What I Really Think About My Shelby GT500 After 6,000 Miles!?
My Shelby GT500 is only a month old but already has 6,000 miles on the clock! Driving coast to coast was quite the adventure but now it's time to prepare it for things ahead, including some new tires (too much fun along the way...) and a track alignment at FSE LA.
Having had fun with Line Lock, some donuts and more misbehaviour during the Where's Shmee: US Edition tour, the rear tires had certainly seen better days. No worries though, preparing in advance, the team at FSE LA have a new set ready to be mounted up onto the carbon fibre wheels, along with putting the car through a full alignment to read out how it has been provided from factory and set it up slightly more aggressively for an upcoming trackday.
We're joined at FSE LA by @Joseph Gatt and his modified satin blue GT500, featuring numerous carbon fibre parts and a Borla exhaust system, as well as @Speed Phenom and his new 600LT which replaced his previous GT500.
After getting all the work carried out, let's run over some of the pros and cons of the GT500 now that I've become fairly accustomed to it having spent quite so much time at the wheel including a top speed run, drag races, and using it as a full grand tourer too.
Thanks to FSE LA for all of their help and hospitality looking after my car!
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:12 Joined by Joe
02:31 To the Workshop
03:44 New tires
05:09 Speed Phenom's 600LT
06:48 Carbon wheels
07:33 Alignment process
08:21 Joe Gatt's GT500
13:10 Alignment results
15:48 GT500 Review
20:11 Wrap-up
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The miles have been clocking up fast! My GT500 is now at about 6,000 miles in only a month since picking it up from PPF, but no surprises... the rear tires are gone and need changing. I mean, that's not really a surprise with this car is it?!
@Thomas Mackerley Definitely does and because of the fact that Shelbys aren’t popular in Europe would make things complicated especially with Ford Dealerships. No one there is going to know how to fix a Shelby Mustang properly unless they import Shelbys and consistently work on them.
@GT Mike91 thats what I was asking about. There should still be a warranty on it. I could see having to pay the shipping costs on parts. But then again after reflection, they have special Shelby technicians at certain dealers. To do something Shelby specific, he would have to ship it back to the US. And probably due to manufacturers these days, everything is Shelby specific. And yea, 6k miles a month is a lot. I once did 15-17k in 3 months and I was in the car basically ALL THE TIME, like 4-5 hrs a day. I’d take one 50 mile trip 2-3X day. It adds up quick
@Thomas Mackerley Because his car isn’t sold in the UK? I’m pretty sure Shelbys aren’t sold globally. Even if they were they aren’t anywhere near regular GT numbers at all.
@Cristobal romero 6,000 miles in one month is not low the fuck are you talking about? Most people do roughly 1,000 miles a month and that’s just daily commute. He did 6 times that...
Good sir, if you could please explain the warranty situation. Why would it not be covered no matter where you take it? As long as it’s not modified, the warranty should be active. I can understand paying some shipping for parts to the UK, but that shouldn’t change warranty terms
NO warranty once its back in Europe, more reason to modify it :)
I guess England doesn't have "the 25 year requirement" to bring a non-UK car?
How did you get FL plates if you don't have a FL DL and/or a FL proof of residence?
5787.3 miles is 9313.8 kilometers for those of you who live in the EU and anywhere else that uses the metric system around the globe.
Toe out on the track is fine but it will wear out your front tires really fast and causes the car to dart around on poor roads.
Great car i just don´t like the color!
^_^
Definitely the GT500 over the GTR. This thing is bad@$$
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Best Mustang I've ever seen and probably one of my fav cars in Tim's collection.
living the dream. I'd like to take a road trip cross country someday
How about shipping the Mustang to Cape Town, South Africa and driving the 13,142 km to London? That would be interesting video content.
Corbin freaking fiber
Like Joe he looks like a cheap version of Dwayne Johnson .
Lol us ls drivers still gigggle at you like its a suzuki swift. Stock ls will eat you "my baby pony "every day of the week. Everyminute of the day. Every second of the minute. Every sub second of a second. Ls the world dud. Such a shame you where introduced to a v8 by britts. You guyss have no idea about an engine. A v8 is 2 of your enginesbolted toggether for torque
Damn, I just remembered where I have seen Joseph before The Albino from Banshee!
I want one to bad I can't even afford a new GT.
Your friend looks odd. Completely hairless, it looks like.
@Joseph Gatt Looks like you spend some time in the gym. Thought you might body shave. I understand brother.
I have a condition called "Alopecia."
Why do Brits pronounce "Z" as "ZED"?
Hey shmee your friend joe looks like the rock johnson 😂
Ford 🥇
Shame why does your car have Florida tags? I have driven a car from Germany on German tags in the USA thus the question. That was prior to getting it the permanent tags for my home state....
Tell me about your car when you hit 30,000 miles or more.
are you sure that's not mr clean?
The kid who can’t afford gas for his cars excuses what a poser 🤯🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tim so excited about the Corvette and Urus, but no mention of the WRX?! :)
I almost feel like the owner of the GT500 defected. I once witnessed an H2 on a visit back to the UK 🤭 To each their own.
Joe Gatt is a beast! Looking forward to you taking it onto the Green Hell. Thank you for the ride along!
Mr. Clean sure as hell got a nice GT500
The trunk piece and the cobras in carbon fiber would be pretty cool too! Don’t know if that exist or not though
send it to the crusher
awful lot of McLaren's in the garage for repairs.
Where was the gt400?
How can you afford to drive it in the UK? I thought mustangs don't meet the UK emission standards?
Im happy to see that you really DRIVE the car. Such a beast that deserves the miles
Damn, I thought Joe was a cardboard cutout for a second
haha!!
Great effort Tim, congragulations, and thanks.
You just got this car?
Joe looks surprisingly similar to vision
Hey that guys in a lot of movies lol
Tim's girlfriend drives that car like she's on the Nurburgring every time
The sound of that door @2:08
Shmee, you still owe him a 10 second car..
I'd love to see shmee with adam lz
I love this car. If it came with a 6 speed manual It would be in my garage. I may get one anyway. Too awesome
In case no one knew, Joe Gatt is an actor from UK. Some of the movies, tv series and games he have appeared or voiced are Dumbo, Star Trek into the darkness,, Game of thrones as a frost, Star Wars The old Republic as Sith Lord Scourge,, The 100, Banshee, Z-Nation, The Elder Scrolls, and many more...
New tires at 6k miles?!!
you sooo need the carbon upgrade he made
Great video and good to see 6000 miles done. I know you are in America but you are as English as roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding, we say 'TYRES' not tires lol
I honestly can't believe how long I have been subscribed to this channel. It is cool to see you in the US having some fun
That guy is massive 😂
What is the HP on this car. What is the engine on this car its 5.0 engine
Hi Tim, love your channel! Thank you for all your excellent videos! One thing you didn't mention was highway gas mileage. We all know that 500's get terrible city mileage. I haven't heard what highway mileage is....Care to comment?
Isnt that Joe from Z nation? 🤔
Track Pack wheels v another wheel option for better range and lifespan?
This car is amazing..... can’t wait to see it back in the UK....🤩EPIC...👌
Life of Palos watching from 18:17 : 🥲
If possible maybe u could get in converted to right hand drive
The car hasn't skipped a beat😅😅😅😅😅wat do you expect it's a Ford (built tough) 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
So strabge to see Joseph as a "normal" person istead of a white walker/skin head/frost giant :P He's a great guy and actor!
I liked your videos and content untill you forced purchasing your advertising and marketing material via algorithms.... basically you interrupt all your streams and all your work with trying to get people to buy your stuff.... Think things through a little more..... been watching you for 6 months it's been great until the last couple weeks massive advertising and marketing.... You just went from being a cool car guy to just another capitalist....
Very interesting video Shmee150, good to see you enjoying the GT500 and life in general.
God i love america. Lives in belgium 😣
JG seems like such a nice guy.
Only thing i hate about the mustang and any US sport cars that the exhausts are so idiotically loud for mo reason but they are still nice looking cars.
8:24 Albino from Banshee series. damn i didn't expected that
Yoo that guys from Z nation
Jesus, tis the British Lerch lol
Add more horse 🐎power's 🐎 maybe 🤔
Hey, do you have a map of the route you drove? would be cool!
Needs to be a manual
The GT500 is now my second favorite in you garage @Shmee
Joe Gatt, the coolest English baldy in America.
Albino!
Almost had a hernia taking my base rims/tires off to ceramic. Those carbon rims are featherweight!
Shmee
Congratulations Tim, it's been a pleasure to watch you take the GT 500 across the country, Rj in Oz
But can it drift?
I’d kinda be interested in a behind the scenes process of a non us citizen without a residence here buying, registering, insuring and etc. kinda the behind the curtain process for the Shmee us tour
Speed phenom is Shmee's son
Interested to hear your driving impressions with the new alignment.
Why would you want to start a car remotely?
4 wheel alignment is a must when you buy a car.......I prefer yours to Joe's he seems like a proper bloke sounds British ?
Original exhaust sounds better than that aftermarket. Just need the mid mufflers out...lol
The guy Joe gatts didn't he act in banshee??? Any banshee fans were
Are you keeping the florida plates to hang up in the shmuseum? 🤔
Enjoy them while u can, don’t know when that pleasure will be over with.👍🏻🇺🇸💯
A set of rear tyres in a month equals FUN TIMES! Nice work Tim.
Joe Gatt IS JACKED😱💪🏻💪🏻.
I've never been a huge fan of the mustang, but man the GT500 is a beautiful beast..
shmee meets banshee!
17:43 "can't comPLANE" lol
Crazy the mileage you do 👏🏻
Yo, that joe guy is the guy from z nation holy shit.
I have been a super fan of you Tim since you started youtube though I seldom comment here. I hope I get to meet you someday.
16:42 why is the bumper looking more green than that car ???
Shmeelby GT500 looks so good
Lucky for you, the expense for tires and fuel is really just a small matter. Especially because you have so many other cars to drive. It’s not like this car is going to continue to see high miles. It will be a great addition to your garage and a real attention getter in Europe though.
Vin Diesel drive a mustang eyh