Would you buy a used F-type privately

[JetskiJezz]

So, the question is: how likely people to be interested in buying a used F-type privately?

I ask because at the moment I have an Aston Martin v8 vantage roadster, but really quite fancy an F-type (mainly for the noise if nothing else). I'm lucky enough to have spent a couple of weeks driving to different V6 F-types around the Alps 18 months ago and fell in love with the car. This was before I bought the Aston Martin.

So just half tempted to sell my Aston and stop the hunt for an F-type.

The prices of F-types seem to have come down quite a bit, I would be looking at an entry level used one at the moment at somewhere just shy of £40,000.

My concern is when I come to part with the car in perhaps 12 months time. With them still being so new I just wondered how much of a hassle I'm going to have selling an F-type privately.
I'd never sold a car into the trade before, and I've never part exchanged. I've always sold privately and then gone on the hunt for the next one. I've never however sold a car privately that quite as new as the Jaguar would be and that is a figure what is making me a little bit nervous about going down this route.

[JetskiJezz]

X1BHO said:

I'm on the hunt for an F Type V6S having just parted with my C63 so have been watching the market closely for around 3 months now.

I've noticed that private cars tend to hang around, that said not many are on the market privately. There was a very high spec Firesand V6S up for £43k for around 5 weeks. It was comfortably the cheapest in the country, though it didn't seem to shift. It then appeared at a dealer for £47k and went within a week.

I've only been tracking the V6S and not the regular V6. Certainly in the V6S' case, dealer prices are very competitive with the added bonus of having a 2 year warranty from date of purchase.

Interesting, This is exactly my concern.
On that basis, even though one is really interested in buying privately, or as is often the case the needs to be a considerable difference from Private sale to forecourt. Quite often scratch my head and try and work out how on earth people think they can sell their car privately for very close to the same price that you can pick it up from a dealer's forecourt for - very good friend of mine is always looking at auto Trader, seeing a car advertised at the main dealer and then telling me that's how much his car is worth........

Looking at basic prices, there seems to be 3 sort of levels, the standard non-S at £40k, then getting nearer to £44k for an S then somewhere hovering below or around £50k for the v8. Obviously you need to be comparing like-for-like in terms of mileage, I wouldn't be interested in one with 30,000 miles, but there are plenty of cars around with low mileage

[JetskiJezz]

Surprise, surprise, I've been offered a poor part exchange value for my Aston Martin against a used V6 F-type so have decided to hang onto the Aston Martin until the summer and then advertise it privately.
By that point, the F type will hit 3 years old and am hoping there will be more choice available. I plan on keeping it for a year, so would be selling it at 4 years old at which point I'm assuming more will be advertised privately.

[JetskiJezz]

Surprise, surprise, I've been offered a poor part exchange value for my Aston Martin against a used V6 F-type so have decided to hang onto the Aston Martin until the summer and then advertise it privately.
By that point, the F type will hit 3 years old and am hoping there will be more choice available. I plan on keeping it for a year, so would be selling it at 4 years old at which point I'm assuming more will be advertised privately.

[JetskiJezz]

roocarl said:

I noticed one for £36k a few weeks ago but soon sold I wonder how prices will fare the next 12 months about £5k i guess ? Desirable cars seem to level out though on a few - early Audi R8 Nissan GTR have actually gone up over the last year ! Astons are static around £30k for early Vantage/DB9 and Maserati Gran Turismo for the last 2 years As much as I want an F Type they may suffer from Typical Jag Depreciation Might be wise to buy one of the Others for a Year and see where F type prices Go ?
I had an 07 V8 Vantage two years ago and actually made 3 grand on that would be gutted to lose £10k in a year on a £40k car

Interestingly, this is exactly my thoughts as well.
I considered buying both the R8 and GTR about 18 months ago and have been keeping an eye on prices of both of them for the best part of 2 years now. The Audi in particular seems to be sitting pretty much static, possibly even going up slightly. The GTR does seem to have dropped a bit in the last 12 months.
I bought the Aston not for performance, but for the overall feel of the car, I picked it up just as winter was kicking in last year and I know that it's worth already quite a bit more than I paid for it and I to would be gutted if I jumped from it into the F type unknown proceeded to drop heavily in value.
My guess is that somewhere in the early £30,000 is the plateau level for the F-type where all of a sudden it starts to look like value for money - I think that's the main reason I'm nervous about considering buying one when they haven't even reached 3 years old yet.

[JetskiJezz]

justin220 said:

Have you thought about an aftermarket exhaust for the Vantage?

If it's just noise you're after...

I'd actually be interested to read your opinion on how the two cars differ. I was close to getting an F-Type at one point, currently have a Vantage roadster

It sounds like I'm in exactly the same boat as you, I have my heart set on the F type, but then a manual vantage roadster came along at the right price so decided it was worth giving a go. My only slight concern is that the Vantage feels older and definitely out of date internally when you compare to the F type.

There is nothing wrong with the noise on my v8 Vantage roadster, I have a remote switch to open the exhaust valves, very much like the system fitted as an option on some F-types. The noise whilst driving on a steady throttle or even whilst exhilarating is truly fantastic on the Vantage.
With all of this said, the noise of the v6 Ftype with the switchable active exhaust open is just intoxicating but for very different reasons. Although some might say it is false or induced in some way, I really like the crackle bang as you downshift and indeed the same popping and banging as you up shift.
My only experience of the F type has been on pure open driving roads in the Alps, the Aston Martin on the other hand has only been on back roads and B roads in the UK, so not really comparable. I'm intending to have a test drive again of the F type in the UK to see if it is quite as magical at home as it was when I was away.
I've also now booked a week in the Alps this summer, renting another V6 F type, so I will be able to get straight out of 1 and into the other the next day to give a true comparison test.