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Originally posted by elraido:

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You get a freakin' 500 horsepower car for $40K!!!! What else do you want? And compairing the Shelby to a M3 is compairing apples to oranges, two compleatly different cars ment for differnt things. And the Shelby not being a collectors car, tell that to my fiances dad who owned a 70 shelby GT500 convertable, 67 fastback stang, 68(?) Boss, 70 Torino. You just never really know what cars are going to be collectors 30 years from now. But the people paying $10K+ more than book are idiots.

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Elraido,
Let me try to clarify this. I'm not comparing the Shelby to an M3. What I was trying to get at is, that for the price of an M3 you get a very well rounded car that drives phenomenal. Again, I think the Shelby has alot of bang for the buck "once it can be had for 40-45K" and not the roughly 60K people are having to pay now. If I remember correctly, I recall reading that these were going to be mass produced and that's why I made the statement about not being a collectors car. In all honesty, given it's heritage, it should not be mass produced and very well deserves to be a collector car someday. The moral of my whole argument is that I simply feel that this car could have been absolutley phenomenal with just a few adjustments. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm glad to see alot of people love this car. Ford can certainly use the revenue before they fall off the map lol