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Although, you should have bought a Ford!

LOOKING GOOD!

Got a call from my sales person today.....we now have a vin#!

I have a new 2011 Ford Ranger truck and on about day 10, my wife took the truck to get some bark dust. Long story short, I had a scratch in my tailgate that looked a lot like the scratch in your hood. I do not own a polisher, so I took it to a body shop to see if they could get the scratch out, they tried, but could not. In fact, they made it look worse that is was to start out with. I happened to be in a Costco store and thet were selling clear coat sticks / pens made by the 3M company. They were about $13.00 if I remember correctly so I bought a package of three. Anyway, followed the directions on the package, scratch is gone. Might want to give it a try. I did hand polish the next day, I am not sure if I could find the scratch now if I tried.

My I Mac is just over a year old, I am going to upgrade but I am goinf to wait a few days until the rush is over.

I hate to say this, but I agree. After I heard that audio of him going off on that guy I think he is kind of a ***.

I wanted to thank everyone who commented and sent me different links. My wife and I did a lot of reading and talking and we have decided to go with the GT / California package / 5.0 engine. In the end, we both wanted a auto transmission and really did not need the extra hp of the Shelby, even though we loved the looks. Anyway, red convertible, black stripes, black interior and navigation. We are meeting with our salesperson this morning to place the order. We hope to take delivery by the end of September and start our trip the first week of October. The other thought is he may be able to locate on and have it shipped in, we told him that would be fine as long as it is exactly what we want with all of the options. If that happens, we will start our trip the first week of September. Again, thanks to you all for your help and comments.

No, I dont think I will do any racing with it. It is just my " getting close to retirement " and " going through my midlife crisis " car. So unless they have a race day for middle age, overweight, and balding guys, I think I will stick to Sunday drives!

Not looking for anymore horsepower than a 5.0, just the overall package / looks / design of the Shelby. It is a very well designed car with great lines and looks to it.

I am thinking I will open a new facebook page just for this trip and post pictures along the way! Cant wait.

I drove the Boss and enjoyed it, it handled very well. Again, it only comes with a manual transmission so I decided against it.

I have been wanting to do this for years now, and my dream is getting closer. I have always wanted to order a new Mustang, have it shipped to a east coast dealership and drive it home on the famous route 66 all the way to California. Anyway, I am getting ready to pull the trigger on this and make the drive in the fall. So, now my question to all the Mustang folks out there. I went looking at different Mustang's last weekend and drove the Gt's and I drove one Boss 302. I did not get to drive the GT500 as no one in my area has one, but I have looked on the Fords website and did a lot of reading on them. All in all, I like to looks of the GT 500 the best, then the Boss 302, then the standard GT. But, I am showing my age and do not want a manual transmission. I loved to shift when I was much younger, but now I just want to sit back, press down on the gas, turn on the ac, and drive. So, I had decided to go with the GT model with the California Special package on it, but then the salesperson told me that if I wanted to, I could order the Gt model and then sent it down to the Shelby factory and they would in fact make my Mustang GT with the automatic in to a look alike, and the same power as the GT 500. Has anyone heard or this, or better yet done this. If so, I would love to hear about it. Thanks in advance to all of you that can answer my questions.

Great idea, thank you:banana:

I also tried it yesterday and got a error code. I will try again tonight:help:

I bought the vac and blow 500 several months ago with the idea I would have to buy a second vacuum for more power when needed. So far, I see no need to buy another vacuum. It has done everything I have needed done. I have been more than happy with it.

Can't believe this, I am truly stunned!

Well,I posted this on the 4th of July as I thought it would be a interesting topic becuase of the holiday. In no way was is meant to be political, mean spirited, or anything other than a paper I wrote in high school about one of the greatest, kind hearted, talented Americans of our time ( in my opinion ). I guess the meaning is different to different people, but to me all it meant was we will in the greatest country in the world. Walt had a great deal of love for his country and would never want to live anywere else. There was no hidden meaning in this post other than that. I am sorry some people may have read more into it.

I don't remember much from my high school days ( don't ask why, that is a long story ), but I got up this morning and remembered a paper I once wrote on Walt Disney ( yes, it was one of the few I wrote and handed in). Anyway, Walt was getting his hair cut in a small town barber shop, the same small town he grew up in and visited all of his life. A group of men were in the shop and they were all talking. While Walt was *in the chair, one of the men waiting his turn was complaining about all of the trouble in our country, people, politicians, economy, war, poor leadership, on and on this man went on. Walt later wrote " I sat in that damn chair, kept quiet until the barber finished with me, I got up, paid him, put on my hat jacket". " I walked up to this guy, and spoke quietly to him. I am sorry you hate my country so much, but I am a generous person he said. I have enough money in my pocket to send you anywhere you want to go, you and your family. The only thing I ask, he said, you can never come back to my country, EVER! Now , he said, how much is it going to cost me to get you out this country that you hate so much. Walt wrote, everyone in the shop was quiet, waiting for this mans response. The man just starred back at Walt and his opened wallet. Then he just got up and left. Walt said he never saw the man again, but the barber told Walt on visits after that the guy would call when he needed his hair cut to make sure Walt was not in the shop. A story I will always remember and taught me a little about what being a American is all about. Happy Birthday America!

Wow, Now I know I am getting old! Jimmy Buffet or audio books:patriot: