4 Years Later: How's the Bullitt Doing?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- I give an update on my 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt after 4 years of ownership.
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4 years wow. Some of these TH-camrs would have had 100 cars by now. Glad to see someone keep something for the long haul 👍🏻
Excellent point!
Can’t believe you’ve had it that long already, seems like yesterday! I have a ‘14 mustang I bought new and don’t ever plan on selling it. Love the Bullitt update videos, always a must watch. Best of luck with the channel, looking forward to seeing more content!
Thanks for watching! I hope your Mustang has been treating you well too!
@@MattMaranMotoring Absolutely, no problem! Couldn’t be happier with it. Keep up the good work! 👊😎
TheRedStang227 sell it and buy a newer one they are way better
@@Chris-hw4mq Thanks for the advice, but I’ll pass. Love the look of the ‘13-‘14’s.
About to hit 40k miles in little over 2yrs on mine as it is my daily. Been a fantastic cruiser, great on track and eats up road trip miles like nothing. Been loving every mile!!
That's awesome! Glad you're enjoying it so much!
It's my dream car for when I get back to the states. Glad to hear it's good for long drives!
I special ordered my 2018 GT Mustang in 2018. It currently has 26k miles on it and no issues thus far. Since I work from home, I don't have a daily commute. Even now, it still puts a smile on my face everytime I drive it and hear that engine roar.
Matt is so honest that like his second sentence in this video he tells us he doesn’t have much of an update. I’m pretty sure TH-cam 101 says to NOT immediately say your video contains very little information.
Of course I still watched the entire thing because Matt always does a nice job and I love this car!
Haha true, but thanks for still watching the whole thing!
Congratulations on becoming a father.🙂
Thank you!
Going on 6 years with my C7 Z06. I couldn’t ever let it go. It’s a forever car. Long live the V8! 🇺🇸
Congrats on 4 years of great ownership, wishing many more!
Thanks Haris!
Here we go with the biggest smiles that only your Bullet and a handful of other cars have been captured providing. I have recently started seeing one near wheee I live and I think of how much fun you have.
Thanks Franz, yeah it makes me smile every time I drive it!
Loved my 2 years and 15k miles with my Bullitt as a weekend car. Loved it to death, have a corvette coming soon but the bullitt will always have a special place in my heart.
I still remember when Ford came out with the facelifted Mustang, I loved the slimmer headlights... incredible that it has been 4+ years already...
Had my Bullitt since 2020 and don’t regret it one bit. It’s a keeper. Ever come to Nevada hit me up and we can cruise.
Damn - time flies fast…
I have had mine for 3,5 years and have 24000 km on the meter. I also had the same thoughts to perhaps change to another car (GR86, GR supra…) - but whenever I do the plus/minus paper, the Bullitt comes out on top. Engine, power, looks, sound, trunk space, comfort, cruising and price - nothing tops a Bullitt 😎
I've been watching your vids for almost a decade. Underrated channel. And yeah love the bullitt
Thanks AJ, I really appreciate that!
I only have about 7,000 miles on my 2019 Bullitt. I'm glad to see it's barely depreciated at all, and I smile and laugh like you, Matt, every time I drive it. I just finished giving it a Griot waxing; I'm taking it in the Penn Township Fall Festival parade tomorrow, followed by a car show, and then maybe I'll storm some back roads.
Your videos helped me decide to get a 2019 Bullitt. A month in and am so glad I did it. I too plan to keep it forever. Puts a huge smile on my face every time I drive it. I also drove the regular GT and an M2 and the Bullitt is just the sweet spot for me. M2 is great but the Mustang puts a much bigger smile on my face. The perfect balance of muscle and sport and just the essence of what a Mustang should be.
I'm glad the videos helped and congrats on getting yours!
On the bright side, you own a Mustang Bullitt with low mileage! It also fits *you.*
And your channel rocks! You *show* your love of nice vehicles and you make it fun! TH-cam must’ve changed your life a wee bit!
Thanks Sarah, I'm so glad you're enjoying the channel! It's a fun job for sure and I'm very thankful that I get to do this for a living. Thanks for commenting!
Love to see you still enjoying your Bullitt Matt!!! Also again congrats on being a father I know you’re a great one.
Thanks man, hope all is well with you!
4 years! Well, I guess that's right as my 16 GT is 6 years old and I've been watching your videos for that long. Sure doesn't seem like it's been that long. Time flies when we are having fun! Hold onto it Matt!
Have you had any major problems with your GT16? And if so what’s the common faults you find?
@@matty6848 the only major problem in 54,000 miles had been the AC evaporator in the dash. It has a small leak so I have to add several ounces every 6-8 months. This is a very common problem with the cars. I don't know if they are better made now or not, but I'm waiting until it leaks out faster before I tear out the whole dash to replace it. It's been 3 years now and I've added a couple of cans. Other than that, nothing else notable to mention, except that I keep having to replace the rear tires for some reason!
@@trbstang really Thomas? As regard too the air con leak have you tried the. Leak lock spray you can buy from any air con/refrigeration wholesalers? Basically if you have any pin hole leaks which I suspect you have from how long it's taking too loose it's gas charge, you can buy a pressurised can that you attache too the service port, spray into your air con system and what it does is circulate with the refrigerant oil mixture in the pipework locates and will seel up any small pin holes you have. I only know this because I'm a refrigeration engineer by trade. It's not 100% guaranteed too work, success rate for me has been about 75/80% in stopping leaks. And I've used it on friend's car air con 3 times and every time it's worked all slowed the leak right down too the point where a regas has only been needed after 3/4 years, not months. Give it a try buddy itll be cheaper than taking your Mustang into a garage too be charged pro garage rates, for a job you can do yourself. Think the tin is about $25/30 . Plus youll be using the same stuff as I use as all the refrigeration equipment we use is all imported from America anyhow, hence all the instructions are in Imperial not metric. The instructions are like "put 2lbs of this mixture into a 10lbs bucket of water, were like arrgghh it as Britain we do things in metric not imperial. Although we are a mixed nation. Go to our gas stations and everything is in old imperial and the butchers. We never ask our butchers for a Kilo of sausages it's always in lbs. So we haven't entirely lost of our love for imperial. That was because of joining that stupid E.U which made us turn our backs on our oldest trading partners America and Australia. But now we got Brexit we can start trading with our good old American and Australian Brothers again. Anyway I've waffled on way too much 🤣
@@matty6848 thanks for the info! We generally stay away from stop leak stuff in our AC systems as it has caused problems for some people in the past, but I might give it a try. The dash R&R is like a 10 hour shop time job, and the last quotes I've been seen were in the $1,700+ range, but that was several years ago. I know the evaporator can be had for about $150 or so, and the complete AC and heater core with the housing is in the $400+ range. I'm an accountant, so I hate paying for something that I can do myself. I've replaced the complete AC system in my 87 Mustang and done almost everything else to it, except for rebuilding the transmission and I've had a machinist brother in law that helped assemble a new engine for it, so I'm not afraid of tackling the job myself. I actually just replaced the entire electric power steering rack on it due to hitting a big broken off chunk of concrete curb I didn't see that was in the middle of the parking lot, along with struts, rotors and pads. Not a fun job in the 100+ degree heat!
Always glad to see you enjoy the car. Drive her vigorously, Matt.
By the way, my 2 kids were raised in my Stangs, starting in '88. Car seats fit with a little work. And the kids love it!
Yeah I could probably squeeze it in, but these convertible car seats are massive these days haha.
Time Flys. Jesus. I remember brz, mini Cooper. Ecoboost and all the issues with the last 2. Talking to you about my g37, v6 mustang and now 5.0 I've had for 3 years now. Love you man
I drive a 2015 Prius as a daily, and every time I sit in my 20 Mustang GT, it feels special lol
Glad to see you still enjoying the Bullitt Matt
Love this. We bought our cars a couple months apart. I ordered mine and waited 8 months to get it in plum crazy purple. I'm in the same boat as you, still loving my 18 hellcat challenger widebody (other than the fact the scat pack and lower trims stole my hood!).
Hey Matt, I can totally relate to why you want to keep this car. I recently bought a 2021 Mach 1 and the exhaust note is what made me really buy it. I'm not a person who likes modifying cars because here in Dubai any modification especially to the exhaust would put you in trouble with the cops so this was one of the best-sounding stock exhausts and it changes the whole driving experience IMO and just the instant acceleration of the naturally aspirated v8 is visceral!
My 2019 Bullitt was ultimately decided by the exhaust too:-)
Nice! I still want to try out the Mach 1 someday to see what I'm missing by not having the Tremec haha.
@@MattMaranMotoring Same here, I wonder how much of a difference it really is. I can't imagine it's a game changer tho, with everything else just about identical.
@@MattMaranMotoring if your ever in San Diego you can drive my handling package
Good Update, I Like Your Mustang T-Shirt.
Glad you’re still enjoying the Bullitt and sorry you can’t drive it more. I’m able to drive mine at least 3 days a week. I’ve got the squeaky arm rest also. Just over 16k miles.
I love my 2020 GT, such a great visceral experience every time I drive it! My only regret is that I didn’t buy the Bullitt! Love your car Matt, don’t ever sell it, you’d truly regret it!!!
Thanks Pete, I'm glad you're enjoying your GT too!
Next time, just bite the bullet and buy the Bullitt
@@jfa987 😂👍
Hi Pete I have too admit I’m not a fan of modern Mustangs, but I’ve got too admit I do love the special edition bullet version. I think it’s the colour that does it for me, paying homage too the original mustang in the movie.
@@matty6848 no doubt the Bullitt is a special car
Matt Congratulations on being a father...The Bullitt looks awsome. .Enjoy
Thanks Curt!
Great to see you are enjoying as much as you can.
Glad you still have the mustang and are enjoying it! I just cracked 10k miles on my 2017 GT this summer. Decided to start modding it. Ordered a supercharger kit and some dress up pieces. Will be getting some wheels/tires soon. The fun is limitless!
Nice, should be fun!
Is the supercharger kit something you can fit yourself or is it a proper garage job?
@@matty6848 It's a manufactured kit specifically for the year/make of my car. You can install it yourself or have a shop do it for you. I'm leaning towards doing it myself since the instructions are straight forward, really just need ample time to do it. It's not my daily driver so I have all winter to install it.
If you love it, keep it ! Amazing car !
Definitely one of my dream cars. Good job, sir...
Love how's he's keeping the bullet nice and striped no pointless add on to the body.
I remember watching when you first got it man it’s crazy how time flies!
Your videos made me want to buy a Bullitt! I found one with only 1867 miles on it for 38,000, seems like a good deal for 2024..
Felt like yesterday I was watching you get this thing tinted lol.... 4 years? sheesh.
Excellent. I have a 2019 with 9800 miles on it. Same as you, Matt - work at home, so not many miles. The daily driver is a 2016 WRX…..both are great in totally different ways - driving both means i dont get tired of either. Good luck. Tom
So crazy if this was a couple years ago i would have guessed it would have 200k plus with you driving!
Awesome! Four years, time flies!
#1 with a Bullitt
Man it seems like you just bought it. Glad you are going to keep it.
Regarding car seats, I have a 2015 and had my youngest in a car seat in the back on a regular basis. Didn’t use the base but secured it by using both the seatbelt and LATCH strap. Worked great. Love the Bullitt, it’s special. Reminds me of my 96 Cobra back in the day.
Wow that’s crazy, time really flies by. Love the bullet Matt, don’t ever let this one go. Cheers👍
Damn Matt, time flies...4 yrs already, but now that you've got a daughter time will fly even FASTER😉
That’s what I hear! It’s certainly seemed that way this last year already!
Congrats on 4 years!
Don't fret about the armrest. I'm at 2.5 years and 10,000 miles on mine, and my driver's side armrest has squeaked like that from Day One. My complaint is that the side piping on the left bolster of my Recaros is starting to wear a bit. Getting in and out all the time it just starts to rub. Gotta figure out a solution for that.
Enjoy the Bullitt, and don't worry if the miles stay low!
It's been quite a 4 years. You reviewed my 18 Whipple at Lebanon Ford. Great cars for the money. Sold that car and bought a C8. Very happy with the new car. I think 18-20 mustangs are going to hold or increase in values especially if they are a manual. Car looks great Matt.
Thanks, that’s cool that you bought the LFP car, I hope it treated you well!
@@MattMaranMotoring It was a great car. Didn't thrash it. Never gave me any problems. Being in the NW not a big supercharge community so I was always worried about it breaking. It never did.
I now live 20min from Lebanon Ford and didn't realize how big of a Roush house they are!
Been following you for a little while now, I too hope to keep mine forever. Mine came with a lifetime warranty. We'll see about that.
Love the Bullitt Blipshift shirt. 👍I got the same one myself. 👍
Hey Matt, great update. I’ve got a 2019 Bullitt just outside Orlando, and I do use it as a daily driver (13,865 miles/purchased new Jan 2020) even taking my 6yo daughter to school with me. Occasionally I have my 2.5yo with me too, albeit uncomfortably behind my driver seat. It was part of the deal I had to sell my wife on when I bought it! It’s definitely possible. My weekend ride is a 2007 Z06, so that’s definitely out of the child transportation equation. Keep up the Bullitt love & thanks for the update.
Hey Jon, I'm glad you're enjoying yours too! I'm hoping to use the Bullitt a little more with my daughter once her car seat can be forward facing, that should make it a little easier to get her in and out of it.
Glad you’re enjoying your Bullitt despite the limited number of miles. Got 30K on mine. Couldn’t agree more about the driving experience about this car.
well done for buying a classic, a car that still looks fantastic today - I guess doing what you do helped give you the sense of judgment to be able to make such a great decision
...you should consider adding your opinion to reviews as to which car designs you think will age well!
I noticed an exhaust error would show up. Then I took it across country and never saw it again. I drove 2500 miles in two days on the way back. Solid on the road feel going across country. Cracked my windshield in the California desert. Need to figure out how to fix that but its a great car.
your love for the car isnt letting your channel grow
This is simply the best Stang on the market imo
Ha, I used to do the same first, second gear pull up Arndt Rd. on my way to Franklin Park when coming home from the airport. As an old guy, I would hang onto the Bullitt, while you can get a premium dollar for it, not having a car payment is worth it, and you like the car.
Congrats on 4 years. I had a 2019 Bullitt, sold it for a 2021 Mach 1. No regrets on my decision the Mach 1 is a beast.
The Bullitt will be worth far more money as time goes on though. You ripped yourself off lol
@@DEVILTAZ35 I dont think I ripped myself off. The Bullitt is a great mustang, the Mach 1 is a great track performer. Both limited chassis numbered mustang. Which one will hold value more in the future? Noone knows today. But the Mach 1 is 🔥 right now
@@mikelnorman2402 i would rather have the mach 1 alone for the tremec 6 speed manual but to bad they are way to expensive for what it is . If i could afford the GT350 brand new back when they made them i would of snatched one in a heartbeat. I have a 19 mustang GT orange fury with 27k miles had it for 3 years and its a nice fun daily performance driver it has the 10 speed auto
The Bullit is a beautiful mustang. It would be hard to choose between a Bullitt and a blue or red Mach 1 with the handling package and leather seats.
My 2020 with 35k has become my daily winter driver as I prefer the bike from APR to OCT. I run it with stock 19" rims, add studded snow tires, and have taken back ownership of the mountain passes from all the F-150's out there.
Wow that's impressive, kudos to you!
Geez, it feels like we're competing with Matt to see who can put fewer miles on a car in a year lol. Our explorer is almost 6 years old with just under 21k on it. Like Matt, we basically intend to keep that car forever, it's been great. The 2011-2019 explorers appear to be pretty rock solid from a reliability standpoint, especially later model years, and it has the virtually unkillable 3.5 duratec. So that thing is basically going to last forever lol.
Haha nice!
Feel the same about my '14 Z51 Torch Red 7MT Conv Vette (18000 miles) vs a C8. C8 is a super car but no manual and the soft top would be missed.....
Can’t believe it’s been 4 years already
I have a 2016 GT in "guard" geeen, the same as the one you used to have (the one that got smashed by a tree I think). I'm lucky enough to be able to use it as my daily - its got over 113k miles on it and It still feels special. Great, great car.
That's awesome, glad you're enjoying yours so much!
The Clean Garage is possibly in your area and they're the only distributor of Bilt-Hamber products...THE best carwash soap and pre-wash to maintain that ceramic coating💡❗️👍
I still wash my car at a power wash place, I still need to put a water line in my garage.
Matt's gonna hurt his face if he doesn't ease up on those "ear-to-ear" grins!! 😂🤣👍
Wow 4 years, feels like you just got it lol. Hope it lasts forever!
Got mine in January of 2020 and just hit 30K. Daily driver and one over 2K road trip. Still looks great and drives great and people are still curious about it. BTW...I have an almost five year old granddaughter who uses a booster and it works great in the back seat. She has always referred to it as PaPa’s Vroom Vroom car. Also my 12 year old seems to fit in the back too. Hope you get more miles in...or I would be glad to trade you for a couple of months.
I’m not really a fan of modern Mustangs, especially as you see so many about driven by boomers trying to relive their youth, but I must admit I do love this Bullet version in the classic dark green. Don’t if it’s the colour plus the extra power, but I would definitely have one of these.
Love seeing these Mustang’s
“Hello, we’re commenting to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”
Any mt82 complaints? Love the mach1 and hopefully the s650 is a tremec as well, but is the MT82 a deal breaker?
It’s been 4 years already? Good god!
Nice car! 👍 Coincidently your review on the SS 1LE convinced me to buy one. Also, forever car.
4 years on the Bullitt now!! Damn time flies... but Glad you have a lovely daughter!! Maybe sometime later you can teach your daughter how to drive a manual stick shift if shes 16 or 18 years old and if the Bullitt is still in great condition hopefully 😁
Lucky man. Good channel.. kid.. and wife.. dream car. Who could ask for anything more.
I sold mine sadly but have my GT 500 and C8. The Bullitt will be one of those 6 figure cars in a decade if kept pristine!
Thank you for doing this!
The door arm rests in my 2016 Mustang GT make the same noise. I try not to make contact with them because that squeaking is annoying. Other than that my Mustang is problem free.
Matt can you do a POV drive on a horse
I would definitely get the extended warranty
very nice car. have one myself, 3y old, put 40k km on it :)
"You know you know you know you know you know you know...."
Hi, was your Bullitt shaking a little bit when idling? Thanks
4 years?! I can't believe that
Something like colourlock strong leather cleaner would take all the shine off the steering wheel and make it look brand new again
What price did you get for the ppf? Greetings from Arlington, Texas
This is a very lightly used vehicle for the last 4 years. I might as well post my 2018 Mustang GT 6 speed with over 60k miles. All stock internals
What are you using for oil, with 1 year in the crankcase but low miles?
Never noticed any upholstery "squeak" on my '19 GT. Another advantage of not getting the top-end Premium Plus trim. If you put more miles on it, you'd be too busy washing bugs off and touching up gravel chips (since gravel trucks won't cover their loads anymore) on the front of it, like I do with 42k miles on mine as the summer "company car" (on a 500 mile road trip with it to an auction in Lincoln, NE this weekend, then to Bismarck, ND for another one the next weekend). Yes, it's a GREAT road trip car!
Nice! I’m still using the Motorcraft synthetic blend that Ford recommends.
PS My son still has his! What a great review!
Green shirt with the green car, nice. 😏
Have you tried test fitting some other car seats? I carry my 3.5 year old around pretty well and I'm pretty sure I've got less space than you (used to have a GT350). Checkout a graco extend2fit! I understand your pain though. Most of my solo drives are errands.
Those exhaust are like Ginsu on the old fingers;( sounds amazing tho
How's the gas mileage?
Anything you miss about the ecoboost?
I'm considering trading in both my ecoboost mustang and my hellcat challenger and picking up a GT or a Mach 1. I absolutely love the ecoboost for daily driving detail, but the engine isn't exactly "fun", even with added power from a tune, it's just an not a very exciting engine, it's checking out by like 5k, it's ridiculous. And the Hellcat is a euphoric to do pulls in, but has quite a heavy clutch and getting 11mpg around town as I do kinda gets old.
hows dailying the gt in comparison to owning the ecoboost?
The exhaust and much higher redline both make it feel more special to drive, but EcoBoosts are great dailys too with all the low-end torque they have.
@@MattMaranMotoring thanks for the reply man love your content, i think you try uploading some of your accelaration clips to tiktok itll do well :)
Still a very beautiful car. Probably the best looking non standard mustang. atleast for me
Agreed, the s550 is the best looking mustang generation yet. Excited to see if they can one up in with the s650 and s750 down the line.
It's almost unbelievable that Ford and Chevy didn't try to introduce big V8 RWD sedans because they already have platforms and powetrains. Dodge did it and Charger is pretty successful model , and with right amount of retro design Ford and Chevy would succeed as well.
Nice update! What's your daily driver when out with the fam?
Thanks! Most of the time it’s whatever press car I have that week, but the wife used to drive a Mercedes C300. The least ended last month and our new car should be arriving in the next week or two. I’ll be posted a reveal video on it once we get it.
You could probably help the squeak in the armrest by using some Meguiars leather conditioner on it.
It’s ain’t leather feels like soft touch plastic with stitching on it
It definitely wouldn’t be as exciting and fun if it was your daily, I don’t think.