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How many miles is new

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I am going to pickup my new Grabber blue boss on tuesday. I intend on inspecting it and one of the things I was wondering is what is normal for miles on a new Boss. How many miles was on your car when you picked it up? Maddog
 
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At the dealership where I worked, we had a 10-mile course laid out for the technicians to drive as part of new car prep. Various road conditions and speeds to check for rattles, wind noise, tire balance, etc. As a result, most of our new cars had around 12 miles on them when they hit the lot.
 
According to Ford, 10% of every new Mustang gets an off the line inspection in which they drive it for approximately 25 miles. I don't remember what it was called, but I do remember specifically asking him if it applies to each Mustang and he assured me it applies to the Boss's and GT500's as well. With that being the case, I think under 50 miles should be acceptable.
 

ace72ace

Zaino, I put that $hit on everything
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29 on mine. Raised an eyebrow when I saw that but it hasn't burned a drop of oil in 3700 miles, so I will be happy that perhaps it was 'broken in' right from the factory. Pulls hard and strong, no complaints. Love my Boss a bit more every day.
 
31 and change right off the car carrier. I suspect mine was part of the 10% sampling. Mine is just like Ace's... Perfect!
 
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No matter how many miles it has on it, dealers will always tell you that as long as the car has not been titled, it is still considered new. ::) If it has any more than 30 miles on it, that is more than I would accept. For a Boss though it should be less than 10 or 20 since the dealers don't let people test drive those. If I order a car I only expect to see a few miles on it tops.
 
The only reason mine had 3 miles is because I told the dealer I didn't want the car driven , I took pictures on the car carrier , had them do the track key down load , I took delivery with all the stickers on the car , (as it came off the car carrier). My 1986 mustang 5.0l lx coupe was delevered , my salesman called , I went down to check out my new ride , when I arrived I saw my new car with 4 salesman in it going sideways with the tires smoking out of the dealership , talk about pissed , thats why I have had "issues" with car dealerships !
 

Boostd4

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Had about 6.4 miles on my car when I picked it up. With this kind of car...I'd be very leary about anything over 20-30 miles. I'd be checking the rear wheel wells for spent tire. :-\
 

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