New Cobra - Page 2

Silverback51 · #21 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 07:11 AM

Well, did you pick it up? I'm going to assume not due to the weather we are having.

I noticed another thing looking at the pictures this morning you may want to consider. At least for the drive home, put the floor mats in the trunk. They tend to ball up under the pedals, which can make for a fun time.

I have the Superformance floor mats in my car, but I have them held in place with velcro. Lot's of velcro.

Hope the weather clears up soon so you can get your baby home.

Excaliber · #22 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 07:14 AM

...sounds like those floor mats are contracted out from Toyota.

Bartruff1 · #23 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Excaliber

...sounds like those floor mats are contracted out from Toyota.

Exactly...I had the same problem with my Tundra.. unfortunately, I didn't have the presents of mind to call 911 to ask what to do !!!!

DANGER · #24 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 09:01 AM

Will be picking it up Friday AM. Using an enclosed hauler

After over a year of looking and research the day has finally arrived. Now if the stupid weather will allow a drive..

Silverback - thanks for the floor mat tip...

Silverback51 · #25 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 09:28 AM

Not a problem.

Be sure to take your car to the Beaches Cruise In on Wednesday nights sometime. People there love Cobras.

Bartruff1 · #26 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DANGER

Will be picking it up Friday AM. Using an enclosed hauler

After over a year of looking and research the day has finally arrived. Now if the stupid weather will allow a drive..

Silverback - thanks for the floor mat tip...

Oh God...watch out SR 47 ...much fun between Beaver Town and Long View !!!! I will be at Pumpkin Ridge for the LPGA in Aug...

WardL · #27 (**permalink**) 05-20-2010, 11:20 PM

Wow, isn't that amazing to find a 3 year old Cobra that has never been licensed? I just bought SPF 2608, but had to go to Florida to pick it up. It had 1,700 miles and I drove it 100 miles to a friend's house for the night then shipped it home. We had great luck with the weather. It could have been wet and windy! I would say your biggest risk is krappy weather. Hmm, no registraiton? At least get your insurance set up. The front tires rubbed and I'm glad I didn't drive it any further until I could raise it up a little. What fun! How did you find it?

DANGER · #28 (**permalink**) 05-22-2010, 06:52 AM

After all the time spent on research and sleepless nights.. Our Cobra now sits in our garage.. I couldn't not believe the difference of the paint in the sun over the showroom. The Guardsman blue has a really nice look... The way the car sits on the 17" wheels gives it a really low look.

Trailered it from Park Place Ltd yesterday. I'm glad we made that choice 150+ miles would have been nerve wracking for a first time out. Also the Seattle - Tacoma traffic was a B****..

We arrived around 6:00 the sky parted long enough for a 20 miles drive - WOW.. What a blast the car drives, rides and handles great... The 427R has plenty of power and will spin the tires in the first 3 gears.

The car set as a roller for almost 2+ years. They installed the engine in November of '09. I think they held the prices to high on their web site.

After much research and re-sale values on used Cobra's I decided I wanted a Superformance with Roush 427R TKO 600 and 17"wheels. I made Park place an offer they countered I had them install bumpers for that price and the deal was done.. I couldn't be happier...

Now if the weather would allow this little Cobra some road time...

Rick

Silverback51 · #29 (**permalink**) 05-22-2010, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DANGER

After all the time spent on research and sleepless nights.. Our Cobra now sits in our garage.. I couldn't not believe the difference of the paint in the sun over the showroom. The Guardsman blue has a really nice look... The way the car sits on the 17" wheels gives it a really low look.

Trailered it from Park Place Ltd yesterday. I'm glad we made that choice 150+ miles would have been nerve wracking for a first time out. Also the Seattle - Tacoma traffic was a B****..

We arrived around 6:00 the sky parted long enough for a 20 miles drive - WOW.. What a blast the car drives, rides and handles great... The 427R has plenty of power and will spin the tires in the first 3 gears.

The car set as a roller for almost 2+ years. They installed the engine in November of '09. I think they held the prices to high on their web site.

After much research and re-sale values on used Cobra's I decided I wanted a Superformance with Roush 427R TKO 600 and 17"wheels. I made Park place an offer they countered I had them install bumpers for that price and the deal was done.. I couldn't be happier...

Now if the weather would allow this little Cobra some road time...

Rick

Congratulations Rick.

I'm sure you will only learn to love the car more and more as you get drive it more.

DonC · #30 (**permalink**) 05-22-2010, 09:25 AM

Rick:
Congrats on getting the new toy home. Don't feel too bad about the weather. When I brought my car back it started raining about a half hour before I got home and rained for the next 3 weeks. Just have to adapt to it living in this end of the swamp.
Nothing significant scheduled for our local area until the first weekend of next month but keep an eye on:
http://www.ffcars.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=28
This is the NW FFR forum where we do most of the posting for Cascade Cobras http://www.cascadecobras.com/.
Any "unofficial" or "officail" runs get posted and set up there. The unoffical runs are usually relatively short local hops that are set up more or less on the spur of the moment and can be as short as 50 or 60 miles up to over 100. Pretty much just a bunch of locals getting together when the weather looks like it will break for a day on the weekend this time of year.
Again, congrats.
DonC