Anyone have an outlook for old Sports Series range?

[Streetbeat]

That would have definitley been on my radar when i was looking, i know i am an advocate of carbon packs, but to me that looks twice the car of any white one. Interior is nice too with the orange accents.

[Davyt]

The private Curacao blue spider looks a similar colour, nice spec also, does seem a bit to expensive though considering the warranty has expired.

Edited by Davyt on Monday 12th December 16:59

[Audemars]

Cars with the high road tax need to be a lot cheaper.

I don't care if I am buying a used £1m car. I am not paying more than the £185 bracket for road tax ever again.

I also will not pay the £7k+ difference between a 2016 and a 2017 car.

Edited by Audemars on Sunday 11th December 14:21

[Davyt]

The ex GVE 570gt says it has 5 months warranty remaining, do GVE warranty Mclarens as the likes of Thorney do ??

[ex-devonpaul]

Audemars said:

Cars with the high road tax need to be a lot cheaper.

I don't care if I am buying a used £1m car. I am not paying more than the £185 bracket for road tax ever again.

I also will not pay the £7k+ difference between a 2016 and a 2017 car.

Edited by Audemars on Sunday 11th December 14:21

I assume you are ignoring the £355 premium you pay for years 2-5 on cars listing over £40k, otherwise your window for car buying is cars registered between 1 April and 11th Dec 2017. On the plus side it grows by the day

[Streetbeat]

Davyt said:

The ex GVE 570gt says it has 5 months warranty remaining, do GVE warranty Mclarens as the likes of Thorney do ??

I presume they are talking Mclaren warranty, im not aware they offer a mclaren specific warranty like Thorney.

[TBCReece]

Interestingly, AT listings suggest asking prices are heading south whilst available numbers are going in the opposite direction - figures from 14 months ago in brackets:

540C coupe - 18 available, lowest price £79,495 (3, £84,999)
570S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £77,995 (7, £89,995)
570S spyder - 38 available, lowest price £99,990 (13, £114,950)
720S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £131,995 (13, £144,995)

[AntoDRFC]

The red Sypder is an import, hence the price

[Streetbeat]

TBCReece said:

Interestingly, AT listings suggest asking prices are heading south whilst available numbers are going in the opposite direction - figures from 14 months ago in brackets:

540C coupe - 18 available, lowest price £79,495 (3, £84,999)
570S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £77,995 (7, £89,995)
570S spyder - 38 available, lowest price £99,990 (13, £114,950)
720S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £131,995 (13, £144,995)

Seems so odd to me the 540c has only "lost" £5k compared to the others at £10k plus.

[simon_j]

TBCReece said:

Interestingly, AT listings suggest asking prices are heading south whilst available numbers are going in the opposite direction - figures from 14 months ago in brackets:

540C coupe - 18 available, lowest price £79,495 (3, £84,999)
570S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £77,995 (7, £89,995)
570S spyder - 38 available, lowest price £99,990 (13, £114,950)
720S coupe - 42 available, lowest price £131,995 (13, £144,995)

The numbers available haven’t really changed that much if you look back to 2018/2019.

Autotrader - August 2018
60 - 570s
24 - 570gt
10 - 540c

Autotrader - April 2019
65 - 570s
30 - 570gt
22 - 540c

[Alfapapatango]

Audemars said:

Cars with the high road tax need to be a lot cheaper.

I don't care if I am buying a used £1m car. I am not paying more than the £185 bracket for road tax ever again.

I also will not pay the £7k+ difference between a 2016 and a 2017 car.

Edited by Audemars on Sunday 11th December 14:21

Good lad! Pull your strides up and off to bed there's a good boy.

[Chrisatronic]

samoht said:

Price Changes (14)

Model	Old Price	New Price	Year	Mileage	Seller	Pic
570S	£85,000	£77,995	2016	20,018 miles	John Harrison (Lowdham) Limited	ad
570S	£85,900	£82,900	2016	20,865 miles	Gve London Ltd	ad
570S	£87,995	£83,995	2016	16,000 miles	Affordable Prestige Cars	ad
570S	£94,885	£89,985	2019	23,000 miles	Kingston Cars13 Limited	ad
570S	£96,999	£92,999	2017	8,081 miles	Noya Motor Group	ad
570S	£99,995	£94,995	2017	26,000 miles	Aspire International Sourcing Ltd	ad
570S	£96,088	£95,090	2017	8,899 miles	The Car Lounge by Lowton Motor Company	ad
570S	£102,850	£99,850	2018	8,671 miles	McLaren Birmingham	ad
570GT	£81,495	£79,995	2017	27,000 miles	Veloce Auto	ad
600LT	£142,000	£139,000	2019	9,100 miles	Mclaren Manchester	ad
570S Spider	£113,000	£111,000	2018	11,600 miles	Mclaren Manchester	ad
570S Spider	£118,950	£114,950	2018	3,058 miles	Mclaren London	ad
570S Spider	£122,000	£119,000	2019	9,620 miles	Mclaren Manchester	ad
570S Spider	£121,950	£119,950	2020	10,562 miles	Mclaren London	ad

Have you scripted this in some way? Would be interested in borrowing it!

[targarama]

ex-devonpaul said:

Audemars said:

Cars with the high road tax need to be a lot cheaper.

I don't care if I am buying a used £1m car. I am not paying more than the £185 bracket for road tax ever again.

I also will not pay the £7k+ difference between a 2016 and a 2017 car.

Edited by Audemars on Sunday 11th December 14:21

I assume you are ignoring the £355 premium you pay for years 2-5 on cars listing over £40k, otherwise your window for car buying is cars registered between 1 April and 11th Dec 2017. On the plus side it grows by the day

Just had the tax reminder for my Sept 2017 570GT. I thought it might be £185? It is actually £342.50.

Edited to add: I can pay 6 months for £286 or 12 months for £342.50 - so it must be half & half of some kind. I think from it's 6th birthday it is the cheaper rate.

Edited by targarama on Tuesday 13th December 13:36

Edited by targarama on Tuesday 13th December 13:39

[Davyt]

Yeah, it’s from year 6 when the cheaper rates apply, a good saving on any pre April 17 car year on year ..

[Longy00000]

My car was registered Jan 2017 and costs £630 for the rfl yet had it been registered 01st Aprll I would be paying an awful lot less for the same car.
I still wouldn't choose or rule out a car based just on the road tax though.

[Streetbeat]

Well no one with wanting a Mclaren would, its a couple of tanks of fuel at best, hardly worth getting bent of shape over as elsewhere on this thread.

[targarama]

Longy00000 said:

My car was registered Jan 2017 and costs £630 for the rfl yet had it been registered 01st Aprll I would be paying an awful lot less for the same car.
I still wouldn't choose or rule out a car based just on the road tax though.

Only this year. Once it is 6 the tax is cheaper.

[targarama]

Streetbeat said:

Well no one with wanting a Mclaren would, its a couple of tanks of fuel at best, hardly worth getting bent of shape over as elsewhere on this thread.

Agreed. Plus compare road fund license here with some neighbouring countries for a surprise. It is cheap here.

[Davyt]

targarama said:

Only this year. Once it is 6 the tax is cheaper.

Only for cars registered from April 2017, jan 2017 car doesn’t qualify it will always be in the higher bracket £620..


I used to work with a Dutch guy, road tax is astronomical over there apparently..

[PinkHouse]

I've been keeping my eye on the McLaren GT market and there's some really nicely specced ones sun £120k which represents incredibly value against the similarly priced 570 Spiders. Aside from the obvious loss of the open roof which is a big factor for some, surely you're getting a lot more car for the money?