how best to keep low miles?

why are you doing this ?

as long as Ford keeps making cars with the Shelby name on them, and they are not likely to stop anytime soon, your car is going to be worth less with each new model year. The fact that is a low mileage '07, & one of the first new generation GT-500's doesn't change a thing. It is a poor investment if you are not getting some satisfaction by driving it.

Z.

 

Start driving the car whenever you want and enjoy it. Do not worry about the miles, it will not hurt it. If they happen to increase in value in 20 to 30 years or more from now mileage will not be an issue to a buyer. The originality will be the main factor.

 

plus one on driving it,,,considering its not exactly an economy car you are probably not exactly drive the wheels off it......drive it often and hard...i have a 67 gt500 which i have owned for 28 years....it has almost 100k miles on it.....Due to circumstances somewhat beyond my control (cali. smog laws and a previous lack of funds)it was stored and rarely driven for over 20 years....otherwise i guaranty you it would have MANY MANY more miles on it!!!!yeah its kind of valuable now but it is relly just a car and cars(especially THIS KIND)just beg to be driven....Go for it!!!!I can assure you (from my experience )your neighbors will love you!!!!LOL Happy Holidays!!!!Trent

 

I say do what you want with your car. I bought an 07 Shelby GT last summer with 10K on it I bought it to drive it and enjoy it.It now has 19K. and still looks like new. I completely understand if you only want to put a few miles on your car each year. I also have a 1986 Dodge Shelby Charger that has just 17K original miles. It is garage kept and only sees about 300 to 400 miles a year if that. I know it's never going to be worth big bucks but I like having a 25 year old car that is like new. As far as what you are doing with your car I do just about the same with my Charger and it seems to work.

 

I'm still waiting for the OP to answer my question, "why is doing this ?"

Z.

 

He's out driving the car, like we told him to do.

 

ha ha. that's one of beauties of the forum. someone can point out the obvious 'cause I can never see the forest for the trees.

Happy New Year ya'll

Z.

 

I was lucky enough last Feb to find an 08 in a garage with 558 miles on it...this car is my baby! It stays perfectly polished and ONLY goes out in nice weather never been rained on...it takes evening runs around town hunting prey with a little tire smoking LOL...and longer weekend trips just crusing...the point is... I have put 7000 miles on it and every one is a "fun mile" so my advice is to be selective when you drive it..but DRIVE IT!!

 

Dude if you aren't driving that race machine your a fool!!! It's not about milage, it about putting that smile on your face when that pony performs. If you were concerned about future investment value you should have bought gold. Don't get me wrong, shelby's will have value forever, but the idea of owning a legend and not driving it for fear of excess milage is ludicrist. Enjoy your rave car!! Ad the performance parts and find some corvettes to kill!!

 

My 07 Shelby GT has about 10,000 on it now. I don't really worry about the mileage for investment concerns and here is why. No matter what, the car is going to depreciate in value for quite a few yrs to come before it starts to go back up in value, in thirty yrs. or so it might be worth what you originally paid for it. So all that and you had no FUN driving it. That is LAME.

A friend of mine bought a brand new 86 GT back in the day. In all that time he has only put 20,000 miles on it. It is show room new and all original. He has enjoyed the car and he is happy because he can still get what he paid for it when new, which wasn't all that much.

 

Well I would say if you are going to store the car get it off the tires as well..Radials love to get flat spots on them from sitting and going through weather changes..I cam also tell you I owned an 04 cobra for 4 years and when I let it go it only had 4000 miles on it..Now that was due to me working althe time and couldnt enjoy the car..I wish i would have enjoyed it more..It was a blast to drive.

 

DRIVE IT!! i got my 2010 last feb from a dude in arkansas. when i got it, she had 1500 miles and now its got over 12,000 miles. i love driving every single mile. take her out for a cruise, any body that knows a lil something about cars will break their necks just admiring your car. go hunting for chevys, dodges, and ricers. trust me they will want to test you and its fun. just remember, YOU CANT KEEP A WILD ANIMAL CAGED.

 

I've put 7K miles on mine since getting it back from Vegas 6 months ago. It's what they were built to do, it's what Carroll commands us to do...

 

I have seen here all kind of suggestions and opinions but juts a few have answer your question vague.

For me that I have a good feeling and understanding what is a true muscle car and a possible collection car the best way, period, to keep low millage in your car is running the car until the odometer reach 0 again.

I know that you are going to thanks me in the future so you welcome!

 

I bought my GT500 in May of 07, I was disappointed in the power output, (I guess my 427 Chevy powered 1970 442 convertible made more power than I had estimated) So I added a Kenne Bell Stage 3 S/C, a one piece aluminum driveshaft & some Kooks headers.

Runs fine now, but I do not drive it to my shop every day, just on real nice days.

I've got 8,400 miles on it. Since I do not drive it as much as I should I always stop by Chevron & fill the tank right before I park it, just in case it will be a couple of weeks before I drive it again. The less air space in the tank, the less likely the fuel is to oxidizing (rotting)

I'm in my 32nd year as a Master Auto Technician, I have several old cars that are not driven much. An aircraft mechanic told me about filling a plane at landing then parking it, he called it "Parking em Wet" and I have confirmed this is standard in the aircraft industry, I believe it is especially critical with the 10% ethanol we have in Fort Worth, Texas.

I learned this about 20 years ago & when I finish weedeating or mowing I fill my lawn equipment to full, then put them in the garage. Since I started doing this I have not had any starting prolems with my lawn & garden equipment either.

I keep Stabil fuel stabilizer in my 49 Jeep Willys wagon & my 70 Lincoln MK III, but neither is a performance vehicle, I do not what effect it has on Octane rating, so with it in my tank I take it easy, til I burn about 1/2 a tank off and fill with Super Unleaded from Chevron.

Good Luck