Car Survival Rate Analysis
Discussion
So where have all the TR7s gone?
Fiat X1/9?
Lancia Beta MonteCarlo?
TVR 350i?
Original Giugiaro Esprit?
AC ME3000?
And how about these - Ginetta G60, Farbio, Artega GT, Spyker Aileron, Venturi Atlantique, Alpine 310, Jensen Healey,
It seems crazy that loads of highly priced E-types, Corvettes and 911s survive while so many other sportscars fade out of existence. And on the other hand there must be tens of thousands of MGBs still tucked away in garages these days....
Fiat X1/9?
Lancia Beta MonteCarlo?
TVR 350i?
Original Giugiaro Esprit?
AC ME3000?
And how about these - Ginetta G60, Farbio, Artega GT, Spyker Aileron, Venturi Atlantique, Alpine 310, Jensen Healey,
It seems crazy that loads of highly priced E-types, Corvettes and 911s survive while so many other sportscars fade out of existence. And on the other hand there must be tens of thousands of MGBs still tucked away in garages these days....
Apologies for the sudden disappearance of my posts, firstly as a result of a sudden peak in my workload, and secondly as result of an extremely unpleasant divorce that I am still mired in (my advice would be to never marry anybody with "mild depression", as over the years it has deteriorated into increasingly severe mental health issues, which then makes the divorce ten times worse). But anyway that is my problem not yours.
What this means is that I am afraid that I don't think that this is going to continue, although I am mulling over the idea of trying to interest a magazine publisher in publishing a complete annual, as cheap bookstand fodder, as I desperately need the money.
I do have one thing to report: the survival rate of X350 Jaguar XJs fascinated me, and even though it was not my sort of car I thought that ought to put my money where my mouth was, so in June last year I bought a 95,500 mile 2005 XJ8 4.2 Sovereign LWB, for family holidays and also with the intent of using it as an occasional wedding hire car. In line with the object of the exercise, I bought one at the bottom end of the market for £5.5k and sold it last week to a gentleman from Leamington Spa for £7k, as I needed the money. Unfortunately, as I had decided that it was a long term keeper I spent several thousand on works for its long term preservation, and bringing it up to my standards, so I am out of pocket, but then I got a family holiday to the South of France last year and a holiday in Scotland with the children, as well as over 10,000 miles of very enjoyable motoring.
It was a fairly typical car in that its first owner maintained it properly over several years and 73,000 miles of ownership and it then fell into the hands of the impecunious and image conscious, giving it a 17,000 mile, 4.5 year 'maintenance holiday'. Despite this, the only thing that ever went wrong in my ownership was a rear parking sensor failure, that eventually cost £1,000 to fix after replacement of the rear parking sensor wiring loom, and all four sensors - it is a still a £65,000 car when things go wrong! Other than that it behaved faultlessly, and everything on it worked. It was easily the best engineered and assembled car that I have ever owned (grossly over-engineered in places), so one can see why the survival rate is so high. QED. (But do not buy a diesel as the engine is prone to expensive bottom end failures - stick to the V8s).
What this means is that I am afraid that I don't think that this is going to continue, although I am mulling over the idea of trying to interest a magazine publisher in publishing a complete annual, as cheap bookstand fodder, as I desperately need the money.
I do have one thing to report: the survival rate of X350 Jaguar XJs fascinated me, and even though it was not my sort of car I thought that ought to put my money where my mouth was, so in June last year I bought a 95,500 mile 2005 XJ8 4.2 Sovereign LWB, for family holidays and also with the intent of using it as an occasional wedding hire car. In line with the object of the exercise, I bought one at the bottom end of the market for £5.5k and sold it last week to a gentleman from Leamington Spa for £7k, as I needed the money. Unfortunately, as I had decided that it was a long term keeper I spent several thousand on works for its long term preservation, and bringing it up to my standards, so I am out of pocket, but then I got a family holiday to the South of France last year and a holiday in Scotland with the children, as well as over 10,000 miles of very enjoyable motoring.
It was a fairly typical car in that its first owner maintained it properly over several years and 73,000 miles of ownership and it then fell into the hands of the impecunious and image conscious, giving it a 17,000 mile, 4.5 year 'maintenance holiday'. Despite this, the only thing that ever went wrong in my ownership was a rear parking sensor failure, that eventually cost £1,000 to fix after replacement of the rear parking sensor wiring loom, and all four sensors - it is a still a £65,000 car when things go wrong! Other than that it behaved faultlessly, and everything on it worked. It was easily the best engineered and assembled car that I have ever owned (grossly over-engineered in places), so one can see why the survival rate is so high. QED. (But do not buy a diesel as the engine is prone to expensive bottom end failures - stick to the V8s).
Edited by Car_Nut on Wednesday 7th November 12:40
Edited by Car_Nut on Wednesday 7th November 12:43
Edited by Car_Nut on Wednesday 7th November 12:57
A.J.M said:
A thread I really enjoyed and found quite interesting.
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Maybe The Crack Fox can help with book stuff, he’s managed to get a couple published.
I'd echo the first point, and was similarly going to make the connection with The Crack Fox. ...
Maybe The Crack Fox can help with book stuff, he’s managed to get a couple published.
OP, I don't know if you've followed the Motor Punk magazine thread: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... but it might be worth making contact either for publishing tips or as possible future material.
Good luck.
Glad this thread resurfaced as I missed it the first time, really interesting stuff, thanks for all of your effort.
As someone who was in a relationship for 7+ years with someone with severe depression, make sure you look after yourself as well, it can really take its toll, wishing you all the best and if it does get published would be one to pick up for me
As someone who was in a relationship for 7+ years with someone with severe depression, make sure you look after yourself as well, it can really take its toll, wishing you all the best and if it does get published would be one to pick up for me
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