XKR - 2011 - The search has started

[gf15]

Hi All,

OK, we have decided that an XKR will be our next car. Tend to keep my cars for 6 to 8 years and do about 19k miles per year. Moving from a 2005 BMW 650i.

I have bought a 2011 brochure and price list together with a used buyers guide. So far, so good. Search can take many months in our house.

First query: Keys, how many?
Main fobs: 2
others?
Ta.

[Big Al.]

gf15 said:

Hi All,

First query: Keys, how many?
Main fobs: 2
others?
Ta.

With mine there were two key Fobs.

Keyless entry on the 5ltr.

[Simpo Two]

If you were looking for something metal, the fobs have a detachable emergency key that pulls out. I haven't had to use it but it goes in the passenger side lock and under the boot lip.

[Triple7]

Of all first questions....two fobs, no keys!

C’mon give us some hard ones ;-)

[gf15]

Triple7 said:

Of all first questions....two fobs, no keys!

C’mon give us some hard ones ;-)

Goodness, reminds me of school; "Must try harder". All the difficult queries revolve around running this as a company car, as opposed to a new diesel

Thanks for responses.

[marktmorgan]

Good choice and potentially the best time to buy one in the winter months!

I've generally bought AWD/4x4's in Summer and sports gt's in the winter can save as much as £5k used (car dependant).

Picked up my 2014 Dynamic R last month for at least £7k under list






Had my last XK8 for 13+ years and hope to do the same with this one

[gf15]

That looks stunning. Well wear!
A DynamicR could be in the running, but as it will only get washed about once a month, would not work.

[marktmorgan]

You don't HAVE to buy a white one, it was my last choice as wanted stratus silver, but the 3rd party garage selling it didn't know it was a dynamic and were selling for normal XKR money. There were only 5 with the spec available in the UK at the time I bought mine.

Weird though that on sale the Dynamic R was cheaper than the XKR had been, they just through everything left in the parts bin at it!

Used they seem to have held their values better as perhaps a wanted commodity as the outgoing production year (2014)

Best of luck!