emulsifide
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Owning a Taurus SHO has been a dream ever since a close friend of mine and I took a ride in an early 90's model back when we were in high school. After an 11 year hiatus and the 2010 Taurus SHO revival was introduced, I told myself that I eventually had to have one. With 365HP and all wheel drive, the car absolutely RIPS and pushes your eyeballs into the back of your skull when you do a resting launch with your foot on the brake.
I managed to pick up this exquisite 2011 specimen with 71,000 miles under Ford's Certified Pre-Owned umbrella, which gives the car a 12 month/12,000 mile bumper to bumper and 7 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty. After working on the salesman for a bit on my 2011 Dodge Avenger Lux trade-in value, he agreed to what I was expecting. Before taxes, docs, title transfer, the beast was mine for $16,997!
The car is absolutely perfect and is nearly a fully loaded model (sans performance package and adaptive cruise control). The body panels are all straight and true and the paint is in incredible condition. I spent over an hour examining every inch of this car's exterior for issues and came back with very minimal stuff that I can wheel out if necessary. Here's some pictures:
I'm pretty sure the painted trim and wheels are why the car was priced so low. I don't believe the dealer realized the previous owner only used plasti-dip on everything instead of real paint. I really like the semi-murdered out look of car, so I think I'm going to keep it the same for now. The wheels will ultimately become winter beaters and I'm considering getting some 2013-2016 OEM "flower petal" wheels for the thawed months here in Michigan.
Bye Avenger!!!
What a cool paint color!! Before I went to test drive the car, I honestly didn't realize the black paint on the SHO was metallic!
The cockpit of this thing makes me feel like I'm in a space ship!
Commuting to work and road trips will never be the same!!! The car will get a spirited work out in August when we comfortably venture down south to the Tail of the Dragon, which all of you know has 318 curves in an 11 mile stretch of US highway. Before heading down there though, I'm seriously considering converting the brake system to the 2014+ system that has 1" larger rotors, larger brake pad surface area, and ventilated rotors for the rear. I also have an LMS MyCal on the way.
I managed to pick up this exquisite 2011 specimen with 71,000 miles under Ford's Certified Pre-Owned umbrella, which gives the car a 12 month/12,000 mile bumper to bumper and 7 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty. After working on the salesman for a bit on my 2011 Dodge Avenger Lux trade-in value, he agreed to what I was expecting. Before taxes, docs, title transfer, the beast was mine for $16,997!
The car is absolutely perfect and is nearly a fully loaded model (sans performance package and adaptive cruise control). The body panels are all straight and true and the paint is in incredible condition. I spent over an hour examining every inch of this car's exterior for issues and came back with very minimal stuff that I can wheel out if necessary. Here's some pictures:
I'm pretty sure the painted trim and wheels are why the car was priced so low. I don't believe the dealer realized the previous owner only used plasti-dip on everything instead of real paint. I really like the semi-murdered out look of car, so I think I'm going to keep it the same for now. The wheels will ultimately become winter beaters and I'm considering getting some 2013-2016 OEM "flower petal" wheels for the thawed months here in Michigan.
Bye Avenger!!!
What a cool paint color!! Before I went to test drive the car, I honestly didn't realize the black paint on the SHO was metallic!
The cockpit of this thing makes me feel like I'm in a space ship!
Commuting to work and road trips will never be the same!!! The car will get a spirited work out in August when we comfortably venture down south to the Tail of the Dragon, which all of you know has 318 curves in an 11 mile stretch of US highway. Before heading down there though, I'm seriously considering converting the brake system to the 2014+ system that has 1" larger rotors, larger brake pad surface area, and ventilated rotors for the rear. I also have an LMS MyCal on the way.
