. One of the reasons I decided to go with the GT. I look forward to joining as many group gatherings as possible once I come back to the States. Until then I will read the forum postings, look at pictures of my car “Magic Carpet Ride” and live my GT life from afar. I’ve named my car “Magic Carpet Ride” because that was a song I remember from my first ever rock concert where Steppenwolf played either in 1969 or 1970. I think the song captures how I anticipate the car will feel to me as if I’m on a magic carpet ride.
I would like to say the dealings with Elite Autos and Shelby have been great and probably would not have done this with any other dealer, but based on what I read on the forum he is a true GT enthuisit and an honest person to deal with. I was in an initial stage of asking Shelby about the MSO Heritage he had, but since I was in my early stages of discovery not able to commit when needed. Looks like DBK’s father beat me out on that one. The one I’m getting sounds very good too and I didn’t miss on this one.
Sorry for the lengthy first post, but wanted to get my story out on the Forum.
Thanks,
Magic :driving:
