F-Type is this a good deal?

[jcuthell]

Hi all,

I've been offered a December 2014 64 reg F-Type 3.0 coupe in Italian racing red with parking pack and orbit wheels and the 3 year service pack.



1 owner, 7150 miles for £39500.



What do people think or do you think prices will continue falling was anticipating spending £35k and really wanted the switchable exhaust.



Apparently the wheels have a couple of marks and a dealer has offered £39k already.



Thanks

[esso]

Prices will continue to fall ,I know I had V6S Coupe for a year. If you are used to driving performance cars buy a V8....or you will be disappointed.

[Phil.]

Would be good to see the full spec. Seat type, flat bottomed steering wheel and loud exhaust button are all sort after. Nice colour but I am biased

Autotrader will tell you if the price is about right.

Agree with the V8 comment above.

[RingSpanner]

My opinion, FWIW...
There are quite a lot of them about, and I don't think this one has the "right" options.
They're a niche market car, and my opinion is they'll fall and steady-up at about the £35k mark.

At £40,000 - a private buyer has to start looking at non-competitive lenders to borrow money from (rather than Tesco, at 3%...) and that's a lot of dough to sink into a weekend toy.

Having said all that, I know I'll get slated, as I did so last year, in a discussion about the relative values of XKRS. Although most of what i said has turned out true.

As for the F-type 400 version - I'm not sure what Jagaur are aiming at, there, with that one

[Ian350]

I remember when XK8s where relatively new and thinking they wouldn't depreciate that much. They are great cars but there is a risk that they will become quire common over time.

[TravelsVeryRapid]

esso said:

Prices will continue to fall ,I know I had V6S Coupe for a year. If you are used to driving performance cars buy a V8....or you will be disappointed.

I have a V6S and a TVR Tuscan so I am used to performance cars but in no way is the V6S disappointing. It is almost as fast as a V8. The dealer lent me a V8 for a couple of days and what I found disappointing on the V8 was the handeling, too heavy.

[esso]

TravelsVeryRapid said:

I have a V6S and a TVR Tuscan so I am used to performance cars but in no way is the V6S disappointing. It is almost as fast as a V8. The dealer lent me a V8 for a couple of days and what I found disappointing on the V8 was the handeling, too heavy.

I have a 4.5 Cerbera and all i'm going to say is the Cerb puts a much bigger smile on my face driving it than the Jag did....and I did 8k miles in the Jag in the year I had it.

[TravelsVeryRapid]

esso said:

I have a 4.5 Cerbera and all i'm going to say is the Cerb puts a much bigger smile on my face driving it than the Jag did....and I did 8k miles in the Jag in the year I had it.

I'm sure this is true, I love both of them but if one had to go it wouldn't be the Tuscan.

[esso]

TravelsVeryRapid said:

I'm sure this is true, I love both of them but if one had to go it wouldn't be the Tuscan.

I had that dilemma ,one had to go,the Jag was an awesome car but too clinical ,the Cerb is a true drivers car,you can smell ,feel and hear it ,such a unique car.

[Phil.]

This is a well spec'd V8S and very low mileage with a reasonable asking price too:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

I would buy it if I didn't already have one

[ftypical]

esso said:

Prices will continue to fall ,I know I had V6S Coupe for a year. If you are used to driving performance cars buy a V8....or you will be disappointed.

Disappointed in what way? They all look and sound fabulous - albeit in slightly different ways - while even the base model has enough torque to light up its rear tyres with ease.

[ftypical]

RingSpanner said:

Having said all that, I know I'll get slated, as I did so last year, in a discussion about the relative values of XKRS. Although most of what i said has turned out true.

Could you recap?

[esso]

ftypical said:

Disappointed in what way? They all look and sound fabulous - albeit in slightly different ways - while even the base model has enough torque to light up its rear tyres with ease.

Dont get me wrong ,it was a great car but after driving a TVR Cerbera for 11 years it didn't have the same sense of adventure.

[ftypical]

I've worked with a coupe of TVR owners. My impression was that pretty much every aspect of the experience was an adventure.

But sometimes you just want to drive it without worrying about what's it going to do today.