Opinions on Daily Driver

I am getting a new DD. I need opinions from the people that have owned any of these cars. Reliability is the number one concern - it's not the cost of maintainting it, but the time wasted with the car off road.

Budget is $150k. My DD does average 10,000km/year. Running costs/depreciation are not important. Car will be paid for in cash, so no $ loss with interest.

Choices are:

3200GT (I love the boomerang rear lights) - white/white
QP - gunmetal/cream
S55 - silver/black
CL55 - silver/black
XKR - silver/magnolia
550 (If I get this, I'll sell my 348, so all up I'll be out of pocket less than $150k) - rosso/crema

I would love a LS600hl, but used ones are still $225k.

 

3200 GT ,they are well under 90k

 

XKR

DDG (drop dead gorgeous!)

 

Four on Car Sales 85-100K. Guess that's asking not getting.
How much haggle room would you say in those prices?

 

http://www.carpoint.com.au/used-car/JAGUAR/XKR/Tasmania/csn5506608.aspx

 

I am currently driving a 03' CLK 320 Cab. [New $130k, this one is ~$70k]

PILE OF s/***, end-of-story.

Why do people go all gaagaa over Benz's?, Falcodore drive better than this, this has only 40k on it and if feels tired and all over the road.Thought something was wrong with it, but alas they are all like this....

Good drivers seat, and the folding roofs fun to play with [for 10 mins.] but thats it.

PASS

For mine get a new Boxster and have money left over, or a car that i drove to Sydney impressed the as/s off me, and miles better than this Benz, a soft top Nissan 350Z Track, its bulletproof, and would easily be the most reliable car that you listed, fully waterproof in the rain/storm and carwash.[Be nice if it went a bit harder though, maybe to much *rice* for you?....]

Ciao

M

 

5/10k

 

trouble with the jag IMO,no one wants 'em second hand, worth very little.

 

FIXED!

Jag.

"A TATA COMPANY" = East Indian Tea Company, lol

Indian shysters at there best!!

Ciao

M

 

pre leyland ya got me, around the corner fm me is a low milage MK 2 ,put me hand up for that.

 

Get a Prius for your DD. Your grandchildren will thank you.

Flick the 348 for a 550. You'll thank yourself.

 

My cousin has a old Jag i dont think its been started or driven in over 15 years.All his kids have toys and junk stacked around/on top of it, would take hours to get it out of the garage.

I think he purchased it in a moment of madness, he knows zilch about cars, like WTF? did u buy that for?

Its HUGE as in big [did i mention HUGE] i think a 420? is that right?

Asked me to sell it for him, i dont do friends or relos. ends in tears, try Sims metals lol

Ciao

M

 

550 is very tempting. Might be a gunna at $150-170k. Just hate the selling process (Dino would have to go)

 

OK, so that eliminates the Masers and the Jag.

How about an LS460 then? You'll look old before your time but no reliability problems there.


http://www.drive.com.au/Search/SearchResults.aspx?m=LEXUS%257cLS460%257c&bc=db6c924924&from=22&nv=1

 

420 is a nice car, 1st of the Jag saloons to have the IRS.

I'm onto a good one at the moment a low miles Silver Cloud 3 RR with less then 29,000 miles with factory air/cond.Family have no idea,just want to get it out of the estate.Not a keeper , gut feel is to sell it back to the UK.

 

would you get one for that figure?

 

maybe in 6-12mths??? They are a 200k car now. Just not a great time to sell the Dino right now. Looks like I missed the window to get 300k for it

 

Quite a range of potentional cars.

Do you know what you really prefer? Coupe or Sedan?

Thought about E55's or M5s? Bit of go in them and can be had for around that mark.

 

Why not an M3, C63, RS4 or second hand M5?

 

second M5 good idea.

 

+1

 

Old jags and the inexperienced.

Another guy sucked in by the fold down wooden tables.

 

the 420 and or the S type did not have fold down tables.
They did have the rear axle that most hot rod people want.

 

I think so....

But dont worry mate, things will pick up again.

I hate to say it, but thats what I would do also.

 

RS4