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Felonious Crud

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Phil H said:
Oh they've got some nice stock. I like the Jag, they have a £30k GranTurismo Sport, and for the wealthier a beautiful Lusso (and I'm not normally a fan of white cars).

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Chuffing heck - a Lusso for £140k!

Andy, that F-types’s a lovely spec.
 
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Felonious Crud said:
Chuffing heck - a Lusso for £140k!

Andy, that F-types’s a lovely spec.
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That Lusso does look nice, but I fail to see how it’s 4X + better than a 30k GranTurismo or better than a GTs Qp.
£140k buys an awful lot of diverse metal.
Maybe I’m not so mental after all.
 
philw696

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Wattie said:
That Lusso does look nice, but I fail to see how it’s 4X + better than a 30k GranTurismo or better than a GTs Qp.
£140k buys an awful lot of diverse metal.
Maybe I’m not so mental after all.
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Asking for a friend.
How many ounces of Gold at the minute mate ?
 
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rockits said:
They will have to start giving these away soon!

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2004 Bentley Continental 6.0 W12 Auto Coupe PETROL Automatic | eBay

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The Porsche 928 of its generation.*

*in ethos, secondhand values (I can see them sub £10k, simply because there are so many of them), and opportunities for bork. Certainly not as pretty as the 928 mind.
 
philw696

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A nice car but a good few neglected dogs around too so you need to be careful.
We need @MAF260 to give us an update on how he's getting on with his.
Certainly an impressive place to be with a drive to match when I drove one.
 
CatmanV2

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That seems too cheap, even for a non-Mulliner. I wonder if the idle is lumpy. The pre facelifts have an issue with the vacuum hoses that's the variator of the Bentley world....

Personally I'll be going for a facelift Speed.

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I've heard that running these are cheap as chips. Other than the Oliver Reed-esq drinking problem.
Until something goes wrong.

Then they cost as much as the aforementioned Mr Reed's bar bill for the week.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
I've heard that running these are cheap as chips. Other than the Oliver Reed-esq drinking problem.
Until something goes wrong.

Then they cost as much as the aforementioned Mr Reed's bar bill for the week.
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Not sure that's quite the case, although some of the parts are cheap if you get them in a VAG box, not a Bentley one.

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CatmanV2 said:
I'm surprised and find my logical self thinking 'Hmmm, new tech, I kind of get Jags now'
...and my heart is still saying: W12, V12 and then a Maserati.....

Basically no '**** tingle'

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In principle. Agree. However, tingle meter can’t take anymore jolts.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
I'm surprised and find my logical self thinking 'Hmmm, new tech, I kind of get Jags now'
...and my heart is still saying: W12, V12 and then a Maserati.....

Basically no '**** tingle'

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I get that. After having my XFS for 18 months, it's very good. But just not exciting.
Would I have one again. Probably not.
Would I have it's predecessor an E Class. Definitely.

I just don't think Jaguar make car that 'hit the spot' when compared with the opposition.

Jag F type or Maser GTS?
Jag F Type or Lotus Evora?
Jag F Type vs Porsche 997.2?

Wouldn't have the Jag over any of them, even though it's the newer car.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
I get that. After having my XFS for 18 months, it's very good. But just not exciting.
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I think they are really really good cars. But found myself being surprised when I was told that a client commented on me (something like) 'swanning up in his posh car'. It's a £6k diesel FFS. If I'd turned up in a GT I'd have got it because I love them.
The Jag? Nope. I'm glad it's there. I'm glad it's cheap, I'm glad I can get in and punch the button and it starts every time. I love the enormous boot. But I can't actually bring myself to spend out to get the wing fixed......

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For the many 6 to 7 hour journeys I have done in my 10 year old Jaguar it's a Great car and I'm more than happy with it.
For thrills I'm seriously considering a X150 XKR keep finding myself being drawn to them and would happily add one to my fleet.
 
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My diesel XE was a fun car to drive on track and road....Proved at Llandow when I gave it a thrashing. But then it was back then hailed as a car that could out handle a three series. The F Type I also never thought was dull.....I think you would buy an F over a GT S if again like a Vantage you wanted a Sports car and not a GT.......Plus if you have an eye on running costs then the F would probably cost half the amount to run over a Maserati and the Jaguar is a daily drive I suppose so not sure many would have the Masersti and F Type on the same list.......Out of Marks list for up to 30k I think I would take the Evora for pure driving fun and the F as a daily drive.
 
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