With sad heart I have to say my XKR is no more. It was hit in my parking deck by a AAA truck and we have it on camera. Unfortunately the damage isn't something I want to fix so I'm moving on to the F Type SVR. I'll be doing some mild mods but nothing to crazy

I just could not resist a possible 600hp and AWD although it could use a diet. I looked at a 911 GT3 RS but everyone wants 100k over sticker and I'm not paying over sticker for anything. Although I'm sure I can retire on it in 20 years an AAA truck may run into it as well.

 

wow I'm so saddened to hear your pain there. Without a doubt yours was the nicest XKR I've seen and I'm not a fan of black cars... it will not be forgotten. Please keep us in the loop with pics and progress of your F type best of luck going forward.

 

Damn ...good thing you were not hurt.


But on a serious note...I am going to need you guys to take good care of these XKRs so I can pick one up in a couple of years

 

Do you have the exact car reserved at a dealer or are you hunting for that F type? Nice to see you are staying with the marque. Did an Aston or Lotus ever come to mind in your search?

 

Glad to hear you are ok. The F-Type looks amazing in coupe form.

 

thanks guys, I was really upset this weekend, but at the end of the day it's a car, things could be much worse. Luckily it's I have a good path to get out of the situation. I just really wanted to keep this car, it would have been paid off this year.

Yesterday I looked at a GT3RS(100k over sticker), GT3, and thought about the Aston(maybe next). Then I called my friend at Warren Henry and he had a fully loaded Ultra Blue coupe coming in 8/1 with a 6/17 build date. It had everything I just happened to spec a week earlier just for fun. He was able to call in and add the carbon package and suede wheel so it's exactly what I wanted...

Not that I wanted to loose my XKR, only 60 more days LOL

 

Hurry up and pull your performance goodies, replace with stock and then sell them to me cheap....lol.

Sorry to hear about your luck. In the looks department, gonna be hard to replace that XKR of yours.

 

Yes it does!!! in every color I have seen it!!

 

Max, It is good to see you back here, though not under these circumstances! Wondered what happened to you. Really sad to hear what happened. What is to come of the remains? I want those calipers, seriously. Not sure if you have followed what I have been doing to my XKR, but so far custom carbon fiber interior, ergonomic and flat bottom sport carbon fiber steering wheel, carbon fiber & alloy paddles, Quaife torsen LSD, custom Eibach springs from Spires, carbon fiber body kit, custom light weight wheels powder coated and with wider Michelin PSS, custom red stitched diamond quilted leather interior, Jaguar Alston suede charcoal pillars, visors & headliner, supercharger pulley. Currently having a few performance ECU tunes written by Stuart/CHris @ VelocityAP and new 200 cell cats fabricated, should be done by the end of the month and 100BHP & torque more than stock.

 

I call dibs on the calipers & HREs...

 

jahummer,

Before you buy the OEM front Alcon calipers and/or rotors, make sure that your custom wheels will still fit after those parts are installed. You may want to contact Forum member Richzak, who has been down this road and has all the specs and measurements.

Stuart

 

Thank you, they will fit, I have plenty of clearance, my wheels are essentially the same design as his HRE P101s. Even the massive (larger than Alcon) GT brembo calipers and carbon ceramic rotors will fit, I checked when I was considering buying a brand new set but decided to spend the nearly $10K elsewhere. In fact most 20" or larger wheels should fit just fine, the Alcons are not quite as big as some think they are. The Alcon rotors are only 400mm, Mine are 355mm IIRC.

 

So did the AAA guy stick around or take off?

Black eye on AAA if he took off given their
particular line of business.

 

Sorry to hear but it sounds like moving to much bigger and better things!


Bumper, headlights and fenders please. kthxbye.