XK for sale

[Stick Legs]

Hello,

Going to view this 5.0 XK tomorrow with my nephew.
AM09YPZ

Does it belong to anyone here?
Does anyone know the car?

Done all the usual Car Vertical & HPI stuff.

Cheers.

[Stick Legs]

So…

Seller apparently has another customer who has already put a deposit on.

Damage was obvious to the front end.
Self tappers holding trim together.
Missing trim.
Inconsistent panel gaps.
A green bracket under the RHS headlight.

Then we found a mouse hotel under the engine cover.

Hard pass.

[Stick Legs]

Nice!

We went to Arun which was nearby and looked at their stock.

The good thing is this isn’t a time sensitive purchase, it’s a toy, so he can wait.

He wants a black coupe <£15k with ivory leather & walnut.

The right car is out there. This wasn’t it.

As an aside it’s really making me want an XKR.

They are insane value for money!

[Stick Legs]

Simpo Two said:

Stick Legs said:

He wants a black coupe <£15k with ivory leather & walnut.

If he finds everything except the walnut, those panels can be swapped quite easily. Walnut is out of fashion so some people are replacing it with ally, c/f effect etc. That means he could find s/h walnut panels going cheap.

I was hoping it would be.

Thanks for that.

[Stick Legs]

Given he’s not massively handy with the spanners & has no experience of owning a ‘nice’ car I have steered him toward buying from a specialist with a warranty.

No point souring the experience of prestige car ownership on the first outing…


…let the bug bite first.

[Stick Legs]

GeniusOfLove said:

reddiesel said:

Simpo Two said:

That's the 'caramel' interior which is quite rare. Whilst I like a bit of difference, it's rather too much of a good thing for me.



In the top photo it looks like they've reversed it over a rock...

Its rare for a reason , its hideous

Yes I thought so too. It'd be better if the dash and door top rolls were a darker colour, like the champagne and dark brown that a lot of X and S types got. The full werthers is just too much werthers.

Porsche made the same mistake with Savannah.

[Stick Legs]

Fabulous.

[Stick Legs]

I just received this.

He bought an F-Type R from a non-franchise dealer.
Full Jaguar history & 1 owner.

12 month warranty negotiated.

And yes, it’s the V8.