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Isebac said:
Very exciting! Just wish the video also included at least some driving. But oh well, will have to wait a bit for that.
The 650S is a great car, and a great steal. The 12C and the 650S are some of the best supercar bargains at the moment. The price of the options just shows what a complete vanity it is to get a highly specced car. 73k in options, and a few years later they don't even add 20k to the base price. And a lot of them arguably make the car look worse. Overall, though, I think the spec is pretty nice.
Adjusted for inflation, he paid about 30% of the new price. Slightly ironic that he's normally the one who says that all the expensive extra CF on new cars is a complete waste of money and adds nothing practically, and now he's got a car full of it.The 650S is a great car, and a great steal. The 12C and the 650S are some of the best supercar bargains at the moment. The price of the options just shows what a complete vanity it is to get a highly specced car. 73k in options, and a few years later they don't even add 20k to the base price. And a lot of them arguably make the car look worse. Overall, though, I think the spec is pretty nice.
PinkHouse said:
Isebac said:
Mezzanine said:
My vote is that Harry has purchased that F50 from his friend.
Well, selling the Emira WOULD cover about 2% of that...I do suspect it's gonna be a modern car... Harry really doesn't have that many in his garage... The GR Yaris, the Project 7+8, the Range Rover... and that's pretty much it. I think the A110 is a decent guess - although he could have bought that even before the Emira. Same with the GTS 4.0.
Either way, I am quite curious now! Quite curious why he sold the Emira too. He seemed to have been quite positive about it - a lot more than me, to be honest!
Edited by Isebac on Thursday 6th June 21:51
Edited by Isebac on Thursday 6th June 21:52
Now most of the kinks have been ironed out and they're good value on the used market. I think I see the appeal of a modern supercar as there's a gap in his garage for something like that
thegreenhell said:
Isebac said:
Very exciting! Just wish the video also included at least some driving. But oh well, will have to wait a bit for that.
The 650S is a great car, and a great steal. The 12C and the 650S are some of the best supercar bargains at the moment. The price of the options just shows what a complete vanity it is to get a highly specced car. 73k in options, and a few years later they don't even add 20k to the base price. And a lot of them arguably make the car look worse. Overall, though, I think the spec is pretty nice.
Adjusted for inflation, he paid about 30% of the new price. Slightly ironic that he's normally the one who says that all the expensive extra CF on new cars is a complete waste of money and adds nothing practically, and now he's got a car full of it.The 650S is a great car, and a great steal. The 12C and the 650S are some of the best supercar bargains at the moment. The price of the options just shows what a complete vanity it is to get a highly specced car. 73k in options, and a few years later they don't even add 20k to the base price. And a lot of them arguably make the car look worse. Overall, though, I think the spec is pretty nice.
p1stonhead said:
Absolutely incredible car and for ‘only’ £50k to change, it’s another several levels of car above the Emira.
Seems an utter bargain considering it was a special edition originally.
Assuming however that the car ended up being bought at maybe £110k? That means the Emira was only sold for £60k which seems really low? Have they fallen that far already? I remember not that long ago they were selling for overs.
Emiras are currently depreciating heavily. Someone posted one at 60k on Autotrader recently on the Emira discounts thread so easily into the 5’s come September, I can see why Harry got out.Seems an utter bargain considering it was a special edition originally.
Assuming however that the car ended up being bought at maybe £110k? That means the Emira was only sold for £60k which seems really low? Have they fallen that far already? I remember not that long ago they were selling for overs.
Edited by p1stonhead on Sunday 23 June 17:48
I guessed Mclaren, compared to the Emira it's in a different league, and I love the Emira.
It's all about price point really, if you love cars, and can afford to be in a Mclaren 650S, then you'd never choose the Emira over it.
The Emira is pretty, but I've seen enough videos on it, to know that it's an improved Evora rather than a genuinely new model. Harry new that too, it's not special enough for his garage, where as the MSO 650S very much is.
It's all about price point really, if you love cars, and can afford to be in a Mclaren 650S, then you'd never choose the Emira over it.
The Emira is pretty, but I've seen enough videos on it, to know that it's an improved Evora rather than a genuinely new model. Harry new that too, it's not special enough for his garage, where as the MSO 650S very much is.
Excellent choice!
A great bunch at Baytree too. I nearly bought a 981 Spyder from them. I backed out - just being a bit hasty, totally my fault and obviously a bit of a pain for them.
They returned my desposit, no quesitons asked.
That action alone will see me buying a car from them one day. Just a matter of time.
A great bunch at Baytree too. I nearly bought a 981 Spyder from them. I backed out - just being a bit hasty, totally my fault and obviously a bit of a pain for them.
They returned my desposit, no quesitons asked.
That action alone will see me buying a car from them one day. Just a matter of time.
milu said:
No issues with a car change. I’ve done it enough times like most of us. And what change!
The Emira thing seems odd though.
Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
Shame really. I’d still love and Emira or Mac.
To be fair he did also preface it by saying after the novelty wore off there weren't many times when it was the obvious car for him to take for a drive. It's not going to get more "Lotus" than his little Elan. The Emira thing seems odd though.
Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
Shame really. I’d still love and Emira or Mac.
milu said:
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Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
I got the same impression when he was talking about his Lotus “journey”. The McLaren is lovely but I absolutely love the Emira, especially in the colour/spec Harry chose.Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
tim0409 said:
milu said:
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Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
I got the same impression when he was talking about his Lotus “journey”. The McLaren is lovely but I absolutely love the Emira, especially in the colour/spec Harry chose.Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
Smollet said:
tim0409 said:
milu said:
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Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
I got the same impression when he was talking about his Lotus “journey”. The McLaren is lovely but I absolutely love the Emira, especially in the colour/spec Harry chose.Almost like Harry as fallen out of love with company and there direction so the car lost its lustre.
But when the suns out at 6am on a Sunday morning, there really isn’t anything better out there.
Smollet said:
I couldn’t afford one myself but I know two former owners of McLarens who said they’d never own another due to abysmal reliability and customer service.
The Alfa Romeos of the supercar/hypercar world as Misha described them!Just ran an insurance quote, out of interest. Came out cheaper than an M2…
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