Would $30,000 be a good price for a used 2015 Ford Mustang GT premium automatic with 80,000 miles? The vehicle has modifications including a cold air intake, aftermarket camshafts, and a tune in addition to other minor cosmetic modifications. The vehicle is being sold from a Volkswagen dealership and I have access to the carfax history report.
I do not trust the mileage, the dealer or the Carfax. Is there a warranty of any kind on this car? After market camshafts and a cold air intake could be a major source if problems depending on who installed them and retuned the ECU to account for the modifications. I would take my hard earned money somewhere else. If you just can't live without it, I would take it to a trusted, independent mechanic for a complete (including compression test) inspection and assessment.
Couple of issues:
1. NO WAY it's a $30k car, even in this market. With those miles, $21k - $23k MAX.
2. Its the first year for that body style, so you may be inheriting bugs/glitches
3. Unless there is documentation on the car, don't even think about it. It could have been done professionally, or it good have been done by Joe Bob over some beers in the driveway
4. Coyote motors are difficult to tune and you need someone who knows them and deals with them all the time to get it done right. A cheap Diablosport tune isn't the way to go.
I'd pass personally. I've owned a few of those cars and their headaches outweigh the benefits.
Hmmmmmm
If you took that 30 grand and bought an older GT and put a new engine and trans in it, you'd have a car with zero miles on it, wouldn't you?
It's been ridden hard and put up wet.
