The right decision

[BAT340]

Since buying my father’s low mileage (34k) 2011 SHO recently, I’m wondering if I made the right decision. Seems a vast majority of the posts on here are how undependable maintenance wish these vehicles are. Now I’m thinking of trading the car in to the dealer, and buying a new manual GT Mustang. Don’t get me wrong, I love the car, and it’s a blast to drive, and even though, like my father, I’m a stickler for maintenance. I’ve read, and heard a lot of horror stories about the V6 twin turbo drivetrain. Not sure I want to have to deal with it. Especially when I’m retiring from Ford May 1. So, keep it, or go Mustang?

 

[SM105K]

My experience was a good one with my 2013 SHO. I demanded more and 98% of other owners and my SHO did a pretty good job. The first couple of posts in that thread shed some light on what you are on the road too for maintenance ect.

SM105K's SHO BIBLE/BUILDS/LIFE

First things first. Thank you @SHOdded for helping me with the information below. His knowledge and experience with this platform is immense. What to expect: Post one: General knowledge of the SHO and what to expect. Post two: The Story of M, my SHO. I posted all of my mods, current mods...

shoforum.com

You might have better luck than others (with the age of the car and low mileage) since the car was maintained. If you are financially doing well, I would keep the SHO stock and use it as a daily. I would buy the Mustang (personally I never new buy, because of horrid depreciation) and use it as my play toy.

Personally I daily drive a 192K mile 2013 Ford Focus ST, and my weekend toy is a 2019 MB E63s. I have found putting the miles on the Focus is dirt cheap that putting the miles on the Merc.

Hope this helps.

 

[kryptto]

My experience was a good one with my 2013 SHO. I demanded more and 98% of other owners and my SHO did a pretty good job. The first couple of posts in that thread shed some light on what you are on the road too for maintenance ect.

SM105K's SHO BIBLE/BUILDS/LIFE

First things first. Thank you @SHOdded for helping me with the information below. His knowledge and experience with this platform is immense. What to expect: Post one: General knowledge of the SHO and what to expect. Post two: The Story of M, my SHO. I posted all of my mods, current mods...

shoforum.com

You might have better luck than others (with the age of the car and low mileage) since the car was maintained. If you are financially doing well, I would keep the SHO stock and use it as a daily. I would buy the Mustang (personally I never new buy, because of horrid depreciation) and use it as my play toy.

Personally I daily drive a 192K mile 2013 Ford Focus ST, and my weekend toy is a 2019 MB E63s. I have found putting the miles on the Focus is dirt cheap that putting the miles on the Merc.

Hope this helps.

my daily driver is a '05 scion tc my wife drove as her daily driver. at nearly 185K I replaced the motor to avoid buying another persons headache.

My 2014 SHO is mine, and I ate the depreciation after a $12K price cut since the car was used for demos. 1850 miles to start out, and maintained to the TEE, she has been reliable. I had a rough start doing things stupid like buying "pre canned" tuner from Diablo Sport and eating my transmission, thank you ford for the 2016 replacement from MI.

Now at 29K miles she is in the best shape ever, yes these cars can be fragile if not properly maintained. ALL new cars lives are predetermined by the engineering team to last long enough. We arent buying 1974 american muscle any longer.

Now my car is like @SM105K a battery tender - fun to drive on the weekends, and taking it on road trips. Without a solid daily driver with low maintenance costs and buying a brand new, or even a 3 year old stang.... you are right back where you started with the sho, IMHO.

 

[luigisho]

Are you looking at a new or used Mustang? If you can get a warranty or, with every makers' build quality going down, I would get a nice long extended along the way at some point. I have been looking at 5.0 mustangs myself. I'd get a manual also as I don't trust the 10 speed autos they come with.

 

[Tbird6]

Up to you but our 2013 MKS Eco-Boost is at 110K miles with almost zero repairs. Best car we have ever owned and I still credit this forum with that fact. Had it since about 24K miles and 9 years.

Not sure what's been done to your car but will guarantee you 100% that fluid changes are the key. Without this forum I would not have focused so strongly on that. 5k oil changes, PTU, RDU and transmission fluid changes every 15K miles or so.

I was shocked at the condition of the PTU oil when I did it the first time. Horrible is the word! And low mileage on the car too. Now I do wish I had followed the advice here and added the drain plug for the PTU because that is a bitch to service. Even with my 2 post lift.
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[luigisho]

Now I do wish I had followed the advice here and added the drain plug for the PTU because that is a bitch to service. Even with my 2 post lift.

Are they still available? If you have a lift even easier to install. Total lift envy here

 

[Tbird6]

It's just a threaded plug so yes I am sure it's still available. And your right I still should go ahead and put it in for ease of fluid changes.

Sorry to rub it in but this is my 2nd lift and my second BendPak 2 post 10K lift



Yes I am smiling AND I have a beer! One of the first jobs was a total fluid change on the MKS from front to rear.
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