This car, Celeste, originally belonged to @Vettel-ish (Andy). Build thread of the car before I owned it is located here: https://trackmustangsonline.com/member-cars/celeste.405/
Andy put her up for sale in the summer of 2023 to buy a full blown S197 race car. At that time, I had inquired about the car as I had been thinking about getting into a more serious track car. Ultimately the timing just didn't work out, and Celeste was sold to a really great guy down in Alabama who wanted to use her as more of a canyon carver and hit the tail of the dragon a couple times a year.
Fast forward to about a month ago, and I receive a text from Andy saying the car was back up for sale with the guy in Alabama. I had been kicking myself for passing up the opportunity to get into such a well built and sorted car, and jumped on it this time. I called the owner down in Alabama the next morning, decided we could meet in Nashville a week later to do the sale, and I bought a one way ticket to Tennessee for $160 bucks. Prior to picking up Celeste, I sold my first Mustang, my "budget" track car. That car taught me a lot and I really did have some doubt about letting her go, but she went to a good home and I moved on to a much more track capable car for a very minimal difference in price between what I sold her for and what I picked up Celeste for.
The guy in Alabama had put 800 miles on the car since he had bought it from Andy. The car had not even had an oil change since Andy had sold it. I landed in Nashville on a Saturday morning at 10am, and was on the road back to Chicago by 11am.
I cannot begin to describe how differently this car drives than my previous car. The suspension is so well sorted it handles like a new German car rather than a 13+ year old Mustang. It is so confidence inspiring. The built engine obviously makes a ton more power than I am used to but is such a blast. Sounds so good but also so different than a normal Coyote.
My first track weekend was scheduled for Gingerman on April 27th/28th, but @Tonymustang302 convinced me to hit the track this weekend (tomorrow) so I had to give the car a brake bleed and oil change after work this last week.
Well after taking the wheel off, I found a huge crack in the front driver side rotor, and saw the pads had uneven wear with the back side pads being worn down to the metal. Good thing the car came with some spare parts that included new Girodisc rotors and G-Loc pads. Replaced front rotors and pads, did the brake bleed in the dark, and finished off with an oil change. She is ready for a shake down this weekend.
Anyone know this guy? Sounds like a tool
Man, that needed to be done.
Looking forward to documenting all the new adventures with this car. I am most happy about bringing this car back into the TMO family. This forum is special as while it is not the largest online community, it's a very tight knit community and I can honestly call the people I've met through here friends and look forward to hanging out at the track with everyone.
Only thing this car will need going forward is meticulous maintenance, and maybe some cool decals like Andy had on her so I can look like a cool race car guy too.
Andy put her up for sale in the summer of 2023 to buy a full blown S197 race car. At that time, I had inquired about the car as I had been thinking about getting into a more serious track car. Ultimately the timing just didn't work out, and Celeste was sold to a really great guy down in Alabama who wanted to use her as more of a canyon carver and hit the tail of the dragon a couple times a year.
Fast forward to about a month ago, and I receive a text from Andy saying the car was back up for sale with the guy in Alabama. I had been kicking myself for passing up the opportunity to get into such a well built and sorted car, and jumped on it this time. I called the owner down in Alabama the next morning, decided we could meet in Nashville a week later to do the sale, and I bought a one way ticket to Tennessee for $160 bucks. Prior to picking up Celeste, I sold my first Mustang, my "budget" track car. That car taught me a lot and I really did have some doubt about letting her go, but she went to a good home and I moved on to a much more track capable car for a very minimal difference in price between what I sold her for and what I picked up Celeste for.
The guy in Alabama had put 800 miles on the car since he had bought it from Andy. The car had not even had an oil change since Andy had sold it. I landed in Nashville on a Saturday morning at 10am, and was on the road back to Chicago by 11am.
I cannot begin to describe how differently this car drives than my previous car. The suspension is so well sorted it handles like a new German car rather than a 13+ year old Mustang. It is so confidence inspiring. The built engine obviously makes a ton more power than I am used to but is such a blast. Sounds so good but also so different than a normal Coyote.
My first track weekend was scheduled for Gingerman on April 27th/28th, but @Tonymustang302 convinced me to hit the track this weekend (tomorrow) so I had to give the car a brake bleed and oil change after work this last week.
Well after taking the wheel off, I found a huge crack in the front driver side rotor, and saw the pads had uneven wear with the back side pads being worn down to the metal. Good thing the car came with some spare parts that included new Girodisc rotors and G-Loc pads. Replaced front rotors and pads, did the brake bleed in the dark, and finished off with an oil change. She is ready for a shake down this weekend.
Anyone know this guy? Sounds like a tool
Man, that needed to be done.
Looking forward to documenting all the new adventures with this car. I am most happy about bringing this car back into the TMO family. This forum is special as while it is not the largest online community, it's a very tight knit community and I can honestly call the people I've met through here friends and look forward to hanging out at the track with everyone.
Only thing this car will need going forward is meticulous maintenance, and maybe some cool decals like Andy had on her so I can look like a cool race car guy too.
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