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I will regret for sure, but:
SELL because: I always end up driving her only about 1000 miles/year or so on average, and very rarely beyond local 5-10 mile radius. Right now for example , she is of course collecting dust in the garage for the last 3-4 months during another long and cold Northeast winter.
KEEP because: As far as a toys go, nothing I can see comes close to the value, beauty and pleasure this XKR brings for the price.
Now, if I sell and in a couple of 3-4 years get the itch again (which I probably will), the only suitable future replacement for me would be something like a 2022-2023 Lexus LC500 convertible for almost 3 times the price.
She is indeed in great condition all around. Funny you mentioned battery drain... Current battery was installed by the selling Jag dealer two weeks before I bought it in May 2019 and still going strong.
I will regret for sure, but:
SELL because: I always end up driving her only about 1000 miles/year or so on average, and very rarely beyond local 5-10 mile radius. Right now for example , she is of course collecting dust in the garage for the last 3-4 months during another long and cold Northeast winter.
KEEP because: As far as a toys go, nothing I can see comes close to the value, beauty and pleasure this XKR brings for the price.
Now, if I sell and in a couple of 3-4 years get the itch again (which I probably will), the only suitable future replacement for me would be something like a 2022-2023 Lexus LC500 convertible for almost 3 times the price.
Yidal8, I feel for you with regards to your decision. I felt the same way for many years... and yet after almost 13 years I still have my low mileage 2010 XK.. Purchased with 4,500 and 13 years later has 23,000... But the difference is I am now using the XK as a daily driver which it should be driven as. Our cars do depreciate greatly, and if you find out (in case you haven't) how much your car is now worth, you may very well want to keep it, as I'm fairly sure you paid way more than it is now worth. Finding a replacement (as I have found) will be difficult, because our cars are so exotic and sexy for what it is....Looks everywhere from people and tons of thumbs up. Will you get that from another car? Not for the price of our car's worth today.....The LC500 will remain a high value car, even when you might be ready and most of the cars have 80,000 miles and the low mileage ones will still be $75,000+ or even more..... It's an exotic Toyota and they hold or appreciate in value due to reliability....something a Jag doesn't have. I'd say, hold on to it, because you do know what you have and what you have put into it. Once you sell, you can't go back, and if you long for it again, you won't want to buy another used one! If yours is paid for... hold it......but drive it when you can because Jags do not like to sit! They will fall apart without moving! I have thought over and over about selling but not for another toy, but for practicality as I use my 24,000 miles XK as a daily driver. I'm a senior and was thinking of now getting a less exotic car that is "Reliable".....something I haven't said since my Jag ownership... The choices are few, but I no longer want to fix and figure out who can resolve one of the many Jaguar repair dilemas that go on and on and have a tendency to repeat themselves. Good luck with whatever decision you make... I have a feeling you are going to be taking your time..... How do I know this?
Why do you neglect her so. Sitting isn’t good for her. Drive it or ditch it.
(somebody had to play for the other side)
Sitting is all she is going to do this hard winter with snow on the ground, salt and sand on all the roads and below normal temperatures.
But that is also the point, it's not being driven that much on a yearly basis, which is why I am hesitating if I should keep her.
As with anything that anyone owns, and I realized this decades ago.......
If you keep it, you will still have it. NET = a wonderful vehicle you could always sell later
If you sell it, you WON'T have it, and any money you got from the sale will be gone in a very short time. NET = Zero
As with anything that anyone owns, and I realized this decades ago.......
If you keep it, you will still have it. NET = a wonderful vehicle you could always sell later
If you sell it, you WON'T have it, and any money you got from the sale will be gone in a very short time. NET = Zero
And this thinking is why I need 2 more garage bays.
And this thinking is why I need 2 more garage bays.
I have the 3-car on my house, a 2-4 car capable shop on the same property, and another 2-car on one of my other properties. Too much crap is my excuse. Gonna try to empty out the remote one this year though, then rent it out.
I have the 3-car on my house, a 2-4 car capable shop on the same property, and another 2-car on one of my other properties. Too much crap is my excuse. Gonna try to empty out the remote one this year though, then rent it out.
I have a one car garage and I'm a car lover! In the old days when I lived in NY I had various properties and kept all kinds of wierd classic cars all over the place.....the good old days. Now, I'm restricted, which is a good thing, because I still have to much CRAP that I need to get rid of, but I keep making excuses that it's too much work to go through it all, and some of it must have value! I guess my kid will have to go through my crap one day and find all the treasures! lol PS....If I had a a 3 car garage, I'd definitely get a lift and they would have to put me in a mental institution for having too many cars I don't drive.
You guys sound like my wife, “you have too much crap”.
It’s not crap, it’s treasure. If I go before she does, she can chuck it in the dumpster. If she goes first, well then, a lot of treasure is going to get more prominent locations in the house!
[QUOTE=... I'm a senior and was thinking of now getting a less exotic car that is "Reliable".....something I haven't said since my Jag ownership... The choices are few, but I no longer want to fix and figure out who can resolve one of the many Jaguar repair dilemas that go on and on and have a tendency to repeat themselves. Good luck with whatever decision you make... I have a feeling you are going to be taking your time..... How do I know this?[/QUOTE]
Good writeup @bocatrip . Though this one part I just can’t agree. I can go into any of my vehicles on a whim, and head out for a long drive.
I suspect the scheduled maintenance is what catches many, and then await a failure then go at the repair.
In any case, its 2026. The cars are older and if not driven, require an extra level of care. And its not your daddy’s 70s chevy. Electronics is part of the current age. A less than capable battery can put all kinds of annoyances in the way.
Yes, I totally agree with you. That's another consideration in the back of my mind - this car has been near perfect in my care, no repairs needed so far. Like you, I am also a 'senior citizen' and at this stage of the game would not be happy to start chasing Jag repairs and gremlins. The car value is a secondary consideration for me, even though what I was offered recently is 'not bad'. I bought the car in 2019 for $39K with under 22,000 miles and was offered $31K now with 29,200 miles.
Objectively yes, I should keep and drive her more.
I was in the same situation before. I bought a brand new Honda S2000 in 2000. Drove and really enjoyed it for 7 years and 23,000 miles. Again, I decided to sell that as-new, bulletproof amazing sports car because I felt I wasn't driving it that much. I often still think about that car
You guys sound like my wife, “you have too much crap”.
It’s not crap, it’s treasure. If I go before she does, she can chuck it in the dumpster. If she goes first, well then, a lot of treasure is going to get more prominent locations in the house!
LOL! But a lot of valuable car parts go to waste that way. One of my NCRS buddies died of a heart attack a few years ago. He was found in his back yard shop under a 57 T-bird with a wrench in his hand. But he was a first-class scrounger for original date-coded parts. That was kind of his hobby was scrounging up parts for his friends. He found a bunch for my brother and I. He could rummage through boxes and boxes of junk at a swap meets, identify all sorts of valuable parts and pay next to nothing for them because the sellers didn't know what they had. Just for example he had a bunch of perfectly straight original 50s - 70s GM radio antennas. Corvette judges can easily spot the differences between the original and reproduction. You get zero points for a reproduction part, but even if an original part is not perfect, they'll score it on condition and you get some points. That makes the originals worth some serious coin to restorers and collectors. We put his daughter in touch with a colleague who was able to help go through and catalog his inventory and sell it to appropriate used part vendors, thus making sure she got fair value for it and it will all make its way back onto a restored car instead of into a dumpster. Most people's heirs tho aren't likely to "know somebody" who would help like that.
If you have any such treasure, make sure to label it so your family can see what it is and that its worth something to some gearhead somewhere. (There's a sucker born every minute and us gearheads are living proof.) And if you are saving any original parts that were removed from the car, perhaps to install an aftermarket performance part, do a few things to make sure it goes WITH the car. 1) Box it up carefully and put it in a protected location where it won't be damaged or deteriorate (not in the hot attic or damp basement), 2) Label it as to what it is and what car it belongs with. And here's the one that nobody thinks to do: 3) Write on a post-it-note that there are original parts that go with the Jaguar, where it is stored (like "on the top shelf in the garage") and stick it to the car title / registration document or write it on a sheet of paper and put in an envelope with the car title. That way, your heirs likely will not overlook giving those parts to the next owner. It would be a shame if those OEM parts sat on a shelf for decades after you were gone, your kids clean out the garage in another 25 years after your wife is gone and they throw the parts away, having no idea what they went to or that by then, they're throwing away potential hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
I just sold my X250 a couple weeks ago to another forum member and gave him the original wheels and suspension components which were practically new since they were removed with very low miles. Don't know what he'll want to do with them, but as long as they stay with the car, somebody in the future could return it to stock over a three-day weekend. If the original parts get separated, then value is lost, particularly if your car survives in good condition long enough to be of some interest to car collectors.
As to the OP, I also have "separation anxiety" when it comes to my cars. Took a long time to convince myself to let go of the X250. It ceased being my daily driver two years ago. Now I'm wresting with my truck. I really want to buy an enclosed car hauler, but my little half ton truck won't pull one so that would necessitate a bigger truck. I bought it new, have had it for 20 years and still love it. But nearing retirement and seeing what things cost now, I can't justify having two trucks any more than I could justify having two modern Jaguar sedans. I also still have a long wish list of sports and gt cars from my youth that I want to experience before I die (all of which will cost 5 to 10x what I got for the X250 of course) and not making very quick progress on that list. As hard as it is, if we truly want something else, we have admit to ourselves that we have limits, whether its storage, money or time, or all three. We've got to learn to let go and move on regardless if that move means spending more money (but only if you can afford it).
We only "borrow" the things we have. Eventually someone else gets everything we have. Get the things you want today.....and not wait until "tomorrow" which may never come.
To sell or To keep.......
