Curious potential owner questions
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Guys I'm wondering if you can help, after a couple of years driving a Navara I've finally grown bored (and maybe something to do with turning 40 lol) and fancy getting back into a fast car. The car will be my daily, although I only work 5 mins from home on country roads, and have the option of being dropped off in the wifes X5 if weather gets too bad. I find myself drawn to the M12 but wondered if it really was the car for me so:
1. I know people do use them daily, and im fully aware of how raw they are, but is it really I good idea to use them daily. Im concerned with water ingress (both through the floor and possibly door seals etc). I have a garage but its kinda full of bikes and crap, would it be insane to keep it on the drive (Im thinking of those autumn mornings where there's a bit of frost),
2. Without going into the many problems and fixes, are they easy to spot on a viewing if the fix has been done?
3. Will a GTO3 or 3R offer a more reliable experience?
4. Chassis corrosion, are there any common problem areas, are they easy to spot on a viewing? Linking to point 1, am I in for a world of trouble running it year round re chassis corrosion?
5. The wife aint to happy about me losing another huge chunk of cash on a car in depreciation again so what are the prices like regarding this, im kinda thinking in 5 years time itd be a lot better than say what you would get for a £28k XKR 5.0?
I love my turbo cars and the noble seems to offer a fair bit of what I want as long as I can live with it, I know a lot of u say "just buy a dog to go to work in" but tbh I pretty much only use a car for work, I cycle other places. If the noble is unusable all year round i'll just have to write it off and go for something more sanitised like an Evora/XKR
thanks
Jay
1. I know people do use them daily, and im fully aware of how raw they are, but is it really I good idea to use them daily. Im concerned with water ingress (both through the floor and possibly door seals etc). I have a garage but its kinda full of bikes and crap, would it be insane to keep it on the drive (Im thinking of those autumn mornings where there's a bit of frost),
2. Without going into the many problems and fixes, are they easy to spot on a viewing if the fix has been done?
3. Will a GTO3 or 3R offer a more reliable experience?
4. Chassis corrosion, are there any common problem areas, are they easy to spot on a viewing? Linking to point 1, am I in for a world of trouble running it year round re chassis corrosion?
5. The wife aint to happy about me losing another huge chunk of cash on a car in depreciation again so what are the prices like regarding this, im kinda thinking in 5 years time itd be a lot better than say what you would get for a £28k XKR 5.0?
I love my turbo cars and the noble seems to offer a fair bit of what I want as long as I can live with it, I know a lot of u say "just buy a dog to go to work in" but tbh I pretty much only use a car for work, I cycle other places. If the noble is unusable all year round i'll just have to write it off and go for something more sanitised like an Evora/XKR
thanks
Jay
Again many thanks guys, one more question, the GTO-3R's seem to command at least 3-4k over the 3's, I realise the newer car would be better but would sourcing an ST220 6 spd box (dunno if these come with LSD as standard? / or fitting a new LSD) get me mechanically the same car as a 3R?
Thanks guys, this is all really helpful, there's a couple up at the mo which look interesting, that £25k GTO3 with the trafficstar wheels and the £28k with the 6 spd & diff both fit my spec, still a while away from purchase like, but the Noble has grown on me loads as the top of the list car
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