400 sport or older V8?
Discussion
I'd set myself to buy a lightly used 400 for <£68k, but have since realised they've got a fair way to fall in price if they're already being discounted.
Lovely car though.
Now thinking a 3 year old V8r may be a better option - mid 50's gets a lightly used, albeit pre facelift, high spec car with 2 years warranty, and I'm hoping that most of its depreciation has been done...
Found a few with between 6 and 18k miles at 3 years old.
The higher mileage one has a better spec (for me) but what mileage is too high come resale?
We'd be using it, so would chuck on another 20k over the next two years.
Are these cars reliable at this age/ mileage?
I'm a newbie to Jaguar, coming from Porsche/ Lotus (just sold my Exige 350) so could do with some owners input
Tried a V8 Vantage, but didn't really do it for me.
Cheers
Lovely car though.
Now thinking a 3 year old V8r may be a better option - mid 50's gets a lightly used, albeit pre facelift, high spec car with 2 years warranty, and I'm hoping that most of its depreciation has been done...
Found a few with between 6 and 18k miles at 3 years old.
The higher mileage one has a better spec (for me) but what mileage is too high come resale?
We'd be using it, so would chuck on another 20k over the next two years.
Are these cars reliable at this age/ mileage?
I'm a newbie to Jaguar, coming from Porsche/ Lotus (just sold my Exige 350) so could do with some owners input
Tried a V8 Vantage, but didn't really do it for me.
Cheers
I swapped a V8 Vantage for a V8S F Type. Mine was 3 years old at the time and a good spec. I tried the V6 prior and was a bit underwhelmed, it was only a few months later I realized I could get a V8S for not much more than the V6.
The test drive swung it for me, the V8 is a hugely entertaining drive, it made my old Vantage feel exactly that, old. The power and torque is immense, it's even quite economical if you're nice to it. The noise it makes is brilliant too.
The only fault I've had in 8 months is the central vent sticking, hardly serious and replaced under warranty. Servicing is relatively cheap too.
My car had 17k miles on it and came from a main dealers for £45k. An utter bargain in my book and although it probably won't hold it's value like my Vantage did, I'm hoping it's done most of it's depreciating for now.
Go and test drive one but be prepared to buy it, I wouldn't even entertain buying new, someone lost a lot of cash when they bought mine
new.
The test drive swung it for me, the V8 is a hugely entertaining drive, it made my old Vantage feel exactly that, old. The power and torque is immense, it's even quite economical if you're nice to it. The noise it makes is brilliant too.
The only fault I've had in 8 months is the central vent sticking, hardly serious and replaced under warranty. Servicing is relatively cheap too.
My car had 17k miles on it and came from a main dealers for £45k. An utter bargain in my book and although it probably won't hold it's value like my Vantage did, I'm hoping it's done most of it's depreciating for now.
Go and test drive one but be prepared to buy it, I wouldn't even entertain buying new, someone lost a lot of cash when they bought mine
new.
Edited by shunt on Tuesday 27th June 13:33
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