2013 GT 500 Grabber Blue finally arrived

[Vince H]

I was sceptical about the grabber blue at first but the more I look at these pictures the more I like it!

Vince H

 

[pe2unia]

pe2unia, stop waxing the axles and underbody and drive the damn thing already!

Nice car John, now go drive and enjoy it

I took your advice guys and ran some errands yesterday in the GT500 putting about 80 miles on the car, came home and parked it, went back to working on the Starliner, and came back an hour later to find this. DAMN IT!!! A small stone must have nicked the lower radiator as fluid was all over the floor. If you look real close you can just see the shinny spec where the hole is. This makes me wonder how often this will happen during track events and normal driving? Anyone else experience the same problem with any of the 2011/2012 models?

 

[shelbyelite]

Hmm, that's weird. I drove one I had on the track at NOLA pretty hard, as did a few others, and had no issues. You may have a cooling line issue if your car has the track pkg. ask Dave about this

 

[pe2unia]

Hmm, that's weird. I drove one I had on the track at NOLA pretty hard, as did a few others, and had no issues. You may have a cooling line issue if your car has the track pkg. ask Dave about this

Good to hear but this one has a steady stream spraying from a hole in the front radiator.

 

[freeflyer]

Figures! Now you have to sell it at a HUGE loss because it's been RUINED by anitfreeze being sprayed EVERYWHERE!

 

[shelbyelite]

That sucks. Never heard of that one yet

 

[Xcentric]

John...Yikes, that's awful. I'm going to bet radiator defect, only because the probability seems far greater on a new car than a rock doing that.

Odd optical illusion in the photo...looks like a piece of the center stripe...or rather the thin paint strip between the stripes...is missing.

 

[dbk]

I highly doubt it's the same deal I had. My trans blew up when my Dad borrowed the car the week of the Rally. An oil line blew off and dried the thing out before it popped, but he didn't see smoke because he was driving to work at 6 AM while it was still dark. I have my suspicions about what actually caused that to happen, and it's not something I would say is a probability for 99.9% of cars.

Otherwise, after 7500 miles, my radiator seems to be holding up fine sans grille. Drove it to Nola and back, took it around the track, etc.

 

[pe2unia]

Odd optical illusion in the photo...looks like a piece of the center stripe...or rather the thin paint strip between the stripes...is missing.

You are right Gary...That is a reflection of the overhead light LOL