Its not too late, but a lot of supermodels probably have the 'Rona. This 3 year crash is just getting rolling. The next big move down technically started yesterday, at the interday high of Dow 23,850. Trust me I'm not the only one who understands what is happening, just look at the huge spike in short premiums, people are climbing all over each other to short this market.

And the oil market too, minus any bounce from the coming production shut down. You know the average Joe is going to get killed when a global oil storage capacity overflow causes an emergency production shut-off, something that has never happened before, and people buy that news as "a good thing" for future oil prices.

Thats a good proxy for future auto demand, too.

 

Sounds like you got it covered, look forward to seeing you on the Airbus forums - I am usually posting on the Infinito sub forum - username “myotherjetisacessna”.

 

I knew a correction was coming too; it was plainly obvious that the equities market was getting overvalued.

I've been saying that for about five years now.

 

I completely agree but would change the word "correction" to "reversal."

 

You're missing the joke... If you actually believed that you would have acted accordingly, missing out on five years of gains.

Anyway, what were we talking about here...? Oh right, F-Types. OP, I suggest you find the one you like and buy it right away because they're a blast to drive, prices will continue to drop over the long term regardless of pandemics, and you'd be doing the economy a big favor by injecting some cash.

 

In a bear market, "corrections" are to the upside. And you can prove that objectively by googling the 20 best stock market days of all time. They all in depressions/recessions. Not one day is in a bull market. 2020 already holds 3 of the top 20 best days of all time, including capturing spot #4. Spot #3 is +12.3% on Oct 30, 1929.

Sadly, its 100% relevant to buying an F-Type. Or, joyfully, for those who wait. There's nothing virtous about burning your resources.

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For those itching to buy an F-Type I offer this simple sequence of numbers. Tell me if you see a pattern.

2020
2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
1960
1950 ( the lightest cycle and there's a reason)
1940
1930
1920 (originally called The Great Depression)
1910
1900
1890
1880
1870
1860
1850
1840 (The worst cycle for the same reason as the lightest, so I'll end there)

Point being, it isn't super complicated to predict at least one of the most basic recurring cycles of economic turmoil. But most still can't do it.

 

Isn’t it amazing how any equities prognostication will come to fruition given a sufficient amount of time?

 

Mine went down by about 20% and have come back about 10% to pretty much what they were at this time last year

 

Getting back on topic - aside from the infotainment, is there a big difference between MY 2016 and MY 2017?

 

I can't remember since I payed less attention after I got mine, but 2017 might have been the first year of revised vents in the front, going from the initial "gills" to more conventional large openings.

 

I think 2018 revised the gills and headlights together.

 

Yes, in 2018 they went from the vertical gills to the horizontal gills or open ducts depending on model.

 

I had a new 2017 F-type S AWD Convertible until a fire hydrant on the other side of the road got in my way. Fire hydrants should really know better.

I loved the S except for one thing. the software with the info system would not tell you the song name and band on the driver's display. it will say XM Chan 26.
Sounds so trivial but in this day and age where metadata is displayed every where it really aggravated me. having the active exhaust w switch was a must have.

However, I owe the fire hydrant a big thank you. For with the insurance check I purchased a new 2019 F-type R awd convertible. They fixed the info system! I have no issues with my R.

What i did learn having both the S and the R is that the driving difference between the V6 and the V8 is far greater than what i had thought. I bought the S because it seemed powerful enough. and not having experienced the R i was perfectly content with it. When i got my R, and pulled onto the highway, i pushed the gas pedal down, was pushed back into the seat and in seconds I'm going 100mph But that's not fast enough, as she refuses to go slower
than 100mph, wanting to casually cruise ay 140mph. It is one fast vehicle.

I would go with a 2017 and not get hung up on rwd vs awd as it seems awd is becoming the standard and will have a slightly better resale. and if prices are dropping, get a 2018.

They have high performance summer tires on them and if you try to drive in a snow, even just 2 inches, the car will ignore where you want it to go and it will turn into a theme park bumper car sliding and sliding and sliding. I have never driven a car that is as a bad in snow as this is. My 65 MGB would drive in snow without a problem except for some steep roads or if the snow was hood height.

enjoy!

 

That's a tire problem, not a car problem. Summer tires don't work worth a damn below ~40F.

 

But did your MGB have over 500bhp and loads of torque? And those skinny tyres ....

 

Yep, as a native of northern Wisconsin, USA low hp, high torque and skinny tires are great for snow.

 

Indeed, Michelin says their summer tires can be damaged simply by moving them, if sitting at 20F. From TireRack, on the MPS4S...

 

Interesting. It sounds like the 2016 infotainment system is more advanced that the 2017. My System displays both artist and title when Sirius/XM is playing, as well as for all other media.