as like probably every other car enthusiast, i've always wanted to own, or at least drive, a GT350R since they came out. especially after Doug's video in 2016 when he drove one and just seemed so genuinely thrilled and impressed by it.

the main thing that drove me away from them, especially these days, is the explodey engines being out of warranty.

anyways, sometimes i like to browse a certain dealers site that is famous for their bumper to bumper warranty to see if they have any funky cars you wouldn't expect (i don't want to name the site a second time because i don't want to be accused of advertising for them).

shockingly enough, they had 1 of like 10 2016 350Rs for sale under 7k miles in the country. i took a few days to really decide if i needed it, 1. because it was across the country and cost $2k to ship to florida, 2. because 2026 is the year i'm supposed to slim down my collection in favor of a murci sv, not keep buying more cars lol.

anyways, tale as old as time, i paid the 2k to ship it then spent 2 weeks wondering what kind of piece of shit i just paid to ship here. it was priced like $10-15k under what the other 9ish on the market were, so my main concern was that the carbon fiber wheels were going to be beat to death but to my surprise the only thing wrong with the car is some paint swirls and it lost a bumper clip somewhere along the way during transport, but the store manager was kind enough to refund my shipping fee to make up for it and they threw in a discounted famous btb warranty.

i picked it up yesterday and it is so. much. fun.

i'm not sure how it's possible, but it's more rowdy than my gt500 and it sounds better too. the 6spd tremec is hilariously fun to bang around, and for as big as the gt500 and other mustang variants feel when you're driving them, the 350R feels surprisingly small. the steering is *almost* as precise as my 4RS but tbh i never expect any car to dethrone it.

i'm super rough on my cars and i almost feel bad for how i'm going to treat this car since it seems like such a collectors piece, especially with the way values are going, but figured now's the time.

i know someone in the comments is going to inevitably ask this, so here's my updated list of how fun each car i have is, in order:

1. GT4 RS (again, will never be dethroned)
2. Cayman R
3. GT350R (also again, i've only owned it 24 hours so might not be fair placement)
4. GT500 (i think i've always had the 500 as spot #3)
5. 992 Carrera T
6. GT4
7. R8
8. M4 Comp. xDrive
9. C8 Z06
10. GTR
11. Shelby Super Snake F150
12. Shelby Super Baja F250
13. F250 Tremor
14. Sequioa TRD Pro

350R tax: https://imgur.com/a/jA2jLxe