Rusty 2014 F-Type?
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Rusty 2014 F-Type?
Hi everybody,
I am about to buy a F-Type in the next few months so I was looking at used ones and new ones. And yesterday I looked at a used one from 2014 and over 100.000km just because I was interested how such a car would look like. Because I mean it is not very old and many kilometers shouldn't really matter with the V8 engine.
But I was a bit shocked how rusty the exhaust was and some parts in front of the rear wheels. I forgot to make pictures of the exhaust tips but I made some from under neath the car.
I am not a car specialist nor did I see other older F-Types before but for 3 years it looks quite bad I think. My 5 year old Mustang looks better.
I attached the pictures thank you for looking at them.
I am about to buy a F-Type in the next few months so I was looking at used ones and new ones. And yesterday I looked at a used one from 2014 and over 100.000km just because I was interested how such a car would look like. Because I mean it is not very old and many kilometers shouldn't really matter with the V8 engine.
But I was a bit shocked how rusty the exhaust was and some parts in front of the rear wheels. I forgot to make pictures of the exhaust tips but I made some from under neath the car.
I am not a car specialist nor did I see other older F-Types before but for 3 years it looks quite bad I think. My 5 year old Mustang looks better.
I attached the pictures thank you for looking at them.
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Westwood (11-02-2017)
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It's 47.000 Euros. Given that I could buy one with only half the kilometres for 10.000 Euros more, I think the price isn't that good. Especially since the interior is all scratched and so one. If they would have offered it for less than 40.000 I might have bought it and invested like 3000 in the interior to get it fixed.
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Ha, right, of course... And most of it is alumin(i)um anyway, right? There was some integral part of the underbody that was rusting that shouldn't have been...
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But I was a bit shocked how rusty the exhaust was and some parts in front of the rear wheels. I forgot to make pictures of the exhaust tips but I made some from under neath the car.
I am not a car specialist nor did I see other older F-Types before but for 3 years it looks quite bad I think. My 5 year old Mustang looks better.
I attached the pictures thank you for looking at them.
Quite a few cars over this side of the pond have gone back to the dealers to have this rectified/replaced.
It is a known issue, and if the dealer doesn't replace, then they will prep and finish it off like new again.
I covered mine in Quicksilver Corrosion guard form new, and recently put several liberal coats of Waxoyl on it...still looking good.
Last edited by Tel; 11-02-2017 at 07:45 AM.
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