Some people. Supposed cur guy buys 2014 F-type to rent out on Turo. His battery goes dead due OBD tracker he used. So he makes "Will Never Buy A Jaguar Again" video. Then trades it in (different video) at at $10K+ loss.


@Normal Guy Supercar If you are reading this - your startup smoke was due to injectors. F-types are not known for head gasket failure. You traded it in for no good reason.

 

What a yutz!

 

I know this guy. He lives in Austin, and is in a car club with a buddy of mine. He's actually a decent dude. Fixes up old Ferrari's, but does a total hack job. If he'd spent 1/2 the time on his F-Type that he did on his F430, he'd still be enjoying it today. Fail.

 

MO-ron

 

With YouTube it’s all about the views. Those sucker headlines help.

 

He also said it was by far the most successful car in his club's 8 luxury supercar rental fleet. He is bitching that the Jag went down $10K as a wholesale trade-in, after bringing in $10,533 in one year of obviously abusive Turo rental income. What kind of dumbass thinks renting a V8 F-Type to Joe Schmoe is a good idea?

 

Ignore it, don't click on it...

 

Normal Guy hahaha

 

I know, right? Maybe it is all YouTube clickbait, and he didn't actually do something THAT stupid, but wholesale trade-in a convertible in the middle of the winter is about the worst way to get rid of a car. Doing it this way he would have lost money on any car, even selling his grandpa's all-original Shelby Cobra would be at a loss.

 

Yeah it's really amazing that he rented the car more than any other supercar in his club fleet, and in terms of retail price, the car basically broke even.

 

It was part of a bigger rant that Turo was a stupid thing to do now they changed a lot of the rules, they weren't in the best location for renting cars out and yada yada...

 

Thank, for the post. Now I know how to open the door if batt is dead. LOL. The dealer gave me a batt charger that plugs on the cigarette lighter..Maybe I should take out of trunk in case I need it. :-)

 

Will that even work since the socket is ignition switched? I think the preferred way is to use the underhood boost terminals.

 

Yeah I know Daniel as well. Met him a couple times when the elite club he's in meets up. Some of his rants don't make too much sense. He needs to stick to ferrari. He bought the car specifically to rent it out, I highly doubted he did as much maintenance to it as he did to his Ferrari.

 

He is an odd bird! Clicked on a few other videos....and well...he is just odd. Posted about losing his job etc..too? Oh well, we know he hates Jaguars

 

scm, good question. I haven't try yet. The car has two cig sockets too. I noticed all the car on the show room had one connected.

 

Both "cigarette lighter" sockets (the one in center stack and the one in arm rest) are switched by the accessory/ignition. They are dead when the car is off. Doesn't seem like you could charge from that location.

 

With a new Jaguar Ctek charger kit, you have a socket, cables and instructions delivered to put it in the trunck. But such sockets you may find on other places and mount it where you want.