I hear you, and I would prefer new, but the one you were offered was still a MY older, albeit with no miles.

I'd take the cash and the extra 2 years of warranty.

Heard back from the dealer. Apparently since the car had already been titled ("owner's car"), I am unable to purchase the maintenance. I likely wouldn't have anyway. Made an offer with cpo included and likely won't hear back from them--lol

I'm with you on this, my friend. That's how I always bought cars. BUT with the F-Type, I was so smitten, I had to have it exactly like I wanted, so I ordered mine and spec'd it out just right.

Looks are subjective. To me the 10 year old Vantage design edges out the F type for beauty both inside and out IMO.

Cars at this level are an emotional decision, rather than a smart financial decision. If you are going with it being a smart financial decision, then you wouldn't look any further than a Honda Civic.

Go with your heart. If you don't, you'll regret whatever your purchase ends up being.

Okay guys/gals,
I'm almost there....I just need some of you fortune tellers to predict what this car will be worth 2yrs from now??? I know...I know, but does anyone know/recall the 3yr residual for a 2015 F Type R Coupe? Would 55% be a fair guesstimate? I believe the car had an original msrp of $105,995 back in Feb 2015. What are my chances the car will be worth $58-60K in Feb 2018?

As a data point, I just bought a 2014 V8S with a bunch of options (I think that they all came with a bunch of options). Original invoice about $103k. With 9000 miles I paid less than 2/3 of original invoice.

Like any niche car, they lose value pretty quickly.

Might even be worth less.

Soooo on point!! Life is short dude! Get what you want (and can reasonably afford) and enjoy, enjoy! You won't care about resale at the end of it all. Now if you're making 30K a year it may not be such a wise decision IMO.

Very well said!

In November I bought my 2014 V6-S as a demo with less than 800 miles on it. Sticker was $91,770 plus they put Lojack on it. I bought it for $62,887. The car wasn't moving, they lost their window on making any money on a 2014 so they dumped it so they could make better margin on a 2016 vs sitting on a depreciating 2014 thru the winter. I quickly got over the fact that I didn't put the first 800 miles on the car ;-)

I bet you did! Nice.

My understanding of CPO from a relative who is in the car selling business. The dealer does exactly what you could do for an extended warranty. He goes on the secondary market and buys one. But dealers are able to buy better pricing on extended warranties than individuals.

If the car is under factory warranty, to me a CPO deal with the extra price tag isn't worth it. If you are worried about extending the "warranty" after the factory one runs out, purchase your own extended warranty at the end of 5 years 50,000 miles.

That makes more sense to me than giving the dealer $2k plus of your money for 3 to 5 years.

Not exactly. CPO requires a thorough inspection using mfg. parameters. Items falling outside of spec must be repaired. CPOs are administered by the mfg., so that any dealer will honor them. It is true though that the dealer usually must purchase the CPO from the mfg.

Extended warranties that a dealer provides are usually service contracts and not associated with the mfg. Often you have to have repairs approved before they are done. In some cases you even have to pay for the repair and get reimbursed.