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650spider said:
Kent Border Kenny said:
What options do you have that add up to over £100,000?
To be fair, that would not be unheard of.The original owner of my 650 spider went nuts ticking the options list and went from around the £215k mark upto just over £280k invoice.
Add on louvred wings etc and it could hit near £100k of options I would of thought.
Stupid stuff on my like the titanium MSO oil and water caps were over £1k alone...
I always search for a car that has the most options on it; just glad I am not the original owner that has to pay for them all through the nose.
Titanium harness bar $9,400
MSO paint $9,400
CF bonnet $$6.900
CF rear wing $12,370
Roof Scoop $36,340
Parking aid $1,740
Brake upgrade £18,030
Engine window $8,470
Contrast stitching $3,030
CF bucket seats $7,580
Carbon pack 2 $24,140
Carbo pack 3 $4,860
CF splitter $9,410
bonnet louvres $
I gave up, that's around 1/3rd of the options and i couldn't even find the wing vents and its not ott on the CF there are loads more options and that's £186k / £143k on top of £285 =£428k!!!
So easily done.
Bispal said:
650spider said:
Kent Border Kenny said:
What options do you have that add up to over £100,000?
To be fair, that would not be unheard of.The original owner of my 650 spider went nuts ticking the options list and went from around the £215k mark upto just over £280k invoice.
Add on louvred wings etc and it could hit near £100k of options I would of thought.
Stupid stuff on my like the titanium MSO oil and water caps were over £1k alone...
I always search for a car that has the most options on it; just glad I am not the original owner that has to pay for them all through the nose.
Titanium harness bar $9,400
MSO paint $9,400
CF bonnet $$6.900
CF rear wing $12,370
Roof Scoop $36,340
Parking aid $1,740
Brake upgrade £18,030
Engine window $8,470
Contrast stitching $3,030
CF bucket seats $7,580
Carbon pack 2 $24,140
Carbo pack 3 $4,860
CF splitter $9,410
bonnet louvres $
I gave up, that's around 1/3rd of the options and i couldn't even find the wing vents and its not ott on the CF there are loads more options and that's £186k / £143k on top of £285 =£428k!!!
So easily done.
MDL111 said:
Bispal said:
650spider said:
Kent Border Kenny said:
What options do you have that add up to over £100,000?
To be fair, that would not be unheard of.The original owner of my 650 spider went nuts ticking the options list and went from around the £215k mark upto just over £280k invoice.
Add on louvred wings etc and it could hit near £100k of options I would of thought.
Stupid stuff on my like the titanium MSO oil and water caps were over £1k alone...
I always search for a car that has the most options on it; just glad I am not the original owner that has to pay for them all through the nose.
Titanium harness bar $9,400
MSO paint $9,400
CF bonnet $$6.900
CF rear wing $12,370
Roof Scoop $36,340
Parking aid $1,740
Brake upgrade £18,030
Engine window $8,470
Contrast stitching $3,030
CF bucket seats $7,580
Carbon pack 2 $24,140
Carbo pack 3 $4,860
CF splitter $9,410
bonnet louvres $
I gave up, that's around 1/3rd of the options and i couldn't even find the wing vents and its not ott on the CF there are loads more options and that's £186k / £143k on top of £285 =£428k!!!
So easily done.
My concern is the volumes in this market, 1530 cars is simply too many for the brand and what hurt 600LT values because they pumped out circa 3,000 and ended up giving them away on silly PCP deals.
I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
WilliamWaiver said:
My concern is the volumes in this market, 1530 cars is simply too many for the brand and what hurt 600LT values because they pumped out circa 3,000 and ended up giving them away on silly PCP deals.
I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
At some point, people will stop harking back to the launches of cars 4-5 years ago talking about how there was a huge waiting lists and premiums of £100k.I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
The world has dramatically moved on from then, and there are very few, if any, limited edition supercars that currently have huge waiting lists and premiums of any sort, never mind £100k.
Let's just see what happens if the wheels fall off the economy at the end of the year; i certainly would not be feeling super confident about paying over £200k currently for a 675LT and advocating thats where the smart money is, hence why i havn't, and don't.
Enjoy your purchase when it arrives, but give it a rest constantly talking about the 765 not being as good as the 675 and how it will tank £100k+; most people have picked up on your views.
If we are all doomed, I'd rather have my money in a limited edition car, thats already done over £100k (more like £200k from its peak ) and bottomed out as well as know I've owned a iconic car. After all its only money and you only live once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHwrenWHzsU
I know there are winners and losers in this whole coronavirus and brexit fiasco but my 2 businesses are experiencing unheard of demand so much so I'm looking at a bigger factory and employing more staff so its not all doom and gloom out there and we have been through recessions before so unless you have to sell, as my mate unfortunately did to help his business, a short term blip in value is not really relevant.
Something like a 675LT at the top of the food chain is a keeper car whereas maybe with a regular production car you would always yearn for more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHwrenWHzsU
I know there are winners and losers in this whole coronavirus and brexit fiasco but my 2 businesses are experiencing unheard of demand so much so I'm looking at a bigger factory and employing more staff so its not all doom and gloom out there and we have been through recessions before so unless you have to sell, as my mate unfortunately did to help his business, a short term blip in value is not really relevant.
Something like a 675LT at the top of the food chain is a keeper car whereas maybe with a regular production car you would always yearn for more
Edited by WilliamWaiver on Sunday 18th October 10:39
WilliamWaiver said:
If we are all doomed, I'd rather have my money in a limited edition car, thats already done over £100k (more like £200k from its peak ) and bottomed out as well as know I've owned a iconic car. After all its only money and you only live once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHwrenWHzsU
I know there are winners and losers in this whole coronavirus and brexit fiasco but my 2 businesses are experiencing unheard of demand so much so I'm looking at a bigger factory and employing more staff so its not all doom and gloom out there and we have been through recessions before so unless you have to sell, as my mate unfortunately did to help his business, a short term blip in value is not really relevant.
Something like a 675LT at the top of the food chain is a keeper car whereas maybe with a regular production car you would always yearn for more
I thought you had a Kia franchise..?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHwrenWHzsU
I know there are winners and losers in this whole coronavirus and brexit fiasco but my 2 businesses are experiencing unheard of demand so much so I'm looking at a bigger factory and employing more staff so its not all doom and gloom out there and we have been through recessions before so unless you have to sell, as my mate unfortunately did to help his business, a short term blip in value is not really relevant.
Something like a 675LT at the top of the food chain is a keeper car whereas maybe with a regular production car you would always yearn for more
Edited by WilliamWaiver on Sunday 18th October 10:39
RBT0 said:
That looks amazing. Roof scoop as well WilliamWaiver said:
My concern is the volumes in this market, 1530 cars is simply too many for the brand and what hurt 600LT values because they pumped out circa 3,000 and ended up giving them away on silly PCP deals.
I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
The 675 is a great car, but not sure why you keep quoting that they all sold in 2 weeks (they didn’t) or that they had 100k premiums at one stage (they didn’t). I agree McLaren are a complete shambles with their marketing “strategy”, and show no signs of having learnt the lesson (>50% more 765’s over the money-burning 675).I would of been up for one of the PCP deals as it was cheap motoring at sub £50k over 2 years.
I would do that on a 765LT for sure but I dont think a deal quite that silly will be available on a limited suoer series car.
The 765LT will certainly not be sold out in 2 weeks and fetching a £100k premium like the 675LT.
Mclaren are their own worse enemies with their way to market on new cars and lack of support of used car residuals.
Lots of lessons to be learnt from ferrari on that front who do an amazing job of protecting their brand.
Mclaren might build a better car but the cost of ownership is the killer for most ordinary folk
Worth saying too that, to your other point, Ferrari USED to do a great job of protecting their brand, Current signs (far more 812 than F12 and Pista Coupe than Speciale Coupe) make it appear that they’re now appealing only to their shareholders since the IPO. The volume of 812 TDF when announced (am told November) will be interesting to compare to the F12 TDF, but signs aren’t encouraging
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