Shelby GT350 After 5 Years Of Ownership

5 years ago to this day I purchased my 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350. I often get asked all kinds of question here on KZbin and on Instagram on how my ownership experience has been so I like to use these anniversaries as a way to tell everyone what all has happened. The good, the bad & the ugly. To save y'all the time, I still love it! Here's to the next 5 years!

[@TexasRevving]

5 years ago to this day I purchased my 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350. I often get asked all kinds of question here on KZbin and on Instagram on how my ownership experience has been so I like to use these anniversaries as a way to tell everyone what all has happened. The good, the bad & the ugly. To save y'all the time, I still love it! Here's to the next 5 years!

[@berengerchristy6256]

with regards to maintenance, is there anything that prevents you from doing the oil/filter change yourself? I'm weird and like to do that myself. btw I remember when you replaced your BRZ with this car (at least I think that was you), and I'm glad to say that I'm finally in a position to do the same myself in a couple years. either this or a camaro zl1 1le

[@DWH300]

Such a fantastic Mustang. I'm guessing it still as special hearing that Voodoo fire up as day one. Maybe even more with the exhaust mod. With the end of the V8 coming and the GT350 the only Ford to use this high tech, high revving Voodoo. You own a very special car. Thanks for sharing your beautiful 2017 Shelby GT350.

[@TheWhatYouNeed]

It’s not a Mustang, it’s a Shelby 😜

[@DWH300]

@@TheWhatYouNeed it's manufactured by Ford. Ford pays Shelby America for the licensing fee to use the Shelby name. It's not built by Shelby. If you read my comment. I called his Mustang a 2017 GT350.

[@TheWhatYouNeed]

@@DWH300 take it easy mr literal, I was kiddin around… hence the 😜 haha

[@midnight347]

@@TheWhatYouNeed yea it's a mustang built by Ford performance in the Ford factory. I hate when people say it's not a mustang it's a Shelby it's actually both but its made at the Ford plant basically a modern svt cobra with Shelby slapped on it. Ford performance is svt they changed svt to Ford performance in 2015.

[@Chief_5]

Congratulations on 5 years! Have 24k miles on my 2017, got a 2021 GT500 base model in October 2021, still drive the GT350 more then the GT500.

[@midnight347]

Alot of that is probably the manual trans I would wager you're a stick guy who truly enjoys the art of driving a manual trans like myself? I think gt500s should have had tr6070 7 speed manual option like the vettes had. Big let down that they didn't offer it. Alot of guys would rather have a manual even if it is a tad slower who cares it's 1000x more fun to drive lol.

[@svtpower03]

Great videos I watched a bunch of them last few months. I finally picked up a leadfoot gray 2018 gt350 this past week! I absolutely love it

[@codybergman5788]

Congrats on 5 years, your early videos played a role in my decision to pick up my 2016 yellow gt350 about 2 years ago.

[@lenf3641]

2019 GT350 owner here. Like your videos. Well articulated and not too long. Good luck with your 2017 GT350.

[@dropoutdrivez2667]

Videos like these make me happy and reassured that holding onto mine is the right decision. I know I’d regret it 5 years down the line (probably sooner) if I let it go.

[@jeffcheng5058]

I’m torn right now because I love the car, but I’m thinking of trading it for a Porsche 911 that is so much more accommodating. I live in NYC and it absolutely sucks. It’s like having a wild animal in a cage.

[@ede6539]

You would regret it and sooner than 5 yrs

[@RichGT350r]

Nice update! I agree, you can’t beat the soundtrack! Thanks! 🤙🤙😎🐍🐍🐍

[@KyleSVT]

Oh man can't wait to see the tan truck! Love the BD lights you got!

[@trbstang]

Dang! That's crazy! I think I came shortly after you got it, from some of your hill country driving videos.

[@glazedegyptian]

I bought mine for my 25th birthday this June. I am still so freaking stoked every day. I pinch myself when I see the key.

[@kitjeep]

I've been daily driving mine since 2017 when I Purchase it new 60k on Her now still no problems Just regular maintenance The sound never gets old it's a really great car

[@pteodoro79]

Can’t wait for the 6th year update!

[@Cronus_1]

There are 2 different systems for traction control. Traction control, and stability control. You have to hold the button for 10-15 seconds to turn off stability control. Should slide without issue.

[@BlueVoodoo92]

Great car, I wish you could do KZbin full time bud - I love your content. I also own a 2017 lightning blue GT350 with a white stripe and I spent a lot of time researching my purchase before I pulled the trigger. I think your early pros and cons videos really helped sell me. I have had a few more issues with mine, but overall it's been a very reliable car considering how hard I drive it.

[@trbstang]

You know he has another channel too that is his main one. Texas Plinking, with almost 1m subs.

[@nobody6273]

Is there a rev matching on 17 gt350? I am a 20 bullitt onwer, I thought I was a good manual driver until I did a test driver on a 16 gt350 without rev matching.... I found rev matching is real helpful.

[@ron9269]

@@nobody6273 I've been driving Honda stick shifts my whole life and I don't understand why Rev matching is necessary. I currently have a 280HP Honda accord V6. When I want to downshift I just downshift and the clutch finds the rpm when it is re-engaged. Is that supposed to be bad for the clutch or something? I've been doing it the last 30 years, 4 different Hondas, and never had a problem with clutches...

[@theninja224]

No rev match on any gt350

[@BlueVoodoo92]

@@ron9269 yeah, rev-matching prevents the clutch from going from a much lower RPM to a much higher RPM quickly. This overheats the friction surfaces and causes premature wear and unnecessary drive line shock. Quick throttle blip before you release the clutch after selecting your gear will prolong the life of your clutch. Street driving, that might not be a huge deal but if you try to pop the clutch out on every downshift when you are track driving a car it will overheat the clutch and the throw out bearing very quickly. On track, there's something called "heel toe" shifting which requires that you blip the throttle with your braking foot while simultaneously applying braking pressure so you can quickly downshift to select the correct gear for a corner exit. Cars equipped with autoblip allow a driver to focus on braking with their foot instead of having to work double duty and helps the driver by automatically revving the engine to make downshifts smoother during performance driving.

[@danemoll4065]

Great update. I just changed the tires on our 2017 350 and went with Cup 2’s as well. Just perform so well on our 19 350R and 20 500CFTP “R”. SS’s got 12,500 miles before inside fronts wore out. A bit of an alignment issue easily corrected.

[@seansambone9832]

Hi did u stay w the same size tire ? I crashed my Mach at Watkins Glen raceway . It had handling Pk n Loved it esp the 305 315 PS2s. I just got - 2017 350 w 9k miles n love it. Def big diff w powerband in upper rpm’s. Do u think I should go up to the 305 n 315s?

[@FlipFlab]

Hoping to have one by Christmas this year or a tad sooner, not sure much could change my mind at this point but good to see new videos still coming out and giving a thumbs up! :)

[@universalwraps8071]

Just got my gt350 2 months ago. Was my dream car since it came out in 2015. And let me tell you it will not disappoint you on but getting this car. It’s just such a drivers car and you always feel connected to it. It’s insane piece of machinery trust me bro

[@juanmontoya7998]

Did you get it?

[@roymorgan5498]

Just short! I love the way that thing sounds.

[@jone8731]

Mine had bad rear bumper gap, only issue I have had. I also did the bmr springs and love them. No oil issues burns little to no oil. Bought new and broke in correctly.

[@CODYBIMBO1]

13/14 Shelby and gt350 perfect combo 👍

[@jocelepage8447]

Did you ever have to do the oil pump upgrade? or was your car not part of the oil consumption recall? Great to hear you don't have any oil issues.

[@Brix.13]

Love the yearly updates! I've watched all of them as well as other reviews, all in anticipation for wanting to buy a GT350 myself. I do have some questions for you or other GT350 owners to chime in on and help me with. With the changes for the 19/20 MY, are they worth it for the extra price? What do you not like about the car? For my last question, I'm curious about the transmission. How forgiving is the transmission, and how good are the clutches? I'm learning manual now but I'm just a bit worried about breaking a trans on such a beautiful car.

[@jeffcheng5058]

I have a 2017, only issue was burning oil. Might be worth buying the newer models since they were supposed to have less issues and minor updates. There’s nothing I dislike about the car, but slowly getting tired of stickshift since I live in NYC. Tranny is not very forgiving, especially in sport mode. I don’t suggest learning in a GT350 though, because i think it cost $3000 to replace the trans if you mess it up. Hope this helps

[@midnight347]

I think 19-20 makes more since the prices aren't that much different for low mile cars.

[@DavyDave1313]

Dude your videos are the best and have had me contemplating getting a gt350. I paid off my 19 GTCS a month ago and I’m either gonna go into some more debt getting that new dark horse, or a used gt350. I’m thinking the gt350

[@shanefowler9443]

Get the 350

[@bryandelcid4065]

The Shelby GT350 is a special vehicle that’s for sure

[@skylerssupercarlife348]

THE cleanest garage. Very nice.

[@scrap_metal_magic]

That thing sounds amazing

[@ZFA1738]

Beautiful car, gt350 is my “attainable” dream car. Best sounding mustang and v8 ever produced. I pray that ford brings back the gt350 before they go EV. Mach 1 is amazing car but can’t justify 56k+ for a glorified GT.

[@chrisjr6942]

Same man I'm trying to figure out ways a can get a 350 right now but just can't swing it yet. Hopefully in the next year or 2 I will be able to. Fingers crossed

[@ZFA1738]

@@chrisjr6942 yeah man I’d love a gt350. Preferably a 17-18. Don’t like the 2 tone interior of the 19-20. Hopefully they drop to low-mid 50’s and that’s very doable. Best of luck to you bro.

[@chrisjr6942]

@@ZFA1738 yeah 50k would be great! Best of luck to you too👍🏼

[@isaacg6041]

Beautiful car man

[@ghuff31]

My 17 pretty much confirms what yours has going on, with 54,000 miles on mine, because I'm still daily driving it. The interior thing happened to me and the shift knob ran me crazy so I changed it, but otherwise I couldn't be happier.

[@rhettreisch226]

looking at buying one right now with 47k on the dash, is it a good idea?? that just seems like so many miles for a motor that revs to 8250RPM

[@ghuff31]

@@rhettreisch226 I guess it depends on what kind of miles. I have 64,000 on mine now! To be honest, most of the high mileage ones are still running the original motor. And my break in was 1000 miles where I NEVER broke over 5000rpm. Some idiots did 8250 leaving the dealership on the first day.

[@keithwright4967]

I need those garage walls and trim paint colors man. Garage looks great. Please and thank you!!

[@keithwright4967]

If you know the wall color I’d appreciate it man. Thanks

[@E85_STI]

This is a beautiful car and I would like to buy one some day as a daily and park my car in the garage. I like the Voodoo flat plane and the 8,200 redline. I live in fort hood but I heard you mention Leander and marble falls and I pass through marble when I drive to San Antonio.

[@karenhartman6075]

I’ll never get rid of mine, 4 years w Shelby ,,,she’s in the shop getting her rear view recall fixed ~ did her oil consumption test first month owning

[@viperonfire2006]

I was confused on one of your update mods. Did you add something to help with Rev Matching like a blipmod or are you healtoe’ing it in the video at the end?

[@rickeybarnes6471]

My 2017 Gt 350 would consume a quart of oil every 600 to 700 miles driven! It was my daily driver ( 60 miles round trip to work). I just drove it normal and still had an oil consumption issue. Ford checked it out and said all was normal. I eventually traded it in for a Tesla Y performance with loads of torque which I didn’t get in the Gt350. I am a mustang guy and have owned 8 of them. Just to name a few ( the mighty 04 cobra, 2012 Boss 302, and two 03 Mach 1’s. Presently, I still own a 03 dark shadow grey 03 Mach 1😊. I do miss that great sounding experience of the Gt 350 but reliability issues of that motor had me running scared. I let it go at 44,000 miles. Great review. Subscribed 😊

[@matthewhaupt5470]

I wish I could be out of college already and making a stupid amount of money so I could get this car. I don’t know what the future holds but I hope they will be available in my future for cheaper than 100k😭

[@Championedd]

GT350 at 19 is crazy

[@djadams6998]

Beautiful car my uncle has a 2007 stage 3 rousch

[@Lucas-ie2ti]

Sheshh talk about being a Ford fanatic! Haha sweet set up man.

[@TheDadFatha]

You have both my dream cars 😅

[@rhino5ohh]

Last time I see this channel, its "exotic cars 19" and you have a GT350 and had just gotten the terrain raptor. Come across your vids again and you still have those cars but also another raptor, a GT500, doing long travel on the terrain raptor, talking about getting a Lotus soon and looking to get a 2022 GT500. JESUS H CHRIST what kind of lottery/inheritance/business/wtf are you doing? Happy to see you able to have all of this stuff but DAMN.

[@AJay-fb2pb]

Do you by chance notice any ticking noise under light load between 1500 and 3000 rpm especially when engine is cold?

[@EnthusiastCarHangar]

How many miles do you take it on for a service? I ask because mine is a low mileage Shelby as well and I take it in once a year.

[@kaledd9162]

great vid

[@viralcontent6534]

I just bought a 17 lighting blue white stripes gt350 with 15,000 miles. Previous owner took great care. I can't stop driving it lmao...

[@harisqureshi7469]

Congrats on 5 years of ownership! Also, is the carbon fiber dash (near the AC vents) aftermarket? Or did the car come with it. Very nice.

[@TexasRevving]

Aftermarket, I forgot to mention that!

[@TheyCallMeProphet100]

Where did you get the car on fiber dash? What’s the part number? Love the videos!

[@looneyyang1326]

I regret not buying one in 2018. Same exact color scheme but a 2018 model.

[@yeezy212]

Did you ever have an issue with drive modes not working?

[@Nicer_Ricer_JDM]

Happy you made this video cause all my friend give the mustang crap, saying it’s cheap and slow and corvettes/ Camaros are better 🤦🏽

[@maxvl2832]

I thought about selling mine, but I know I'll have regrets. After watching GT350 video's, I'm keeping it!! It's paid off so there is NO rush to do anything stupid! lol

[@Dysclosed]

We should race sometime, I wanna get a baseline on where my fbo GT is at

[@buzzyinurface]

Your story inspires me. To be honest it sounds a little ridiculous to the average person, but think about it, in 25 years being an original owner of a car like that will be so legendary. These cars are coming to an end… Just look at Mopar ending their V8s. The government is regulating sports cars out of existence

[@matthewhaupt5470]

Also any recommendations on how you managed to finance it new at the time? Being 19 the income must been tight so how did you rationalize it and talk your self into not missing any payments

[@TexasRevving]

Paid cash

[@ZFA1738]

This car is possible to finance. This gentlemen has/makes a lot of money so he was able to buy it cash, no financing. If you are financing a car, rule of thumb is car payment must be 10% or lower of your monthly income. This car is around 55-70k depending on many factors. That’s easily a 800-1200 monthly payment. So ideally you’d want to make around 8000-12000 a month to be able to comfortably afford this car. Hope this helps.

[@jessenitzske8617]

He has a very nice mommy and daddy.

[@midnight347]

@@jessenitzske8617 or maybe he actually works hard and has a good job? Why does everyone have to be such haters and assume because someone is young they can't afford a 60k dollar mustang.

[@vinny2474]

I hope you get a phone mount for you car lol!! awesome car tho man. i love it. dream car.

[@Anthonyrs2]

Are you ever going to make diecast car videos again?

[@chickennuggie7908]

Dream car

[@theninja224]

I'm waiting to make an appointment 2 hours away to buy a gt350

[@kev-bot7023]

How many miles on the car now?

[@DrBossSauce]

Is the 350r worth the extra 10k?

[@rembo183]

What’s your mileage now?

[@blaq.plaque]

I got to buy one

[@shrek7428]

I'm stuck between buying this gt350r and slapping on a turbo vs buying the 2022 gt500. Is there any difference between the voodoo engine vs the Predator besides the supercharger?

[@jeffcheng5058]

I’d go for the 500. I believe it’s a cross plane instead of a flat plane. I personally don’t like mods like added turbos, and the DCT might have some issues but overall seems better. If you like manuals, that’s a different story

[@midnight347]

The 19 and 20 supposedly got the rods and stuff from the gt500 so other than the fact it's flat plane vs cross plane and manual vs dct otherwise they're similar. Voodoo is 12:1 compression as it was meant to make power na and gt500 is 9.5:1 compression. Otherwise i think they're pretty close. I'd do the gt350 just because I'm a manual guy I honestly think it looks better too just my .02

[@rembo183]

With all the vehicles you have now you obviously can afford ac in garage? 👍🏻😊

[@Twobarpsi]

S197 💪✊🏁!!

[@gt5hunniid]

I bought my Shelby gt350 cash at 19 I recently turned 21 and man I love this car 😭 I got it with 10k miles it has 31k as of now

[@failingup4907]

How the F did you buy that car at 19? Don't tell me your worked, we all work. No Fing 19 is buying a brand new 80k car unless good parents helped him. C'mon man!

[@gt5hunniid]

@@failingup4907 everyone does it at their own pace and time sounds like u hating lol and I didn’t get no help from my parents

[@gt5hunniid]

@@failingup4907 incase u were interested s550 gt500 on the way

[@autotrimmers6353]

I’d love to be able to have that car and just keep it for as long as possible it’s a dying breed almost like driving a dinosaur.

[@abitoutofsorts]

😍

[@seafooddiablo5686]

Damn you make a great case for mustangs, Ford should pay u

[@TexasRevving]

Or just sell me a GT500 for MSRP…

[@seafooddiablo5686]

@@TexasRevving thats a bridge too far 🤣

[@jamesj5469]

I'm glad it was a daily driver I don't wanna buy a car like that and not drive it

[@midnight347]

You can drive them plenty and enjoy them without it being an every day car. It's not garage queen or daily nothing in between lol.

[@failingup4907]

He bought the car when he was 19? 😂. That car new is like 80-90k. By the time he's 25 he has a Raptor and a GT500. Dude was 19! It's not like your making 6 figures at 19. You Judi got done with high school. How is no one calling BS on this? If he was a trust fund baby, I'd believe it. I love all these young guys with multiple $100,000 cars. Please someone tell me what I'm missing here..

[@LCculater]

Why do you own a cheap ford truck and not have a TRX

[@LCculater]

I sold my gt350 for a way better car Lexus Lc 500 and Porsche s4 did your engine blow up yet .

[@shanefowler9443]

Mine has 32k miles on her and she's running fine : )

[@dannyphantom907]

Bro wtf do you do for work lol

[@rembo183]

He’s doing well enough to have several expensive vehicles and appears to also own his own home too. He’s looking successful.(At least that’s the appearance.)

[@elstudiocustomtattoos8188]

12k miles in 5 years, you barely drive this thing, I would like to see voodoo engines reviews in the 60k miles, and see how reliable this things really are.

[@pinkpanther6443]

Bro only 6000 miles in 5 years ? I know it's your car and it's your choice and you do you man but goddamn what a waste

[@TexasRevving]

When did I say it only had 6k miles?

[@pinkpanther6443]

@@TexasRevving on the screen 7:15

[@rhino5ohh]

@@pinkpanther6443 LMFAO he tried to make you look dumb and you caught his ass with the mileage. That's good stuff.

[@Skybusdriver]

That's from his old videos few years ago...

[@mikepetrilli4686]

I had a 2021 GT Premium with a manual MT82 transmission. Complete garbage! I could put up with the cheap plastic interior, engine tick and the glitchy electronics, but the drive train was garbage. Kept the GT for 2 months and unloaded it....was a pile of junk. Bought a real car from another manufacturer with a standard TREMEC couldn't be happier...FU FORD! BTW - if you did buy this POS with a MT82 you can join the class action suit.

[@TexasRevving]

GT350s have a tremec

[@midnight347]

You are clueless lol. Gt350s have a tremec and older gt500s have a tremec tr6060. Thr mt82 isn't the only option on the Ford side. Why do you say your trans was junk because others said it is or did you actually have problems? Much of the issues are clutch related and blamed on the Trans I see them hold up being raced in applications with forced induction so they must not be that crappy. You only had the car for 2 months so exactly what kind of issues were you having? Or was it like I said before you just heard others saying they are bad so you got rid of it before you had issues basing your entire life around internet hearsay like everyone else does? Which is it?

[@DillonSuhr]

**ATTN** Brandon will be giving away his 2017 Shelby GT350 to one lucky Subscriber this Christmas! Make sure to comment "Texas Revving" to enter!